September 12, 2023, Weekly Utility Patent Insights

Welcome to the 12th of September 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 7,292 for the week.
2. Patent Attorney Firm (Fish & Richardson, P.C.) had the most number of patents issued (120 patents).
3. The most prolific Company was TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. with 114 patents.
4. The most prolific city for issued utility patents was Tokyo, JP with 270 patents.
5. The most prolific inventor was Tao Luo with 27 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 8 patents.- Location: California
7. Added 5,820 new inventors, and 420 new companies.

Top 10 Inventors:

1. Tao Luo, 27 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
2. Junyi Li, 16 patents – Fairless Hills, PA (US)
3. Xiaoxia Zhang, 10 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
4. Shan Liu, 9 patents – San Jose, CA (US)
5. Wooseok Nam, 8 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
6. Jing Sun, 8 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
7. Sony Akkarakaran, 8 patents – Poway, CA (US)
8. Chia-En Huang, 8 patents – Xinfeng Township, TW
9. Yan Zhou, 8 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
10. Esmael Hejazi Dinan, 8 patents – McLean, VA (US)

Top 10 Attorneys:

1. Fish & Richardson P.C., 120 patents
2. Foley & Lardner LLP, 89 patents
3. Sughrue Mion, PLLC, 88 patents
4. Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A., 82 patents
5. CANTOR COLBURN LLP, 75 patents
6. JCIPRNET, 72 patents
7. Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP, 72 patents
8. Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P., 71 patents
9. Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C., 65 patents
10. Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, 62 patents

Top 10 Companies:

1. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., 131 patents
2. TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., 114 patents
3. QUALCOMM Incorporated, 86 patents
4. International Business Machines Corporation, 85 patents
5. Apple Inc., 73 patents
6. Samsung Display Co., Ltd., 63 patents
7. Dell Products L.P., 60 patents
8. Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 59 patents
9. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., 56 patents
10. LG ELECTRONICS INC., 53 patents

Top 10 Cities:

1. Tokyo, JP, 270 patents
2. San Jose, CA (US), 259 patents
3. Seoul, KR, 229 patents
4. San Francisco, CA (US), 200 patents
5. Beijing, CN, 164 patents
6. San Diego, CA (US), 161 patents
7. Sunnyvale, CA (US), 147 patents
8. Hsinchu, TW, 127 patents
9. Seattle, WA (US), 112 patents
10. Suwon-si, KR, 112 patents

Top 10 Countries:

1. United States of America, 3,693 patents
2. Japan, 898 patents
3. China, 602 patents
4. South Korea, 474 patents
5. Germany, 364 patents
6. Taiwan, 321 patents
7. India, 244 patents
8. United Kingdom, 218 patents
9. Canada, 214 patents
10. France, 163 patents