November 7, 2023, Weekly Utility Patent Insights

Welcome to the 7th of November 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 6,909 for the week.
2. Patent Attorney Firm (Sughrue Mion, PLLC) had the most number of patents issued (91 patents).
3. The most prolific Company was Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. with 96 patents.
4. The most prolific city for issued utility patents was Tokyo, JP with 283 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 5 patents.- Location: California
7. Added 4,615 new inventors, and 371 new companies.

Top 10 Inventors:

1. Tao Luo, 23 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
2. Xiaoxia Zhang, 15 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
3. Jing Sun, 13 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
4. Junyi Li, 12 patents – Chester, NJ (US)
5. Peter Gaal, 10 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
6. Sony Akkarakaran, 9 patents – Poway, CA (US)
7. Juan Montojo, 9 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
8. Alberto Rico Alvarino, 8 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
9. Takahiro Nishi, 8 patents – Nara, JP
10. Tingfang Ji, 7 patents – San Diego, CA (US)

10 Most forward citations growth:

1. Frederick E Shelton, IV, +3,925 – Hillsboro, OH (US)
2. Jerome R Morgan, +1,173 – Cincinnati, OH (US)
3. Jason L Harris, +1,137 – Lebanon, OH (US)
4. Jeffrey S Swayze, +779 – West Chester, OH (US)
5. Chester O Baxter, III, +700 – Loveland, OH (US)
6. Frank J Viola, +695 – Sandy Hook, CT (US)
7. David C Yates, +635 – West Chester, OH (US)
8. David T Green, +460 – Westport, CT (US)
9. William Bruce Weisenburgh, II, +416 – Maineville, OH (US)
10. Charles J Scheib, +405 – Loveland, OH (US)

Top 10 Attorneys:

1. Sughrue Mion, PLLC, 91 patents
2. Fish & Richardson P.C., 88 patents
3. Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, 81 patents
4. CANTOR COLBURN LLP, 76 patents
5. Foley & Lardner LLP, 71 patents
6. Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP, 67 patents
7. Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A., 67 patents
8. Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP, 65 patents
9. Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C., 60 patents
10. Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P., 60 patents

Top 10 Companies:

1. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 112 patents
2. QUALCOMM Incorporated, 95 patents
3. International Business Machines Corporation, 75 patents
4. Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 74 patents
5. TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 67 patents
6. TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, 61 patents
7. Apple Inc., 57 patents
8. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., 49 patents
9. Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, 49 patents
10. Intel Corporation, 47 patents

Top 10 Cities:

1. Tokyo, JP, 283 patents
2. San Jose, CA (US), 258 patents
3. San Francisco, CA (US), 174 patents
4. Seoul, KR, 162 patents
5. San Diego, CA (US), 148 patents
6. Beijing, CN, 129 patents
7. Sunnyvale, CA (US), 121 patents
8. Mountain View, CA (US), 106 patents
9. Shanghai, CN, 100 patents
10. Santa Clara, CA (US), 96 patents

Top 10 Countries:

1. United States of America, 3,506 patents
2. Japan, 957 patents
3. China, 510 patents
4. South Korea, 377 patents
5. Germany, 312 patents
6. Taiwan, 285 patents
7. Canada, 226 patents
8. India, 203 patents
9. United Kingdom, 183 patents
10. France, 169 patents

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