September 19, 2023, Weekly Utility Patent Insights

Welcome to the 19th 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 7,078 for the week.
2. Patent Attorney Firm (Sughrue Mion, PLLC) had the most number of patents issued (102 patents).
3. The most prolific Company was Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. with 111 patents.
4. The most prolific city for issued utility patents was Tokyo, JP with 292 patents.
5. The most prolific inventor was Tao Luo with 21 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 4,789 new inventors, and 388 new companies.

Top 10 Inventors:

1. Tao Luo, 21 patents – San Diego, CA (US)
2. Junyi Li, 20 patents – Franklin Park, NJ (US)
3. Frederick E. Shelton, IV, 8 patents – Hillsboro, OH (US)
4. Sudhi R. Sinha, 8 patents – Milwaukee, WI (US)
5. Youngchoon Park, 8 patents – Brookfield, WI (US)
6. Shan Liu, 8 patents – San Jose, CA (US)
7. Esmael Hejazi Dinan, 8 patents – McLean, VA (US)
8. Sarbajit K. Rakshit, 7 patents – Kolkata, IN
9. Kapil Gulati, 7 patents – Belle Mead, NJ (US)
10. Jing Sun, 7 patents – San Diego, CA (US)

Top 10 Attorneys:

1. Sughrue Mion, PLLC, 102 patents
2. Fish & Richardson P.C., 93 patents
3. Foley & Lardner LLP, 93 patents
4. Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P., 87 patents
5. JCIPRNET, 79 patents
6. Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C., 72 patents
7. Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, 69 patents
8. Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A., 69 patents
9. Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, 68 patents
10. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, 66 patents

Top 10 Companies:

1. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 127 patents
2. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 91 patents
3. QUALCOMM Incorporated, 78 patents
4. International Business Machines Corporation, 76 patents
5. Apple Inc., 69 patents
6. Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, 64 patents
7. TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, 52 patents
8. Micron Technology, Inc., 52 patents
9. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., 49 patents
10. BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., 47 patents

Top 10 Cities:

1. Tokyo, JP, 292 patents
2. San Jose, CA (US), 237 patents
3. Seoul, KR, 214 patents
4. San Francisco, CA (US), 194 patents
5. San Diego, CA (US), 173 patents
6. Beijing, CN, 156 patents
7. Sunnyvale, CA (US), 129 patents
8. Suwon-si, KR, 128 patents
9. Hsinchu, TW, 110 patents
10. Mountain View, CA (US), 107 patents

Top 10 Countries:

1. United States of America, 3,407 patents
2. Japan, 987 patents
3. China, 627 patents
4. South Korea, 494 patents
5. Germany, 404 patents
6. Taiwan, 320 patents
7. Canada, 203 patents
8. India, 192 patents
9. United Kingdom, 177 patents
10. France, 139 patents