After nearly three decades, IBM has lost the top spot in the number of patents registered in the US. Last year, it was replaced at the helm by Samsung.
Samsung should have registered a total of 2022 utility patents in the US in 8513, neither improving nor deteriorating year-on-year. It was followed by IBM, which claimed 4743 patent registrations last year, which represents a year-on-year decrease of 44%. The first three of the most successful in this field is rounded off by LG with 4580 patents (an increase of 5% year-on-year).
IBM's decline in the rankings, which it dominated for 29 years, reflects a change in its strategy that began in 2020. Its chief developer Dario Gil said the computer giant "will no longer strive for leadership in numerical patents, but will remain a driver in intellectual property and will continue to have one of the strongest technology portfolios in the world".
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IBM also made it known that it continues to generate huge profits from intellectual property rights, which should have reached about 1996 billion dollars (about 27 billion CZK) from 607,5 to last year. Recently, the company is said to be shifting its focus to hybrid cloud computing, artificial intelligence chips, cybersecurity and quantum computing.
Samsung is also the world leader in the number of patents. As of last year, it had more than 452 registered patents, while IBM was in third place with roughly 276 patents (second was the former smartphone giant with less than 318 patents Huawei).
