Patent Filing Activity in USA – 2020
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 –
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.
A total number of 188344 patents were issued to residents of the USA by the USPTO. The following chart depicts the 10 US states that topped the chart.
The USPTO issued a total of 210695 patents to foreign applicants in 2020. The following illustration provides the top five foreign countries with the most number of issued US patents in 2020.
Total number of patents issued by USPTO in 2020 – 399055. Here is the break down – Utility 360784 Design 36313 Plant 1350 Re-issue 608
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For the analysis, we picked patent portfolios of the top 10 assignees that bagged the most number of granted US patents in 2019. Three among the top 10 assignees have an abandonment/rejection rate more than the average abandonment rate of their GAUs. Also, Intel is the only USA based company
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Whereas both Samsung and IBM are neck and neck in terms of their patent filings, IBM is clearly leading when the grant rate is the factor. This is evident from the fact that Samsung has filed more applications in total but IBM has more granted patents in their kitty. Also,
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