Patent Filing Activity in USA – 2016
Following chart depicts how many patents were abandoned, issued or published in USA in 2016. Let’s see which type of patents saw how many patent applications in 2016 –
Following chart depicts how many patents were abandoned, issued or published in USA in 2016. Let’s see which type of patents saw how many patent applications in 2016 –
Following chart depicts how many patents were abandoned, issued or published in USA in 2017. Let’s see which type of patents saw how many patent applications in 2017 –
Following chart depicts how many patents were abandoned, issued or published in USA in 2018. Let’s see which type of patents saw how many patent applications in 2018 –
Following chart depicts how many patents were abandoned, issued or published in USA in 2019. Let’s see which type of patents saw how many patent applications in 2019 –
Following chart depicts how many patents were abandoned, issued or published in USA in 2020. Let’s see which type of patents saw how many patent applications in 2020 –
Patent Filing Activity in the USA over the last five years has been quite consistent. Even during the Covid-19 pandemic, the filing activity has shown consistent trends whereas the provisional patent filing has seen a rise.
We monitored the patent publications of Google for the past 20 years at the USPTO. Google’s Patent portfolio shows that its footprints are in 66 different technology areas ranging from 3D Animation to Selective Visual Display Systems. Below are the top technology areas of their interest – Technology Areas Number
For the uninitiated, FAANG is an acronym for five American tech stocks of the S&P 500 with a combined market cap of $4 trillion. These five companies are Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google which are all household names. And last but not the least, these five stocks collectively make
Samsung and LG have been in competition for more than 50 years. The rivalry between two Korean multinational conglomerates is so fierce that their employees avoid going to restaurants and places where they know the other side hangs out. Isn’t it similar to how football fans avoid pubs/restaurants on the
Microsoft has filed 61465 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 43567 have been granted leading to the grant rate of 78.96%. Here is a comparison between average grant rate of the USPTO, Art Units where Microsoft files patents, and grant rate of