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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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Global Patent Filers Reveal Surprising Activity from Unexpected Sources

November 4, 2025 Bruce Berman

Most of the 3,244,273 patent applications in 2023 were filed by the usual suspects, China, the U.S., Japan, et al., but an increasing number are

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Samsung’s 8,729 U.S. Patent Grants are More than Twice any other U.S. or Foreign Entity

December 23, 2024 Bruce Berman

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Samsung Display Co. Ltd., ranked number one and number six in U.S. patent grants for 2023, together, more than double

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China Now Files 3X as Many Patent Applications Worldwide as the U.S. – More than the U.S., Japan, S. Korea, Germany, France, India and the UK Combined

January 30, 2024 Bruce Berman

Since China became worldwide leader in patent applications in 2011, overtaking Japan, the number of its applications have soared.  The question today is not so

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China is Granted More than Twice the Global Patents as the U.S.; Leads in 29 of 36 Fields

October 31, 2023 Bruce Berman

China is the undisputed leader in global patent grants according to data provided by the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization, with 607,758 issued in 2021,

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44% of Top 100 University U.S. Patent Holders are Foreign Institutions; 8 of the Top 22

October 24, 2023 Bruce Berman

Almost half of the top 100 colleges, universities and research institutes that have been granted U.S. patents are located outside of America.  For the most

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Commentary: Beyond ‘Siri’ and ‘Alexa’ – Speech AI Patents are Serious Business

June 29, 2020 Guest Columnist

Guest Column by Dr. Roya Ghafele With a rapidly growing market that offers both attractive returns on investment and the genuine ability to transform the

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Germany and South Korea ranked most innovative economies; Tiny Singapore and Finland lead the U.S.

June 2, 2020 Bruce Berman

Which are the world’s most innovative economies? How are they most accurately measured? According to Bloomberg’s annual Innovation Index, Germany broke South Korea’s six-year most

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