In cursory: The United states of america Patent and Trademark Part (USPTO) granted 352,013 patents in 2022, a dip of only 0.69 percent compared to the previous year. Both years were up substantially from 2022 when but 307,761 US patents were granted according to IFI Claims Patent Services.

2020 likewise saw an increase in submitted applications. At 413,176, the figure was upwards more than than 4.75 percent compared to 2022.

At outset glance, it may seem as if the pandemic hasn't had much of an bear upon on innovation. According to IFI Claims Patent Services, however, it would be premature to conclude that Covid-19 hasn't afflicted patent filings.

Per the publication, the effective period between filing an application and getting published can take up to 18 months. As such, we will need to wait at least ii more years then reevaluate the numbers from 2022 onward.

Unsurprisingly, the US led the fashion in terms of the number of US granted patents in 2022 with 164,379. The next closest country was Nihon with 52,421 granted patents, followed by South korea at merely 22,400.

Individually, IBM finished in first identify with 9,130 awarded patents, leading the industry in fields such as artificial intelligence, cloud technologies and quantum computing. Samsung earned the silver with 6,415 patents granted followed by Canon, Microsoft and Intel at three,225, 2,905 and 2,867 patents awarded, respectively.

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