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Patents in the United States

Statistics report on patents in the United States

This report presents a range of statistics and facts about patents in the United States. It includes data on industrial designs, utility models, plant patents, and statutory inventions. It then follows up with information on the leading patent holders in the United States.

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Overview

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  • Premium Statistic Number of patent applications and grants in the U.S. FY 2021, by type
  • Premium Statistic Number of patent application filings in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
  • Premium Statistic Number of patents issued in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2023
  • Premium Statistic Number of patents in force in the U.S. 2004-2024
  • Premium Statistic Annual number of patent approvals from the U.S. 1980-2023
  • Basic Statistic Companies with the most U.S. patents granted 2024

Patents in detail

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  • Premium Statistic Number of patent grants in the U.S. FY 2021, by state
  • Premium Statistic Number of U.S. patents issued FY 2017-FY 2021, by residency of applicant
  • Premium Statistic Patent publications from the U.S. 2024, by fields of technology
  • Premium Statistic Ranking of U.S. companies with the most international patent applications 2020
  • Premium Statistic Number of international patent applications of U.S. companies 2002-2020

Utility patents

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  • Premium Statistic Number of utility patent application filings in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
  • Premium Statistic Number of utility patents issued in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
  • Premium Statistic Share of utility patent grants issued U.S. FY 2021, by entity size and origin
  • Premium Statistic Ranking of the 20 countries with the most utility model applications 2023

Industrial design

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  • Premium Statistic Number of design patent application filings in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
  • Premium Statistic Number of design patents issued in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
  • Premium Statistic Number of industrial design patent filings by U.S. companies 2009-2020
  • Premium Statistic Number of industrial design patent registrations by U.S. companies 2009-2020

Plant patents

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  • Premium Statistic Number of plant patent application filings in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
  • Premium Statistic Number of plant patents issued in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
  • Premium Statistic Ranking of the 20 countries with the most plant variety applications 2023
  • Premium Statistic Ranking of the 20 countries with the most plant variety grants 2022
  • Premium Statistic Number of plant varieties in force for selected countries 2023

Patent holders

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  • Premium Statistic Intellectual property law firms by number of overall filings U.S. 2016-2020
  • Premium Statistic Leading university owners of United States issued utility patents 2020
  • Premium Statistic U.S. patents granted to Boeing 2010-2022
  • Premium Statistic U.S. patents granted to Honeywell International in the U.S. 2010-2022
  • Premium Statistic U.S. patents granted to Raytheon 2010-2023
  • Premium Statistic U.S. patents granted to Lockheed Martin 2010-2021
  • Premium Statistic Number of patents issued to the U.S. government FY 2021, by department
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