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For developers using patent data to create an application, or for analysts using patent data to generate insights, it is important to Mind the Gap. The gap I am talking about is the gap between your application and your patent data source. 

Our partner IALE Tecnología used IFI data to put together this interesting look at digital twin technology. For those not familiar with the term, it refers to a digital replica of a physical object, and is commonly used in manufacturing and gaining ground in other areas such as healthcare.

IALE performed an extensive analysis of the leading companies, countries, and types of innovations receiving…

Quantum computing and beyond: Can patent landscaping predict the future?

Quantum computing is going to change the world, and it’s no longer the stuff of science fiction. It represents a leap in computing power as massive as the jump from a vacuum tube filled mainframe to the latest iPhone and will solve problems too complex for today’s computers.

A series of patent landscape reports from…

US patents to China are growing rapidly

Our research has found that in 2017, China was awarded 28% more US patents than in 2016. Their total of 11,240 granted patents is ten times the number of patents they were granted in 2007. That pushed the nation into the top five recipients by country for the first time, behind the US, Japan, Korea, and Germany. While patent grants to China still make up only 3.5% of the more than 320,000 awards, it’s likely this share will continue to increase.…

• IBM marks 25^th anniversary as list leader
• U.S. grants hit record high and double from a decade ago
• Trending Technologies: e-cigarettes, 3D printing, machine learning & autonomous vehicles

 
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 9, 2018 — IFI CLAIMS^® Patent Services, a leading global patent database provider and development platform, today released its annual analysis of the U.S. patent landscape for…

• New record for most U.S. patents in single year
• IBM tops list again breaking its all-time high
• 50 percent of all Top 50 grants attributed to Asia

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 9, 2017 — IFI CLAIMS^® Patent Services, a leading producer of global patent databases and innovative web services, today announced the 2016 IFI CLAIMS U.S. Top 50, an annual ranking of top patent recipients that is trusted…