On the evening of January 9, it was reported that IFI CLAIMS Patent Services, the world's leading patent database provider, released data today, showing that IBM obtained 9043 patents in the United States in 2017, ranking first for 25 consecutive years, with a year-on-year growth of 12% over 2015. Samsung Electronics ranked second with 5837 patents. Chinese enterprises are also rising. The number of patents obtained by mainland enterprises increased by 28% last year, of which Huawei has the largest number. In 2017, it obtained 1474 patents, ranking the 20th in the world, while in 2016, it ranked the 25th.
Specifically, in terms of the number of patents obtained by domestic technology companies, Huawei ranked first. In 2017, it obtained 1474 patents, higher than 1202 in 2016, and ranked 20th in the world. BOE is the mainland enterprise with the highest increase in the number of patents obtained. In 2017, it obtained 1413 patents, an increase of 63% over 2016, while Huaxing Electric ranked third, with 708 patents.
The following is the top ten ranking of patents obtained by global enterprises in the United States in 2017:
1. IBM, obtaining 9043 patents in total
2. Samsung Electronics has won 5837 patents
3. Canon has obtained 3285 patents
4. Intel, a total of 3023 patents
5. LG Electronics has obtained 2701 patents in total
6. Qualcomm has obtained 2628 patents
7. Google has obtained 2457 patents
8. Microsoft, obtaining 2441 patents
9. TSMC has obtained a total of 2425 patents
10. Samsung Display, 2237 patents
(This article is from Hong Kong Intellectual Property Exchange)