2024 Patent Roundup: Top 100 US Patent Filers
As of October 28, 2024, the USPTO has published over 147,164 patent filings for FY 2024. Samsung, Huawei and Canon emerge as the top patent filers in the U.S.
2024 Patent Roundup: Top 100 US Patent Owners
The USPTO issued around 326,921 patents in FY 2024. Samsung, LG, TSMC emerge as top patent owners in the U.S. for 2024.
The Navy’s ‘UFO patents’: Failed attempts to unlock alien technology?
For decades, the existence of UFOs has widely been met with healthy skepticism. With the ubiquity of smartphone cameras today, sightings of alien spacecraft appear to have been further relegated to the realm of kooky science fiction.
Big banks commit to patent non-aggression as troll, tech challenges mount
Canada’s TD Bank and London-based Barclays are now members of the Open Invention Network, the world’s largest patent non-aggression community, spearheaded by seven companies including Google, IBM, Sony, and Toyota.
Amazon’s history of innovation under outgoing CEO Jeff Bezos
After 27 years at the helm of one of the five most powerful tech companies, Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO.
Ford seeks patent for clear N95 masks that allow human expression
Of all the negatives brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, perhaps the most understated is its impact on human communication. Even in cases where some establish close contact amid quarantine measures, mandates to wear face masks manage to hamper people’s ability to express themselves.
AI and Automation’s Impact on the Future of Jobs: Diametrically Opposed Views
AI is now being used in many diverse applications including job applicant screening, medical diagnosis, traffic data analysis, advanced materials design, risk assessment, network security monitoring, language translation, and stock market trading. AI-based algorithms have also been shown to be capable of learning and solving problems in some situations when it was not expected to.
Southeast Asia’s booming technology sector
Find out how our data provided valuable insights on the innovation landscape in Southeast Asia.
Building an effective IP strategy for AI
As with many emerging technologies, AI raises interesting and often deeply unsettling fundamental ethical, moral, social, political and privacy issues. However, some questions touch on more practical issues relating to patentability
Is it time to focus on practical application over invention in Step 2 of the Alice test?
New USPTO guidance on what constitutes patent-eligible subject matter has been welcomed by many, but may be inconsistent with Supreme Court precedent
