April 9, 2024, Weekly Patents Insights

Welcome to the 9th of April 2024: A glimpse at what’s new in weekly patents insights on recent patent grants that have been issued across various industries.

New weekly (Apr 9, 2024) USPTO Patents data have been added.

Trivia

What CPC code is trending (by Forward Citations)?

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Inventor Stories

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Weekly Statistics

Top Inventors:

1. Tao Luo, 16 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
2. Junyi Li, 13 patents – Fairless Hills, PA (US)
3. Li Zhang, 10 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
4. Kai Zhang, 10 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
5. Peter Gaal, 9 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
6. Wanshi Chen, 9 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
7. Jongchul Kim, 8 patents – Seoul, KR
8. Seala Park, 8 patents – Seoul, KR
9. Sangho Lee, 8 patents – Seoul, KR
10. Haofeng Zhang, 8 patents – Shenzhen, CN
11. Stephane Dumonceaux, 8 patents – Burcy, FR
12. Hany Mohamed Abd El-Lateef Ahmed, 8 patents – Al-Ahsa, SA
13. Hongbin Liu, 8 patents – Beijing, CN

Top Universities:

1. King Faisal University – 13
2. The Regents of the University of California – 9
3. Leland Stanford Junior University – 8
4. Zhejiang University – 7
5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – 6
6. University of Virginia Patent Foundation – 5
7. Northeastern University – 5
8. Dalian University of Technology – 5
9. Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University – 5
10. Tsinghua University – 4

Top Cities in Israel:

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1. Tel Aviv, IL – 39
2. Haifa, IL – 23
3. Jerusalem, IL – 10
4. Ramat Hasharon, IL – 8
5. Ramat Gan, IL – 6
6. Hod Hasharon, IL – 6
7. Raanana, IL – 5
8. Netanya, IL – 5
9. Ofra, IL – 4
10. Rishon LeZion, IL – 4
11. Holon, IL – 4

Top Cities in Texas (US):

1. Austin, TX (US) – 59
2. Houston, TX (US) – 56
3. Plano, TX (US) – 27
4. Dallas, TX (US) – 20
5. San Antonio, TX (US) – 15
6. Allen, TX (US) – 15
7. Katy, TX (US) – 12
8. Frisco, TX (US) – 11
9. Cedar Park, TX (US) – 11
10. The Woodlands, TX (US) – 8

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Patent History Video:

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Top Global Statistics by 2024

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Top CPC code

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Weekly CPC code distribution

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New metric for forward citations where self citations are suppressed.

Trivia

The answer is:  

• Weekly growth:  A61K 45/06 +322 patents growth (Mixtures of active ingredients without chemical characterisation, e.g. antiphlogistics and cardiac)
• Yearly growth:  G06N 20/006 +2,332 patents growth (Machine Learning)
  

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