What did the patent landscape of South Korea look like in 2021?

This chart shows the number of applications filed and the number of grants from these applications. Grant rate is a good indicator to identify successful applications and the graph helps to understand the progress in the technology area.

Detailed Patent Portfolio of South Korea in 2021

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
APPLICATION	PENDING	PUBLISHED	57929
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	19548
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	56197
	DEAD	REJECTED	25111
		WITHDRAWN	1714
		ABANDONED	1714
PATENT	ACTIVE	GRANTED	145134
	DEAD	REJECTED	1714
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	1714
DESIGN	ACTIVE	GRANTED	1714
DESIGN	DEAD	REJECTED	1714
UTILITY MODEL	ACTIVE	GRANTED	1806
OTHERS	ACTIVE	GRANTED	1714

Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in South Korea in 2021

The chart above distributes patents filed in South Korea in 2021 on the basis of the technology protected in patents. This helps to understand the most frequently used concepts and the key focus areas in the technology space.

Top players in the domain with their forward citation frequency

The table below depicts the inventions of the top players in the domain with their forward citation frequency. This helps to understand the strength of the portfolio of top players as players whose patents are most frequently cited have a strong group of core patents in this domain.

Publication Year	2021
Citation Count Range	0 – 2	3 – 9	10 – 19	20 – 39	40 – *
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS	11566	32	0	0	0
LG ELECTRONICS	7006	24	0	1	0
SAMSUNG DISPLAY	4691	16	0	0	0
LG CHEMICAL	4388	22	0	0	0
LG DISPLAY	3116	1	0	0	0
HYUNDAI MOTOR	2553	6	0	0	0
KIA	1961	2	0	0	0
HYUNDAI MOBIS	1683	4	0	0	0
LG INNOTEK	1627	3	0	0	0
KOREA ELECTRIC POWER	1517	7	0	0	0

Who were the leading Patent Filers of 2021 in South Korea?

IPC Classification wise Patent trend in South Korea in 2021

The table below represents the top 10 market domains according to their IPC classification where inventors believed it was critical to safeguard certain technical inventions.

IPC Classification	Number of Applications	Number of Granted	% Granted
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (H01L)	26665	12966	49
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (G06F)	18176	9370	52
DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (G06Q)	16921	8446	50
PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES (A61K)	15869	6620	42
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION (H04N)	9961	4860	49
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (H04L)	9111	4726	52
PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY (H01M)	8913	4436	50
SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS (A61P)	8753	2579	29
DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (A61B)	7912	4156	53
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (H04W)	8484	4076	48

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