Samsung Leads in U.S. Patents as Overall Grants Hit Four-Year Low
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. patent grants issued in 2022 dropped to their lowest level since 2018, and South Korean electronics titan Samsung took the top spot from longtime leader IBM as East made gains on West among the Top 50 patent assignees during the past year. Nonetheless, patent applications hit an all-time high in 2022 as the United States emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic – a harbinger for a resurgence in innovation and grants over the next one to two years.
- Samsung came in atop the annual IFI Top 50 patent earners with longtime leader IBM in second place.
- But even Samsung, with 6,248 grants, saw a moderate decline (2 percent) from the prior year.
- Following Samsung and IBM, the top 10 patent earners were Taiwan Semiconductor, Huawei Technologies, Canon, LG Electronics, Qualcomm, Intel, Apple and Toyota Motor.
- The past year marks the third straight to see declines in patent grants, since the start of the pandemic.