August 8, 2023, Weekly Utility Patent Insights

Welcome to the 8th of August 2023: A glimpse at what’s new in weekly utility patent insights on recent patent grants that have been issued across various industries.

Interesting Insights:

1. Utility Patent Volume was 6,332 for the week.
2. Patent Attorney Firm (Fish & Richardson, P.C.) had the most number of patents issued (103 patents).
3. The most prolific Company was Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. with 120 patents.
4. The most prolific city for issued utility patents was San Jose, CA (US) with 250 patents.
5. The most prolific inventor was Tao Luo with 24 patents.- Location: California.- Want to see who’s in their sphere? Visit Tao’s collaboration wheel of co-inventors.
6. The most prolific female inventor was Yan Zhou with 9 patents.- Location: California
7. Added 3,926 new inventors, and 342 new companies.

Top 10 Inventors:

1. Tao Luo, 24 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
2. Peter Gaal, 16 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
3. Shan Liu, 15 patents – San Jose, CA (US)
4. Xiaoxia Zhang, 14 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
5. Xiang Li, 12 patents – Beijing, CN
6. Jing Sun, 12 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
7. Junyi Li, 11 patents – Fairless Hills, PA (US)
8. Justin T. Mason, 9 patents – Granger, IA (US)
9. Yan Zhou, 9 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
10. Amit Kumar Agrawal, 8 patents – Bangalore, IN

Top 10 Attorneys:

1. Fish & Richardson P.C., 103 patents
2. Foley & Lardner LLP, 88 patents
3. Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P., 81 patents
4. Sughrue Mion, PLLC, 74 patents
5. Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C., 69 patents
6. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, 68 patents
7. Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A., 67 patents
8. Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, 58 patents
9. Perkins Coie LLP, 57 patents
10. Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, 57 patents

Top 10 Companies:

1. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 134 patents
2. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 90 patents
3. QUALCOMM Incorporated, 81 patents
4. APPLE INC., 69 patents
5. Micron Technology, Inc., 64 patents
6. Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 60 patents
7. Samsung Display Co., Ltd., 57 patents
8. International Business Machines Corporation, 46 patents
9. TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, 43 patents
10. Intel Corporation, 43 patents

Top 10 Cities:

1. San Jose, CA (US), 250 patents
2. Tokyo, JP, 245 patents
3. San Francisco, CA (US), 167 patents
4. San Diego, CA (US), 162 patents
5. Seoul, KR, 155 patents
6. Beijing, CN, 135 patents
7. Sunnyvale, CA (US), 126 patents
8. Suwon-si, KR, 114 patents
9. Hsinchu, TW, 109 patents
10. Palo Alto, CA (US), 93 patents

Top 10 Countries:

1. United States of America, 3,217 patents
2. Japan, 802 patents
3. China, 491 patents
4. South Korea, 423 patents
5. Germany, 310 patents
6. Taiwan, 256 patents
7. United Kingdom, 187 patents
8. Canada, 183 patents
9. India, 173 patents
10. France, 156 patents