Harrity Analytics’ Top Patent Firms List Featured in Law360

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The newly released 2022 Top Patent Firms List by Harrity Patent Analytics and accompanying data is featured in a recent Law360 article, titled This Firm Keeps Reeling In The Most Utility Patents.

“The law firm that won the most utility patents in 2021 has again taken the No. 1 spot in 2022, with nearly 5,200 secured utility patents, according to a new report from Harrity Patent Analytics.

Fish & Richardson PC increased the number of patents secured by the firm by 4% in 2022, obtaining 5,186 patents compared to 2021’s 5,004, according to Harrity’s 2022 Top Patent Firms. Sughrue Mion PLC and Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt LLP again rounded out the top three.

‘The list demonstrates which patent firms are still big players, while providing insight for both clients and firms to make strategic decisions moving forward,’ Rocky Berndsen, the head of Harrity Patent Analytics, said in a statement.”

Read the full article at HERE.

See the 2022 Top Patent Firms List HERE. Learn more about our patent analytics capabilities by visiting the Harrity Analytics site HERE.

Bloomberg Features Patent 300® by Harrity Analytics

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The newly released 2023 Patent 300® List by Harrity Patent Analytics and accompanying data is featured in a recent article by Brody Ford for Bloomberg, titled IBM Loses Top Patent Spot After Decades as Leader.

“International Business Machines Corp. dropped from the top spot for US patents in 2022, the first time in decades Big Blue hasn’t claimed the most in a year, signaling a strategy shift at the longtime intellectual property leader,” the article begins.

“IBM’s patent count declined 44% to 4,743 patents in 2022, falling to No. 2 behind Samsung Electronics Co.’s 8,513, according to Harrity LLP’s Patent 300 list. Technologies such as semiconductors and hardware memory saw the largest drop in IBM patents, though the reduction was across all major types.”

Read the full article at HERE.

See the 2023 Patent 300® List HERE. Learn more about our patent analytics capabilities by visiting the Harrity Analytics site HERE.

Rocky Berndsen Featured in IAM Article: Covid Impact on US Patent Filings

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A recent article by Angela Morris for IAM features patent data and insight from Rocky Berndsen, Head of the Harrity Patent Analytics Team. Using the annual Patent 300® report, Rocky provides reasoning for the apparent decline in patents from major players since the start of Covid.

“The slide in patent grants means something, according to Rocky Berndsen, head of patent analytics at Harrity & Harrity, which conducted the data analysis.

First, it could be indicative of changing prosecution patterns. ‘Thinking back, 2020 was the covid year. It was really when it started hitting and we all had the shut-downs. But some of the impact is showing in the 2021 data. We had a drop-off in 2021 as a result of what was happening in 2020. There is a lag that happens in the patent field with filings and prosecution budgets,’ explains Berndsen.”

Read the full article at HERE.

Learn more about our patent analytics capabilities by visiting the Harrity Analytics site HERE.

AT&T Slips in Patent Rankings, Rocky Berndsen Quoted for DBJ

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A recent article by Brian Womack, Staff Writer for Dallas Business Journal, referred to data and expertise from Rocky Berndsen and the Harrity Patent Analytics Team’s Patent 300® report over the decline in patents from wireless conglomerate AT&T.

“AT&T lost some ground with patent numbers, a report shows — though an executive said fluctuations aren’t anything new. The company saw the number of utility patents issued fall 26% in 2021 compared to 2020, according to the Patent 300 List by Harrity Patent Analytics. The Dallas telecommunications giant’s ranking slipped to No. 36 from the No. 27 spot in the previous year, according to Rocky Berndsen, head of patent analytics at Harrity & Harrity,” Womack begins.

Read the full article at HERE.

Learn more about our patent analytics capabilities by visiting the Harrity Analytics site HERE.

Visual Capitalist Features Patent 300® by Harrity Analytics

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Visual Capitalist is one of the fastest growing online publishers globally, focused on topics including markets, technology, energy and the global economy, making data more accessible through infographics that simplify the high volume of data sources and show readers the bigger picture.

Harrity is honored to be featured in one of the latest Visual Capitalist’s datastreams, Visualizing Companies with the Most Patents Granted in 2021, by Raul Amoros.

“Companies around the world invest billions in R&D to provide cutting-edge innovation to their products and services. In order to protect these investments, companies apply for patents. Therefore, the number of utility patents a company is granted can be considered a rough measure of its level of innovation.

Every year, the Patent 300 List identifies America’s most innovative companies within the intellectual property space by analyzing the patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

In 2021, the USPTO granted a total of 327,798 utility patents, down 7% from the previous year. Let’s take a look at which companies generated the most patents in 2021.”

Read the full article at HERE.

Learn more about our patent analytics capabilities by visiting the Harrity Analytics site HERE.

Track One Filings on Faster Track?

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Are Track One Filings on a Faster Track?

By Neil Kardos, Partner

Does filing a Track One prioritized examination request increase the chances of getting a patent? I discussed this idea in a recent Practical Patents video, and below is a chart of the data broken down by USPTO technology center.

Track One applications have a higher allowance rate compared to non-Track One applications across all technology centers, ranging from a 7% boost to a 21% boost.

The boost from Track One is particularly significant (16%-21%) in technology areas with lower allowance rates, like chemical, biotech, and business methods.

Of course, correlation is not causation. Does filing a Track One request boost the chances of getting a patent, or are patent applications that already have a higher chance of success being filed with Track One requests?

My guess: it’s a bit of both.

What do you think?

Learn more about our patent analytics capabilities by visiting the Harrity Analytics site HERE.

Using Examiner Analytics for Prosecution

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A Look at Examiner Analytics

By Paul Harrity, Managing Partner

If you had a patent application with a particular Examiner and these were the only statistics that you had regarding the Examiner, what could you tell about this Examiner?

I can tell a number of things about this Examiner from these statistics. Here are some of the things I would know about this Examiner:

 
1. The Examiner is a more senior patent examiner with about 10 or 11 years of experience (assuming that the 40 patents that the Examiner issued last year is their average).
 
2. The Examiner allows a lot more applications than the Examiner abandons (i.e., the Examiner issued 40 patents last year compared to 2 abandonments). So, this seems like someone who I can work with to get to an allowance.
 
3. The Examiner allows more applications than the average patent examiner in the Examiner’s art unit (i.e., the Examiner’s 95% allowance rate is higher than the art unit average of 90%). Further, the Examiner has issued more than half of the patents issued by the entire art unit so far this year (i.e., the Examiner issued 18 patents YTD, compared to the 33 patents issued by the entire art unit). This is further evidence that this is someone who I can work with to get to an allowance.
 
4. The Examiner’s allowance rate of 95% for the entire prior year implies that this is a patent examiner who might be willing to work with applicants to move an application towards allowance.
 
What else do you see?
 
You can get FREE examiner analytics today – right now. Go to www.patentprufer.com and sign up today.

Learn more about our patent analytics capabilities by visiting the Harrity Analytics site HERE.

Top Medical Device Companies in 2021 US Patents

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Top Medical Device Companies in 2021 US Patents

By Rocky Berndsen, Head of Harrity Analytics

Medical devices are a $432 billion dollar global industry and here are the top 20 companies patenting in the US. Overall, these companies obtained 8% fewer patents in 2021 compared to 2020. Most of these companies are filing first in the US, with Philips as an exception.

Over 40% of the patents issued are continuations, Considering that the average number of continuations in 2021 was 23%, this shows the strategic continuation patenting in the medical device space.

Of note is the variability in the average office actions per patent and RCEs per patent statistics in the medical device space. The highest office actions per patent is 2.4 and the lowest is 1.3. The highest RCEs per patent is 0.8 and the lowest is 0.3.

Kudos to Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, Philips, Boston Scientific, Stryker, Abbott, BD, SHIMADZU CORPORATION, Intuitive, and Baxter International Inc. for making the top 10!

Learn more about our patent analytics capabilities by visiting the Harrity Analytics site HERE.

Business Methods Patents Are Alive & Well!

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By Rocky Berndsen, Head of Harrity Patent Analytics

Business Method patents are alive and well! Here is a list of the top 25 companies that obtained patents in 2021 in the business method art units at the USPTO.

Surprisingly, this is one of the few areas where we see year over year growth in patenting. This increase in patenting may be due to the sea change that we’ve seen in how the USPTO has handled the prosecution of business method patents.

There is some interesting variation in the patent prosecution metrics for companies obtaining patents in this space. This list is a who’s who of high-technology and fin-tech companies.

I’m surprised to see that significant percentage of patents in this space that are con/div.

What do you think? Find me on Linkedin and let me know your thoughts!

Want to see more interesting patent analytics? Check out our newest Patent 300® list here!

 

About Harrity Patent Analytics

Harrity Patent Analytics, an analytical team within the boutique IP law firm of Harrity & Harrity, LLP, uses cutting-edge capabilities to analyze patent data and extract insights for clients to use when making strategic decisions regarding patent portfolios. Patent 300® companies rely on Harrity Patent Analytics services to understand their patent portfolios, the patent portfolios of their competitors, and patent office trends around the world. For more information, visit harrityllp.com/services/patent-analytics/.

 

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Comparing Auto Manufacturer’s Patent Data to Sales, Revenues, and R&D

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By Rocky Berndsen, Head of Harrity Patent Analytics

 

One of my favorite ways to look at patent data is by comparing the data to sales, revenues, and R&D. Here are the top Auto Manufacturers that obtained patents in the US. I’ve included data from our patent database, and from www.goodcarbadcar.com.

This stat is interesting – Cars Sold to Patents. There could be a couple of insights drawn from this stat.

Here are some of my thoughts:
1. How much does a company value patenting – a higher ratio may indicate that the company places less value on patenting.
2. How much are patents playing in driving sales – a lower ratio may indicate that patents play a bigger role in driving sales
3. Which companies are innovating the most in the space relative to market size – using cars sold to normalize the quantity of patents provides a more direct benchmark.

Connect with me on Linkedin and let me know your thoughts on this statistic and what other kinds of stats you’d find interesting.

You can find more patent data on the top companies by viewing our Patent 300® List HERE.

 

About Harrity Patent Analytics

Harrity Patent Analytics, an analytical team within the boutique IP law firm of Harrity & Harrity, LLP, uses cutting-edge capabilities to analyze patent data and extract insights for clients to use when making strategic decisions regarding patent portfolios. Patent 300® companies rely on Harrity Patent Analytics services to understand their patent portfolios, the patent portfolios of their competitors, and patent office trends around the world. For more information, visit harrityllp.com/services/patent-analytics/.

 

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Harrity Analytics Announces Top Patent Firms of 2021

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HARRITY PATENT ANALYTICS ANNOUNCES THE TOP PATENT FIRMS OF 2021

WASHINGTON (January 20, 2022) –  Harrity Patent Analytics is excited to announce the Top Patent Firms of 2021. The list, published annually, ranks industry-leading patent law firms based on the total number of U.S. utility patents issued in the past year.

The 2021 Top Patent Firms list incorporates multiple categories of prosecution statistics, including 7 new categories, such as rank in US First Filings and rank in Foreign Priority Filings.

Fish & Richardson surpasses Oblon for the first time in list history, taking the #1 spot in both overall and US first filings. Other notable changes on the list include Kilpatrick Townsend dropping from the #7 spot to #11, and Foley & Lardner moving up from #8 to #5.  Some newcomers to the list in 2021 include Kacvinsky Daisak Bluni at #109, and Fig. 1 Patents at #282.

The Top 10 firms of 2021 in overall utility patents are:

  1. Fish & Richardson P.C. (5025)
  2. Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt LLP (4620)
  3. Sughrue Mion PLC (4398)
  4. Cantor Colburn LLP (3652)
  5. Foley & Lardner LLP (3416)
  6. Oliff PLC (3297)
  7. Birch Stewart Kolach & Birch LLP (3250)
  8. Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP (3014)
  9. Shwegman Lundberg & Woessner P.A. (2995)
  10. Harness Dickey & Pierce PLC (2963)

 

“The differences on this year’s Top Patent Firm rankings align with what we saw on the Patent 300®, with big companies filing less patents than in previous years, and therefore the law firms doing their work obtaining less patents – likely due to budgetary restraints imposed by the ongoing pandemic. The list demonstrates which patent firms are still big players, while providing insight for both clients and firms to make strategic decisions moving forward,” states Rocky Berndsen, Head of Harrity Patent Analytics.

The Top Patent Firms list is accompanied by an interactive dashboard and includes patent firms that have obtained at least 50 U.S. utility patents where the patent firms are listed on the front of the utility patents. Company legal departments have not been eliminated from the list.  The full list is available here.

About Harrity Patent Analytics

Harrity Patent Analytics, an analytical team within the boutique IP law firm of Harrity & Harrity, LLP, uses cutting-edge capabilities to analyze patent data and extract insights for clients to use when making strategic decisions regarding patent portfolios. Patent 300® companies rely on Harrity Patent Analytics services to understand their patent portfolios, the patent portfolios of their competitors, and patent office trends around the world. For more information, visit harrityllp.com/services/patent-analytics/.

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Harrity Analytics Releases 2022 Design Patent 100 List

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HARRITY PATENT ANALYTICS RELEASES THE 2022 DESIGN PATENT 100 LIST

List ranks top 100 companies, organizations, and universities in the design patent field

WASHINGTON (January 11, 2022) – Harrity Patent Analytics has released the 2022 publication of its annual Design Patent 100 List.  The list ranks the top 100 companies, organizations and universities in the patent field based on the total number of U.S. design patents issued in the past year.  The top 10 innovators from the 2022 Design Patent 100 List include:

  1. Samsung (615)
  2. Nike (541)
  3. Apple (438)
  4. LG (220)
  5. Ford (210)
  6. Alphabet (209)
  7. MASCO Corporation (194)
  8. Tata Sons (159)
  9. Porsche (152)
  10. P&G (141)

Samsung Electronics surpassed Nike to take the #1 spot, with a 4% increase from last year. Nike dropped to the #2 position with a 22% decrease from last year.  Overall, this year’s Top 10 saw an average 1% decrease from the previous year.  Other notable changes include MASCO Corporation’s debut to the Top 10, ranking 7th with a 59% increase, and Spigen Inc, dropping off the Top 10 to #12, with a 46% decrease. Bissell Homecare had the largest increase in design patents since 2020, at 1500%.

“The Design Patent 100 List identifies the global innovation leaders obtaining design patents in the United States,” said Rocky Berndsen, Head of Analytics for Harrity & Harrity. “The data contained in the Patent 300® Dashboard, such as the Design Patent 100 List, provides invaluable information to companies, in-house counsel, marketing teams, and law firms alike because it identifies the key players in design innovation and summarizes what is happening today in the patent world.”

For detailed analytics on the Design Patent 100, visit Harrity’s Patent 300® Dashboard, the intellectual property industry’s premier resource for patent insights and competitive intelligence on the world’s leaders in technology and design innovation.  The Dashboard contains analytics on more than 6,000,000 patents, including patent portfolio analyses, detailed patent prosecution insights, technology area breakdowns, and portfolio cost and budget analytics.

About Harrity Patent Analytics

Harrity Patent Analytics, an analytical team within the boutique IP law firm of Harrity & Harrity, LLP, uses cutting-edge capabilities to analyze patent data and extract insights for clients to use when making strategic decisions regarding patent portfolios. Patent 300® companies rely on Harrity Patent Analytics services to understand their patent portfolios, the patent portfolios of their competitors, and patent office trends around the world. For more information, visit harrityllp.com/services/patent-analytics/.

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A Look at Patent 300® Companies’ Office Actions Per Patent

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HARRITY PATENT ANALYTICS: A LOOK AT PATENT 300® COMPANIES’ OFFICE ACTIONS PER PATENT

By Rocky Berndsen, Head of Harrity Analytics

One of the stats I find most interesting in the patent field is the office action per patent statistic. There can be so many reasons why this statistic could vary so greatly from company to company. Here are a few of my ideas on the factors that go into it.

1. Filing strategy / Claim breadth – some filers will fight tooth and nail for every claim, whereas, other filers are just trying to get to allowance as quickly as possible.

2. Technology area – some technology areas may be more difficult to get patents in for a number of reasons (e.g., quality prior art, large numbers of filings, patentability issues).

3. Prosecution quality – the quality of prosecution quality varies from firm to firm, and even from attorney to attorney.

4. Foreign priority – apps with foreign priority tend to have fewer office actions per patent and typically will have fewer claims.

5. Budget/Cost consideration – prosecution strategy may be impacted by budget and therefore applications that reach higher numbers of office actions or RCEs may be abandoned.

6. Continuation strategy – continuation filings will tend to have fewer office actions than original priority filings.

Below, you can see the Patent 300® Companies with the highest and lowest office actions per patent.

I’d love to hear if you have any additional thoughts on the factors that go into these OA statistics.

The official 2022 ranking of the top 300 companies, organizations and universities can be found here. You can find more information regarding prosecution statistics in the interactive Patent 300® Dashboard here.

 

About Harrity Patent Analytics

Harrity Patent Analytics, an analytical team within the boutique IP law firm of Harrity & Harrity, LLP, uses cutting-edge capabilities to analyze patent data and extract insights for clients to use when making strategic decisions regarding patent portfolios. Patent 300® companies rely on Harrity Patent Analytics services to understand their patent portfolios, the patent portfolios of their competitors, and patent office trends around the world. For more information, visit harrityllp.com/services/patent-analytics/.

 

Law 360: IBM, Samsung Keep Top Spots On Annual Patent 300® List

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Law360 publishes report based on Harrity Analytic’s annual Patent 300® List.

Law360 (January 6, 2022, 7:42 PM EST) — IBM Corp. maintained its long-running status as the top patent owner in 2021 while Samsung clocked in close behind, but patent grants to companies that notched a spot on the list highlighting the top 300 patent owners released Thursday were largely down…

Rocky Berndsen, head of patent analytics at Harrity & Harrity, told Law360 in an interview that the drops in patent grants in 2021 can be partly attributed to budget considerations spurred by the pandemic.

“Anecdotally, what we can see from this year’s list is that some companies have been more strategic with what patent applications they continued to prosecute in light of those budget considerations,” Berndsen said. “Maybe last year, or the year before, they would’ve filed or prosecuted more applications. But they decided to drop some, and so we’re seeing the results of that in this year’s list.”

But there were some companies that landed on the list for the first time, including JPMorgan Chase & Co. at 275. Berndsen said that reflects growth happening in the fintech world.

“There’s a lot of technology development in fintech, and we’re seeing a lot of that with a company like JPMorgan Chase making the list for the first time this year,” he said.

Read the full Law360 report by Britain Eakin here.

 

About Harrity Patent Analytics

Harrity Patent Analytics, an analytical team within the boutique IP law firm of Harrity & Harrity, LLP, uses cutting-edge capabilities to analyze patent data and extract insights for clients to use when making strategic decisions regarding patent portfolios. Patent 300® companies rely on Harrity Patent Analytics services to understand their patent portfolios, the patent portfolios of their competitors, and patent office trends around the world. For more information, visit harrityllp.com/services/patent-analytics/.

 

Harrity Analytics Releases 2022 Patent 300® List

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HARRITY PATENT ANALYTICS RELEASES THE 2022 PATENT 300® LIST

Top 300 innovators in the patent field ranked by patents obtained

WASHINGTON (January 6, 2022) – Harrity Patent Analytics is excited to announce the release the 2022 Patent 300® List.  The annual list ranks the top 300 companies, organizations and universities in the patent field based on the total number of U.S. utility patents issued in the past twelve months.  The top 20 players from the newly published Patent 300® List include:

  1. IBM (8540)
  2. Samsung Electronics (8517)
  3. LG Corporation (4388)
  4. Canon (3400)
  5. Huawei (2955)
  6. Intel (2835)
  7. TSMC (2807)
  8. Toyota (2753)
  9. Raytheon Technologies (2694)
  10. Sony (2624)
  11. Apple (2591)
  12. Microsoft (2453)
  13. Qualcomm (2165)
  14. BOE Technology (2141)
  15. Amazon (2110)
  16. Dell Technologies (2053)
  17. Alphabet (2015)
  18. Micron (1798)
  19. Panasonic (1715)
  20. Ford (1675)

 

IBM maintains the top spot in the list despite a significant drop in total patents with their spin-off of Kyndryl.  Notably, TSMC, Qualcomm, and Micron moved up the list, whereas Microsoft and Raytheon Technologies moved lower.  The biggest overall change in the list is the fact that total patents obtained by the Patent 300® was 22,358 fewer in 2021 than in 2020.  The list accounts for 54 percent of the more than 340,000 U.S. patents issued in 2021.

“The Patent 300® list, year after year, provides a barometer for the most innovative companies in the world”, says Rocky Berndsen, Head of Patent Analytics at Harrity & Harrity.  “You can really see who is innovating in dozens of different industries and also see who the up-and-coming technology companies are”.

Harrity Patent Analytics additionally offers the Patent 300® Dashboard for more detailed analytics on the Patent 300® List.  The dashboard is the intellectual property industry’s premier resource for patent insights and competitive intelligence on the world’s leaders in technology, containing analytics on more than 6,000,000 patents, including patent portfolio analyses, detailed patent prosecution insights, technology area breakdowns, and portfolio cost and budget analytics.

The Patent 300® Dashboard provides in-house counsel, law firm partners, marketing teams, and c-suite executives with a detailed analysis of the world’s technology leaders, ranging from technology giants such as IBM (ranked #1) and Samsung (ranked #2), to leading universities such as MIT (ranked #108) and Johns Hopkins University (ranked #276), to newcomers including Kyndryl (ranked #117) and Snowflake (ranked #276).

The official 2022 ranking of the top 300 companies, organizations and universities can be found here.

 

About Harrity Patent Analytics

Harrity Patent Analytics, an analytical team within the boutique IP law firm of Harrity & Harrity, LLP, uses cutting-edge capabilities to analyze patent data and extract insights for clients to use when making strategic decisions regarding patent portfolios. Patent 300® companies rely on Harrity Patent Analytics services to understand their patent portfolios, the patent portfolios of their competitors, and patent office trends around the world. For more information, visit harrityllp.com/services/patent-analytics/.

 

Titans of Technology Blockchain

Titans of Technology: Blockchain / The Top Companies in Blockchain Patents 2021

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By Rocky Berndsen

Blockchain patenting has been exploding since 2016 and with Bitcoin and Ethereum hitting new all-time highs this year, Harrity Analytics decided to refresh their 2019 analysis of the blockchain patent space, in order to find out which companies are now patenting heavily in blockchain technology and in which countries patents are being obtained.

 

TITANS OF TECHNOLOGY: BLOCKCHAIN DASHBOARD (Powered by Power BI)

Harrity Analytics has created a nine page interactive dashboard that gives users the ability to view the blockchain technology landscape by 1) countries, 2) worldwide companies, 3) US patents by company, 4) Chinese patents by company, 5) Korean patents by company, 6) EPO patents by company, 7) Competitive Analysis / Gap Analysis, 8) filing trends, 9) patent trends.  Try the dashboard below.

 

 

The top ten countries or jurisdictions in the blockchain patent space are China, the United States, Korea, EPO, PCT, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Canada, and Australia.  China currently leads the number of active blockchain patents and pending applications with 34,562, a vast majority of those, 28,476, are pending applications. The United States is second in patenting with 8,759 active patents and pending applications. Korea is third with 4,035 active patents and pending applications in blockchain technology. Below is a chart showing totals for the top ten countries in the blockchain patent space.

 

Top Countries in Blockchain Patents 2021

Country/JurisdictionPatentPending ApplicationGrand Total
China60862847634562
United States321855418759
Korea191121244035
Europe (EPO)32919592288
WIPO (PCT)020182018
Japan56210871649
Taiwan6406041244
Singapore0789789
Canada97628725
Australia287398685

 

The top companies in the blockchain patent space vary based on the country or jurisdiction where the patenting is occurring. A worldwide view shows that most of the top companies in blockchain patenting are Chinese companies. With Alibaba, Ping An, Advanced New Technologies, and Tencent rounding out the top 4. Below is a chart of the top companies in the blockchain patent space worldwide.

 

Top Companies in Worldwide Blockchain Patents & Pending Applications - 2021

CompanyActive Worldwide Patents and Pending Applications
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd2588
Ping An Insurance (group); Company Of China, Ltd.2075
Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.1914
Tencent Holdings Ltd1703
Nchain Holdings Limited1196
Alipay.com Co., Ltd1094
International Business Machines Corp.962
Shenzhen Oneconnect Technology Co., Ltd.587
China United Network Communications Group Company Limited516
Baidu, Inc.429
Hangzhou Fuzamei Technology Co., Ltd.378
Mastercard Incorporated361
Bizmodeline Co Ltd320
China Pingan Property Insurance Stock Co., Ltd.288
Coinplug,inc260
Shenzhen Onething Technology Co., Ltd.257
Siemens Ag248
Shenzhen Qianhai Webank Co., Ltd.244
Shandong Aichengshiwang Information Technology Co., Ltd.222
Beijing Aimoruice Science And Technology Co., Ltd.222
Accenture Plc208
Bank Of China, Ltd.199
Visa Inc.192
Jiangsu Rongye Technology Company Limited187
Shenzhen Launch Tech Company Limited186
Microsoft Corporation185
Sony Corporation182
Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.180
Bank Of America Corporation169
Hangzhou Qulian Technology Ltd.155
Fujitsu Limited154
Taikang Life Insurance Co., Ltd.145
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.145
Intel Corporation145
Iallchain Co., Ltd.145
Hangzhou Qulian Technology Co.,ltd.145
Beijing Jingdong Shangke Information Technology Co., Ltd.143
Industrial & Commercial Bank Of China Ltd.142
Beijing Aimo Ruice Technology Co., Ltd.140
Zhongan Information Technology Services Co., Ltd.132
Capital One Financial Corp.132
Panasonic Corporation129
Guangdong University Of Technology123
Dell Technologies Inc.123
Nec Corporation122
Pingan Ind Co Ltd121
Xidian University107
Jpmorgan Chase & Co.107
Hitachi, Ltd.100
Shanghai Dianrong Information Technology Co., Ltd.98
Toronto-dominion Bank97
Nokia Corporation97
University Of Electronic Science And Technology Of China94
Hangzhou Yunphant Network Technology Co., Ltd.94
Black Gold Coin, Inc.90
Robert Bosch Gmbh89
One Connect Smart Technology Co., Ltd. (shenzhen)89
Lenovo Group Limited88
Shandong Icity Network Information Technology Co., Ltd.86
Nanjing University Of Posts And Telecommunications85
Toyota Motor Corporation82
Beijing Rui Zhuo Xi Tou Technology Development Co., Ltd.82
Salesforce.com, Inc.81
State Grid Corporation Of China80
Chongqing University80
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson78
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company76
Wal-mart Stores, Inc.75
China Unionpay Co., Ltd.75
Beijing Hai Yi Tong Zhan Information Technology Co., Ltd.74
Oracle Corporation73
Beijing University Of Posts And Telecommunications73
China Southern Power Grid Co Ltd72
Chinese Academy Of Sciences71
Beijing University Of Technology71
Bubi (beijing) Network Technology Co., Ltd.70
Ford Motor Company69
Webank Spa68
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.68
Qihoo 360 Technology Co., Ltd.67
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.s.66
Beijing Ruice Technology Co., Ltd.66
Strong Force Tx Portfolio 2018, LLC65
The Government Of Germany63
Tsinghua University63
Paypal Holdings, Inc.63
Hangzhou Rivtower Technology Co., Ltd.63
Cloudminds (shenzhen) Holdings Co., Ltd.63
Shandong Inspur Qualink Technology Co., Ltd.62
Electronics And Telecommunications Research Institute62
Sap Se61
Beihang University61
Wuhan University60
Deutsche Telekom Ag60
Aisino Co., Ltd60
General Electric Company59
Kt Corporation58
Cisco Systems, Inc.57
Netmarble Corporation56
Shaanxi Medicine Chain Block Chain Group Co., Ltd.55
Ygsoft Inc.54
China Mobile Communications Corporation54
Aowei Information Technology (jiangsu) Co., Ltd.54
AT&T Inc.53
Sinochem Corporation52
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company51
Gold Exchange51
Sinochain Tech Co Ltd49
Metaps Plus Inc.49
Zhejiang University48
China Construction Bank48
Bt Group Plc48
Keb Hana Bank47
Zhongshan University46
Hunan University45
American Express Company44
Netease, Inc.43
Innogy Se43
Instinct Block Chain Technology Co Ltd43
Kangjian Information Technology (shenzhen) Co., Ltd.42
Jinan University42
The Boeing Company41
Honeywell International Inc.41
Americorp Investments LLC41
Tzero Ip, LLC40
Zhongchao Credit Card Industry Development Co., Ltd.40
Tencent Cloud Computing (beijing) Co., Ltd.40
Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.40
Myomega Systems Gmbh40
Fudan University40
Coinbase, Inc.40
Anhui Gaoshan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.40
Shanghai Vechain Information Technology Co., Ltd.39
Infobank Corp.39
Tenpay Payment Science And Technology Co., Ltd.38
Shenzhen Ansike Electronic Tech Co Ltd38
Shanghai Jiaotong University38
Merck Kgaa38
Huazhong University Of Science & Technology38
Ebay Inc.38
Beijing Octa Innovations Information Technology Co., Ltd.38
Nasdaq, Inc.37
Jiangsu Hengbao Intelligent System Technology Co., Ltd.37
Beijing Peersafe Technology Co., Ltd.37
Beijing Oracle Chain Technology Co., Ltd.37
Micron Technology, Inc.36
Jinan Inspur Hi-tech Investment Development Co., Ltd.36
Institute Of Information Engineering Cas36
Wells Fargo & Company35
Tianjin University35
Trueseen Ltd.35
Hangzhou Cryptape Technology Co., Ltd.35
Zall Research Institute Of Smart Commerce (wuhan) Co., Ltd.34
Lizhan34
Digital Asset (switzerland) Gmbh34
China Zheshang Bank Co Ltd34
Beijing Lan Kong Ke Chuang Technology Co. Ltd34
Atos Se34
United Services Automobile Association33
Thales Sa33
Sony Group Corporation33
Liannong (shenzhen) Information Technology Co., Ltd.33
Chengdu Stacs Technology Co., Ltd.33
Shenzhen Zhishuilian Technology Co., Ltd.32
Shenzhen University32
Shanghai Wanxiang Blockchain Inc.32
Swirlds, Inc.31
Royal Bank Of Canada31
Inveniam Capital Partners, Inc.31
Hepu Technology Development (beijing) Co., Ltd.31
Fisher Rosemount Systems Inc31
Beijing Wodong Tianjun Information Technology Co., Ltd.31
Beijing Kingsoft Internet Security Software Co. Ltd.31
Beijing Institute Of Technology31
Beijing Hai Tong Technology Co Ltd Emori31
Zhong Information Technology Service Co., Ltd.30
Verizon Communications Inc.30
Lbxc Co., Ltd.30
Inspur Group Co., Ltd.30
China Citic Bank Co Ltd30
Lapsechain Sa C/o Leax Avocats29
Hefei Dappworks Technology Co., Ltd.29
Daimler Ag29
Beijing Kingsoft Cloud Network Technology Co., Ltd.29
Algorand Inc.29
Winklevoss Ip, LLC28
Sogang University Research & Business Development Foundation28
Strong Force Intellectual Capital, LLC28
Porsche Automobil Holding Se28
Eygs Llp28
Guangzhou University28
Foshan Yisu Jusen Technology Co., Ltd.28
East China Normal University28
Avaya Inc28
Blockchain Asics, Inc.28
Zhejiang Gongshang University27
Workday, Inc.27
Shimadzu Corporation27
Sichuan Homwee Technology Co Ltd27
Shanghai Gonglian Information Technology Co., Ltd.27
Nhn Corporation27
Neusoft Corporation27
Modernity Financial Holdings, Ltd.27
Chung-ang University27
Abmax Biotechnology Co Ltd27
Union Mobile Pay Ltd26
Shenzhen Golo Chelian Data Technology Co., Ltd.26
Shenzhen Leiling Guangtong Technology Research And Development Co., Ltd.26
Northern Trust Corporation26
Hangzhou Gandao Technology Co., Ltd.26
Southeast University25
Shenzhen Jiupin Air Purification Technology Co., Ltd.25
Shaanxi Medical Chain Blockchain Group Co., Ltd.25
R3 Ltd.25
Shanghai Youyang Xinmei Information Technology Co., Ltd.25
Shanghai Distributed Technologies Co., Ltd.25
Ping'an Consumer Finance Co., Ltd.25
Peking University25
Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School25
Institute Of Computing Technology Of The Chinese Academy Of Sciences25
Foshan University25
Gree Group Co., Ltd.25
Beijing Tiandihexing Technology Co., Ltd.25
Beijing Haiying Institute Of Science And Technology Information25
Vechain Global Technology S.ar.l.24
Zte Corporation24
Thomson Reuters Corporation24
Sichuan Changhong Electric Co., Ltd.24
Softbank Corp.24
Jindie Software (china) Co., Ltd.24
Juzix Technology (shenzhen) Co., Ltd.24
Innovative And Advance Technology Co., Ltd.24
Fubon Financial Holding Co Ltd.24
General Motors Company24
Dcun Corporation24
Cme Group Inc.24
Bitflyer Blockchain, Inc.24
Beijing Insight Chain Technology Co., Ltd.24
Amazon.com, Inc.24
Sichuan University23
South China University Of Technology23
Shenzhen City Naishidi Technology Development Co. Ltd.23
Shanghai Insurance Exchange Co., Ltd.23
National University Of Defense Technology Of The Chinese People's Liberation Army23
Putian City Zhuhuo Information Technology Co., Ltd.23
Nantworks, LLC23
Launch Tech Company Limited23
Fujian University Of Technology23
Denso Corporation23
Cryptape Inc.23
Boe Technology Group Co. Ltd23
Wuxi Jingtum Network Technology Co., Ltd.22
Sicpa Holding Sa22
Tianjin University Of Technology22
Shanghai Vonechain Information Technology Co., Ltd.22
Northeastern University22
Migu Culture Technology Co., Ltd.22
Hunan Tian He Guo Yun Technology Co., Ltd.22
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.22
Jiangsu University22
Hangzhou Dianzi University22
Hangzhou Yulan Technology Co., Ltd.22
Asahi Kasei Corporation22
Beijing Jingdong Zhenshi Information Technology Co., Ltd.22
Beijing Blockchain Cloud Technology Co., Ltd.22
State Grid Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd.21
Tbcasoft, Inc.21
Toshiba Corporation21
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.21
Motorola Solutions Inc21
Nanjing University Of Science And Technology21
Kddi Corporation21
Hunan Smart Government Block Chain Technology Co., Ltd.21
Hp Inc.21
Beijing Jd Finance Technology Holding Co., Ltd.21
Anhui Lingtuyi Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.21
Zhejiang Shuqin Technology Co., Ltd.20
Wuhan Douyu Network Technology Co., Ltd.20
Shenzhen Zhongke Zhicheng Technology Co., Ltd.20
Ruban Quantum Technology Co., Ltd.20
Shenzhen Beiyoutong New Energy Technology Development Co., Ltd.20
Nanjing Jinninghui Technology Co., Ltd.20
North China Electric Power University20
Hefei University Of Technology20
Hangzhou Hyperchain Technologies Co., Ltd.20
Guangzhou Youpu Electric Power Technology Co., Ltd.20
Financial And Risk Organisation Limited20
Cooperation Foundation Inje University Industry-academic20
Commissariat ? L'?nergie Atomique Et Aux ?nergies Alternatives20
Chongqing Huayi Kangdao Technology Co., Ltd.20
China Telecom Corporation Limited20
Xian Zhigui Internet Technology Co., Ltd.19
Zhongsi Boan Technology (beijing) Co., Ltd.19
Xiaomi Inc.19
Shenzhen Turing Singularity Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.19
Shenzhen Saiante Technology Service Co., Ltd.19
Raytheon Technologies Corporation19
Ping Identity Corporation19
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.19
Macrogen Inc19
Nanjing Zhongcheng Block Chain Research Institute Co., Ltd.19
Fidelity Investments19
Giesecke & Devrient Gmbh19
Golo Iov Data Technology Co., Ltd.19
Dongguk University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation19
Dalian University Of Technology19
Akamai Technologies, Inc.19
Beijing Arxan Fintech Co., Ltd.19
Bitflyer Inc.19
Acronis International Gmbh19
Beijing Bixing Technology Co., Ltd.19
Sk Telecom Co., Ltd.18
Tal Education Group18
Madisetti, Vijay18
Mcafee, LLC18
Hyundai Motor Company18
J2 Global, Inc.18
Innoplexus Ag18
Intuit Inc.18
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.18
Institute For Information Industry18
Jingdong Digital Technology Holdings Co., Ltd.18
China University Of Geoscience18
China Internet Network Information Center18
Dareway Software Co., Ltd.18
Civic Technologies18
Wangsu Science & Technology Co., Ltd.17
Xage Security, Inc.17
Shigengjian Data Technology (shanghai) Co., Ltd.17
Seagate Technology Plc17
Shanghai Heshu Software Co., Ltd.17
Shandong University17
Shanghai Ceying Network Technology Co., Ltd.17
Shenzhen Polytechnic17
Moneybreak LLC17
Mobile Innovations17
Mr. Ray, Inc.17
Kunming University Of Science And Technology17
Hefei Weitian Yuntong Information Science And Technology Co., Ltd.17
Kepco Kdn Co Ltd17
Guangdong Hongying Technology Co., Ltd.17
Endress+hauser (international) Holding Ag17
Fulian17
Hainan Univ17
Chengdu Sefon Software Co., Ltd.17
Comcast Corporation17
All It Top Co., Ltd.17
Baas17
Bank Of Taiwan17
Beijing Aimo Reechain Science And Technology Co., Ltd.17
Vivo Communication Technology Co. Ltd.16
Siemens Energy Ag16
Strike Protocols Inc.16
Simpsx Technologies LLC16
Star Mesh LLC16
Shenzhen Xiaokong Communication Technology Co., Ltd.16
Shenzhen Dianlian Technology Co., Ltd.16
Pingan Trust Co., Ltd.16
No. 30 Institute Of China Electronic Technology Group Corporation16
Kasa Ltd.16
Chengdu High-tech Information Technology Research Institute16
China Merchants Group Ltd16
Cable Television Laboratories Inc16
Beijing Technology & Business Univ.16
3m Company16
Wenzhou Tusheng Science And Technology Co., Ltd.15
Xian University Of Posts And Telecommunications15
Tata Sons Ltd15
Smartmd15
T0.com, Inc.15
Tongji University15
Shenzhen Great China Blockchain Technology Co., Ltd.15
Nanjing Ruixi Information Technology Co., Ltd.15
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation15
Nanjing Trusted Blockchain And Algorithm Economic Research Institute Co., Ltd.15
Netspective Communications LLC Maryland15
Pingan International Finance Lease Co., Ltd.15
Nike, Inc.15
Jiangsu Pay Egis Technology Co., Ltd.15
Korea Advanced Institute Of Science And Technology15
Johnson Controls International Plc15
Hangzhou Shichuang Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.15
Foundation Of Soongsil University-industry Cooperation15
Guilin University Of Electronic Technology15
Dish Network Corp.15
Dongguan Monda Plastic-chemical Technology Co., Ltd.15
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.15
Beijing Haopukang Technology Co., Ltd.15
Ant Blockchain Technology (shanghai) Co., Ltd15
Adp, LLC15
Anchor Labs15
Wealedger Network Technologies Co., Ltd.14
Voice Life, Inc.14
Zhihuigu (xiamen) Iot Technology Co., Ltd.14
Xian Jiaotong Univ14
Tcl Corporation14
Shenzhen Technology Co Ltd Blue To Di14
Suzhou Dajiaying Information Technology Co., Ltd.14
Shenzhen Ars(advanced River System) Technology Co., Ltd.14
Shenzhen Blockcontinent Technology Co., Ltd.14
Puhua Yunchuang Technology (beijing) Co., Ltd.14
Obook Inc14
Infineon Technologies Ag14
Fujifilm Holdings Corp14
Cognitive Scale, Inc.14
Central South University14
Bundesrepublik Deutschland14
Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation14
Changsha University Of Science And Technology14
Beijing Feitian Technologies14
Ali Group S.r.l.14
A.l.i. Technologies Inc14
Beijing Wuzi University14
Beatdapp Software Inc.14
Yinqing Technology (beijing) Co., Ltd.13
Zhejiang Normal Univ.13
Ylz Information Technology Co., Ltd.13
Xiamen Shunshi Gongshi Information Technology Co., Ltd.13
United Parcel Service, Inc.13
Xiangtan University13
University Of Science And Technology Of China13
Soonchunhyang University13
Suzhou City Xingji Yuntong Blockchain Technology Co., Ltd.13
Suzhou Tongji Blockchain Research Institute Co., Ltd.13
Suzhou Inspur Intelligent Software Co., Ltd.13
The Walt Disney Company13
Skuchain, Inc.13
Qilu University Of Technology13
Rad Group13
Shaanxi Medicine Chain Group Co., Ltd.13
Schneider Electric Sa13
Securrency, Inc13
Shenzhen Lvyuan Huizhi Technology Co., Ltd.13
Moog Inc.13
Pinganfu Technology Service Co., Ltd.13
Monticello Enterprises LLC13
Neural Technologies Ltd13
Nanjing Reborn Quantum Technology Co., Ltd.13
Harbin Engineering University13
Jilin University13
Iconloop Inc.13
Harbin Institute Of Technology13
Itext Group Nv13
Indexmine. Inc.13
Leadpoint13
Jiangsu Tongfudun Information Technology Co., Ltd.13
Hanyang University13
International Trust Machines Corporation13
Hangzhou Wopu Iot Technology Co., Ltd.13
Guangdong Hongxin E-commerce Technology Co., Ltd.13
Facebook, Inc.13
Gsc Secrypt, LLC13
Chengdu University Of Technology13
China Electronic Technology Cyber Security Co., Ltd.13
Chongqing Jinvovo Network Technology Co., Ltd.13
Chongqing University Of Science And Technology13
Beijing Huitong Jincai Information Technology Co., Ltd.13
Acer Incorporated13
Beijing Guorenbao Technology Co., Ltd.13
Abb Ltd13
Zhejiang University Of Technology12
Wipro Limited12
Uni-ledger Technology (beijing) Co., Ltd.12
Yantai University12
Way2bit Co. Ltd.12
Xerox Corporation12
Wistron Corporation12
University Of Science And Technology Beijing12
Yonsei University12
Tmrw Foundation Ip And Holding Sarl12
Shenzhen Qianhai Wealedger Network Technology Co., Ltd.12
Seiko Epson Corporation12
Shanghai Development Center Of Computer Software Technology12
Shandong Inspur Cloud Service Information Technology Co., Ltd.12
Security Matters Ltd.12
Shanghai Qiyin Information Technology Co Ltd12
Quliantong Network Co., Ltd.12
Refinitiv Us Organization LLC12
National Computer Network And Information Security Management Center12
Markany Inc12
Mocana Corp.12
Orange Sa12
Mythical, Inc.12
Ncr Corporation12
Pingan Yiqianbao E-commerce Co., Ltd.12
Nanjing University12
Loyyal Corporation12
Medibloc Co., Ltd.12
International Game Technology Plc12
Lg Electronics Inc.12
Korea University12
Information And Telecommunication Branch Of State Grid Anhui Electric Power Company12
Kyocera Corporation12
Jiangxi University Of Science And Technology12
Korea Minting Security Printing & Id Card Operating Corp12
Guangzhou Zhihong Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.12
Guangzhou Yuejian Sanhe Software Co.,ltd.12
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.12
Guangdong Hongxin Enterprise Service Co., Ltd.12
Guangxi University12
Ebaonet Healthcare Information Technology (beijing) Co., Ltd.12
Digital Asset Holdings, LLC12
China Academy Of Information And Communications Technology12
Chronicled, Inc.12
Advent International Corporation12
Adobe Inc.12
Beijing Yuanlangchao Technology Co., Ltd.12
Anhui University Of Science & Technology12
Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag12
Beijing Thinkey Technologies Co., Ltd.12
Zhengzhou University11
Zhengzhou Normal Univ11
Xiamen Keruisheng Technology Co., Ltd.11
Smartsky Networks LLC11
Silictec (shenzhen) Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.11
The Carlyle Group, L.p.11
Shimano Inc.11
Shenzhen Qianhai Huanrong Lianyi Information Technology Service Co., Ltd.11
State Grid Block Chain Technology (beijing) Company11
Stringon Technology (beijing) Co., Ltd.11
Renmin University Of China11
Shanxi Texin Huanyu Information Technology Co., Ltd.11
Shandong Daige Information Technology Co., Ltd.11
Qufu Normal University11
Sensoriant, Inc.11
Quantum Gate Inc.11
Shandong Inspur Co Ltd11
Linkeychain Intelligent Technology (shanghai) Co., Ltd.11
Liquineq Ag11
Line Plus Corporation11
Hangzhou Zhikuai Network Technology Co., Ltd.11
Korea Information Security Management Institute11
Hasan, Syed11
Kunming Dabangke Technology Co., Ltd.11
Industrial Technology Research Institute11
Guangzhou Yibite Blockchain Technology Co., Ltd.11
Gk8 Ltd.11
Gulbrandsen, Magnus11
Guangxi Normal University11
Dongyuan (beijing) Digital Technology Co., Ltd.11
Edvanst Nyu Teknolodzhiz Ko., Ltd.11
Core Scientific, Inc.11
Cssc Systems Engineering Research Institute11
Chongqing Huihui Information Technology Co., Ltd.11
Beijing Zhibangbang Technology Co., Ltd.11
Blockchain Inc.11
Biovoice Information Technology Co., Ltd.11
Blockchain Asics LLC11
Block Chain Security Corp.11
Ai Biomaterial Healthtech Ltd.11
Agricultural Bank Of China11
Tzero Group, Inc.10
Uvue Ltd10
Yangzhou University10
Zamna Technologies Limited10
Yocto Technologies, S.l.10
Vechain Foundation Limited10
Shenzhen Zhonghui Zhiti Technology Co., Ltd.10
Southern University Of Science And Technology10
The Industry & Academic Cooperation In Chungnam National University Iac10
Telefonica S.a.10
Tianyi Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd.10
Shenzhen Yilian Information System Co., Ltd.10
Terminus Technologies, Inc.10
Shanghai Wurong Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.10
Shanghai Mohe Network Technology Co., Ltd.10
Quark Chain Technology (shenzhen) Co., Ltd.10
Shenzhen Fanxi Electronics Co., Ltd.10
Ruiya Blockchain Technology (shenzhen) Co., Ltd.10
Shenzhen Fubei Technology Co., Ltd.10
Shanghai Yuanlu Jiajia Information Science And Technology Co., Ltd.10
Servicenow, Inc.10
Shenzhen Buyun Technology Co., Ltd.10
Shanghai Jianshi Network Technology Co., Ltd.10
Sf Tech Co., Ltd.10
Meilai Network Technology (shanghai) Co., Ltd.10
Linius (aust) Pty Ltd10
Northwestern University10
Nok Nok Labs, Inc.10
Nantong University10
Platon Sa10
Nanjing Institute Of Technology10
Mobilitie, LLC10
Nexon Co., Ltd.10
Ningbo Fuwan Information Technology Co., Ltd.10
Jiangsu Peerfintech Technology Co., Ltd.10
Jiangsu Hengwei Information Technology Co., Ltd.10
Hohai Univ.10
Jiangsu Worldallwell Holdings Co., Ltd.10
Koch Industries10
Lapsechain Sa10
Leverage Rock LLC10
Jiangsu Aowei Holdings Co., Ltd.10
Infrared5 Inc.10
Lianqi Technology (beijing) Co., Ltd.10
Eluvio, Inc.10
Farmobile, LLC10
Fuzhou University10
Guangzhou Block Zero Chain Technology Co., Ltd.10
Eight Plus Ventures, LLC10
Dongguan Dayi Industry Chain Service Co., Ltd.10
Domos, LLC10
Chengdu Lingguang Quantum Technology Co Ltd10
China University Of Petroleum10
Digitalzone Co., Ltd.10
Chengdu Shangtongshidai Digital Technology Co., Ltd.10
Cambridge Blockchain, Inc.10
Ccb Fintech Co., Ltd.10
Chongqing Xiaoyudian Small Loan Co., Ltd.10
Cheju National University Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation10
Beijing Tianyi Science Trade Co10
Beijing Jiaotong University10
Beijing Tus Data Asset Technology Development Co., Ltd.10
Barclays Execution Services Limited10
Axell Corporation10
Balanced Media Technology, LLC10
Ajou University10

 

When you look at the top companies in the blockchain space that are patenting in the United States a different picture takes shape. IBM and Advanced New Technologies dominate the blockchain space in the United States. Of particular note in the United States is the number of banks and financial services companies patenting heavily in blockchain technology including Bank of America, MasterCard, Capital One, Visa, and TD Bank.  Below is a chart showing the top players in the blockchain patent space in the United States.

 

Top Companies in US Blockchain Patents & Pending Applications - 2021

CompanyUS PatentsUS Pending ApplicationsGrand Total
International Business Machines Corp.341435776
Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.453310763
Bank Of America Corporation8979168
Nchain Holdings Limited3150153
Mastercard Incorporated45104149
Dell Technologies Inc.5753110
Capital One Financial Corp.5451105
Accenture Plc494089
Microsoft Corporation335487
Intel Corporation265379
Visa Inc.175269
Toyota Motor Corporation125567
Salesforce.com, Inc.125163
Toronto-dominion Bank263157
Tencent Holdings Ltd55257
Sony Corporation154156
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company74855
Strong Force Tx Portfolio 2018, LLC15253
AT&T Inc.262753
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company361551
Jpmorgan Chase & Co.84351
Sap Se143347
Siemens Ag34447
Nec Corporation93645
Coinplug,inc311445
Cisco Systems, Inc.301545
Wal-mart Stores, Inc.162642
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.103242
Panasonic Corporation93039
Alipay.com Co., Ltd142539
Paypal Holdings, Inc.112738
Fujitsu Limited72734
United Services Automobile Association33033
Nokia Corporation52732
Deutsche Telekom Ag161632
Wells Fargo & Company30131
Oracle Corporation102131
Inveniam Capital Partners, Inc.92231
Coinbase, Inc.131831
American Express Company72431
Verizon Communications Inc.141630
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd82129
Baidu, Inc.22729
Winklevoss Ip, LLC26228
Ebay Inc.52227
General Electric Company101626
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson22325
Hitachi, Ltd.81725
Workday, Inc.101424
Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.22224
Ford Motor Company61723
Americorp Investments LLC13821
Honeywell International Inc.41620
Tzero Ip, LLC51419
R3 Ltd.61319
Amazon.com, Inc.12719
Strong Force Intellectual Capital, LLC21618
Micron Technology, Inc.51318
Madisetti, Vijay14418
Cme Group Inc.9918
Bt Group Plc71118
Robert Bosch Gmbh21517
Ping Identity Corporation13417
Myomega Systems Gmbh61117
Mobile Innovations16117
Eygs Llp31417
Acronis International Gmbh10717
Strike Protocols Inc.11516
Seagate Technology Plc41216
Simpsx Technologies LLC11516
Nantworks, LLC7916
Innoplexus Ag61016
Fidelity Investments7916
Xage Security, Inc.13215
Netspective Communications LLC Maryland7815
Innogy Se8715
Electronics And Telecommunications Research Institute31215
Blockchain Asics, Inc.14115
The Boeing Company31114
Raytheon Technologies Corporation10414
Nasdaq, Inc.8614
Cognitive Scale, Inc.8614
Royal Bank Of Canada31013
Johnson Controls International Plc9413
Akamai Technologies, Inc.4913
Mythical, Inc.9312
Refinitiv Us Organization LLC6612
Ncr Corporation21012
Gsc Secrypt, LLC12012
Dish Network Corp.4812
Cable Television Laboratories Inc11112
Civic Technologies8412
Avaya Inc5712
Adobe Inc.5712
Black Gold Coin, Inc.9312
The Carlyle Group, L.p.10111
Digital Asset (switzerland) Gmbh3811
Sensoriant, Inc.4610
Nike, Inc.2810
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.2810
Mcafee, LLC5510
Launch Tech Company Limited01010
Eight Plus Ventures, LLC9110
Facebook, Inc.2810
Comcast Corporation1910
Cloudminds (shenzhen) Holdings Co., Ltd.4610
Adp, LLC3710

 

When you look at the top companies in the blockchain space that are patenting in China it stands out that a significant proportion of the applications in China are pending applications and have not yet patented. This may indicate that most of the patenting in China is very recently filed applications. Ping An, Tencent, and Alibaba round out the top 3 companies patenting in the blockchain space in China.  Below is a chart of the top companies in the blockchain patent space in China.

 

Top Companies in Chinese Blockchain Patents & Pending Applications - 2021

CompanyChinese PatentsChinese Pending ApplicationsGrand Total
Ping An Insurance (group); Company Of China, Ltd.10717681875
Tencent Holdings Ltd42511451570
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd310684994
Alipay.com Co., Ltd267557824
Shenzhen Oneconnect Technology Co., Ltd.14558572
China United Network Communications Group Company Limited109407516
Hangzhou Fuzamei Technology Co., Ltd.87282369
Baidu, Inc.79268347
China Pingan Property Insurance Stock Co., Ltd.1287288
Shenzhen Qianhai Webank Co., Ltd.33209242
Shenzhen Onething Technology Co., Ltd.19204223
Shandong Aichengshiwang Information Technology Co., Ltd.0222222
Beijing Aimoruice Science And Technology Co., Ltd.24195219
Bank Of China, Ltd.10189199
Jiangsu Rongye Technology Company Limited9178187
Shenzhen Launch Tech Company Limited7179186
Nchain Holdings Limited1174175
Hangzhou Qulian Technology Ltd.32121153
Taikang Life Insurance Co., Ltd.17128145
Iallchain Co., Ltd.38107145
Industrial & Commercial Bank Of China Ltd.8134142
Beijing Aimo Ruice Technology Co., Ltd.8132140
Hangzhou Qulian Technology Co.,ltd.4135139
Beijing Jingdong Shangke Information Technology Co., Ltd.31108139
Pingan Ind Co Ltd0121121
Guangdong University Of Technology16105121
Zhongan Information Technology Services Co., Ltd.2197118
Xidian University3273105
Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.2181102
International Business Machines Corp.19697
Hangzhou Yunphant Network Technology Co., Ltd.217394
University Of Electronic Science And Technology Of China355893
Shanghai Dianrong Information Technology Co., Ltd.286189
Shandong Icity Network Information Technology Co., Ltd.08686
Nanjing University Of Posts And Telecommunications117384
Beijing Rui Zhuo Xi Tou Technology Development Co., Ltd.325082
Chongqing University107080
State Grid Corporation Of China136477
Beijing University Of Posts And Telecommunications274673
China Southern Power Grid Co Ltd96372
Bubi (beijing) Network Technology Co., Ltd.284270
Chinese Academy Of Sciences254570
Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.581270
Beijing University Of Technology96069
Qihoo 360 Technology Co., Ltd.184967
Lenovo Group Limited95867
Beijing Ruice Technology Co., Ltd.36366
Hangzhou Rivtower Technology Co., Ltd.06363
Shandong Inspur Qualink Technology Co., Ltd.06262
Beihang University204161
Wuhan University134760
Aisino Co., Ltd25860
Beijing Hai Yi Tong Zhan Information Technology Co., Ltd.35760
Tsinghua University263359
Shaanxi Medicine Chain Block Chain Group Co., Ltd.35255
Ygsoft Inc.45054
Mastercard Incorporated74653
China Unionpay Co., Ltd.134053
Sinochem Corporation183452
China Mobile Communications Corporation143650
Sinochain Tech Co Ltd44549
Siemens Ag24749
China Construction Bank04848
Zhejiang University123547
Zhongshan University93746
Hunan University44145
Cloudminds (shenzhen) Holdings Co., Ltd.123244
Instinct Block Chain Technology Co Ltd53843
Kangjian Information Technology (shenzhen) Co., Ltd.04242
Sony Corporation04141
Netease, Inc.122941
Zhongchao Credit Card Industry Development Co., Ltd.93140
Tencent Cloud Computing (beijing) Co., Ltd.04040
Jinan University103040
Fudan University53540
Anhui Gaoshan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.04040
Shanghai Vechain Information Technology Co., Ltd.73239
Tenpay Payment Science And Technology Co., Ltd.73138
Shenzhen Ansike Electronic Tech Co Ltd43438
Huazhong University Of Science & Technology152338
Beijing Octa Innovations Information Technology Co., Ltd.43438
Shanghai Jiaotong University82937
Jiangsu Hengbao Intelligent System Technology Co., Ltd.82937
Beijing Oracle Chain Technology Co., Ltd.152237
Beijing Peersafe Technology Co., Ltd.172037
Institute Of Information Engineering Cas162036
Jinan Inspur Hi-tech Investment Development Co., Ltd.63036
Trueseen Ltd.03535
Hangzhou Cryptape Technology Co., Ltd.122335
Zall Research Institute Of Smart Commerce (wuhan) Co., Ltd.102434
Lizhan72734
China Zheshang Bank Co Ltd72734
Aowei Information Technology (jiangsu) Co., Ltd.43034
Tianjin University03333
Liannong (shenzhen) Information Technology Co., Ltd.23133
Chengdu Stacs Technology Co., Ltd.33033
Shenzhen Zhishuilian Technology Co., Ltd.72532
Shanghai Wanxiang Blockchain Inc.03232
Visa Inc.03131
Beijing Institute Of Technology102131
Beijing Hai Tong Technology Co Ltd Emori151631
Zhong Information Technology Service Co., Ltd.92130
Shenzhen University62430
China Citic Bank Co Ltd03030
Beijing Wodong Tianjun Information Technology Co., Ltd.03030
Accenture Plc22830
Inspur Group Co., Ltd.02929
Fujitsu Limited22628
East China Normal University151328
Foshan Yisu Jusen Technology Co., Ltd.12728
Beijing Kingsoft Cloud Network Technology Co., Ltd.02828
Zhejiang Gongshang University42327
Sichuan Homwee Technology Co Ltd62127
Shanghai Gonglian Information Technology Co., Ltd.42327
Neusoft Corporation52227
Abmax Biotechnology Co Ltd91827
Beijing Kingsoft Internet Security Software Co. Ltd.72027
Union Mobile Pay Ltd141226
Shenzhen Golo Chelian Data Technology Co., Ltd.52126
Shenzhen Leiling Guangtong Technology Research And Development Co., Ltd.42226
Hangzhou Gandao Technology Co., Ltd.22426
Shenzhen Jiupin Air Purification Technology Co., Ltd.32225
Shanghai Distributed Technologies Co., Ltd.121325
Shanghai Youyang Xinmei Information Technology Co., Ltd.02525
Ping'an Consumer Finance Co., Ltd.02525
Shaanxi Medical Chain Blockchain Group Co., Ltd.32225
Institute Of Computing Technology Of The Chinese Academy Of Sciences52025
Guangzhou University42125
Foshan University81725
Beijing Haiying Institute Of Science And Technology Information32225
Beijing Tiandihexing Technology Co., Ltd.81725
Sichuan Changhong Electric Co., Ltd.61824
Panasonic Corporation02424
Jindie Software (china) Co., Ltd.32124
Innovative And Advance Technology Co., Ltd.02424
Juzix Technology (shenzhen) Co., Ltd.71724
Gree Group Co., Ltd.91524
Beijing Insight Chain Technology Co., Ltd.51924
Zte Corporation41923
Sichuan University111223
Southeast University41923
South China University Of Technology71623
Shenzhen City Naishidi Technology Development Co. Ltd.22123
Shanghai Insurance Exchange Co., Ltd.32023
Putian City Zhuhuo Information Technology Co., Ltd.71623
Peking University71623
National University Of Defense Technology Of The Chinese People's Liberation Army41923
Hefei Dappworks Technology Co., Ltd.41923
Intel Corporation22123
Fujian University Of Technology61723
Cryptape Inc.51823
Wuxi Jingtum Network Technology Co., Ltd.31922
Shanghai Vonechain Information Technology Co., Ltd.22022
Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School91322
Migu Culture Technology Co., Ltd.51722
Northeastern University101222
Hepu Technology Development (beijing) Co., Ltd.51722
Jiangsu University22022
Hangzhou Yulan Technology Co., Ltd.12122
Hangzhou Dianzi University51722
Ford Motor Company02222
Beijing Blockchain Cloud Technology Co., Ltd.12122
State Grid Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd.61521
Hunan Tian He Guo Yun Technology Co., Ltd.02121
Hunan Smart Government Block Chain Technology Co., Ltd.21921
Anhui Lingtuyi Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.02121
Beijing Jd Finance Technology Holding Co., Ltd.111021
Wuhan Douyu Network Technology Co., Ltd.71320
Zhejiang Shuqin Technology Co., Ltd.51520
Shenzhen Zhongke Zhicheng Technology Co., Ltd.11920
Tianjin University Of Technology31720
Shenzhen Beiyoutong New Energy Technology Development Co., Ltd.41620
North China Electric Power University61420
Ruban Quantum Technology Co., Ltd.31720
Nanjing Jinninghui Technology Co., Ltd.51520
Hefei University Of Technology71320
Hangzhou Hyperchain Technologies Co., Ltd.71320
Guangzhou Youpu Electric Power Technology Co., Ltd.14620
China Telecom Corporation Limited11920
Chongqing Huayi Kangdao Technology Co., Ltd.41620
Xian Zhigui Internet Technology Co., Ltd.21719
Xiaomi Inc.81119
Zhongsi Boan Technology (beijing) Co., Ltd.11819
Shenzhen Turing Singularity Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.91019
Shenzhen Saiante Technology Service Co., Ltd.01919
Robert Bosch Gmbh01919
Golo Iov Data Technology Co., Ltd.61319
Dalian University Of Technology81119
Beijing Bixing Technology Co., Ltd.21719
Beijing Arxan Fintech Co., Ltd.41519
Boe Technology Group Co. Ltd21719
Beijing Jingdong Zhenshi Information Technology Co., Ltd.01919
Tal Education Group61218
Nanjing University Of Science And Technology31518
Dareway Software Co., Ltd.21618
China University Of Geoscience71118
Shigengjian Data Technology (shanghai) Co., Ltd.41317
Shanghai Ceying Network Technology Co., Ltd.71017
Shanghai Heshu Software Co., Ltd.41317
Shandong University71017
Mr. Ray, Inc.01717
Nokia Corporation01717
Hefei Weitian Yuntong Information Science And Technology Co., Ltd.11617
Kunming University Of Science And Technology01717
Fulian21517
Guangdong Hongying Technology Co., Ltd.01717
Hainan Univ11617
Chengdu Sefon Software Co., Ltd.51217
China Internet Network Information Center51217
Beijing Aimo Reechain Science And Technology Co., Ltd.31417
Shenzhen Xiaokong Communication Technology Co., Ltd.11516
Vivo Communication Technology Co. Ltd.31316
Pingan Trust Co., Ltd.01616
No. 30 Institute Of China Electronic Technology Group Corporation51116
Chengdu High-tech Information Technology Research Institute01616
Beijing Technology & Business Univ.01616
Wenzhou Tusheng Science And Technology Co., Ltd.41115
Xian University Of Posts And Telecommunications11415
Tongji University31215
Shenzhen Great China Blockchain Technology Co., Ltd.01515
Nanjing Zhongcheng Block Chain Research Institute Co., Ltd.41115
Pingan International Finance Lease Co., Ltd.01515
Nanjing Trusted Blockchain And Algorithm Economic Research Institute Co., Ltd.51015
Jingdong Digital Technology Holdings Co., Ltd.51015
Jiangsu Pay Egis Technology Co., Ltd.10515
Hangzhou Shichuang Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.21315
Guilin University Of Electronic Technology41115
Dongguan Monda Plastic-chemical Technology Co., Ltd.31215
Beijing Haopukang Technology Co., Ltd.11415
Xian Jiaotong Univ41014
Zhihuigu (xiamen) Iot Technology Co., Ltd.5914
Tcl Corporation21214
Suzhou Dajiaying Information Technology Co., Ltd.7714
Shenzhen Blockcontinent Technology Co., Ltd.11314
Shenzhen Ars(advanced River System) Technology Co., Ltd.01414
Puhua Yunchuang Technology (beijing) Co., Ltd.01414
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.11314
Oracle Corporation01414
Coinplug,inc11314
Central South University41014
Changsha University Of Science And Technology11314
Beijing Feitian Technologies9514
Beijing Wuzi University7714
Xiangtan University31013
Wealedger Network Technologies Co., Ltd.21113
Zhejiang Normal Univ.5813
Xiamen Shunshi Gongshi Information Technology Co., Ltd.01313
Yinqing Technology (beijing) Co., Ltd.11213
Ylz Information Technology Co., Ltd.11213
Suzhou City Xingji Yuntong Blockchain Technology Co., Ltd.01313
University Of Science And Technology Of China01313
Suzhou Tongji Blockchain Research Institute Co., Ltd.31013
Shenzhen Lvyuan Huizhi Technology Co., Ltd.4913
Shenzhen Dianlian Technology Co., Ltd.01313
Shenzhen Technology Co Ltd Blue To Di11213
Nanjing Reborn Quantum Technology Co., Ltd.21113
Microsoft Corporation21113
Qilu University Of Technology01313
Shaanxi Medicine Chain Group Co., Ltd.01313
Pinganfu Technology Service Co., Ltd.01313
Harbin Engineering University7613
Jilin University31013
Jiangsu Tongfudun Information Technology Co., Ltd.11213
Hangzhou Wopu Iot Technology Co., Ltd.31013
Guangdong Hongxin E-commerce Technology Co., Ltd.01313
Chengdu University Of Technology6713
China Merchants Group Ltd7613
China Electronic Technology Cyber Security Co., Ltd.01313
Chongqing University Of Science And Technology01313
Beijing Guorenbao Technology Co., Ltd.21113
Beijing Huitong Jincai Information Technology Co., Ltd.6713
Zhejiang University Of Technology21012
Yantai University11112
Suzhou Inspur Intelligent Software Co., Ltd.01212
Uni-ledger Technology (beijing) Co., Ltd.21012
University Of Science And Technology Beijing3912
Shanghai Development Center Of Computer Software Technology01212
Shanghai Qiyin Information Technology Co Ltd01212
Shenzhen Qianhai Wealedger Network Technology Co., Ltd.11112
Nanjing University01212
National Computer Network And Information Security Management Center4812
Shandong Inspur Cloud Service Information Technology Co., Ltd.01212
Pingan Yiqianbao E-commerce Co., Ltd.01212
Quliantong Network Co., Ltd.21012
Jiangxi University Of Science And Technology4812
Harbin Institute Of Technology11112
Information And Telecommunication Branch Of State Grid Anhui Electric Power Company5712
Guangzhou Yuejian Sanhe Software Co.,ltd.11112
Guangdong Hongxin Enterprise Service Co., Ltd.01212
Guangxi University3912
Guangzhou Zhihong Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.4812
Ebaonet Healthcare Information Technology (beijing) Co., Ltd.6612
China Academy Of Information And Communications Technology11112
Anhui University Of Science & Technology3912
Beijing Thinkey Technologies Co., Ltd.01212
Beijing Yuanlangchao Technology Co., Ltd.11112
Xiamen Keruisheng Technology Co., Ltd.01111
Zhengzhou Normal Univ11011
Wangsu Science & Technology Co., Ltd.5611
Zhengzhou University2911
Shimano Inc.4711
Silictec (shenzhen) Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.3811
Stringon Technology (beijing) Co., Ltd.01111
Shenzhen Qianhai Huanrong Lianyi Information Technology Service Co., Ltd.01111
Shanxi Texin Huanyu Information Technology Co., Ltd.01111
Qufu Normal University3811
Shandong Daige Information Technology Co., Ltd.01111
Shandong Inspur Co Ltd01111
Linkeychain Intelligent Technology (shanghai) Co., Ltd.01111
Kunming Dabangke Technology Co., Ltd.01111
Guangzhou Yibite Blockchain Technology Co., Ltd.11011
Guangxi Normal University5611
Hangzhou Zhikuai Network Technology Co., Ltd.6511
Cssc Systems Engineering Research Institute01111
Dongyuan (beijing) Digital Technology Co., Ltd.01111
Chongqing Huihui Information Technology Co., Ltd.01111
Beijing Zhibangbang Technology Co., Ltd.11011
Agricultural Bank Of China2911
Biovoice Information Technology Co., Ltd.2911
Yangzhou University3710
Tianyi Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd.01010
Terminus Technologies, Inc.2810
Shenzhen Yilian Information System Co., Ltd.01010
Shenzhen Zhonghui Zhiti Technology Co., Ltd.5510
State Grid Block Chain Technology (beijing) Company3710
Southern University Of Science And Technology1910
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson3710
Shenzhen Fubei Technology Co., Ltd.01010
Shenzhen Buyun Technology Co., Ltd.1910
Shanghai Yuanlu Jiajia Information Science And Technology Co., Ltd.01010
Shanghai Jianshi Network Technology Co., Ltd.3710
Shenzhen Fanxi Electronics Co., Ltd.4610
Shanghai Mohe Network Technology Co., Ltd.01010
Shanghai Wurong Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.3710
Shenzhen Polytechnic3710
Meilai Network Technology (shanghai) Co., Ltd.3710
Nanjing Institute Of Technology01010
Ningbo Fuwan Information Technology Co., Ltd.1910
Nantong University01010
Ruiya Blockchain Technology (shenzhen) Co., Ltd.01010
Quark Chain Technology (shenzhen) Co., Ltd.2810
Sf Tech Co., Ltd.1910
Renmin University Of China01010
Jiangsu Hengwei Information Technology Co., Ltd.01010
Hohai Univ.2810
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company01010
Jiangsu Peerfintech Technology Co., Ltd.01010
Lianqi Technology (beijing) Co., Ltd.4610
Jiangsu Worldallwell Holdings Co., Ltd.1910
Guangzhou Block Zero Chain Technology Co., Ltd.01010
Fuzhou University3710
Chengdu Shangtongshidai Digital Technology Co., Ltd.01010
Ccb Fintech Co., Ltd.1910
Chongqing Xiaoyudian Small Loan Co., Ltd.4610
Dongguan Dayi Industry Chain Service Co., Ltd.2810
Chengdu Lingguang Quantum Technology Co Ltd01010
Chongqing Jinvovo Network Technology Co., Ltd.1910
Dell Technologies Inc.01010
China University Of Petroleum3710
Beijing Jiaotong University3710
Beijing Tus Data Asset Technology Development Co., Ltd.1910
Beijing Tianyi Science Trade Co3710

 

In Korea the top five companies patenting in the blockchain space include Bizmodeline, Alibaba, Coinplug, Nchain, and Samsung.  Though Bizmodeline has the most blockchain patent applications in Korea, 100% of their applications are still pending, whereas for Alibaba and Coinplug more than half of their applications have already patented.  Below is a chart of the top companies in the blockchain patent space in Korea.

 

Top Companies in Korean Blockchain Patents & Pending Applications - 2021

CompanyKorean PatentsKorean Pending ApplicationsGrand Total
Bizmodeline Co Ltd0320320
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd10984193
Coinplug,inc10341144
Nchain Holdings Limited49599
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.25759
Kt Corporation114758
Netmarble Corporation322456
Gold Exchange05050
Keb Hana Bank04747
Electronics And Telecommunications Research Institute64046
Metaps Plus Inc.44044
Infobank Corp.03838
Chung-ang University42327
Sogang University Research & Business Development Foundation131225
Lbxc Co., Ltd.02525
Tencent Holdings Ltd22224
Dcun Corporation02424
Dongguk University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation13619
Sk Telecom Co., Ltd.61117
Kepco Kdn Co Ltd15217
Moneybreak LLC9817
Baas11617
Cooperation Foundation Inje University Industry-academic13417
All It Top Co., Ltd.14317
Hyundai Motor Company7916
Nhn Corporation11415
Smartmd9514
Korea Advanced Institute Of Science And Technology10414
Baidu, Inc.11314
Leadpoint01313
Indexmine. Inc.01313
Foundation Of Soongsil University-industry Cooperation10313
Iconloop Inc.9312
Korea Minting Security Printing & Id Card Operating Corp9312
Yonsei University7411
Sony Corporation2911
Korea University7411
Korea Information Security Management Institute11011
Hanyang University6511
Soonchunhyang University7310
Way2bit Co. Ltd.459
The Industry & Academic Cooperation In Chungnam National University Iac549
Quantum Gate Inc.459
Medibloc Co., Ltd.459
Ajou University459
Alphabrothers Co., Ltd.909
Buzz Beyond Co., Ltd.099
Ubivelox Inc.808
Postech Research And Business Development Foundati538
Sbenc Co., Ltd.808
Lsware Inc358
Misotree Co., Ltd.808
Kyung Hee University628
Digitalzone Co., Ltd.628
Ewha University-industry Collaboration Foundation718
Certon Systems Gmbh268
Cheju National University Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation628
Sangmyung University Council For Industry Academic Cooperation527
Sogang University Corp.707
Swempire617
Siemens Ag257
Kasa Ltd.527
Kit Co., Ltd.347
Korea University Research And Business Foundation, Sejong Campus527
Koreamapilgeoraeso Co., Ltd.437
Markany Inc617
Hancom With Inc.437
Enterlaw Corporation527
Blockchain Inc.437
Alipay.com Co., Ltd167
Blockchain Asics, Inc.077
Eduhash Global Partners Co., Ltd.167
Peoplecarsharing Co., Ltd.156
Vtw Co., Ltd.336
Team Blackbird Co., Ltd.606
Omnicom Group Inc.516
Gwangju Institute Of Science And Technology246
Hoyun516
Mofas Co., Ltd.606
Kumoh National Institute Of Technology426
Nexon Co., Ltd.066
Lg Electronics Inc.336
Ksign Co., Ltd.516
Korea Federation Of Savings Banks336
Dunamu Inc.066
Cubesystem Co., Ltd.156
Green It606
Shinhwa Co505
Visa Inc.055
Unihublab Corp.145
Nuri Telecom Co., Ltd.145
Quber Co., Ltd.235
Sf Blockchain Co., Ltd.325
University-industry Cooperation Group Of Kyung Hee235
Korea Electric Power Corporation325
Konkuk University325
Guhada Co., Ltd.325
Hansung University Industry University Cooperation Foundation325
Kakao Corporation415
Industry-university Cooperation Foundation Hankuk325
Hfr, Inc.505
Korea Institute Of Science And Technology415
Korea Electronics Technology Institute325
Dna505
General Electric Company055
Dongseo Technology Headquters325
Anifan Co., Ltd.325
Comin Information System Inc.325

 

At the EPO in Europe, the top five companies patenting in the blockchain space include Advanced New Technologies, Nchain, Siemens, Accenture, and Nokia.  Below is a chart of the top companies in the blockchain patent space at the EPO.

 

Top Companies in European (EPO) Blockchain Patents & Pending Applications - 2021

CompanyEPO PatentsEPO Pending ApplicationsGrand Total
Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.79294373
Nchain Holdings Limited27153180
Siemens Ag2379102
Accenture Plc162945
Nokia Corporation103343
Alipay.com Co., Ltd04040
Visa Inc.43539
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson32730
Mastercard Incorporated72330
Nec Corporation52328
Sony Group Corporation12627
The Government Of Germany91827
Microsoft Corporation32225
Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.12324
Fujitsu Limited41822
Innogy Se91019
Panasonic Corporation21517
Deutsche Telekom Ag61117
Bt Group Plc51217
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.01313
Tzero Ip, LLC01313
Baidu, Inc.01313
International Business Machines Corp.01313
Tencent Holdings Ltd01212
Sony Corporation01212
Intel Corporation11112
Coinplug,inc21012
Jpmorgan Chase & Co.01212
Oracle Corporation11011
Honeywell International Inc.01111
Thales Sa3710
Cisco Systems, Inc.2810
General Electric Company01010
Siemens Energy Ag099
Myomega Systems Gmbh099
Atos Se279
The Boeing Company268
Merck Kgaa178
Sap Se268
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company178
Bitflyer Blockchain, Inc.088
Robert Bosch Gmbh077
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.257
Digital Asset (switzerland) Gmbh167
Commissariat ? L'?nergie Atomique Et Aux ?nergies Alternatives347
Launch Tech Company Limited066
Motorola Solutions Inc066
Northern Trust Corporation246
Tata Sons Ltd066
Porsche Automobil Holding Se246
Hitachi, Ltd.066
Blockchain Asics, Inc.066
Cme Group Inc.156
Itext Group Nv426
Shimadzu Corporation415
Swirlds, Inc.235
Vechain Global Technology S.ar.l.055
Telefonica S.a.145
Salesforce.com, Inc.055
Royal Bank Of Canada145
Abb Ltd055
Cloudminds (shenzhen) Holdings Co., Ltd.235
3m Company055
Barclays Execution Services Limited055
Financial And Risk Organisation Limited055

 

In this analysis, Harrity Analytics has also included the ability to view company portfolios side-by-side and visualize the overlap in their CPC classifications. This may give some insight into the industries in which companies are choosing to patent blockchain technology.  As an example, the chart below shows a comparison of the top classifications for IBM and Advanced New Technologies.  There is overlap between the two portfolios, but you can also see that IBM has patents in inventory / stock management technology, whereas Advanced New Technologies does not seem to be patenting in that area.  Interestingly, Advanced New Technologies is patenting very heavily in the exchange (e.g., stocks, commodities, derivatives) area, whereas, IBM has not been patenting as heavily on a comparative basis.

 

IBM vs. Advanced New Technologies - Blockchain Competitive Analysis / Gap Analysis - 2021

Blockchain by CPC Technology ClassificationIBMAdvanced New Technologies
H04L9/3239 - Involving Non-Keyed Hash Functions, E.G. Modification Detection Codes [Mdcs], Md5, Sha Or Ripemd6995
G06F21/64 - Protecting Data Integrity, E.G. Using Checksums, Certificates Or Signatures68153
G06F21/602 - Providing Cryptographic Facilities Or Services3684
G06F21/6218 - To A System Of Files Or Objects, E.G. Local Or Distributed File System Or Database3523
G06Q20/02 - Involving A Neutral Party, E.G. Certification Authority, Notary Or Trusted Third Party [Ttp]2728
G06Q20/065 - Using E-Cash2646
G06F16/27 - Replication, Distribution Or Synchronisation Of Data Between Databases Or Within A Distributed Database System; Distributed Database System Architectures Therefor1727
G06F21/6245 - Protecting Personal Data, E.G. For Financial Or Medical Purposes1629
G06Q10/087 - Inventory Or Stock Management, E.G. Order Filling, Procurement, Balancing Against Orders130
G06Q40/04 - Exchange, E.G. Stocks, Commodities, Derivatives Or Currency Exchange13142
G06F16/9024 - Graphs; Linked Lists124
G06F21/32 - Using Biometric Data, E.G. Fingerprints, Iris Scans Or Voiceprints1111
G06F21/10 - Protecting Distributed Programs Or Content, E.G. Vending Or Licensing Of Copyrighted Material1024
G06F21/33 - Using Certificates90
G06F21/6227 - Where Protection Concerns The Structure Of Data, E.G. Records, Types, Queries99
G06Q10/10 - Office Automation, E.G. Computer Aided Management Of Electronic Mail Or Groupware811
G06F21/645 - Using A Third Party810
G06Q2220/00 - Business Processing Using Cryptography76
G06F16/2365 - Ensuring Data Consistency And Integrity74
G06N5/022 - Knowledge Engineering; Knowledge Acquisition70

 

CONCLUSION

The Blockchain Technology Titans 2021 Report shows that there has been significant growth in patenting blockchain technology all over the world. The growth in blockchain technology patenting points to the significant investment that is being made by companies and institutions in research and development (R&D) of this emerging technology area.  It will be exciting to see what happens in the blockchain space over the coming years.

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Rocky Berndsen, Head of Analytics for Harrity & Harrity, shows how to use patent prosecution data found in the interactive Patent 300® Dashboard for gap analysis & maintenance fee strategy to reach your business goals.

 

“The data contained in the Patent 300® Dashboard provides invaluable information to companies, in-house counsel and law firms because it identifies the key players in design innovation and summarizes what is happening today in the patent world.”

You can access the full Patent 300® Dashboard here. 

 

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Harrity Patent Analytics, an analytical team within the boutique IP law firm of Harrity & Harrity, LLP, uses cutting-edge capabilities to analyze patent data and extract insights for clients to use when making strategic decisions regarding patent portfolios. Patent 300® companies rely on Harrity Patent Analytics services to understand their patent portfolios, the patent portfolios of their competitors, and patent office trends around the world. For more information, visit harrityllp.com/services/patent-analytics/.

 

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HARRITY PATENT ANALYTICS RELEASES THE 2021 DESIGN PATENT 100 LIST

List ranks top 100 companies, organizations, and universities in the design patent field

WASHINGTON (March 3, 2021) – Harrity Patent Analytics today released the publication of its inaugural Design Patent 100 List.  The list ranks the top 100 companies, organizations and universities in the patent field based on the total number of U.S. design patents.  The top 10 from the Design Patent 100 List includes:

  1. Nike (691)
  2. Samsung (589)
  3. Apple (361)
  4. LG (327)
  5. Alphabet (267)
  6. Ford (222)
  7. Tata Sons (202)
  8. Spigen (176)
  9. P&G (150)
  10. Porsche (135)

For detailed analytics on the Design Patent 100, visit Harrity’s Patent 300® Dashboard, the intellectual property industry’s premier resource for patent insights and competitive intelligence on the world’s leaders in technology and design innovation.  The Dashboard contains analytics on more than 6,000,000 patents, including patent portfolio analyses, detailed patent prosecution insights, technology area breakdowns, and portfolio cost and budget analytics.

“The Design Patent 100 List identifies the global innovation leaders obtaining design patents in the United States,” said Rocky Berndsen, Head of Analytics for Harrity & Harrity. “The data contained in the Patent 300® Dashboard, such as the Design Patent 100 List, provides invaluable information to companies, in-house counsel and law firms because it identifies the key players in design innovation and summarizes what is happening today in the patent world.”

About Harrity Patent Analytics

Harrity Patent Analytics, an analytical team within the boutique IP law firm of Harrity & Harrity, LLP, uses cutting-edge capabilities to analyze patent data and extract insights for clients to use when making strategic decisions regarding patent portfolios. Patent 300® companies rely on Harrity Patent Analytics services to understand their patent portfolios, the patent portfolios of their competitors, and patent office trends around the world. For more information, visit harrityllp.com/services/patent-analytics/.

 

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January 19, 2021 – Rocky Berndsen, Head of Analytics at Harrity, gave a webinar on how companies and law firms can use the Patent 300® Dashboard to understand their own portfolio, their competitors, and the patent field in general.  A video of the entire webinar can be found below.

The demonstration included a deep dive into how to analyze the technology breakdown for a company’s patent portfolio, and how to benchmark patent prosecution statistics across companies patenting in the same technology areas.  Rocky demonstrated how companies and law firms can use the “Company By Law Firm” report to benchmark the patent practice efficiency of the outside counsel that are prosecuting the patent applications for a company.

The webinar then transitioned to a cost-based analytics report called the “Company by Costs”, which gives users the ability to customize the analysis by selecting their own outside counsel fees.  The report provides users with an “Average Cost Per Patent” value by law firm, that users can use to benchmark outside counsel performance, and identify areas within the practice to reduce cost and practice more efficiently.

The “Gap Analysis” demonstration showed how easy it can be to compare the patent portfolios of two companies with the click of a button.  In-house counsel use this report to easily visualize two portfolios side by side and identify whitespaces and portfolio overlap.

The webinar then transitioned to how law firms can use the dashboard for law firm client development and new client business development.  Using the “Law Firm by Client” report, law firms can visualize all of their patent prosecution statistics for a given client to identify strengths and weaknesses that can be used to promote their firm’s services to their clients and to make modifications to their current practice to deliver better services.

For detailed analytics on the patent field, Harrity Patent Analytics makes available the Patent 300® Dashboard, the intellectual property industry’s premier resource for patent insights and competitive intelligence on the world’s leaders in technology.  It contains analytics on more than 6,000,000 patents, including patent portfolio analyses, detailed patent prosecution insights, technology area breakdowns, and portfolio cost and budget analytics.

About Harrity Patent Analytics

Harrity Patent Analytics, an analytical team within the boutique IP law firm of Harrity & Harrity, LLP, uses cutting-edge capabilities to analyze patent data and extract insights for clients to use when making strategic decisions regarding patent portfolios. Patent 300® companies rely on Harrity Patent Analytics services to understand their patent portfolios, the patent portfolios of their competitors, and patent office trends around the world. For more information, visit harrityllp.com/services/patent-analytics/.

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HARRITY PATENT ANALYTICS RELEASES THE 2021 PATENT 300® LIST

List ranks top 300 companies, organizations, and universities in the patent field

WASHINGTON (January 15, 2021) – Harrity Patent Analytics today released the publication of its inaugural Patent 300® List.  The list ranks the top 300 companies, organizations and universities in the patent field based on the total number of U.S. utility patents.  The top 10 from the Patent 300® List includes:

  1. IBM (9435)
  2. Samsung (8539)
  3. LG Corporation (5112)
  4. Canon (3689)
  5. Intel (3284)
  6. Raytheon Technologies (3213)
  7. Huawei (3178)
  8. Microsoft (2972)
  9. TSMC (2892)
  10. Sony (2886)

For detailed analytics on the Patent 300®, Harrity Patent Analytics makes available the Patent 300® Dashboard, the intellectual property industry’s premier resource for patent insights and competitive intelligence on the world’s leaders in technology.  It contains analytics on more than 6,000,000 patents, including patent portfolio analyses, detailed patent prosecution insights, technology area breakdowns, and portfolio cost and budget analytics.

The Patent 300® Dashboard provides in-house counsel, law firm partners, and c-suite executives with a detailed analysis of the world’s technology leaders, ranging from technology giants such as IBM (ranked #1) and Samsung (ranked #2), to leading universities such as MIT (ranked #106) and Johns Hopkins University (ranked #232), to newcomers including Palantir (ranked #248) and Techtronic Industries (ranked #278).  The list represents 54 percent of the more than 350,000 U.S. patents issued in 2020.

“The Patent 300® List identifies the global technology leaders obtaining patents in the United States,” said Rocky Berndsen, Head of Analytics for Harrity & Harrity. “The data contained in the Patent 300® Dashboard is invaluable information to companies, in-house counsel and law firms because it identifies the key players and summarizes what is happening today in the patent world.”

A ranking of the top 300 companies, organizations and universities can be found here.

About Harrity Patent Analytics

Harrity Patent Analytics, an analytical team within the boutique IP law firm of Harrity & Harrity, LLP, uses cutting-edge capabilities to analyze patent data and extract insights for clients to use when making strategic decisions regarding patent portfolios. Patent 300® companies rely on Harrity Patent Analytics services to understand their patent portfolios, the patent portfolios of their competitors, and patent office trends around the world. For more information, visit harrityllp.com/services/patent-analytics/.

 

Average Claims and Figures

Visualizing Patent Claims and Figures Over Time

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How have the number of patent claims and patent figures changed over time?

Let’s let the numbers speak for themselves.  I recommend that you use the full screen mode for this visualization.  Click on the full screen icon on the right.

The interactive visualization above provides a clear indication that at a high level for US utility patents, the average number of claims have gone down over time, while the average number of figures have gone up.  In 2005, the average number of claims per patent was 18.83, while the average number of figures was 12.04.  Compare that to 2019, where the average number of claims per patent was 16.22, and the average number of figures was 14.84.

The reasons for these changes are open to interpretation but the data shows some very interesting outliers to the averages when you slice the data by art unit.  For example, when you look at the business method art units of 3621-3629, the data shows the exact opposite from the entire patent field as a whole.  In 2006, the average number of claims per patent was 24.83, and the average number of figures was 17.00.

The xml data powering the Power BI visualization above is automatically downloaded weekly by our patent analytics system from the USPTO using the Bulk Data Storage System.

To learn more about how you can use patent analytics to inform your practice, visit our Patent Analytics website HERE.

 

Semiconductors and Memory Ranks as the #1 Technology Area in the 2020 Patent 300®

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The 2020 Patent 300® details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the United States.  Data from the report shows that nearly 56% of patents obtained in the U.S. in 2019 were by Patent 300® companies.  The top 10 technology areas, which represent 47% of the 189,796 U.S. patents obtained by Patent 300® companies in 2019, are again dominated by electrical technologies. 

As shown in Chart 1, the Semiconductors and Memory technology area ranked highest in 2019.  There were 15,841 patents issued for Patent 300® companies in the US.  Semiconductors and Memory technology covers multiple United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) technology classifications.

Included are processes for manufacturing semiconductors and solid-state devices.  Also included are processes and apparatus for addressing, accessing and controlling, and forming memory addresses in a computer or digital data processing system.

Chart 1 – Top 10 Technology Areas for Patent 300® (2019 U.S. Patents)

RankPatent 300 Technology Area2019 U.S. PatentsPercentage of Total 2019 U.S. Patents
1Semiconductors/Memory158418%
2Electrical Circuits and Systems142698%
3Multiplex and VoIP108246%
4Printing/Measuring and Testing103836%
5Optics98305%
6Selective Visual Display Systems73384%
7Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems59513%
8Computer Networks57533%
9Cryptography and Security50163%
10Telecommunications47142%

The top 20 companies in the Semiconductors and Memory area, shown below in Chart 2, include Taiwan Semiconductor (#1), Samsung Electronics (#2), International Business Machines (#3), Micron Technology (#4), and others.  Taiwan Semiconductor again tops the list having obtained 1,807 US patents.  Samsung had 1,592 US patents, up 5% from 2018.  IBM, at 1,364, was up 3% from 2018.  The top 20 companies represent a cross-section of the technology sector.  Included are chip makers, device makers, and various electronics companies.

Chart 2 – Top 20 Companies by U.S. Patents in Semiconductors and Memory

RankPatent 300®2019 Semiconductor and Memory Patents% of Company's 2019 US Patents2018 Semiconductor and Memory PatentsChange from 2018 Patents
1Taiwan Semiconductor180777%1972-8%
2Samsung Electronics159218%15225%
3International Business Machines136414%13183%
4Micron Technology86468%64534%
5Mubadala Investment55472%593-7%
6BOE Technology Group50423%38730%
7Intel47113%37725%
8SK Hynix44255%468-6%
9Toshiba Memory42759%4192%
10Infineon Technologies34340%392-13%
11Semiconductor Energy Lab32146%478-33%
12United Microelectronics31389%318-2%
13LG Display27131%22421%
14Renesas Electronics26650%320-17%
15Western Digital26536%21523%
16China Star Optoelectronics23535%54600%
17STMicroelectronics22430%249-10%
18Sony2018%1972%
19SMIC19884%13349%
20Osram Licht19450%14237%

For more detailed information about this technology area, or any other data related to the 2020 Patent 300®, please visit harrityllp.com/patent300/.

Electrical Circuits and Systems Ranks as the #2 Technology Area in the 2020 Patent 300®

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The 2020 Patent 300® details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the United States.  Data from the report shows that nearly 56% of patents obtained in the U.S. in 2019 were by Patent 300® companies.  The top 10 technology areas, which represent 47% of the 189,796 U.S. patents obtained by Patent 300® companies in 2019, are again dominated by electrical technologies. 

Chart 1 shows the Electrical Circuits and Systems technology area ranked 2nd largest in 2019, with 14,269 patents issued for Patent 300® companies in the US.  Electrical Circuits and Systems technology covers multiple United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) technology classifications.

Included are electrical systems and devices, covering a broad spectrum of electrical and electromagnetic systems, devices, and circuitry, as well as electrical connectors.

Chart 1 – Top 10 Technology Areas for Patent 300® (2019 U.S. Patents)

RankPatent 300 Technology Area2019 U.S. PatentsPercentage of Total 2019 U.S. Patents
1Semiconductors/Memory158418%
2Electrical Circuits and Systems142698%
3Multiplex and VoIP108246%
4Printing/Measuring and Testing103836%
5Optics98305%
6Selective Visual Display Systems73384%
7Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems59513%
8Computer Networks57533%
9Cryptography and Security50163%
10Telecommunications47142%

The top 20 companies in the Electrical Circuits and Systems area, shown in Chart 2, include Murata Manufacturing (#1), Samsung Electronics (#2), Mitsubishi Electric (#3), Sumitomo Electric (#4), and others.  Murata again tops the list having obtained 571 US patents, up 25% from 2018.  Samsung had 529 US patents, up 16% from last year.  Mitsubishi Electric, at 358, was up 6% from 2018.  The top 20 companies represent a cross-section of the technology sector.  Included are device makers, chip makers, and auto makers, and various manufacturing companies.

Chart 2 – Top 20 Companies by U.S. Patents in Electrical Circuits and Systems

RankPatent 300®2019 Electrical Circuits and Systems Patents% of Company's 2019 US Patents2018 Electrical Circuits and Systems PatentsChange from 2018 Patents
1Murata Manufacturing57161%45725%
2Samsung Electronics5296%45616%
3Mitsubishi Electric35827%3376%
4Sumitomo Electric34951%22654%
5Texas Instruments30934%21146%
6Intel2818%283-1%
7Apple27611%278-1%
8Panasonic27413%280-2%
9General Electric2589%285-9%
10Samsung Electro-Mechanics25767%21420%
11Yazaki24164%2381%
12TE Connectivity23874%20814%
13Toyota2379%246-4%
14Siemens22314%2097%
15Denso22018%226-3%
15International Business Machines2202%249-12%
17United Technologies2148%16430%
18Infineon Technologies21225%221-4%
19Eaton20945%18414%
20Hitachi19513%1808%

For more detailed information about this technology area, or any other data related to the 2020 Patent 300®, please visit harrityllp.com/patent300/.

Multiplex and VoIP Ranks as the #3 Technology Area in the 2020 Patent 300®

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The 2020 Patent 300® details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the United States.  Data from the report shows that nearly 56% of patents obtained in the U.S. in 2019 were by Patent 300® companies.  The top 10 technology areas, which represent 47% of the 189,796 U.S. patents obtained by Patent 300® companies in 2019, are again dominated by electrical technologies. 

Chart 1 shows the Multiplex and VoIP technology area ranked 3rd largest in 2019, with 10,824 patents issued for Patent 300® companies in the US.  Multiplex and VoIP technology covers United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) technology classifications related to simultaneous transmission of two or more information signals in either or both directions over the same transmission medium.  Transmission in this manner allows discrete recovery of information signals.

Chart 1 – Top 10 Technology Areas for Patent 300® (2019 U.S. Patents)

RankPatent 300 Technology Area2019 U.S. PatentsPercentage of Total 2019 U.S. Patents
1Semiconductors/Memory158418%
2Electrical Circuits and Systems142698%
3Multiplex and VoIP108246%
4Printing/Measuring and Testing103836%
5Optics98305%
6Selective Visual Display Systems73384%
7Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems59513%
8Computer Networks57533%
9Cryptography and Security50163%
10Telecommunications47142%

The top 20 companies in the Multiplex and VoIP area, shown in Chart 2, are large global technology companies.  They include Huawei (#1), LG Electronics (#2), Ericsson (#3), Qualcomm (#4), and others.  A 39% increase from 2018 propelled Huawei to the top of the list this year with 1,226 US patents.  LG Electronics had a 26% increase over 2018 at 1,123 US patents.  Ericsson, at 878, was up 18% from 2018.  The top 20 companies represent a cross-section of the technology sector.  Included are device makers, chip makers, and telecommunications companies.

Chart 2 – Top 20 Companies by U.S. Patents in Multiplex and VoIP

RankPatent 300®2019 Multiplex and VoIP Patents% of Company's 2019 US Patents2018 Multiplex and VoIP PatentsChange from 2018 Patents
1Huawei122642%88239%
2LG Electronics112340%89426%
3Ericsson87854%74718%
4Qualcomm83335%71916%
5Samsung Electronics6898%61113%
6Intel50214%542-7%
7Cisco Systems37836%30424%
8Nokia30534%3031%
9AT&T27519%24015%
10Sony27310%20136%
11NEC21822%17922%
12Apple2018%1877%
13ZTE17141%181-6%
14International Business Machines1602%209-23%
15Hewlett Packard Enterprise14818%8574%
16Dell1466%163-10%
17Sharp13916%12214%
18Juniper Networks13746%1324%
18Softbank13722%212-35%
20Fujitsu13410%173-23%

For more detailed information about this technology area, or any other data related to the 2020 Patent 300®, please visit harrityllp.com/patent300/.

Printing or Measuring and Testing Ranks as the #4 Technology Area in the 2020 Patent 300®

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The 2020 Patent 300® details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the United States.  Data from the report shows that nearly 56% of patents obtained in the U.S. in 2019 were by Patent 300® companies.  The top 10 technology areas, which represent 47% of the 189,796 U.S. patents obtained by Patent 300® companies in 2019, are again dominated by electrical technologies. 

Chart 1 shows the Printing or Measuring, and Testing technology area ranked 4th largest in 2019.  There were 10,383 patents issued for Patent 300® companies in the US.  Printing or Measuring and Testing cover United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) technology classifications related to Printing and Measuring Technology, respectively.

Printing patents include means adapted to produce characters or designs on surfaces by the impression of types or dies.  Also included is applying coating material through the openings of a covering pattern sheet, such as stenciling.  Printing patents also cover impression from graphic or intaglio surfaces.  These patents include organizations using a design or character dies that emboss, burn, or perforate, and that apply ink.

Measuring and Testing is the generic class for processes and apparatus for measuring of any kind or for any testing.  It includes all subjects not provided for in other classes.  The term “test” includes inspection, processes, and apparatus for examination or review not covered by other classes.  This class is the generic class for sampling and consists of all sampling apparatus and processes not otherwise classified.

Chart 1 – Top 10 Technology Areas for Patent 300® (2019 U.S. Patents)

RankPatent 300 Technology Area2019 U.S. PatentsPercentage of Total 2019 U.S. Patents
1Semiconductors/Memory158418%
2Electrical Circuits and Systems142698%
3Multiplex and VoIP108246%
4Printing/Measuring and Testing103836%
5Optics98305%
6Selective Visual Display Systems73384%
7Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems59513%
8Computer Networks57533%
9Cryptography and Security50163%
10Telecommunications47142%

The top 20 companies in the Printing or Measuring and Testing area, shown in Chart 2, are large global technology companies.  They include Canon (#1), Seiko Epson (#2), Brother (#3), Siemens (#4), and others.  Canon tops the list having obtained 1,009 US patents, up 20% from 2018.  Seiko Epson had 493 US patents, a 1% decrease from last year.  Brother Industries, at 462, was up 31% from 2018.  The top 20 companies represent a cross-section of the technology sector.  Included are device makers and software producers, auto makers, and electronics companies.

Chart 2 – Top 20 Companies by U.S. Patents in Printing or Measuring and Testing

RankPatent 300®2019 Printing/Measuring and Testing Patents% of Company's 2019 US Patents2018 Printing/Measuring and Testing PatentsChange from 2018 Patents
1Canon100925%84320%
2Seiko Epson49337%496-1%
3Brother Industries46259%35331%
4Siemens34621%26630%
5HP Inc.33635%3108%
6International Business Machines2733%23914%
7General Electric2589%21222%
8Samsung Electronics2443%18730%
9Kyocera24122%273-12%
10Toshiba23616%263-10%
11Ricoh Company23223%292-21%
12Halliburton22520%12481%
13Konica Minolta20531%17418%
14Fujifilm18614%193-4%
14Schlumberger18622%88111%
16Robert Bosch13811%165-16%
17Cadence Design Systems13569%55145%
18Honeywell13010%7086%
19Hitachi1238%1148%
20Intel1223%7954%

Printing or Measuring and Testing is an important technology area in the patent world with over 10,000 US patents in 2019 alone.  Printing or Measuring and Testing technology affects companies in many industries around the globe.  For more detailed information about this technology area, or any other data related to the 2020 Patent 300®, please visit harrityllp.com/patent300/.

Optics Ranks as the #5 Technology Area in the 2020 Patent 300®

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The 2020 Patent 300® Report details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the United States.  Data from the report shows that nearly 56% of patents obtained in the U.S. in 2019 were by Patent 300® companies.  The top 10 technology areas, which represent 47% of the 189,796 U.S. patents obtained by Patent 300® companies in 2019, are again dominated by electrical technologies. 

Chart 1 shows the Optics technology area ranked the 5th largest in 2019.  There were 9,830 patents issued for Patent 300® companies in the US.  Optics covers the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) technology classifications for apparatus and corresponding processes used for storing and retrieving optical or magneto-optical information.  The basis of the technology is relative movement between an optical storage carrier or medium and a transducer along a continuous path.

The class includes apparatus and corresponding processes for making copies or editing optical records, falling within the above definition.  It includes the transfer medium having a specific information storage structure.  The scope of the Optics technology class overlaps with other classes and subclasses.  It is an integral part of the class of patents covering Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval.

Chart 1 – Top 10 Technology Areas for Patent 300® (2019 U.S. Patents)

RankPatent 300 Technology Area2019 U.S. PatentsPercentage of Total 2019 U.S. Patents
1Semiconductors/Memory158418%
2Electrical Circuits and Systems142698%
3Multiplex and VoIP108246%
4Printing/Measuring and Testing103836%
5Optics98305%
6Selective Visual Display Systems73384%
7Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems59513%
8Computer Networks57533%
9Cryptography and Security50163%
10Telecommunications47142%

The top 20 companies in the Optics area, shown in Chart 2, are large global technology companies.  They include Samsung Electronics (#1), BOE Technology (#2), Canon (#3), ASML Holdings (#4), and others.  Samsung tops the list having obtained 665 US patents, a 1% decrease from 2018.  BOE Technology had 436 US patents, a 34% increase from 2018.  Canon, at 406, was up 11% from 2018.  The top 20 companies represent a cross-section of the technology sector.

Chart 2 – Top 20 Companies by U.S. Patents in Optics

RankPatent 300®2019 Optics Patents% of Company's 2019 US Patents2018 Optics PatentsChange from 2018 Patents
1Samsung Electronics6658%672-1%
2BOE Technology Group43620%32634%
3Canon40610%36611%
4ASML Holdings27787%21628%
5Japan Display22533%19814%
6Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung20857%246-15%
7Panasonic20110%2010%
8Corning18333%13635%
9Fujifilm18213%14724%
10Hitachi16611%12434%
11Commscope16329%11542%
12Nikon15456%1503%
13Sony1435%12217%
14Seiko Epson13910%184-24%
15LG Display13816%11817%
16International Business Machines1281%1262%
17TCL12321%248-50%
17Valeo12330%7466%
19AAC Technologies12253%47160%
19Sharp12214%9824%

For more detailed information about this technology area, or any other data related to the 2020 Patent 300®, please visit harrityllp.com/patent300/.

Selective Visual Display Systems Ranks as the #6 Technology Area in the 2020 Patent 300®

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The 2020 Patent 300® details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the United States.  Data from the report shows that nearly 56% of patents obtained in the U.S. in 2019 were by Patent 300® companies.  The top 10 technology areas, which represent 47% of the 189,796 U.S. patents obtained by Patent 300® companies in 2019, are again dominated by electrical technologies. 

Chart 1 shows the Selective Visual Display Systems technology area ranked 6th largest in 2019.  Selective Visual Display Systems covers United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) technology classifications related to processes and apparatus for selective, electrical control of two or more light-generating or light-controlling display elements.  Processes and devices under these classifications use received or stored image data signal.  The image data includes character, graphical information, or display attribute data.  Image data sources may consist of peripheral input devices, television signals, image data recognition, or computers.

This class also includes digital data processing systems or methods for visual presentation.  Data processing consists of the creation or manipulation of graphic objects (e.g., artificial images), or text.  The class includes telegraphy subclasses for digitizing writing tablets, styluses, and circuits.

Chart 1 – Top 10 Technology Areas for Patent 300® (2019 U.S. Patents)

RankPatent 300 Technology Area2019 U.S. PatentsPercentage of Total 2019 U.S. Patents
1Semiconductors/Memory158418%
2Electrical Circuits and Systems142698%
3Multiplex and VoIP108246%
4Printing/Measuring and Testing103836%
5Optics98305%
6Selective Visual Display Systems73384%
7Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems59513%
8Computer Networks57533%
9Cryptography and Security50163%
10Telecommunications47142%

The top 20 companies in the Selective Visual Display Systems area, shown in Chart 2, are large global technology companies.  They include Samsung Electronics (#1), BOE Technology Group (#2), Canon (#3), Sony (#4), and others.  Samsung tops the list having obtained 1108 US patents, up 22% from 2018.  BOE Technology had a 27% increase from 2018 at 612 US patents.  Newcomer to the Patent 300®, China Star Optoelectronics, at 240 patents, was up 11900% from 2018.  The top 20 companies represent a cross-section of the technology sector.  Included are device manufacturers, software, and media companies.

Chart 2 – Top 20 Companies by U.S. Patents in Selective Visual Display Systems

RankPatent 300®2019 Selective Visual Display Patents% of Company's 2019 US Patents2018 Selective Visual Display PatentsChange from 2018 Patents
1Samsung Electronics110813%90922%
2BOE Technology Group61228%48127%
3Canon45011%43947%
4Sony42816%184133%
5Apple34214%25833%
6LG Display34139%24141%
7Japan Display29343%21536%
8China Star Optoelectronics24035%211900%
9Microsoft2016%15431%
10TCL17730%308-43%
11LG Electronics1285%9239%
12Alphabet1195%7070%
13Facebook1149%51124%
14Semiconductor Energy Lab11316%9420%
15Sharp11113%8925%
16Seiko Epson1068%9610%
17Olympus10014%42400%
17Panasonic1005%8025%
19Tianma Microelectronics9753%6159%
20Synaptics8556%116-27%

Selective Visual Display Systems is an important technology area in the patent world with over 7,338 US patents in 2019 alone.  Selective Visual Display Systems technology affects companies in many industries around the globe.  For more detailed information about this technology area, or any other data related to the 2020 Patent 300®, please visit harrityllp.com/patent300/. 

Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems Ranks as the #7 Technology Area in the 2020 Patent 300®

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The 2020 Patent 300® details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the United States.  Data from the report shows that nearly 56% of patents obtained in the U.S. in 2019 were by Patent 300® companies.  The top 10 technology areas, which represent 47% of the 189,796 U.S. patents obtained by Patent 300® companies in 2019, are again dominated by electrical technologies. 

Chart 1 shows Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems ranked as the 7th largest technology area in 2019, with 5,951 patents issued for Patent 300® companies in the US. Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems covers several United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) technology classifications.

Motive Power Systems are systems of electrical supply and/or of control for one or more electric motors.  Electrical Systems and Devices, Power Supply or Regulation Systems, Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches, are among the many possible classifications related to this technology area.

Chart 1 – Top 10 Technology Areas for Patent 300® (2019 U.S. Patents)

RankPatent 300 Technology Area2019 U.S. PatentsPercentage of Total 2019 U.S. Patents
1Semiconductors/Memory158418%
2Electrical Circuits and Systems142698%
3Multiplex and VoIP108246%
4Printing/Measuring and Testing103836%
5Optics98305%
6Selective Visual Display Systems73384%
7Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems59513%
8Computer Networks57533%
9Cryptography and Security50163%
10Telecommunications47142%

The top 20 companies in the Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems area are shown in Chart 2.  United Technologies (#1), General Electric (#2), Ford (#3), and  Toyota (#4) each retain their respective positions on the list from the previous year.  United Technologies tops the list with 1078 US patents, up 19% from 2018.  General Electric had a 22% increase over 2018 at 702 US patents.  Ford, at 431, was down 7% from 2018.  The top 20 companies represent a cross-section of the manufacturing, transportation, and technology sectors.  Included are automakers and supporting companies, tech companies, and other manufacturers.

Chart 2 – Top 20 Companies by U.S. Patents in Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems

RankPatent 300®2019 Thermal & Combustion Technology Patents% of Company's 2019 US Patents2018 Thermal & Combustion Technology PatentsChange from 2018 Patents
1United Technologies107839%90619%
2General Electric70224%57422%
3Ford43117%462-7%
4Toyota36714%407-10%
5Rolls-Royce32855%21652%
6General Motors22516%2260%
7Safran21540%224-4%
8Hyundai Motor18712%251-25%
9Mitsubishi Heavy Industries15434%13812%
10Siemens1429%185-23%
11Denso12510%215-42%
12Robert Bosch12110%171-29%
13Continental11823%9623%
14Hitachi1157%8142%
15Caterpillar11322%140-19%
16Honda Motor10710%8723%
17Cummins9050%847%
18Borgwarner7741%91-15%
18Porsche7711%6028%
20Mazda Motor7337%713%

For more detailed information about this technology area, or any other data related to the 2020 Patent 300®, please visit harrityllp.com/patent300/.

Computer Networks Ranks as the #8 Technology Area in the 2020 Patent 300®

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The 2020 Patent 300® details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the United States.  Data from the report shows that nearly 56% of patents obtained in the U.S. in 2019 were by Patent 300® companies.  The top 10 technology areas, which represent 47% of the 189,796 U.S. patents obtained by Patent 300® companies in 2019, are again dominated by electrical technologies. 

As shown in Chart 1, the Computer Networks technology area was the 8th largest technology area in 2019 with over 5,753 patents issued for Patent 300® companies in the U.S.  The Computer Networks technology area covers United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) technology classifications related to electrical computer or digital data processing system or corresponding data processing method including apparatus or steps for transferring data or instruction information between a plurality of computers wherein the computers employ the data or instructions before or after transferring and the employing affects said transfer of data or instruction information.

Chart 1 – Top 10 Technology Areas for Patent 300® (2019 U.S. Patents)

RankPatent 300 Technology Area2019 U.S. PatentsPercentage of Total 2019 U.S. Patents
1Semiconductors/Memory158418%
2Electrical Circuits and Systems142698%
3Multiplex and VoIP108246%
4Printing/Measuring and Testing103836%
5Optics98305%
6Selective Visual Display Systems73384%
7Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems59513%
8Computer Networks57533%
9Cryptography and Security50163%
10Telecommunications47142%

When you look at the top companies obtaining patents in the Computer Networks technology area, shown in Chart 2, large global technology companies, such as IBM (#1), Microsoft (#2), Dell (#3), and Amazon (#4), are heavily represented in the data.  IBM maintains its #1 position on the list, having obtained 777 U.S. patents in the Computer Networks technology area, despite a 13% decrease from 2018.  8% of IBM’s U.S. patents obtained in 2019 are classified in the Computer Networks technology area.  Facebook (#5) has the largest year over year increase in Computer Networks patents at 63%, while Samsung Electronics (#10) had the second largest decrease at -12%.  While the companies in the top 20 are all large global technology companies, they cover a range of industries including enterprise IT, social media, telecommunications, consumer electronics, and more.

Chart 2 – Top 20 Companies by U.S. Patents in Computer Networks

RankPatent 300®2019 Computer Networks Patents% of Company's 2019 US Patents2018 Computer Networks PatentsChange from 2018
1International Business Machines7778%892-13%
2Microsoft38312%27141%
3Dell37315%27635%
4Amazon35914%30717%
5Facebook21917%13463%
6Alphabet2098%211-1%
7Cisco Systems20720%15633%
8Huawei1646%10753%
9AT&T16111%10750%
10Samsung Electronics1352%153-12%
11Oracle12414%1185%
12Verizon11117%10011%
13Tencent Holdings10122%7142%
14Ericsson946%7919%
15Intel852%6237%
16Fujitsu625%4538%
17Sony592%590%
18Hewlett Packard Enterprise567%4719%
19Apple552%4134%
20Canon531%4323%

Computer Networks is an important technology area in the patent world with over 5,700 U.S. patents in 2019 alone.  Computer Networks technology impacts companies in various industries around the world.  For more detailed information about this technology area, or any other data related to the 2020 Patent 300®, please visit harrityllp.com/patent300/.

Cryptography and Security Ranks as the #9 Technology Area in the 2020 Patent 300®

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The 2020 Patent 300® details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the United States.  Data from the report shows that nearly 56% of patents obtained in the U.S. in 2019 were by Patent 300® companies.  The top 10 technology areas, which represent 47% of the 189,796 U.S. patents obtained by Patent 300® companies in 2019, are again dominated by electrical technologies.

As shown in Chart 1, the Cryptography and Security technology area was the 9th largest technology area in 2019 with 5,016 patents issued for Patent 300® companies in the U.S.  The Cryptography and Security technology area covers United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) technology classifications related to secure communications and information security.

Chart 1 – Top 10 Technology Areas for Patent 300® (2019 U.S. Patents)

RankPatent 300 Technology Area2019 U.S. PatentsPercentage of Total 2019 U.S. Patents
1Semiconductors/Memory158418%
2Electrical Circuits and Systems142698%
3Multiplex and VoIP108246%
4Printing/Measuring and Testing103836%
5Optics98305%
6Selective Visual Display Systems73384%
7Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems59513%
8Computer Networks57533%
9Cryptography and Security50163%
10Telecommunications47142%

Many of the top 20 companies obtaining patents in the Cryptography and Security technology area, as shown in Chart 2, are large technology companies such as IBM (#1), Amazon (#2), Microsoft (#3), and Dell (#4).  IBM maintains its strong lead in the list having obtained 636 U.S. patents in the Cryptography and Security technology area, despite a 2% decrease from 2018.  Capital One (#11) is on the move in the Cryptography and Security technology space with 97 patents in 2019, a 646% increase from 2018.

Chart 2 – Top 20 Companies by U.S. Patents in Cryptography and Security

RankPatent 300®2019 Cryptography Patents% of Company's 2019 US Patents2018 Cryptography PatentsChange from 2018
1International Business Machines6367%647-2%
2Amazon29312%25216%
3Microsoft2548%19928%
4Dell24910%257-3%
5Intel2076%219-5%
6Samsung Electronics1482%12320%
7Cisco Systems14314%11030%
8Broadcom12721%45182%
9Bank of America10726%8920%
10Alphabet1004%119-16%
11Capital One Financial9716%13646%
12Apple924%7326%
13Huawei903%5661%
14AT&T836%830%
15Alibaba Group Holding6822%30127%
15Hewlett Packard Enterprise688%29134%
15Oracle688%5719%
18Visa6226%4344%
19Canon581%4723%
20Ericsson553%4717%

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Telecommunications Ranks as the #10 Technology Area in the 2020 Patent 300®

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The 2020 Patent 300® details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the United States.  Data from the report shows that nearly 56% of patents obtained in the U.S. in 2019 were by Patent 300® companies.  The top 10 technology areas, which represent 47% of the 189,796 U.S. patents obtained by Patent 300® companies in 2019, are again dominated by electrical technologies. 

As shown in Chart 1, the Telecommunications technology area was the 10th largest technology area in 2019 with 4,714 patents issued for Patent 300® companies in the U.S.  The Telecommunications technology area covers United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) technology classifications related to communications systems in which electric or electromagnetic signals are used to transmit modulated carrier wave information between points.  The transmission media is via radio wave generally of a frequency above human speech, yet at a frequency lower than infrared frequencies.  Radiotelephonic communication via wireless link is included in this class. 

Chart 1 – Top 10 Technology Areas for Patent 300® (2019 U.S. Patents) 

RankPatent 300 Technology Area2019 U.S. PatentsPercentage of Total 2019 U.S. Patents
1Semiconductors/Memory158418%
2Electrical Circuits and Systems142698%
3Multiplex and VoIP108246%
4Printing/Measuring and Testing103836%
5Optics98305%
6Selective Visual Display Systems73384%
7Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems59513%
8Computer Networks57533%
9Cryptography and Security50163%
10Telecommunications47142%
 

The top 20 companies in the Telecommunications area, shown in Chart 2, are large global technology companies.  They include Samsung (#1), Huawei (#2), Qualcomm (#3), AT&T (#4) and others.  Samsung tops the list having obtained 397 US patents, down slightly from 2018.  Huawei had a 15% increase over 2018 at 328 US patents.  Qualcomm, at 279, was up less than 1% from 2018.  The top 20 companies represent a cross section of the technology sector.  Included are device manufacturers, wireless carriers, and media companies. 

Chart 2 – Top 20 Companies by U.S. Patents in Telecommunications 

Patent 300 Rank in TelecomPatent 300 Company NameTelecom Patents 2019% of Company’s 2019 U.S. PatentsTelecom Patents 2018Change from 2018 Patents
1Samsung Electronics3975%408-3%
2Huawei32811%28415%
3Qualcomm27912%2771%
4AT&T22716%2203%
5Ericsson22614%20610%
6LG Electronics1977%230-14%
7Apple1777%182-3%
8International Business Machines1351%167-19%
9Sony1325%11515%
10Deutsche Telekom12444%7468%
10Intel1243%183-32%
12Nokia9511%108-12%
13NEC808%6523%
14Alphabet733%92-21%
14BBK Electronics7320%18306%
16Microsoft682%97-30%
16Skyworks Solutions6824%79-14%
18Blackberry5917%72-18%
19Lenovo Group589%4238%
20Verizon579%95-40%

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Top Companies in Blockchain Patents

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By Rocky Berndsen

Blockchain is an emerging technology that has taken the world by storm.  In October 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto published a seminal paper, titled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System“, and the age of blockchain was born.  Since then, entrepreneurs and large corporations have explored implementation of blockchain technology in financial transactions, smart contracts, automotive, retail, healthcare, energy, utilities, travel, supply chain, and gaming, among other industries.

Based on our analysis of active patents & pending applications, blockchain-related filings have increased significantly around the world in recent years.  For instance, there were only 126 filings in 2014, but by 2017 there were over 3,700 applications filed in the blockchain space.  In 2018, a year in which not all the filings have yet become public, there have already been over 8,200 filings.  The growth curve in blockchain filings is truly exponential.  It will be interesting to see over the coming years whether this trend continues.

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The geographic distribution of filings is also very interesting.  To date, over 10,000 blockchain filings occurred in China, more than half of all blockchain related filings worldwide.  According to a recent Forbes article, nearly 70% of crypto mining activity occurs in China, creating significant interest in protecting IP in the crypto currency space.  The top ten filers of chinese patent applications in the blockchain space are as follows:

China Blockchain Patent Applications Filed (as of 10/1/2019)
RankCompanyActive Patents & Pending Applications
1Alibaba259
2CUNC189
3Hangzhou Fuzamei163
4Ping An151
5Baidu139
6Shenzhen Launch102
7Tencent102
8Zhongan IT89
9Shenzhen Oneconnect77
10Shenzhen Onething74

Notably, the U.S. has the second most blockchain filings, with over 2,700 filings.  In the U.S., the top ten filers of patent applications in the blockchain space are as follows:

US Blockchain Patent Applications Filed (as of 10/1/2019)
RankCompanyActive Patents & Pending Applications
1IBM252
2Alibaba93
3Bank of America81
4Mastercard73
5Wal-mart63
6Accenture52
7Intel46
8Nchain32
9Coinplug29
10TD Bank28

In comparison, the top ten U.S. patent owners in the blockchain space are as follows:

US Blockchain Patents Issued (as of 10/1/2019)
RankCompanyActive Patents
1IBM57
2Accenture26
3Bank of America24
4Mastercard13
5Winklevoss IP13
6Capital One12
7Dell9
8Vijay Madisetti9
9TD Bank9
10Blockchain Asics7

According to a recent report published by Accenture PLC, worldwide spending on blockchain solutions has a forecast annual growth rate (CAGR) of 76.0%, reaching $12.4 billion in 2022.  The blockchain space is still in the early stages of development, and it will be interesting to see how the technology evolves and who else enters the space.

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