Darren Smyth from EIP states that a review of patent data for South Korean companies provides interesting insights into the priorities of patent filers in South KoreaA review of the patent data for South Korean companies reveals interesting insights about the priorities of Korean patent filers. The largest Korean filers of patents are in the electronics sector (Samsung Group companies, LG Electronics), the automotive sector (Hyundai, Kia), and the chemical sector (LG Chem). Universities (Seoul National University, Yonsei University, Korea University, and Hanyang University) and research institutes (ETRI and KAIST) also feature prominently. pending applications plus granted patents in force) for the top 20 filers, we see that overall Korean filings are the largest number. Only LG Electronics has more patents from the European Patent Office (EPO) than it does from China.