July 18, 2023, Weekly Utility Patent Insights

Welcome to the 18th of July 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 6,177 for the week.
  2. Patent Attorney Firm (Sughrue Mion, PLLC) had the most number of patents issued (101 patents).
  3. The most prolific Company was SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. with 101 patents.
  4. The most prolific city for issued utility patents was Tokyo, JP with 239 patents.
  5. The most prolific inventor was Tao Luo with 23 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 6 patents.- Location: California
  7. Added 4,017 new inventors, and 346 new companies.
Top 10 Inventors:
  1. Tao Luo, 23 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
  2. Junyi Li, 14 patents – Fairless Hills, PA (US)
  3. Xiaoxia Zhang, 12 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
  4. Jing Sun, 10 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
  5. Frederick E. Shelton, IV, 9 patents – Hillsboro, OH (US)
  6. Shan Liu, 9 patents – Palo Alto, CA (US)
  7. Yue Wang, 8 patents – Shenzhen, CN
  8. Li Zhang, 7 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
  9. Kai Zhang, 7 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
  10. Hongbin Liu, 7 patents – Beijing, CN
Top 10 Attorneys:
  1. Sughrue Mion, PLLC, 101 patents
  2. Fish & Richardson P.C., 74 patents
  3. Foley & Lardner LLP, 72 patents
  4. Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP, 71 patents
  5. Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A., 69 patents
  6. JCIPRNET, 67 patents
  7. Perkins Coie LLP, 61 patents
  8. Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P., 59 patents
  9. Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C., 58 patents
  10. Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP, 54 patents
Top 10 Companies:
  1. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., 116 patents
  2. QUALCOMM Incorporated, 84 patents
  3. TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., 67 patents
  4. Micron Technology, Inc., 66 patents
  5. SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., 52 patents
  6. Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 51 patents
  7. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, 47 patents
  8. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., 45 patents
  9. LG ELECTRONICS INC., 44 patents
  10. TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, 43 patents
Top 10 Cities:
  1. Tokyo, JP, 239 patents
  2. San Jose, CA (US), 218 patents
  3. Seoul, KR, 187 patents
  4. San Francisco, CA (US), 173 patents
  5. Beijing, CN, 154 patents
  6. San Diego, CA (US), 151 patents
  7. Sunnyvale, CA (US), 120 patents
  8. Mountain View, CA (US), 93 patents
  9. Hsinchu, TW, 92 patents
  10. Suwon-si, KR, 91 patents
Top 10 Countries:
  1. United States of America, 3,051 patents
  2. Japan, 789 patents
  3. China, 564 patents
  4. South Korea, 417 patents
  5. Germany, 350 patents
  6. Taiwan, 261 patents
  7. Canada, 177 patents
  8. India, 172 patents
  9. United Kingdom, 150 patents
  10. France, 125 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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