May 7, 2024, Weekly Patents Insights

Welcome to the 7th of May 2024: A glimpse at what’s new in weekly patents insights on recent patent grants that have been issued across various industries.

New weekly (May 7, 2024) USPTO Patents data have been added.

Trivia

What percentage of all attorneys in the United States are registered patent attorneys?
a) 1%
b) 3%
c) 5%
d) 10%

_{Please scroll to the bottom of this newsletter to find out.}

Today in Patent History

On May 7, 1878, the fire escape ladder was patented by Joseph Richard Winters. He invented a wagon-mounted fire escape ladder for the city of Chambersburg, PA. 

Featured Inventor

Weekly Statistics

Top Inventors:

1. Hany Mohamed Abd El-Lateef Ahmed, 15 patents – Al-Ahsa, SA
2. Antar Ahmed Abdelhamid Ahmed, 13 patents – Sohag, EG
3. Mai Mostafa Khalaf Ali, 13 patents – Al-Ahsa, SA
4. Tao Luo, 12 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
5. Amer A. Amer, 8 patents – Sohag, EG
6. Frederick E. Shelton, IV, 7 patents – Hillsboro, OH (US)
7. Xiaobo Zhang, 7 patents – Shanghai, CN
8. Shan Liu, 7 patents – San Jose, CA (US)
9. Li Zhang, 6 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
10. Esmael Hejazi Dinan, 6 patents – McLean, VA (US)

Top Universities:

1. King Faisal University – 29  
2. The Regents of the University of California – 9  
3. Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University – 6
4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – 5  
5. Korea University Research and Business Foundation – 5  
6. The Regents of the University of Colorado – 4  
7. The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois – 4  
8. The Florida International University Board of Trustees – 4  
9. The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University – 4  
10. Zhejiang University – 4

Top Cities in Belgium:

Please feel free to suggest any country/state/region here

1. Brussels – 5
2. Ghent – 3
3. Bruges – 2
4. Wilrijk – 2
5. Deinze – 2
6. Heverlee – 2
7. Nevele – 2

Top Cities in Pennsylvania (US):

1. Pittsburgh – 20
2. Philadelphia – 14
3. Collegeville – 9
4. Conshohocken – 4
5. Bethlehem – 4
6. West Chester – 4
7. Fairless Hills – 4

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Top Global Statistics by 2024

Top 10 Companies:

Features

National Inventors Hall of Fame

Top new Compound Keywords since 2010

– distributed ledger – 2016-03-29; patent 9298806; CAGR3: 34.53; 1,314 patents

– deep learning – 2016-03-01; patent 9275347; CAGR3: 33.24; 2,499 patents

– 5g communication – 2016-09-06; patent 9439143, CAGR3: 12.40; 2,057 patents

– smart city – 2012-08-21; patent 8249804, CAGR3: 12.17; 1,189 patents

– digital education – 2015-08-11; patent 9104892, CAGR3: 9.98; 1,309 patents

– non-transitory memory – 2012-05-01; patent 8170333, CAGR3: 7.72; 1,074 patents

– IoT device – 2015-04-14; patent 9009230, CAGR3: 2.98; 1,031 patents

_{Where CAGR3 – Compound Annual Growth Rate over a three-year period}

Trivia

The answer is:

b) 3%

This percentage reflects the specialized nature of patent law, which requires attorneys to pass a separate patent bar exam in addition to being licensed as a general attorney.  [According to the American Bar Association, there are 1,327,910 lawyers in the United States, as of the latest survey. Per the USPTO, there are 51,677 active patent practitioners (13,575 agents, 37,374 attorneys, 3 design and 725 limited recognition)]