Top Patent Innovators of 2024 Revealed

Fast Summary

• amazon leads the 2024 global rankings for “patent power,” which measures patent quality, influence, adn impact. Despite ranking 20th in patent quantity,its patents are highly influential and cited frequently.
• Samsung filed the largest number of U.S. patents (over 9,000) in 2024 but does not top the patent power rankings due to lower influence metrics compared to Amazon.
• Subsidiaries play a important role in boosting companies’ overall scores; Alphabet’s subsidiaries like Google and Waymo double its effective patent power. RTX owns seven aerospace-related subsidiaries accounting for two-thirds of the category’s total patent strength.
• Apple dominates consumer electronics with roughly 40% of that sector’s patent power, surpassing competitors Samsung (2nd) and its display-focused subsidiary (3rd).
• AI-related patents have surged across various categories such as Computer Software (led by Splunk under Cisco), with conglomerates also showing strong contributions in AI domains.
• Out of 247 organizations filing U.S.-granted patents, most come from the United States (148), followed by Japan (24), Germany/South Korea (9 each), Taiwan (8), France/China (7 each).

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Indian Opinion Analysis
India’s positioning within this data reflects both an possibility and a challenge regarding innovation milestones globally-yet it notably lacks direct representation among leading organizations on these lists beyond scattered individual reporting amongst stronger regional nations discussed