Coupang Inc has been selected as one of the 'Top 100 Innovative Companies in Global' for the second consecutive year...LexisNexis Announcement

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Coupang Inc, Coupang's parent company, was selected as one of the "Top 100 Innovative Companies in Global" announced by LexisNexis, a global patent analysis company, on the 5th for the second consecutive year. The number of global patents owned by Coupang was 3,919, an increase of about 43 times from a decade ago in 2015.

Coupang announced on the 5th that the qualitative and quantitative growth of its patent portfolio over the past two years has been reflected in the evaluation, unveiling the results of LexisNexis' selection of the "100 Global Innovative Companies in 2026. LexisNexis uses a patent asset index-based methodology to analyze the scale and influence of patent growth over the past two years to select the top 100 innovative companies every year in the fields of bio, IT, electronics, automobiles, and semiconductors.

Coupang was listed as one of the top 11 global companies in the IT sector along with Meta, Alphabet, and Amazon. Coupang has nearly doubled its patent holdings in a year since it was first selected as one of the top 100 innovative companies last year.

Marco Richter, senior director of LexisNexis strategy, said, "Coupang's selection as one of the top 100 innovative companies for the second consecutive year shows that it has a wide patent portfolio across technologies," adding, "The approach of intellectual property as a core strategy is continuing to strengthen business competitiveness."

According to Coupang, the cumulative number of global patents has increased from 91 in 2015 to 3,919 in 2025, with an annual average growth rate of 45% over 10 years. It acquired 933 patents in South Korea between 2024 and 2025, 1,132 in Taiwan since 2021, and 354 in the United States. Last year, 736 employee inventors were registered in patent applications, the highest ever.

Patents span all business sectors, including global operations, e-commerce engineering, advertising and marketplace, and customer experience. In the retail sector, machine learning-based real-time purchase trend analysis and fulfillment network advancement are being pursued. Coupang Play is implementing a stable streaming environment even when traffic is concentrated through the "Smart Gateway" system. Coupang Eats is operating a system that analyzes the workload of each store and presents the recommended preparation time for each order.

"The selection is a reflection of technological innovation efforts that have redefined the future of commerce and pushed for global market expansion," said Robert Porter, Chief Executive Officer of Global External Cooperation at Coupang Inc. "The continued innovation of executive inventors is the basis for better serving global customers and partners."

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