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Patent Application Weekly Update (2020.12.17)

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In this week, 6866 patent applications have been published. This article lists top 30 organizations and top 30 CPC subclasses that have the most patents published (Updated on 2020.12.17).

TABLE 1: Top 30 Companies (sorted by #patents)

Rank Company #Patents
1 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS 137.0
2 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES 118.0
3 TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY 55.0
4 INTEL 53.0
5 LG ELECTRONICS 52.0
6 SAMSUNG DISPLAY 48.0
7 MICROSOFT 46.0
8 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES 45.0
9 CANON 44.0
10 QUALCOMM 41.0
11 MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC 41.0
12 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES 41.0
13 HYUNDAI MOTOR 39.0
14 KIA MOTORS 39.0
15 APPLE 36.0
16 TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 33.0
17 BOEING 32.0
18 HONDA MOTOR COMPANY 31.0
19 SONY 28.0
20 GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS 28.0
21 MICRON TECHNOLOGY 27.0
22 NEC 27.0
23 GOOGLE 27.0
24 TOYOTA JIDOSHA 23.0
25 MURATA MANUFACTURING 23.0
26 PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 23.0
27 BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP 20.0
28 FUJIFILM 20.0
29 APPLIED MATERIALS 20.0
30 LG CHEM 19.0

TABLE 2: Top 30 CPC Subclasses (sorted by #patents)

Rank Code Section Class SubClass #Patents
1 G06F PHYSICS COMPUTING; CALCULATING; COUNTING ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 500.0
2 H01L ELECTRICITY BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 368.0
3 H04L ELECTRICITY ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 303.0
4 A61K HUMAN NECESSITIES MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES 255.0
5 H04W ELECTRICITY ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 235.0
6 A61B HUMAN NECESSITIES MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION 203.0
7 H04N ELECTRICITY ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 182.0
8 G06Q PHYSICS COMPUTING; CALCULATING; COUNTING DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 179.0
9 G01N PHYSICS MEASURING; TESTING INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 153.0
10 G06K PHYSICS COMPUTING; CALCULATING; COUNTING RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS 124.0
11 G06T PHYSICS COMPUTING; CALCULATING; COUNTING IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 103.0
12 G02B PHYSICS OPTICS OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS 98.0
13 C12N CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF ; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS ; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA 91.0
14 A61F HUMAN NECESSITIES MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS 87.0
15 C07D CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS 82.0
16 C07K CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY PEPTIDES 77.0
17 G06N PHYSICS COMPUTING; CALCULATING; COUNTING COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS 77.0
18 A61M HUMAN NECESSITIES MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY ; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY ; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR 76.0
19 H01M ELECTRICITY BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY 68.0
20 H04B ELECTRICITY ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE TRANSMISSION 55.0
21 H05K ELECTRICITY ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS 54.0
22 E21B FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS EARTH DRILLING; MINING EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING ; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS 54.0
23 G10L PHYSICS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING 51.0
24 B60W PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING VEHICLES IN GENERAL CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT 48.0
25 G11C PHYSICS INFORMATION STORAGE STATIC STORES 45.0
26 G01S PHYSICS MEASURING; TESTING RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES 45.0
27 B29C PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING 44.0
28 H02J ELECTRICITY GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY 42.0
29 G09G PHYSICS EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION 42.0
30 H02K ELECTRICITY GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES 41.0