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Global: Top Patents Holders (2002 - 2022)

  • With 693,490 patents published between 2002 and 2022, Samsung Group holds the most number of patents across the world, of which 75.1% was contributed by its subsidiary Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.

  • The second largest number of patents were published by Panasonic Corp with 424,622 patents. The third largest number of patents were published by LG Corp with 405,767 patents, of which 63.0% was contributed by its subsidiary LG Electronics Inc. The fourth largest number of patents were published by Canon Inc with 402,119 patents. The fifth largest number of patents were published by Hitachi Ltd with 392,321 patents.

  • The top five patent holders, i.e., Samsung Group, Panasonic Corp, LG Corp, Canon Inc, and Hitachi Ltd, together held 2,318,319 patents during the period.

Global: Top Patents Holders (2002 - 2022)

Note: The number of patents includes patents published by the holding company and its subsidiaries (data till October 2022)
Published: November 2022
Source: GlobalData

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