Pick any two of the top 20 assignees. Every mark is drawn on a
shared scale - the trajectory y-axis, the 2024-share bar, and the CPC-mix
bars all use the same scale in both panels, so a mark's size is the comparison across the
gutter. The portfolio-mix bars mirror outward from the centerline: same eight CPC sections,
same order, read straight across a row. No pairwise Δ is computed - that would need
JavaScript, and this page ships none.
What this compares
Grant count over time (2020-2024), 2024 share of all US
grants, five-year change, country, and the exact
CPC-section mix of each firm's portfolio. Citation impact and inventor
networks are a documented next-pass data upgrade (see Methodology). Figures are computed
from the USPTO Open Data Portal PatentsView bulk grant tables - real, non-withdrawn utility patents.
Choose an assignee for each panel
Panel A
#1
Samsung Electronics
KRElectricity · Physics & Computing · Chemistry
9,555grants in 2024
+1.4%YoY
+6.4%5-year
2.95%2024 share
share of all US grants · shared scale
Grants per year · 2020-2024 · shared scale
Portfolio mix · % of this firm's grants by CPC section
H51%
G40%
A2%
B2%
C3%
F1%
E·
D·
#2
TSMC
TWElectricity · Physics & Computing · Transport & Ops
3,985grants in 2024
+8.3%YoY
+40.7%5-year
1.23%2024 share
share of all US grants · shared scale
Grants per year · 2020-2024 · shared scale
Portfolio mix · % of this firm's grants by CPC section
H79%
G18%
A·
B2%
C1%
F·
E·
D·
#3
Qualcomm
USElectricity · Physics & Computing · Transport & Ops
3,422grants in 2024
-11.2%YoY
+50.4%5-year
1.06%2024 share
share of all US grants · shared scale
Grants per year · 2020-2024 · shared scale
Portfolio mix · % of this firm's grants by CPC section
H86%
G14%
A·
B·
C·
F·
E·
D·
#4
Apple
USElectricity · Physics & Computing · Transport & Ops
3,081grants in 2024
+21.5%YoY
+10.5%5-year
0.95%2024 share
share of all US grants · shared scale
Grants per year · 2020-2024 · shared scale
Portfolio mix · % of this firm's grants by CPC section
H51%
G43%
A2%
B2%
C·
F1%
E·
D·
#5
Huawei
CNElectricity · Physics & Computing · Transport & Ops
3,045grants in 2024
+47.3%YoY
+10.4%5-year
0.94%2024 share
share of all US grants · shared scale
Grants per year · 2020-2024 · shared scale
Portfolio mix · % of this firm's grants by CPC section
H72%
G26%
A·
B1%
C·
F·
E·
D·
#6
LG Electronics
KRElectricity · Mechanical · Physics & Computing
2,768grants in 2024
+20.6%YoY
-2.1%5-year
0.85%2024 share
share of all US grants · shared scale
Grants per year · 2020-2024 · shared scale
Portfolio mix · % of this firm's grants by CPC section
H60%
G10%
A7%
B3%
C1%
F13%
E·
D7%
#7
IBM
USPhysics & Computing · Electricity · Transport & Ops
2,461grants in 2024
-32.7%YoY
-73.0%5-year
0.76%2024 share
share of all US grants · shared scale
Grants per year · 2020-2024 · shared scale
Portfolio mix · % of this firm's grants by CPC section
H27%
G68%
A2%
B2%
C·
F·
E·
D·
#8
Canon
JPPhysics & Computing · Electricity · Transport & Ops
2,328grants in 2024
-19.4%YoY
-27.8%5-year
0.72%2024 share
share of all US grants · shared scale
Grants per year · 2020-2024 · shared scale
Portfolio mix · % of this firm's grants by CPC section
H33%
G50%
A1%
B14%
C2%
F·
E·
D·
#9
Google
USPhysics & Computing · Electricity · Transport & Ops
2,052grants in 2024
+11.9%YoY
+12.9%5-year
0.63%2024 share
share of all US grants · shared scale
Grants per year · 2020-2024 · shared scale
Portfolio mix · % of this firm's grants by CPC section
H24%
G73%
A1%
B2%
C·
F·
E·
D·
#10
Intel
USElectricity · Physics & Computing · Transport & Ops
1,932grants in 2024
-9.9%YoY
-32.5%5-year
0.60%2024 share
share of all US grants · shared scale
Grants per year · 2020-2024 · shared scale
Portfolio mix · % of this firm's grants by CPC section
H51%
G47%
A·
B1%
C·
F1%
E·
D·
#11
BOE Technology
CNPhysics & Computing · Electricity · Transport & Ops
1,869grants in 2024
+14.0%YoY
-12.8%5-year
0.58%2024 share
share of all US grants · shared scale
Grants per year · 2020-2024 · shared scale
Portfolio mix · % of this firm's grants by CPC section
H39%
G56%
A1%
B3%
C2%
F·
E·
D·
#12
Micron Technology
USPhysics & Computing · Electricity · Transport & Ops
1,792grants in 2024
-19.5%YoY
+17.1%5-year
0.55%2024 share
share of all US grants · shared scale
Grants per year · 2020-2024 · shared scale
Portfolio mix · % of this firm's grants by CPC section
Portfolio mix · % of this firm's grants by CPC section
H20%
G17%
A1%
B52%
C2%
F7%
E2%
D·
Panel APanel BBars share one scale · mix diverges from the centerline
Set: the top 20 US patent assignees by 2024 grants, from the
324,040 granted that year. Source: USPTO Open Data Portal - PatentsView Granted Patent Disambiguated Data (product PVGPATDIS).
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