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Global: Top Patents Holders in the Technology, Media and Telecom Sector (2002 - 2022)

  • With 452,191 patents published between 2002 and 2022, Samsung Group holds the most number of patents in the global Technology, Media and Telecom sector, of which 75.5% was contributed by its subsidiary Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.

  • The second largest number of patents were published by Huawei Investment & Holding Co Ltd with 317,765 related patents, of which 92.5% was contributed by its subsidiary Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. The third largest number of patents were published by Qualcomm Inc with 276,152 related patents. The fourth largest number of patents were published by International Business Machines Corp with 267,053 related patents. The fifth largest number of patents were published by Sony Group Corp with 261,464 related patents.

  • The top five patent holders, i.e., Samsung Group, Huawei Investment & Holding Co Ltd, Qualcomm Inc, International Business Machines Corp, and Sony Group Corp, together held 1,574,625 patents during the period.

Global: Top Patents Holders in the Technology, Media and Telecom Sector (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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