October 3, 2023, Weekly Utility Patent Insights.

Welcome to the 3rd of October 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 7,881 for the week.
2. Patent Attorney Firm (Fish & Richardson, P.C.) had the most number of patents issued (133 patents).
3. The most prolific Company was SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. with 120 patents.
4. The most prolific city for issued utility patents was Tokyo, JP with 311 patents.
5. The most prolific inventor was Tao Luo with 20 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 10 patents.- Location: California
7. Added 5,752 new inventors, and 329 new companies.

Top 10 Inventors:

1. Tao Luo, 20 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
2. Junyi Li, 15 patents – Fairless Hills, PA (US)
3. Xiaoxia Zhang, 14 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
4. Peter Gaal, 12 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
5. Shunpei Yamazaki, 11 patents – Setagaya, JP
6. Wanshi Chen, 10 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
7. Yan Zhou, 10 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
8. Jing Sun, 10 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
9. Li Zhang, 10 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
10. Kai Zhang, 9 patents – San Diego, CA (US)

Top 10 Attorneys:

1. Fish & Richardson P.C., 133 patents
2. Foley & Lardner LLP, 111 patents
3. Sughrue Mion, PLLC, 91 patents
4. Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P., 90 patents
5. Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C., 85 patents
6. JCIPRNET, 79 patents
7. Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A., 79 patents
8. Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP, 77 patents
9. KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP, 75 patents
10. Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP, 70 patents

Top 10 Companies:

1. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., 144 patents
2. QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, 99 patents
3. TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED, 83 patents
4. CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, 77 patents
5. Apple Inc., 76 patents
6. International Business Machines Corporation, 72 patents
7. Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, 60 patents
8. LG ELECTRONICS INC., 58 patents
9. Micron Technology, Inc., 58 patents
10. Amazon Technologies, Inc., 49 patents

Top 10 Cities:

1. Tokyo, JP, 311 patents
2. San Jose, CA (US), 279 patents
3. Seoul, KR, 235 patents
4. San Francisco, CA (US), 224 patents
5. San Diego, CA (US), 204 patents
6. Beijing, CN, 178 patents
7. Sunnyvale, CA (US), 136 patents
8. Kanagawa, JP, 129 patents
9. Suwon-si, KR, 125 patents
10. Hsinchu, TW, 121 patents

Top 10 Countries:

1. United States of America, 3,822 patents
2. Japan, 1,046 patents
3. China, 725 patents
4. South Korea, 567 patents
5. Germany, 413 patents
6. Taiwan, 333 patents
7. Canada, 224 patents
8. India, 218 patents
9. United Kingdom, 214 patents
10. France, 179 patents