Not long ago, U.S. firms like IBM dominated patent rankings, topping U.S. grant lists for decades until Samsung overtook IBM in 2022. But now, Chinese companies claim seven of the top 10 spots in global active patent holdings, In front is State Grid Corp. a state-owned utility. The Chinese Academy of Sciences comes in second,… The post Asia owns IFI’s patent leaderboard as China takes 7 of top 10; Japan leads by company count appeared first on Research & Development World.
