Blog Posts
IFI Insights: Anti-Obesity Drugs
The growing success of GLP-1 agonists in treating obesity has ignited a gold rush among pharmaceuticals and biotechs. Such medical breakthroughs are generally…
IFI Insights: Challenging Nvidia: Examining the Patents of an Emerging AI Chip Company
Developing tools for generative AI demands enormous processing capacity. Nvidia’s chips sit at the top of that tech stack, and its stock price is rich. But…

The IFI Interview: RightHub
RightHub has built a platform that helps creators learn, connect, and ultimately bring their ideas to light.
IFI CLAIMS Technology Spotlight: Cybersecurity
The digital world is becoming more dangerous. Here are the companies innovating in the safekeeping of networks.

The IFI Interview: Aubrey Scroggs, Director of Product Management at Quartz IP
Quartz IP helps top Am Law firms streamline and organize the creation & lifecycle of intellectual property.

The IFI Interview: Lewis Lee, Founder and CEO of Moat Metrics
Valuing IP is an industry holy grail. Creating an exchange to buy and sell it has long been considered the solution. Moat Metrics has found a different path. And it…
IFI CLAIMS Technology Spotlight: Semiconductors
Chips make the computing world go round. As the world becomes ever more dependent on digitization, the push to control the chip business is intensifying.
The IFI Deal: Walmart Goes Shopping For Vizio
Walmart sought to purchase smart television maker Vizio for $2.3 billion earlier this year. What they may not have noticed was the bonus buy: a starter pack of data…
IFI CLAIMS Technology Spotlight: AI and the Real Estate Sector
Our monthly look at leading companies in top technologies—and one hot patent.
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Will Samsung Have More Patented Technologies in 2022 than Big Blue? For nearly three decades, IBM has dominated IFI’s Top 50 U.S. patent ranking. Now…
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THE 2021 RANKINGS ARE NOW LIVE Insights into the newest innovations and the top companies for 2021 have been revealed! IFI's Rankings feature key trends in US…
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Press Releases
Samsung Takes Top Spot in U.S. Patents for Third Year Running
2024 Rankings Showcase Acceleration of R&D Pursuits: Waste Mitigation Inventions Flourished Last Year. Creating Non-Traditional Protein and Manipulating RNA Viruses…
IBM leads Google and Microsoft as race to next generation AI heats up
Major players are vying for top position as Generative AI drives technology patent grants up by 16% in the last five years and applications by 31%, according to a new…
Samsung Leads Again in U.S. Patents while Qualcomm Leaps into Second Place
New 2023 patent data rankings highlight escalating areas of R&D activity: autonomous vehicles, electrical (along with conventional) smoking devices, and laundry…
'Green' energy patents more focused on 'clean' conventional energy instead of renewables
New data shows industry has stronger focus on mitigating greenhouse gas emissions of current fuel sources, less commitment to renewables and ‘Net Zero’.
Samsung Leads in U.S. Patents as Overall Grants Hit Four-Year Low
Self-Driving Vehicles, Fossil Fuel Drilling and AI Among Hottest Areas for R&D Activity; Applications Hit an All-Time High,According to Annual Analysis by IFI CLAIMS…
Which companies could become Maestros of the Metaverse?
A new study by world leaders in patent data has revealed the companies that are poised to become the “Maestros of the Metaverse”, conducting the most innovations…
The companies leading the race for new electric vehicle technology
Small, unknown "startup stars" represent the future of motoring tech The "pain at the pump" experienced by motorists worldwide against the backdrop of Russia's…
Despite Pandemic, Patent Activity Remains Strong
IBM Again Tops Annual U.S. Patent List; Samsung Leads in Total Global Patent Assets NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 12, 2021 — U.S. patent grants ticked downward only…
IFI CLAIMS Announces 2021 Top Global Patent Holders
China’s 2021 U.S. Patent Grants Surged, Even as Total Patent Awards Trended Downward, According to Analysis by IFI CLAIMS 2021 Rankings Shed Light on Corporate…