This statistic shows the top 20 buyers of U.S. patents and patent applications in 2015. In 2015, Global Founders Capital bought 14,239 patents and applications, the most of any company worldwide. In second place was Hewlett Packard who bought 10,219 U.S. patents and applications.
Top 20 buyers of U.S. granted patents and applications in 2015
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Statistics on Patents in the United States
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Number of patent applications and grants in the U.S. FY 2021, by type
- Premium Statistic Number of patent application filings in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of patents issued in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of patents in force in the U.S. 2004-2020
- Premium Statistic Number of patents granted to U.S. companies 2009-2020
- Basic Statistic Companies with the most patents granted 2020-2021
Patents in detail
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- Premium Statistic Number of patent grants in the U.S. FY 2021, by state
- Premium Statistic Number of U.S. patents issued FY 2017-FY 2021, by residency of applicant
- Premium Statistic Number of patent applications U.S. 2020, by fields of technology
- Premium Statistic Ranking of U.S. companies with the most international patent applications 2020
- Premium Statistic Number of international patent applications of U.S. companies 2002-2020
Utility patents
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- Premium Statistic Number of utility patent application filings in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of utility patents issued in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Share of utility patent grants issued U.S. FY 2021, by entity size and origin
- Premium Statistic Ranking of the 20 countries with the most utility model applications 2021
Industrial design
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- Premium Statistic Number of design patent application filings in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of design patents issued in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of industrial design patent filings by U.S. companies 2009-2020
- Premium Statistic Number of industrial design patent registrations by U.S. companies 2009-2020
Plant patents
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- Premium Statistic Number of plant patent application filings in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of plant patents issued in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Ranking of the 20 countries with the most plant variety applications 2021
- Premium Statistic Ranking of the 20 countries with the most plant variety grants 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of plant varieties in force for selected countries 2021
Patent holders
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- Premium Statistic Intellectual property law firms by number of overall filings U.S. 2016-2020
- Premium Statistic Leading university owners of United States issued utility patents 2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. patents granted to Boeing 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. patents granted to Honeywell International in the U.S. 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic Patents granted to Raytheon 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. patents granted to Lockheed Martin 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of patents issued to the U.S. government FY 2021, by department
Further related statistics
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- Inventors with most patents issued in the U.S. in 2015
- Maintenance rate of U.S. patents up for renewal 2005 to 2015
- USPTO patent maintenance revenue 2016-2019
- Firms with the best Alice overcome rate U.S. 2014-2017
- High-volume firms with the best Alice allowance rate U.S. 2014-2017
- Share of Alice rejections across the USPTO in the U.S. 2014-2017
- Ranking of the top U.S. patent law firms 2020, by number of patents represented
- Number of 3D printing patent litigation cases U.S. 2007-2018
- Forecast: patent law firms revenue Germany 2009-2018
- Latin America: patent applications 2016, by country & residence
- Costa Rica: patent applications 2010-2019, by residence
- Number of patent applications from Taipei to the EPO in 2018, by field of technology
- Number of patent applications from Belgium to the EPO in 2019, by field of technology
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Statistics
- Inventors with most patents issued in the U.S. in 2015
- Maintenance rate of U.S. patents up for renewal 2005 to 2015
- USPTO patent maintenance revenue 2016-2019
- Firms with the best Alice overcome rate U.S. 2014-2017
- High-volume firms with the best Alice allowance rate U.S. 2014-2017
- Share of Alice rejections across the USPTO in the U.S. 2014-2017
- Ranking of the top U.S. patent law firms 2020, by number of patents represented
- Number of 3D printing patent litigation cases U.S. 2007-2018
- Forecast: patent law firms revenue Germany 2009-2018
- Latin America: patent applications 2016, by country & residence
- Costa Rica: patent applications 2010-2019, by residence
- Number of patent applications from Taipei to the EPO in 2018, by field of technology
- Number of patent applications from Belgium to the EPO in 2019, by field of technology
Website (accalaimip.com). (November 7, 2016). Top 20 buyers of U.S. granted patents and applications in 2015 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 04, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/629875/top-buyers-of-us-patents-and-applications-2015/
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Website (accalaimip.com). (2016). Top 20 buyers of U.S. granted patents and applications in 2015. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 04, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/629875/top-buyers-of-us-patents-and-applications-2015/
Website (accalaimip.com). "Top 20 Buyers of U.S. Granted Patents and Applications in 2015." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Nov 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/629875/top-buyers-of-us-patents-and-applications-2015/
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Top 20 buyers of U.S. granted patents and applications in 2015 [Graph], Website (accalaimip.com), November 7, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/629875/top-buyers-of-us-patents-and-applications-2015/