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Samsung Takes over from IBM in the US Patents issued in 2022

ByBizMan

Samsung Electronics received the most US patents in 2022 for the first
time since 1993. IBM, which had held the top spot for 29 consecutive
years, came in second place.

Rank Company Patents
1 Samsung Electronics 6,248
2 IBM 4,398
3 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing 3,024
4 Huawei Technologies 2,836
5 Canon 2,694
6 LG Electronics 2,641
7 Qualcomm 2,625
8 Intel 2,418
9 Apple 2,285
10 Toyota 2,214

 In terms of the total “assigned” patents, IBM has also lost #1 position to Samsung.

See prior posts about the Patent King, IBM: https://perpetualinnovation.org/2021/03/15/the-patent-king-ibm-for-28-years/

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