Top ten list of companies to get US patents in 2011
According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the USPTO granted an all-time high 244,430 United States utility patents in 2011. Asian companies hold eight of the top 10 spots on the 2011 patent list and 25 or half of the top 50 U.S. patent-grant recipients with U.S. firms having 17 spots. Asian countries represented […]
IBM Awarded the Most U.S. Patents in 2010
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted an all-time high 219,614 United States utility patents in 2010 – up 31 percent over 2009. All but one of the companies in the Top 50 are up from 2009, most shattering records and many posting double-digit percentage gains. IBM continues to hold down the #1 […]