IBM, which is among the largest companies in the world, was known as the company that registered the most patents in the USA for about 29 years. Accelerating its patent work in 2022, Samsung succeeded in leaving IBM behind.
Nearly 30 years later, International Business Machines Corp., popularly known as IBM, has lost the top spot in the number of patents filed in the US to Samsung in 2022. Reportedly, not claiming the most patents in a year indicates a shift in the company’s strategy.
Samsung breaks patent record, surpassing IBM
Samsung Electronics filed 8,513 utility patents in the US in 2022, which is close to the previous year. IBM fell to second place with 4,743 patents, down 44 percent compared to the previous year.
Reducing the number of patent applications in 2020, IBM announced that they earned about $ 27 billion in intellectual property from 1996 to 2022. “We have decided to no longer pursue digital patent leadership, remain an intellectual property powerhouse, and continue to have one of the world’s strongest portfolios as our priority,” said IBM head of research, Dario Gil.
It is known that IBM has shifted its focus to hybrid cloud computing, artificial intelligence chips, cybersecurity and quantum. Publishing more than 8,000 new patents every year, Samsung comes up with patents mainly for imaging systems and voice communication.
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