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- Oct 12, 2026
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No. 0038 · Oct 12, 2026
Samsung's 50,611 U.S. utility patents dwarf Apple's 8,458 through 2014
Open the poster →- What this number is
- How many patents the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) grants each year, and which companies receive them.
- Why it moves
- Research spending and the patent office’s own backlog move the count, so a slower year can reflect slower examiners, not fewer ideas.
Every edition4 posters · Oct 2026
- Oct 10354.4K
US patent grants peaked in 2019 and have stalled since
- Oct 114,389 patents
IBM's U.S. patent grants nearly halved in 2022 and Samsung took first place
- Oct 129.3K
Samsung's U.S. patent grants jumped 39% in 2024, to 9,304
- Oct 12 · Latest50.6K
Samsung's 50,611 U.S. utility patents dwarf Apple's 8,458 through 2014
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