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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2000 - 2004 Utility Patent Grants,
By Calendar Year of Grant

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of Organizations Receiving 5 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Originating From

SOUTH KOREA

( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )

The following table displays first-named assignees and counts of their associated patents, as distributed by the year of patent grant
First-Named Assignee 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1374 1378 1274 1253 1514 6793
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 218 245 334 403 474 1674
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 293 532 391 179 106 1501
~Individually Owned Patent 186 254 260 290 262 1252
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 10 56 136 214 296 712
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 4 96 244 330 674
HYUNDAI MOTOR CO., LTD. 60 99 145 105 110 519
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 124 72 89 102 86 473
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. 0 26 104 114 130 374
LG SEMICON CO., LTD. 251 42 30 8 4 335
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 18 35 42 77 74 246
KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 35 35 49 40 57 216
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 34 34 46 60 35 209
DAEWOO ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD. 120 54 14 4 7 199
SAMSUNG DISPLAY DEVICES CO., LTD. 65 66 33 9 5 178
LG INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS, LTD. 18 23 37 38 35 151
SAMSUNG KWANG-JU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 4 4 17 35 41 101
KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY 28 27 17 9 16 97
KOREA KUMHO PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD. 18 18 13 22 9 80
LG CHEMICAL LTD. 4 13 22 14 14 67
MIRAE CORPORATION 3 5 15 20 20 63
FAIRCHILD KOREA SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD. 10 18 12 14 7 61
DONGBU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 5 10 10 25 52
LG INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD. 17 14 4 7 8 50
KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE 8 10 7 10 13 48
AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 14 12 20 47
POHANG IRON & STEEL CO., LTD. 8 16 6 4 3 37
SAMSUNG AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES, LTD. 23 10 3 0 1 37
HYUNDAI DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 0 31 5 0 36
KIA MOTORS CORP. 1 7 10 11 7 36
HALLA CLIMATE CONTROL CORPORATION 4 4 4 8 14 34
KWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2 5 4 15 7 33
MEDISON CO., LTD. 3 7 6 9 7 32
ANAM SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 7 9 7 1 7 31
ORION ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 12 5 4 10 0 31
SK CORPORATION 6 5 9 5 6 31
BOE-HYDIS TECHNOLOGY CO, LTD. 0 0 0 13 16 29
JUSUNG ENGINEERING CO., LTD. 1 2 3 9 13 28
KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS 5 6 4 8 5 28
SAMSUNG GENERAL CHEMICALS CO., LTD. 3 11 3 3 7 27
KOREA TELECOM CO., LTD. 0 6 8 5 7 26
LG PHILIPS DISPLAYS KOREA CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 23 24
MANDO CORPORATION 3 1 5 11 4 24
AGENCY FOR DEFENCE DEVELOPMENT 6 2 3 7 5 23
DAEWOO TELECOM CO., LTD. 19 3 0 0 0 22
CHEIL INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 3 6 7 3 20
HYUNDAI MICRO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 6 4 5 3 2 20
PACIFIC CORPORATION 4 3 7 4 2 20
KOLON INDUSTRIES INC. 5 5 1 6 2 19
KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 1 3 4 7 4 19
POHANG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION 0 1 5 5 8 19
DADA CORP. 5 2 3 1 6 17
POSTECH FOUNDATION 3 2 2 3 7 17
SILICON IMAGE, INC. 6 3 2 3 3 17
HANMI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. 3 0 4 7 2 16
KOREA TELECOMMUNICATION AUTHORITY 5 2 1 2 6 16
SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD. 0 0 5 3 8 16
GCT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 0 1 6 4 4 15
MANDO CLIMATE CONTROL CORPORATION 1 2 5 6 1 15
SAMYANG CORPORATION 0 6 3 3 3 15
DAEWOO HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD 3 8 2 1 0 14
CHEIL JEDANG CORPORATION 2 2 0 5 4 13
HYOSUNG CORPORATION 0 4 1 4 4 13
LG CHEMICALS CO. LTD. 0 0 1 2 10 13
SK CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 1 0 6 4 2 13
CARRIER CORPORATION 4 5 1 2 0 12
KOREA ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE 2 2 1 5 2 12
KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND SCIENCE 4 2 2 1 3 12
LG LCD, INC. 5 4 2 1 0 12
SAMSUNG FINE CHEMICALS CO. LTD. 2 3 3 2 2 12
DONG WHA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 2 2 1 3 3 11
KOREA ELECTROTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 1 3 3 2 11
SK TELECOM CO., LTD 1 1 1 2 6 11
BIONEER CORPORATION 2 2 1 2 3 10
DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS SUNGWOO CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 6 10
SAMHONGSA CO., LTD. 1 3 5 1 0 10
SAMSUNG CORNING CO., LTD. 3 3 1 2 1 10
SAMYANG GENEX CORPORATION 0 3 2 2 3 10
HANKOOK TIRE MFG. CO., LTD. 2 4 1 2 0 9
KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH 2 2 3 1 1 9
LG CABLE CO., LTD. 1 0 0 1 7 9
LG LIFE SCIENCES, LTD. 0 0 1 2 6 9
NESS CAPACITOR CO., LTD. 0 0 3 4 2 9
ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC. 0 3 3 1 1 8
DONGBU HANNONG CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 2 1 4 1 0 8
DOOSAN CORPORATION 1 2 2 2 1 8
HANYANG HAK WON CO. LTD. 0 0 0 3 5 8
HYUNDAI CURITEL, INC. 0 0 1 4 3 8
KISWEL, LTD. 0 0 2 2 4 8
MANDO MACHINERY CORP. LTD. 3 3 2 0 0 8
YUHAN CORPORATION CO., LTD. 0 2 1 2 3 8
ACE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 1 4 0 1 1 7
DNS KOREA CO., LTD. 1 0 2 1 3 7
DONGJIN SEMICHEM CO., LTD. 1 1 0 1 4 7
EHWA DIAMOND IND. CO., LTD. 0 1 1 5 0 7
GENITECH CO., LTD. 0 0 3 3 1 7
JV MEDI CO., LTD. 0 0 2 4 1 7
NESSDISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 4 1 2 7
NOVERA OPTICS, INC. 0 0 2 2 3 7
SAEHAN INDUSTRIES INC. 2 4 0 1 0 7
VALEO MANDO ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS KOREA LIMITED 0 0 1 3 3 7
VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT HOLDING SWEDEN AB 0 0 0 1 6 7
YUPOONG & CO., LTD. 6 1 0 0 0 7
BOO YOON TECH, INC. 1 0 2 2 1 6
CHONG KUN DANG CORP. 3 2 0 1 0 6
CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 5 1 6
DN CRAFT CORPORATION 0 1 0 2 3 6
GMP CO., LTD. 4 1 0 0 1 6
HYUNDAI MOBIS, CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 5 6
IPS LTD. 0 2 0 2 2 6
KWANGJU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 5 1 0 0 0 6
LG CHEM INVESTMENT LTD. 0 0 0 2 4 6
LG HOUSEHOLD & HEALTH CARE LTD. 0 0 0 0 6 6
MERCURY CORPORATION 0 3 3 0 0 6
SKC CO., LTD. 0 2 1 0 3 6
WORLD INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 0 4 0 0 6
YUDO CO., LTD. 2 1 0 2 1 6
DAELIM INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1 1 0 2 1 5
DONG KOOK PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. 3 2 0 0 0 5
HONG JIN CROWN CO., LTD. 0 0 0 3 2 5
ILJIN NANOTECH CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 1 5
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ENGINEERING 3 1 1 0 0 5
INTEGRANT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
MOGAM BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 0 2 1 1 5
MOTOROLA, INC. 4 0 1 0 0 5
ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY 2 0 3 0 0 5
ROYAL SOVEREIGN, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
SAMSUNG ATOFINA CO. LTD. 0 0 0 0 5 5
SHIN A SPORTS CO., LTD. 1 2 2 0 0 5
SILTRON INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
SKC LIMITED 1 0 2 0 2 5
SUNKYONG INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 3 2 0 0 0 5
SUNSTAR PRECISION CO., LTD. 0 1 0 1 3 5
TOYO ENGINEERING CO., LTD. 0 0 5 0 0 5
YONSEI UNIVERSITY 0 1 1 1 2 5


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