December 5, 2023, Weekly Patents Insights

Welcome to the 5th of December 2023: A glimpse at what’s new in weekly patents insights on recent patent grants that have been issued across various industries.

Interesting Insights:

  1. Patent Volume was 7,316 for the week, including 6,599 Utility, 700 Design, and 17 Plant Patents.
  2. Patent Attorney Firm (Fish & Richardson, P.C.) had the most number of patents issued (124 patents).
  3. The most prolific Company was CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA with 166 patents.
  4. The most prolific city for issued utility patents was Tokyo, JP with 290 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 Rebecca Hadley with 6 patents.- Location: California
  7. Added 7,031 new inventors, and 413 new companies.

Top 10 Inventors:

  1. Tao Luo, 24 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
  2. Peter Gaal, 9 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
  3. Xiaoxia Zhang, 9 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
  4. Jing Sun, 8 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
  5. Frederick E. Shelton, IV, 7 patents – Hillsboro, OH (US)
  6. Vivek Viswanathan Iyer, 7 patents – Austin, TX (US)
  7. Sony Akkarakaran, 7 patents – Poway, CA (US)
  8. Wanshi Chen, 7 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
  9. Yuwang Zou, 6 patents – Shenzhen, CN
  10. Rebecca Hadley, 6 patents – Flower Mound, TX (US)

10 Most forward citations growth:

  1. Frederick E Shelton, IV, +2,287 – Hillsboro, OH (US)
  2. Jason L Harris, +750 – Lebanon, OH (US)
  3. Jerome R Morgan, +599 – Cincinnati, OH (US)
  4. Jeffrey S Swayze, +451 – West Chester, OH (US)
  5. Chester O Baxter, III, +428 – Loveland, OH (US)
  6. David C Yates, +425 – West Chester, OH (US)
  7. Frank J Viola, +378 – Sandy Hook, CT (US)
  8. Roy Joseph Seiders, +252 – Austin, TX (US)
  9. Charles J Scheib, +230 – Loveland, OH (US)
  10. David T Green, +224 – Westport, CT (US)

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Top 10 Attorneys:

  1. Fish & Richardson P.C., 124 patents
  2. Sughrue Mion, PLLC, 95 patents
  3. Foley & Lardner LLP, 74 patents
  4. VENABLE LLP, 70 patents
  5. Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C., 68 patents
  6. Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P., 65 patents
  7. Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP, 63 patents
  8. KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP, 62 patents
  9. Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A., 59 patents
  10. Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP, 58 patents

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Angelina Kushnarova

Angelina Kushnarova (Sverediuk) was born in Ukraine. She graduated from Ternopil Medical University with a specialization in Medicine and completed an internship in Radiology at Lviv University. She worked as a Radiologist, while also working as a web developer.

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