What did the Patent Landscape of USA Look Like?

This chart shows the number of applications filed and the number of grants from these applications. Grant rate is a good indicator to identify successful applications and the graph helps to understand the progress in the technology area.

Detailed Patent Portfolio of USA in 2021

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
APPLICATION	PENDING	EXAMINATION	184005
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	165844
	DEAD	DISCONTINUATION	59122
	DEAD	ABANDONED	4290
PATENT	ACTIVE	GRANTED	327288
	DEAD	EXPIRED	4290
		REVOKED	4290
		NON-PAYMENT	4290
		CEASED	4290
		DISCONTINUATION	4290
DESIGN	ACTIVE	GRANTED	32162

Technology Domain-Wise Patent Trend in USA in 2021

The chart above distributes patents filed in Unites States in 2021 on the basis of the technology protected in patents. This helps to understand the most frequently used concepts and the key focus areas in the technology space.

Top Players in the Domain with their Forward Citation Frequency

The table below depicts the inventions of the top players in the domain with their forward citation frequency. This helps to understand the strength of the portfolio of top players as players whose patents are most frequently cited have a strong group of core patents in this domain.

Publication Year	2021
Citation Count Range	0 – 2	3 – 9	10 – 19	20 – 39	40 – *
Samsung Electronics	13380	838	38	5	1
Individual	10473	471	28	6	1
IBM	8719	494	21	5	3
Lg Electronics	5626	566	47	8	1
Canon	5930	125	8	0	0
Huawei Tech	5658	356	22	1	0
Qualcomm	5425	488	21	3	0
Intel	5052	424	28	5	2
Apple	4621	541	123	14	0
Boe Tech Group	4944	200	2	1	1

Who were the Leading Patent Filers of 2021 in USA?

IPC Classification-Wise Patent Trends in USA in 2021

The table below represents the top 10 market domains according to their IPC classification where inventors believed it was critical to safeguard certain technical inventions.

IPC Classification	Number of Applications	Number of Granted	% Granted
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (G06F)	105559	57722	55
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (H04L)	64845	35858	55
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (H01L)	52028	24770	48
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (H04W)	44424	21784	49
DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (A61B)	34134	15868	46
PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES (A61K)	34047	13892	41
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION (H04N)	32050	16975	53
DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (G06Q)	31851	15317	48
RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS (G06K)	30488	14340	47
IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL (G06T)	27629	13690	50

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