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The Patent Wars 2020
Even during pandemic, most companies kept busy in their drawing room, and won a lot of patents...
Article By Betallion44
January 14, 2021, 5:13 am
The founder of Apple, and a great visionary person, Steve Jobs, once joked at the Apple launch event of the first iPhone, and said:
“boy have we patented it!”
Moreover, The general counsel of Apple, Nancy R. Heinen also revealed (about Steve Jobs) that:
“His attitude was that if someone at Apple can dream it up, then we should apply for a patent, because even if we never build it, it's a defensive tool”.
Apple, like other companies, knew the importance and significance of patents in the industry. The more patents held by a company, increases the probability of its future success. The raw number of patents also highlight the level of innovation of a company. Some investors have a simple success mantra, which is to invest in those companies which have applied for (or won) the most number of patents in a given year. This gives investors some reasonable assurance about their investments in the company.
The year 2020 was a tough year for all. The people, the businesses and various organizations have suffered a lot due to Covid-19 pandemic. But, it has not stopped companies from innovating and safeguarding their inventions / ideas. It seems, although that businesses, and economy suffered a lot, in general, but the drawing rooms of various companies remained busy during that period.
The total number of patents granted in the US in the year 2019 were 354,428, and in the next year it reached 352,013. It was only 1% decline year over year (probably due to lockdowns). It shows that companies remained vigilant and tried to use their time efficiently, even with the economic downturn.
As per IFI Claims, the top 50 companies with highest number of patents during the year 2020 are mentioned below:
1 IBM 9130
2 Samsung Electronics 6415
3 Canon 3225
4 Microsoft 2905
5 Intel Corp 2867
6 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) 2833
7 LG Electronics 2831
8 Apple 2792
9 Huawei Applied sciences 2761
10 Qualcomm 2276
11 Amazon Technologies 2244
12 Sony 2239
13 BOE Know-how Group 2144
14 Toyota 2079
15 Ford 2025
16 Samsung Show 1902
17 Google 1817
18 Common Electric 1760
19 Micron Know-how 1535
20 Hyundai 1464
21 Boeing 1435
22 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson 1366
23 Seiko Epson 1334
24 Kia Motors 1323
25 Panasonic 1283
26 AT&T 1238
27 Honda 1205
28 Mitsubishi 1204
29 Texas Instruments 1147
30 EMC 1094
31 Cisco 1059
32 Sharp 1042
33 Denso 1030
34 LG Show 989
35 Robert Bosch 965
36 Toshiba 957
37 LG Chem 947
38 Facebook 938
39 NEC 937
40 SK Hynix 930
41 RicohCoLtd 928
42 Fujitsu 917
43 Koninklijke Philips 874
44 Hewlett Packard 873
45 Dell 849
46 Fujifilm 814
47 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 807
48 GM 781
49 Halliburton Power 771
50 Murata Manufacturing 764
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