Companies That Bagged In The Most Patents Last Year
#No. 2 Samsung Electronics
Since 2011, Samsung and Apple were in patent war outside of the U.S., Samsung has 4,952 patents in U.S. making it the second highest patent holder in our list. Samsung did not sail smooth till here, they had their bad times when Samsung was accused by Apple that they copied the iPhone idea. The fight ended in last August and their attention was diverted as the new competitor; Xiaomi, entered the market.
#No. 1 IBM
IBM has been winning the patent race since last 22 years in a row, this time; the company has 7,534 patents to top the list. The American company is always blessed with most patents over any other company. This is the first company in history to attain more than 7,000 patents in a year. If we calculate, inventors of IBM grossed an average of over 20 patents each day in a year making it the most patent getter.
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