According to IFI Claims, only six other corporations were awarded more U.S. patents last year than Apple.
There was a nine percent drop in total awarded patents given to Apple in 2021 when compared to the previous year, according to IFI Claims Patent Services’s rankings of the top 50 U.S. patent assignees in 2021. According to the latest rankings, Apple rose one spot in 2021.
IBM, Samsung, Canon, TSMC, Huawei, and Intel have all been awarded more patents than Apple. Patents awarded by these top ten businesses ranged from 2,000 to 3,100. With 8,682 and 6,366 issued patents, IBM and Samsung overwhelmed the other three firms.
Apple nevertheless had more patents awarded than LG, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Samsung Display, Amazon, Sony, and Google, even though they were all direct rivals. In 2021, the US Patent and Trademark Office’s top 20 grantees of patents are as follows:
- International Business Machines Corp: 8,682 patents granted
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd: 6,366 patents granted
- Canon Inc: 3,021 patents granted
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co TSMC Ltd: 2,798 patents granted
- Huawei Technologies Co Ltd: 2,770 patents granted
- Intel Corp: 2,615 patents granted
- Apple Inc: 2,541 patents granted
- LG Electronics Inc: 2,487 patents granted
- Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC: 2,418 patents granted
- Qualcomm Inc: 2,149 patents granted
- BOE Technology Group Co Ltd: 2,135 patents granted
- Toyota Motor Corp: 2,028 patents granted
- Samsung Display Co Ltd: 1,975 patents granted
- Amazon Technologies Inc: 1,942 patents granted
- Micron Technology Inc: 1,789 patents granted
- Sony Corp: 1,683 patents granted
- Ford Global Technologies LLC: 1,626 patents granted
- Google LLC: 1,493 patents granted
- Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB: 1,387 patents granted
- Hyundai Motor Co: 1,269 patents granted
IFI Expectations for 2021 The top 250 patent holders in the world are shown by looking at the total number of patents owned by each company. Apple is ranked 37th on this list, with a total of 20,491 current patents. With a total of 90,416 active patents, Samsung is presently the patent leader in the world. In terms of worldwide active patents, Microsoft, LG, Sony, Intel, and Qualcomm all beat Apple.
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Insights into Apple’s particular areas of research and development may be gleaned from its patent filings, but they do not reflect the company’s imminent intentions.