Jan 12, 2022 13:00:00

China makes a big leap forward with 'a company that obtained a patent in the United States in 2021'

IFI CLAIMS Patent Services , which provides software and data services that enable patent searches around the world, has '2021 Global 250 ' that brings together the companies and organizations that hold the most patent rights, and obtained a patent in the United States in 2021. We announced '2021 Top 50 US Patent Assignees ' which calculated the number of grants received at that time.

China's 2021 US Patent Grants Surged, Even as Total Patent Awards Trended Downward, According to Analysis by IFI CLAIMS
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/chinas-2021-us-patent-grants-surged-even-as-total-patent-awards-trended-downward-according-to-analysis-by-ifi- claims-301458038.html

Companies With Most US Patents: Huawei Ranks No. 5 in Sign of Chinese Growth --Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-11/huawei-ranks-no-5-in-us-patents-in-sign-of-chinese-growth

Huawei has 5th top US patent collection despite ban --Huawei Central
https://www.huaweicentral.com/huawei-has-5th-top-us-patent-collection-despite-ban/

According to data from IFI CLAIMS Patent Services, the number of patents granted by the US Patent and Trademark Office in 2021 decreased by about 7% year-on-year to 327,329. The number of patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office has declined sharply over the past decade, with 2021 being the most significant decline. The number of patent applications published in 2021 decreased by about 1% from the previous year to 41093.

The number of patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in 2021 has decreased by 8-12%. On the other hand, the number of patents acquired by Chinese companies in 2021 increased by 10% from the previous year to 20,679. The four Chinese companies ranked in the 2021 Top 50 US Patent Assignees are Huawei (5th), BOE (11th), Advanced New Technologies (43th), and Guangdong Oppo (49th).

When the number of grants awarded by the US Patent and Trademark Office is classified by country, the first is 150,801 in the United States, the second is 47,105 in Japan, and the third is 21,264 in South Korea, 4 The rank is 20,679 in China, and the fifth is 14,663 in Germany, where China is also emerging.

Meanwhile, IBM is the leader in intellectual property in the United States, with 9130 grants in 2020 and 8682 in 2021. This puts IBM at the top of the 2021 Top 50 US Patent Assignees.

Among the fields where the US Patent and Trademark Office granted patents in 2021, the fields where the number of grants increased especially are electric smoking equipment (up 40%), machine learning (up 39%), and quantum computing (up 36%). ), Drilling-related technology to obtain oil, gas and water (up 36%), computer-assisted design (up 31%), wireless network protocol (up 28%), display (up 28%), to bed or conveyor Technology related to storage, management and detection of goods (up 27%).

The company with the most patents in the world is Samsung, with a total of 90,416. When the countries and regions where the companies ranked in 2021 Global 250 are based are classified, the United States (70 companies) is ranked first, Japan (51 companies) is ranked second, and China (46 companies) is ranked third. Also, of the 2021 Global 250's top 10 companies, 6 are Chinese, but only 1 is American. In addition, China controls 29% of the total number of patents in the world, followed by the United States (24%) and Japan (19%).