Top Patent Powerhouse of 2024

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in 2006, IEEE spectrumOur first annual patent survey ranked patent powerhouse. Survey conducted by research firm 1790 AnalyticsChecked the number and impact of American patents generated by more than 1,000 organizations. The semiconductor manufacturer Micron Technology topped the top five with IBM, Hewlett-Pacard, Intel and Broadcom.

After about 20 years, every company has been usurped in the top 10 list. Once powerful companies have fallen into the rank, others have come and gone, and the top places are largely filled by today’s large technical companies. In place of semiconductor and computer systems, the top categories in this year’s scorecard are about internet services – “Telecom and Internet” – and Consumer Consumer Electronics Label category.

Data shows excavations HeroicMaybe, hidden power of subsidiaries, and which countries are producing American patents – this is not only the United States. You can see all this for yourself in the interactive graphic below. Just click on a category which companies produced the most powerful patent portfolio in 2024.

Are based on ranking Pipeline powerA metric calculated by 1790 analytics that adds several elements of the patent portfolio of an organization in a number. In addition to the number of patents given in a given year, this metric takes into account the four variables representing the quality and effects of those patents. (More details on the calculation are below in the functioning section.)

Amazon tops the list

At a glance, it is clear that Amazon goes with the highest patent power. Tech veteran has produced a more impressive patent portfolio than the entire industry categories.

However, Amazon did not make the biggest production Number Patent in 2024. This is achievement SamsungWith more than 9,000 patents, the electronics company was provided more than double the number produced by the second most vigorous company, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC).

Meanwhile, Amazon finished 20th in terms of raw number of patents. So how is this the biggest power? In short, because its patent is quoted more often, and by various other patents. Similarly, SnapThe company who owns Snapchat and Bitmoji ranks over the more frequent filers Qualcomm And GoogleDespite being given only 770 patents last year.

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Many companies have more and more patent power when you consider their subsidiaries. For example, Alphabet About 4,056 is classified as a group with patent power. But it has two assistant companies: Google and VemoBoth in telecom and internet category. By adding to its subsidiaries, the patent power of the alphabet will almost double, which jointly receives more scores than all other groups.

Defense contractor RTX (East Rethionon) has the most tributaries involved in data collection. The seven companies listed in the aerospace category are owned by RTX in addition to RTX. Adding their joint patent power to RTX accounts for more than two-thirds of joint patent power of all aerospace companies. The RTX is the only company with more than two subsidiaries involved in the survey. Sony, Johnson & JohnsonAnd Gay vannova All have two each, and many other companies have one.

In consumer electronics, Apple With about 40 percent of the category patent power, the pack is carried by a big margin. Samsung has patents filed under both its primary company Samsung Electronics and a subsidiary that focuses on display technology. Both these companies take second and third place in the category. But even together, their combined patent power is well behind the Apple.

Western Digital Sandisk CorpIn the Computer Peripherals category, 2024 is a subsidiary with the largest patent power. The score of the sandis is about 5,087, which is more than the triple of its original company. In fact, the successes of Sandis in flash storage launched a launch. Independent public company In February 2025.

SplutterIn ownership of Cisco, the computer tops the software category, Beating Out Microsoft, OracleAnd YoursThis company specializes in collecting and organizing large amounts of machine-related data. While splunk is lower than a domestic name than Microsoft, its research in the management of data generated by AI has helped to launch it on top of its category.

According to 1790 Analytics, the total number of AI patents has increased in the last few years. Although many of these computer software were presented by organizations in the software category, some AI powerhouses fall under other categories, such as Kanglomerates.

Which countries are producing American patents?

The companies represented here include only those with at least 25 patents given by the US Patent and Trademark Office in 2024. Of the 247 organizations that meet this requirement, 148 were from the United States. So where else is the American patent filing?

Japan ranks second with 24 companies. These companies expand many categories including consumer electronics, computer external equipment and semiconductor. The Japanese company with the highest patent power is a semiconductor energy laboratory, which takes the top position in its category.

After Japan, Germany and South Korea are tied with each nine companies, and Taiwan has eight listed. South Korean companies consumer electronics or motor vehicles and transport categories are almost all, Taiwan’s companies are mostly in computer external devices, and German companies expand a wide range of categories. After these, seven companies are listed in both France and China, and one or two companies are listed in many other countries.

Big name, small patent power

Patent power is a measure of the impact of a company. Some famous companies have surprisingly smaller patent power than their cultural or market influence. For example, Microsoft is ranked 31st in patent power, despite being one of the most valuable companies based on it
Market capitalization,

Given the company’s huge research and development budget, the meta is also surprisingly reduced. In 2024, social media Mammath spent $ 43 billion, one amount
Crossed only by alphabet In a survey. (In particular, the survey left Amazon as it does not report R&D expenses as a separate line item. Amazon’s R&D expenditure Is likely Of the alphabet.)

Given the strength of a company’s patent portfolio, these other matrix does not replace, but it provides another approach about the impact of an organization. In that sequence, Amazon, Apple, Snap, Samsung and Qualcomm are the winners of 2024. Which companies will reach the top in 2025?