Posco patents

Posco holds 1,676 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents1,676
Recent patents270
First publicationJan 1, 2015
Latest publicationApr 7, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
201586
2016111
2017105
2018142
2019165
2020196
2021184
2022254
2023212
202490
2025100
202631
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
201586
2016111
2017105
2018142
2019165
2020196
2021184
2022254
2023212
202490
2025100
202631

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Top CPC classifications

Most common classification codes in this portfolio.

Top CPC codes by patent count
CPCPatents
C22C38/02936
C22C38/04891
C21D9/46745
C22C38/06737
C22C38/001708

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does Posco have in patentsdb?
Posco is linked to 1,676 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Posco patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Chemistry & Metallurgy (1,481); Operations & Transport (837); Cross-Sectional Technologies (543).
Is Posco's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 90 in 2024 and 100 in 2025 (higher year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Posco?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.