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Only Two of the Top 25 Global Patent holders are U.S. Companies; 11 are Chinese; 7 Japanese

November 18, 2025 Bruce Berman

Mapping world patent ownership can provide IP owners, investors and others insights into the shifting global intellectual property landscape. Quantity is not the most reliable

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#1 IBM Inventor, Lisa Seacat Deluca, is Responsible for 500+ Patents

February 9, 2021 Bruce Berman

Who are the most active inventors at the leading patent generating business? They are led by Lisa Seacat DeLuca, the most prolific inventor in IBM’s

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Former AUTM head cautions exercising ‘march-in’ rights on Covid-related patents

May 8, 2020 Bruce Berman

Confiscating taxpayer-funded invention rights would damage the innovation ecosystem that has generated breakthrough therapies and enabled scientists to work so quickly on Covid-19. This is

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Defensive Aggregator says ‘World’s Most Valuable Patent’ is held by tiny Intertrust Technologies

December 19, 2019 Bruce Berman

Privately held Sunnyvale, CA-based, Intertrust Technologies, a digital rights management company, holds the world’s most valuable patent according to research conducted by defensive patent aggregator

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U.S. patent grants down the most since 2009; China is only nation up

January 15, 2019 Bruce Berman

U.S. patent grants were down 3.5% in 2018 over 2017, only the second decline in the past decade, but the largest.  All nations experienced a

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Samsung is the leading US patent holder, 24,000 ahead of IBM

April 6, 2016 Bruce Berman

Of the top eleven active US patent holders, only four are American companies. But who gets the best return on their innovation rights is less

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Bruce Berman is a veteran IP communications expert, editor and innovation strategist. He is in close contact with the leading IP owners and influencers, and tracks the latest trends and developments, including data, strategy and performance.

Since founding Brody Berman Associates in 1988 Bruce has been working with IP holders, executives and investors, as well as more than 80 law firms and their clients. In 2016 he founded the Center for IP Understanding, an independent non-profit, which holds the annual IP Awareness Summit, www.understandingip.org. He has been on an IAM 300 Leading IP Strategist every year since its inception in 2011 and is a member of the Hall of Fame Academy.

Bruce is responsible for five books, including the widely read "From Ideas to Assets." He wrote The 'Intangible Investor' column for every issue of IAM Magazine from 2003-2020, which he now contributes to IP Watchdog. IP CloseUp has generated more than 495,000 visits since it was established in 2012. For Bruce's full bio, visit www.brodyberman.com or read it here:
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