February 23, 2021 Patents by Numbers
Going forward I want to dedicate a weekly entry into the new patents issued at the US Patent Office. If there is any specific data that might be interesting to see, please send me an email at iphawk@outlook.com. I will be adding more information and tables in future Newsletters.
There were 7,145 new patents issued at the US Patent Office, not counting the Design and Reissue patents. There were 3,629 patents issued to inventors in the United States broken out by state in the following:
Below is the breakdown for the top countries assignee new patents issued:
There were 25 new patents issued with “blockchain” in the patent claims with Advanced New Technologies leading the way with 11 followed by IBM with 5. The Winklevoss brothers added 2 more patents to their holdings, which now total 28 issued patents:
There were 10 new patents issued with “Electric Vehicle” in the patent claims. SF Motors, Inc who I have never heard of before and plan to dig around this week was issued 4 Electric Vehicle related patents. The company has 59 issued patents along with 19 pending applications.
The table below is some of the top Assignees of the week. IBM and Samsung continue to lead the weekly pack for new patent grants.
Thank you for reading.
David