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Companies with the most patents granted 2018
Companies with the most U.S. patents granted to them in 2018
by Arne Holst,
last edited
Jun 7, 2019
This statistic shows a ranking of companies according to how many patents had been assigned to them as of the end of 2018. IBM had 9,100 patents assigned to them at this time. IBM has held the first position in patent grants 24 years in a row. Patents grant exclusionary rights to an invention - a product or process that is a solution to a specific technological problem. They can be seen as an indicator of innovation, to track rates of technological change or progress, or monitor the health of research and development. Where specific patents are linked to businesses, they can occasionally be used as a barometer for judging the current or future direction of a business's interests.
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by Arne Holst,
last edited
Jun 7, 2019
This statistic shows a ranking of companies according to how many patents had been assigned to them as of the end of 2018. IBM had 9,100 patents assigned to them at this time. IBM has held the first position in patent grants 24 years in a row. Patents grant exclusionary rights to an invention - a product or process that is a solution to a specific technological problem. They can be seen as an indicator of innovation, to track rates of technological change or progress, or monitor the health of research and development. Where specific patents are linked to businesses, they can occasionally be used as a barometer for judging the current or future direction of a business's interests.
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Statistics on "Patents in the United States"
- Overview
The most important statistics
- Number of patent applications and grants in the United States in FY 2018, by typeNumber of patent applications and grants in the U.S., by type FY 2018
- Number of patent application filings in the United States from FY 1998 to FY 2018Number of patent application filings in the U.S. FY 1998-FY 2018
- Number of patents issued in the United States from FY 1998 to FY 2017Number of patents issued in the U.S. FY 1998-FY 2017
- Number of patents in force in the United States from 2004 to 2017Number of patents in force in the U.S. 2004-2017
- Number of patents granted to U.S. companies from 2002 to 2017Number of patents granted to U.S. companies 2002-2017
- Companies with the most U.S. patents granted to them in 2018Companies with the most patents granted 2018
- Patents in detail
The most important statistics
- Number of patent grants in the United States in FY 2018, by stateNumber of patent grants in the U.S., by state FY 2018
- Number of U.S. patents issued in FY 2017 and FY 2018, by residency of applicantNumber of U.S. patents issued by residency of applicant FY 2017-FY 2018
- Percentage of patent applications in the United States between 2003 and 2017, by top fields of technologyPercentage of patent applications in the U.S. 2017, by fields of technology
- Ranking of top patent applicant U.S. organizations via the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in 2017, by number of applicationsRanking of U.S. companies with the most international patent applications 2017
- Number of international patent applications of U.S. companies from 2002 to 2017, by treaty system usedNumber of international patent applications of U.S. companies 2002-2017
- Number of independent inventors in the United States from 1998 to 2015Number of independent inventors in the U.S. 1998-2015
- Utility patents
The most important statistics
- Number of utility patent application filings in the United States from FY 1998 to FY 2018Number of utility patent application filings in the U.S. FY 1998-FY 2018
- Number of utility patents issued in the United States from FY 1997 to FY 2018Number of utility patents issued in the U.S. FY 1997-FY 2018
- Number of technology (utility) patent grants in the U.S. as of 2015, by ownershipNumber of technology patent grants in the U.S. as of 2015, by ownership
- Number of technology (utility) patent grants in the United States as of 2015, by country of origin of applicantNumber of technology patent grants in the U.S. as of 2015, by country of origin
- Industrial design
The most important statistics
- Number of design patent application filings in the United States from FY 1998 to FY 2018Number of design patent application filings in the U.S. FY 1998- FY 2018
- Number of design patents issued in the United States from FY 1997 to FY 2018Number of design patents issued in the U.S. FY 1997-FY 2018
- Number of industrial design patent filings by U.S. companies from 2008 to 2017Number of industrial design patent filings by U.S. companies 2008-2017
- Number of industrial design patent registrations by U.S. companies from 2008 to 2017Number of industrial design patent registrations by U.S. companies 2008-2017
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- Number of plant patent application filings in the United States from FY 1997 to FY 2018Number of plant patent application filings in the U.S. FY 1998-FY 2018
- Number of plant patents issued in the United States from FY 1997 to FY 2018Number of plant patents issued in the U.S. FY 1997-FY 2018
- Number of plant patent grants in the U.S. as of 2015, by ownershipNumber of plant patent grants in the U.S. as of 2015, by ownership
- Number of plant patent grants in the United States as of 2015, by country of origin of applicantNumber of plant patent grants in the U.S. as of 2015, by country of origin
- Ranking of organizations with plant patent grants in the U.S. as of 2015, by number of patents heldRanking of organizations with plant patent grants in the U.S. as of 2015
- Government involvement
The most important statistics
- Number of statutory invention registrations and defensive publication grants in the United States from 2000 to 2014Statutory invention registrations and defensive publication grants in the U.S. 2014
- Number of statutory invention registrations and defensive publications granted in the U.S. as of 2015, by ownershipStatutory invention registrations/defensive publication grants by the USPTO 2015
- Ranking of organizations with statutory invention registrations and defensive publication patent grants in the U.S. as of 2015Ranking of organizations with defensive publications/SIR grants in the U.S. 2015
- Number of patent applications stifled by U.S. Government secrecy orders from the fiscal years 2000 to 2018Number of patent applications stifled by U.S. Government secrecy orders 2000-2018
- Number of patents issued to the U.S. government in the fiscal year of 2018, by departmentNumber of patents issued to the U.S. government, by department FY 2018
- Patent litigations
The most important statistics
- Top ten largest amounts of initial damages awarded in U.S. patent litigation cases between 1997 and 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)Top ten U.S. patent litigation cases by damages awarded 1997 to 2017
- Share of patent litigation cases in the United States between 1998 and 2017, by industryShare of patent litigations in the U.S. 1998-2017, by industry
- Patent holder median damages awarded in patent litigation cases in the United States between 1998 and 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)Patent holder median damages awarded in U.S. patent litigation cases 1998-2017
- Number of patent infringement investigations instituted in the United States from FY 2006 to 2018Number of patent infringement investigations instituted in the U.S. 2006-2018
- Percentage of patent infringement investigations in the United States in 2017 and 2018, by accused product typePercentage of accused products in U.S. patent infringement investigations, by type
- Patent holders
The most important statistics
- Top 20 buyers of U.S. granted patents and applications in 2015Companies who purchased the most U.S. patents and applications in 2015
- Leading patent law firms in the United States in 2018, by number of overall filingsIntellectual property law firms by number of overall filings U.S. 2018
- Top university owners of U.S. granted utility patents in 2018, by number of patents issuedTop university owners of United States issued utility patents 2018
- Top 20 inventors with the highest number of U.S. patents granted in 2015Inventors with most patents issued in the U.S. in 2015
- Rate of abandonment of U.S. patents up for renewal from 2005 to 2015Maintenance rate of U.S. patents up for renewal 2005 to 2015
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- Number of patent application filings in the United States from FY 1998 to FY 2018
- Number of patents issued in the United States from FY 1998 to FY 2017
- Number of patents in force in the United States from 2004 to 2017
- Number of patents granted to U.S. companies from 2002 to 2017
- Companies with the most U.S. patents granted to them in 2018
- Number of patent grants in the United States in FY 2018, by state
- Number of U.S. patents issued in FY 2017 and FY 2018, by residency of applicant
- Percentage of patent applications in the United States between 2003 and 2017, by top fields of technology
- Ranking of top patent applicant U.S. organizations via the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in 2017, by number of applications
- Number of international patent applications of U.S. companies from 2002 to 2017, by treaty system used
- Number of independent inventors in the United States from 1998 to 2015
- Number of utility patent application filings in the United States from FY 1998 to FY 2018
- Number of utility patents issued in the United States from FY 1997 to FY 2018
- Number of technology (utility) patent grants in the U.S. as of 2015, by ownership
- Number of technology (utility) patent grants in the United States as of 2015, by country of origin of applicant
- Number of design patent application filings in the United States from FY 1998 to FY 2018
- Number of design patents issued in the United States from FY 1997 to FY 2018
- Number of industrial design patent filings by U.S. companies from 2008 to 2017
- Number of industrial design patent registrations by U.S. companies from 2008 to 2017
- Number of plant patent application filings in the United States from FY 1997 to FY 2018
- Number of plant patents issued in the United States from FY 1997 to FY 2018
- Number of plant patent grants in the U.S. as of 2015, by ownership
- Number of plant patent grants in the United States as of 2015, by country of origin of applicant
- Ranking of organizations with plant patent grants in the U.S. as of 2015, by number of patents held
- Number of statutory invention registrations and defensive publication grants in the United States from 2000 to 2014
- Number of statutory invention registrations and defensive publications granted in the U.S. as of 2015, by ownership
- Ranking of organizations with statutory invention registrations and defensive publication patent grants in the U.S. as of 2015
- Number of patent applications stifled by U.S. Government secrecy orders from the fiscal years 2000 to 2018
- Number of patents issued to the U.S. government in the fiscal year of 2018, by department
- Top ten largest amounts of initial damages awarded in U.S. patent litigation cases between 1997 and 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)
- Share of patent litigation cases in the United States between 1998 and 2017, by industry
- Patent holder median damages awarded in patent litigation cases in the United States between 1998 and 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)
- Number of patent infringement investigations instituted in the United States from FY 2006 to 2018
- Percentage of patent infringement investigations in the United States in 2017 and 2018, by accused product type
- Top 20 buyers of U.S. granted patents and applications in 2015
- Leading patent law firms in the United States in 2018, by number of overall filings
- Top university owners of U.S. granted utility patents in 2018, by number of patents issued
- Top 20 inventors with the highest number of U.S. patents granted in 2015
- Rate of abandonment of U.S. patents up for renewal from 2005 to 2015
- Ranking of companies with the biggest growth in patents held among the top 50 patent holding companies in the U.S. as of 2012
- Number of inter partes reexamination filings in the United States from 2007 to 2012, by discipline
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