SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD (EP Patent Analysis Report)
The Applicant / Patent Holder "SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD" had 2,937 patent application filings in the most recent period (2024-01-01 to 2024-10-31). This is a slightly increased of +64 filings (2.2%) over 2,873 they had in the same period of the previous year (2023-01-01 to 2023-10-31).
The highest number of filings in 2023 with 3,347 cases, and their lowest number in 2021 with 2,396 cases.
The mean of the number of filings over the last 4 years (2021 to 2024, 12,287 cases in total) is 3,072, and the median is 3,272. The coefficient of variation (standard deviation/mean) is 0.13, and filings have been moderate fluctuations.
| Index | Value |
|---|---|
| Average | 3,072 patents |
| Std Dev | 391 |
| COV | 0.13 |
The number of filings has been decreasing for the last 3 years (2023 to 2025).
| Year | Cases | YOY |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 year | 897 cases | -72.7% |
| 2024 year | 3,287 cases | -1.79% |
| 2023 year | 3,347 cases | +2.76% |
This report provides the latest patent analysis information (the IP landscape, including a patent map) on the patent search results of the EP patent database for SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD for the period of the last 6 years (2020 to 2025). You can compare the information in this report with the trends in your competitors’ patent filings and technologies.
This service provides, free of charge, a patent analysis report based on the latest patent data (Japanese, U.S., European, and PCT application publications) for use in patent searches, patent analysis, and IP landscaping. The service is offered by "Patent Integration" a firm specializing in patent search/patent analysis.
This report includes basic information to help you understand the IP strategy and management of SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD, such as changes in the number of patents/patent applications they have filed, comparisons of the numbers of patents/patent applications filed by their peers and competitors, and their top coapplicants (joint research partners, alliance partners). It can be used in various intellectual property business operations such as IP landscaping, patent search/patent analysis, preparation of intellectual property business evaluation reports, selection of M&A candidates, and selection of alliance partners.
- Table of Contents
- Foreign Patent Analysis Report
- Patent Filing Summary for SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
- Search Set (Search Formula/Analysis Patents)
- Related Patent Analysis Report
- Competitors Information
- Top coapplicant Information
- • Information on Important Patents
- Provision of patent information to the media
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Introduction
The concept of the "IP landscape" (IPL) has been attracting attention recently.
An IP landscape is not limited to patent information, but also integrates and analyzes business information (e.g., non-patent information such as papers, news releases, stock information, and market information). Intellectual-property-based business management is realized through the analysis of intellectual property information applied to the formulation of management strategies and business strategies. This is a comprehensive approach that includes but not limited to planning of open and closed strategies, selecting M&A candidates, searching for alliance partners, and formulating intellectual property strategies, through the exploitation of intellectual property information.
IP landscaping usually includes patent search and patent analysis. In patent search and patent analysis, it is important to grasp the market position of each company and the overall technological trends and development trends for each technology. More specifically, it is important to understand what intellectual property your own company and other companies hold, what the strengths and weaknesses of other companies are, and how other companies are trying to exploit their intellectual property. In other words, it is important to understand both the business strategy and the intellectual property strategy of each company.
Foreign Patent Analysis Report
The following foreign patent analysis reports have been found for SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD. The trends of patent filings of SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD for each country can be found by clicking on the Applicant/Patent Holder name next to each country.
| Country | Applicant / Patent Holder |
|---|---|
| JP | サムスンエレクトロニクスカンパニーリミテッド |
| US | SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO LTD |
| US | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD |
| EP | SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO LTD |
| EP | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD |
| PCT | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD |
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD, Changes in the Number of EP Patents/Patent Applications
The changes in the number of patent filings of SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD over the last 6 years (EP) are shown below.
The change in the number of patents/patent applications is the most basic index in patent analysis. By examining the change in the number of patents/patent applications, you can see the status of technological development and R&D focus for each company or technology. It should be noted that since there is a one and a half year lag between the filing and the laying open of patent applications, it is not possible to analyze the situation more recently than one and half years prior to the present.
Filing trend data
| Year | Cases |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,396 |
| 2022 | 3,257 |
| 2023 | 3,347 |
| 2024 | 3,287 |
| 2025 | 897 |
Patent Landscape ({{ld.d.db_name | country_map: 'en'}})
Patent landscaping is a visualization of the distribution of patent filings (application focus areas) for each technical keyword. Mountains and islands indicated by heatmap contours represent clusters of patent applications filed, and red areas on the heatmap indicate many patent filings relating to the keyword.
The patent landscape for SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD gives an intuitive understanding of what patent filings they have made and what technical position is to be established. By selecting filing year checkboxes and filtering, you can track their past filing trends (what technical area they have focused on).
By selecting applicant/patent holder checkboxes and filtering, you can visually grasp the technical areas of the filings for each applicant and the partnerships or alliances formed. Please use it as a guide for patent analysis and IP landscaping.
In addition, by visually representing the patent data in this manner, you can convincingly show the technical positions of your company and its competitors to your management and business strategists in order to formulate management strategies and business strategies.
Characteristic Terms (Importance)
The following is a list of words (characteristic terms) often used in SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD patent applications. Characteristic terms with a higher importance are used in more patents/patent applications.
Search Set (Analysis Patents)
This patent analysis report was created for a patent search set of 13,184 cases retrieved by applying the following search formula and analysis period to the following patent database. Patent information such as a patent analysis result, a patent map, and a patent landscape can be freely used for patent searches, analysis, and work on intellectual property strategies, including IP landscaping.
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
Same industry / competition company information (EP)
The number of patents and changes in the number of patents of other companies (competitors) in the same industry as SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD are shown below.
Comparison of changes in the number of patents with peers and competitors is an important analytical index for understanding the intellectual property strategies of each company. By checking the transition of the number of patents for each company / competitor, you can check the status of focus on technology development and R&D for each company / technology.
It should be noted that patents have a time lag of one and a half years from filing to publication, so it is not possible to analyze the situation more recent than one and a half years.
Trends in filing of joint patent applications in the last 3 years (2022 to 2025).
Comparing the number of applications of each company, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD has the highest number of joint applications in the last in the last 3 years (2022 to 2025) with 7,531 cases, followed by SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R & DB FOUNDATION with 19 cases.
| Name | Cases |
|---|---|
| SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD | 7,531 cases |
| SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R & DB FOUNDATION | 19 cases |
| KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 12 cases |
| POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION | 11 cases |
| KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION | 10 cases |
| RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY | 7 cases |
Trends in filing of joint patent applications for the target period (2021 to 2025).
Comparing the number of applications of each company, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD has the highest number of joint applications in the last for the target period (2021 to 2025) with 13,184 cases, followed by SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R & DB FOUNDATION with 19 cases.
| Name | Cases |
|---|---|
| SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD | 13,184 cases |
| SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R & DB FOUNDATION | 19 cases |
| KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 18 cases |
| RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY | 14 cases |
| POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION | 13 cases |
| KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION | 12 cases |
Same industry / competition company EP patent filing ranking
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Same industry / competition company, Change in the Number of EP Patents
Below is a patent map showing changes in the number of applications for EP patents of 6 companies in the same industry over the past 6 years.
Ranking data
| Name | Cases |
|---|---|
| SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD | 13,184 |
| SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R & DB FOUNDATION | 19 |
| KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 18 |
| RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY | 14 |
| KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION | 12 |
| POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION | 13 |
Top coapplicant information (EP)
The changes in the number of patents shared with SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD’s top coapplicants are shown below.
By searching for the top coapplicants, you can discover what companies SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD is partnered with to develop technologies and use this information for R&D and intellectual property strategies.
Also, by looking at the change in the number of filings, you can see what companies SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD conducted joint research with in the past, and check the history of SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD’s alliances, partnerships, and joint research and development.
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Trends in filing of joint patent applications in the last 3 years (2022 to 2025).
Among the top coapplicants, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R & DB FOUNDATION has the highest number of joint applications in the last in the last 3 years (2022 to 2025) with 19 cases, followed by KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY with 12 cases.
| Name | Cases |
|---|---|
| SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R & DB FOUNDATION | 19 cases |
| KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 12 cases |
| POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION | 11 cases |
Trends in filing of joint patent applications for the target period (2021 to 2025).
Among the top coapplicants, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R & DB FOUNDATION has the highest number of joint applications in the last for the target period (2021 to 2025) with 19 cases, followed by KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY with 18 cases.
| Name | Cases |
|---|---|
| SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R & DB FOUNDATION | 19 cases |
| KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 18 cases |
| POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION | 13 cases |
Top coapplicant EP patent filing ranking
Below is a ranking of the number of EP patent applications by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD’s top 3 coapplicants over the last 6 years.
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Ranking data
| Name | Cases |
|---|---|
| SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R & DB FOUNDATION | 19 |
| KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 18 |
| RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY | 14 |
Top coapplicant, Change in the Number of EP Patents
Below is a patent map showing the changes in the numbers of EP patent filings by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD’s top 3 coapplicants over the last 6 years.
Ranking data
| Name | Cases |
|---|---|
| SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R & DB FOUNDATION | 19 |
| KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 18 |
| RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY | 14 |
Top coapplicant details
Trends in filing of joint patent applications with SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R & DB FOUNDATION
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD filed 19 joint applications with SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R & DB FOUNDATION for the analysis period (2021 to 2023).
The mean of the number of filings over the last 2 years (2021 to 2022, 14 cases in total) is 7.0, and the median is 7.0. The coefficient of variation (standard deviation/mean) is 0.14, and filings have been moderate fluctuations.
The highest number of filings in 2021 with 8 cases, and their lowest number in 2021 with 8 cases.
| Index | Value |
|---|---|
| Average | 7.0 patents |
| Std Dev | 1.0 |
| COV | 0.14 |
Trends in filing of joint patent applications with KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD filed 18 joint applications with KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY for the analysis period (2021 to 2025).
The mean of the number of filings over the last 4 years (2021 to 2024, 17 cases in total) is 4.2, and the median is 4.5. The coefficient of variation (standard deviation/mean) is 0.3, and filings have been large fluctuations.
The number of filings has been decreasing for the last 3 years (2023 to 2025). The highest number of filings in 2023 with 6 cases, and their lowest number in 2021 with 2 cases.
| Index | Value |
|---|---|
| Average | 4.2 patents |
| Std Dev | 1.5 |
| COV | 0.3 |
| Year | Cases | YOY |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 year | 1 cases | -80.0% |
| 2024 year | 5 cases | -16.67% |
| 2023 year | 6 cases | +50.0% |
Trends in filing of joint patent applications with POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD filed 13 joint applications with POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION for the analysis period (2021 to 2025).
The mean of the number of filings over the last 3 years (2021 to 2024, 12 cases in total) is 4.0, and the median is 4.0. The coefficient of variation (standard deviation/mean) is 0.4, and filings have been large fluctuations.
The highest number of filings in 2022 with 6 cases, and their lowest number in 2021 with 2 cases.
| Index | Value |
|---|---|
| Average | 4.0 patents |
| Std Dev | 1.6 |
| COV | 0.4 |
| Year | Cases | YOY |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 year | 1 cases | -75.0% |
| 2024 year | 4 cases | -33.3% |
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