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South Korea: Top Patents Holders in the Retail & Wholesale Sector (2002 - 2022)

  • With 806 patents published between 2002 and 2022, SK Telecom Co Ltd holds the most number of patents in the Retail & Wholesale sector in South Korea, of which 58.1% was contributed by its subsidiary The SK Planet Co Ltd.

  • The second largest number of patents were published by Coupang Inc with 521 related patents. The third largest number of patents were published by eBay Inc with 384 related patents. The fourth largest number of patents were published by Samsung Group with 377 related patents, of which 82.8% was contributed by its subsidiary Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. The fifth largest number of patents were published by LG Corp with 358 related patents, of which 54.5% was contributed by its subsidiary LG Electronics Inc.

  • The top five patent holders, i.e., SK Telecom Co Ltd, Coupang Inc, eBay Inc, Samsung Group, and LG Corp, together held 2,446 patents during the period.

South Korea: Top Patents Holders in the Retail & Wholesale Sector (2002 - 2022)

Note: The number of patents includes patents published by the holding company and its subsidiaries (data till October 2022)
Published: November 2022
Source: GlobalData

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