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Assignee profile:

Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.

City:

Seoul

Country:

South Korea

Published Applications:

524

Last publication date:

2026-05-14

Patent Grants:

388

Last grant date:

2026-06-30

Quarterly Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd. Patent Applications

Top Inventors for applications by Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.

These are the the leading inventors for applications assigned to Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.:

Yong Jo AHN 57 Seoul, South Korea
Ho Chan RYU 43 Seoul, South Korea
Sung Chang Lim 30 Daejeon, South Korea
Hui Yong Kim 29 Daejeon, South Korea

Jin Ho Lee 29 Daejeon, South Korea
Dong Gyu Sim 27 Seoul, South Korea
Ha Hyun Lee 24 Seoul, South Korea
Jung Won Kang 20 Daejeon, South Korea

Dong San JUN 16 Daejeon, South Korea
Hyun Suk KO 16 Daejeon, South Korea
Seung-Yeop Myong 13 Seoul, South Korea
Jin Soo Choi 13 Daejeon, South Korea

Ju Hyung SON 13 Uiwang-si, South Korea
Jung Hak Nam 12 Seoul, South Korea
Jea Ho LEE 12 Cheongju-si, South Korea
Hyun Ho Jo 12 Seoul, South Korea

Jin Sam KWAK 11 Uiwang-si, South Korea
Sun Young LEE 10 Seoul, South Korea
Ki Baek Kim 9 Seoul, South Korea
Je Chang Jeong 9 Seoul, South Korea

Jin Woong Kim 9 Daejeon, South Korea
Jeong-hun Kim 9 Seoul, South Korea
Bae-Keun LEE 8 Seongnam-si, South Korea
Hyun Oh Oh 8 Seongnam-si, South Korea

Hyo Min Choi 8 Seoul, South Korea
Seanae PARK 7 Seoul, South Korea
Woon Yong Kim 7 Suwon-si, South Korea
Jae Gon Kim 7 Goyang-si, South Korea

Joo Hee MOON 7 Seoul, South Korea
Dong San JUN 7 Changwon-si, South Korea
Byung Tae OH 7 Seoul, South Korea
Jeaho LEE 7 Cheongju-si, South Korea

Chiau Jin LEE 6 Penang, Malaysia
Hyun Oh OH 6 Gwacheon-si, South Korea
Hyun-Ha Hwang 6 Seoul, South Korea
Myungsuk Song 6 Seoul, South Korea

Hyun Cho Jung 6 Seoul, South Korea
Jeongook Song 6 Seoul, South Korea
Sung Won Lim 6 Seoul, South Korea
Gwang-Hoon Park 6 Seongnam-si, South Korea

Dong Jae WON 6 Goyang-si, South Korea
Hyung Joon JEON 6 Seongnam-si, South Korea
Byung-cheol SONG 6 Seoul, South Korea
Jun Kyun Choi 6 Daejeon, South Korea

Kwang Soon Kim 6 Seoul, South Korea
Christopher L. Simmons 5 Calgary, Canada
Se Yoon Jeong 5 Daejeon, South Korea
Seungwan Woo 5 Seoul, South Korea

Haeil Lee 5 Seoul, South Korea
Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd. 5 Seoul, South Korea
Jae Hyeong KIM 5 Seoul, South Korea
Seung Hyun LEE 5 Seoul, South Korea

Taegyu Lee 5 Seoul, South Korea
David A. Spooner 5 Calgary, Canada
Seung Ok LIM 5 Seongnam-si, South Korea
Yoon Jin LEE 5 Yongin-si, South Korea

Sun Woo KIM 5 Seoul, South Korea
Heon-Kyu Kim 5 Suwon-si, South Korea
Dong Jin Jung 5 Seoul, South Korea
Hae-Chul Choi 5 Daejeon, South Korea

Seung-Gon Kang 4 Hwaseong-si, South Korea
Jun Young Park 4 Yongin-si, South Korea
Hyung Joon Jeon 4 Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Gregory R. Keech 4 Calgary, Canada

Sung Min AHN 4 Seoul, South Korea
Jae Hyun Ahn 4 Seoul, South Korea
Yun Jae WON 4 Seoul, South Korea
Natascha Wallner 4 Calgary, Canada

Sang Ho Na 4 Yongin-si, South Korea
Dae In Choi 4 Suwon-Si, South Korea
Seung Hyun CHO 4 Daejeon, South Korea
Heungwon Kim 4 Seoul, South Korea

Keat Chuan Ng 4 Penang, Malaysia
Steven Birtwistle 4 Calgary, Canada
Jin Hong Yang 4 Daejeon, South Korea
Woon Sang AN 4 Osan, South Korea

Hyun Kook Kahng 4 Seoul, South Korea
Jun Sik Kim 4 Daejeon, South Korea
Sang Yong Lee 4 Goyang-si, South Korea
Jong Ho Kim 4 Daejeon, South Korea

Danny D. Lowe 4 Calgary, Canada
Jihoon Park 3 Suwon-si, South Korea
Gilnam Hong 3 Seoul, South Korea
Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd. 3 , United States

Jin Taek Kim 3 Seoul, South Korea
Seokyoon Shin 3 Goyang-si, South Korea
Hyung Yeol Lee 3 Seoul, South Korea
Eui Nam Huh 3 Seoul, South Korea

Kee Yean Ng 3 Penang, Malaysia
Juhyung SON 3 Uiwang-si, South Korea
Dong In Bae 3 Yongin-si, South Korea
Yongjo AHN 3 Seoul, South Korea

Hwa Seon Shin 3 Yongin-si, South Korea
Tae Whan Kim 3 Seoul, South Korea
Kyung Yong Kim 3 Suwon-si, South Korea
Jinsam KWAK 3 Uiwang-si, South Korea

Bong Ho KIM 3 San Jose, CA United States
Jeen-Gee Kim 3 Icheon-si, South Korea
Yean Chon Yaw 3 Penang, Malaysia
Sin-Il KIM 3 Seoul, South Korea

Recent patent applications by Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.

Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd. based in Seoul, KR has been assigned the rights to these inventions. The list includes both Pending Applications and Patent Grants:

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METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VIDEO CODING USING VARIOUS TRANSFORM TECHNIQUES

#3 | 2025-11-13

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METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING AND MANAGING STATE OF PERIPHERAL DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR

#4 | 2025-08-14

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METHOD, APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF FOR MANAGING SOUND EXPOSURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

#5 | 2025-07-03

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METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE

#6 | 2025-05-22

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VIDEO CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS UTILIZING COMBINATION OF DIVERSE BLOCK PARTITIONING STRUCTURES

#7 | 2025-05-15 ✅ Patent 12,671,815 granted on 2026-06-30

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FEATURE MAP COMPRESSION METHOD AND APPARATUS

#8 | 2025-03-13 ✅ Patent 12,542,902 granted on 2026-02-03

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INFERENCE METHOD AND DEVICE USING VIDEO COMPRESSION

#9 | 2025-03-06

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INTRA PREDICTION MODE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS

#10 | 2025-02-06

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#11 | 2025-02-06

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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING VIDEO SIGNAL

#12 | 2025-02-06

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#13 | 2025-01-16

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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING VIDEO SIGNAL

#14 | 2025-01-02

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ADAPTIVE AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

#15 | 2024-12-26 ✅ Patent 12,603,758 granted on 2026-04-14

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Electricity

METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR SETTING ENCRYPTION KEY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR SAME

#16 | 2024-12-19 ✅ Patent 12,627,815 granted on 2026-05-12

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VIDEO CODING METHOD AND DEVICE WHICH USE SUB-BLOCK UNIT INTRA PREDICTION

#17 | 2024-12-12 ✅ Patent 12,652,414 granted on 2026-06-09

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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING VIDEO USING MERGING CANDIDATE LIST ACCORDING TO BLOCK DIVISION

#18 | 2024-10-24 ✅ Patent 12,401,949 granted on 2025-08-26

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METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING AND MANAGING STATE OF PERIPHERAL DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR

#19 | 2024-10-03 ✅ Patent 12,457,350 granted on 2025-10-28

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METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VIDEO CODING USING VARIOUS TRANSFORM TECHNIQUES

#20 | 2024-09-26

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VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BIT STREAM

#21 | 2024-09-26 ✅ Patent 12,395,644 granted on 2025-08-19

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AFFINE MODEL-BASED IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE

#22 | 2024-08-22 ✅ Patent 12,301,883 granted on 2025-05-13

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Video coding method and apparatus utilizing group of encoding units

#23 | 2024-08-22 ✅ Patent 12,368,878 granted on 2025-07-22

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#24 | 2024-08-22 ✅ Patent 12,382,033 granted on 2025-08-05

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IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING SAMPLE FILTERING

#25 | 2024-08-08 ✅ Patent 12,307,160 granted on 2025-05-20

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Method, device and computer program for controlling audio data in wireless communication system, and recording medium therefor

#26 | 2024-06-20 ✅ Patent 12,284,339 granted on 2025-04-22

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Method and device for encoding/decoding image

#27 | 2024-06-13 ✅ Patent 12,418,677 granted on 2025-09-16

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#28 | 2024-05-23 ✅ Patent 12,395,824 granted on 2025-08-19

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METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR AUDIO ROUTING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR

#29 | 2024-05-16 ✅ Patent 12,368,886 granted on 2025-07-22

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IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHODS AND APPARATUSES

#30 | 2024-05-09 ✅ Patent 12,641,223 granted on 2026-05-26

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#31 | 2024-04-25 ✅ Patent 12,267,492 granted on 2025-04-01

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Image encoding/decoding method and device employing in-loop filtering

#32 | 2024-04-25 ✅ Patent 12,363,291 granted on 2025-07-15

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#34 | 2024-02-08 ✅ Patent 12,402,001 granted on 2025-08-26

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Method and device for video coding using various transform techniques

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Image encoding/decoding method and device, and recording medium having bitstream stored thereon

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Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding video signal

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Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding image, and recording medium for storing bitstream

#51 | 2023-10-19 ✅ Patent 12,184,867 granted on 2024-12-31

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#52 | 2023-09-28 ✅ Patent 12,418,675 granted on 2025-09-16

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Affine model-based image encoding/decoding method and device

#55 | 2023-08-17 ✅ Patent 12,088,840 granted on 2024-09-10

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Video encoding/decoding method and device, and recording medium storing bit stream

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Video coding method and apparatus utilizing combination of diverse block partitioning structures

#60 | 2023-04-13 ✅ Patent 11,917,199 granted on 2024-02-27

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Image encoding/decoding methods and apparatuses

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Video coding method and device, and recording medium storing bitstream

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Method and device for image encoding/decoding on basis of asymmetric sub-block

#63 | 2023-03-16 ✅ Patent 12,022,382 granted on 2024-06-25

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Intra-frame prediction-based video coding method and device

#66 | 2023-03-09 ✅ Patent 12,047,563 granted on 2024-07-23

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#67 | 2023-02-16 ✅ Patent 12,284,569 granted on 2025-04-22

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#70 | 2022-11-03 ✅ Patent 12,041,432 granted on 2024-07-16

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Method, device, and computer program for controlling and managing state of peripheral device in wireless communication system, and recording medium therefor

#71 | 2022-10-06 ✅ Patent 12,634,164 granted on 2026-05-19

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#72 | 2022-09-22 ✅ Patent 11,770,539 granted on 2023-09-26

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Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding video signal

#73 | 2022-09-22 ✅ Patent 11,973,960 granted on 2024-04-30

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Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding video signal

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Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding video signal

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Image decoding method/apparatus, image encoding method/apparatus, and recording medium storing bitstream

#78 | 2022-08-18 ✅ Patent 12,120,165 granted on 2024-10-15

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Adaptive audio processing method, device, computer program, and recording medium thereof in wireless communication system

#79 | 2022-08-11 ✅ Patent 12,120,582 granted on 2024-10-15

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Method, apparatus and computer program for broadcast discovery service in wireless communication system, and recording medium therefor

#80 | 2022-08-11 ✅ Patent 12,022,110 granted on 2024-06-25

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Image encoding/decoding method and device, and recording medium having bitstream stored thereon

#81 | 2022-08-11 ✅ Patent 11,907,613 granted on 2024-02-20

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Method, device, and computer program for audio routing in wireless communication system, and recording medium therefor

#82 | 2022-07-21 ✅ Patent 12,003,713 granted on 2024-06-04

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Image encoding/decoding method and apparatus using sample filtering

#83 | 2022-07-21 ✅ Patent 11,989,485 granted on 2024-05-21

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#84 | 2022-06-02 ✅ Patent 12,132,909 granted on 2024-10-29

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Image encoding/decoding method and apparatus

#85 | 2022-04-28 ✅ Patent 11,785,227 granted on 2023-10-10

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Video coding method and device which use sub-block unit intra prediction

#86 | 2022-03-03 ✅ Patent 11,812,031 granted on 2023-11-07

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Image encoding/decoding method and device

#87 | 2022-03-03 ✅ Patent 12,010,304 granted on 2024-06-11

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Video encoding/decoding method and apparatus utilizing merge candidate indices

#88 | 2022-03-03 ✅ Patent 12,010,299 granted on 2024-06-11

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Electricity

Image encoding/decoding method and device

#89 | 2022-03-03 ✅ Patent 11,792,393 granted on 2023-10-17

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Electricity

Inter prediction encoding and decoding method using combination of prediction blocks, and computer-readable storage medium bitstream to be decoded thereby

#90 | 2022-02-03 ✅ Patent 11,689,728 granted on 2023-06-27