A total of approximately 7.5 Lakh patents were published in the US in the year 2023 (01 January 2023 – 31 December 2023) out of which around 3 Lakh patents were granted, according to findings by Insights;Gate. There is a slight decrease over patent filings as compared to 2022.
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Leading the way is Samsung with 24,341 US published patents in 2023. LG was 2nd, at 10793.
Other top 10 U.S. patentees include: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Qualcomm and Huawei among others.
On a country-by-country basis, U.S. companies filed the most patents, followed by companies based in Japan, China, and South Korea.
How Many Patents were Published and Granted in the US Every Month in 2023?
We’re examining total published patent application records for comparison because the publication timeline of up to 18 months can cause confusion when solely considering the patent count of the most recent year.
| Month | Published Patent Count | Granted Patent Count |
| Jan | 58396 | 33620 |
| Feb | 58271 | 27629 |
| March | 61420 | 18252 |
| April | 52635 | 23524 |
| May | 59531 | 26781 |
| June | 71921 | 27092 |
| July | 48882 | 19494 |
| August | 72427 | 35970 |
| September | 61487 | 29219 |
| October | 72565 | 38048 |
| November | 70843 | 29296 |
| December | 60411 | 27230 |
Which countries contribute the most to innovations in the US?
This chart talks about the primary sources or locations where a significant number of innovations in the United States originate. It’s inquiring about the main regions responsible for generating the most innovations within the country.
Top patent filers and innovators in the US in 2023
Top Companies
Top Inventors
Law firms with the most patent prosecutions in the US in 2023
Top technology-focused area of published patents in 2023
The focused technology topics were Display Device, Electrode & Semiconductors and Electrical & Electronic Equipment. Whereas, the top Application domains worked upon were Data processing & Applications, Character and pattern recognition, and Material analysis.