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As many new uses for patent data come to light, we’re getting requests for basic education on patent content. We’re happy to provide guidance to customers with this need, and we’ve listed educational content from organizations we trust below.

United States Patent System

Patent Searching Fundamentals Course
Patent Information Users Group (PIUG)
US focus with some international content
This 2-day…

Our staff at IFI CLAIMS^® consists of both employees new to the world of patents and those with decades of experience. For this year’s World IP Day, we thought it would be interesting to get their insights on what trends to watch, ways that patents are more interesting than an average person may guess, and why patents and IP matter. 

New records set for US patents in 2017

Last month we released our annual patent rankings and trends reports which revealed a 5.2% increase in granted patents in 2017 from 2016, to just over 320,000. IBM is once again the top assignee and received astonishing 9,043 patents, a 12% increase from 2016. New this year, we produced interactive content to highlight the largest and fastest growing technologies of 2017.…

Patent data analysis uncovers drone technology leader  In 2014, we wrote a blog post about the drone patent landscape which provided insights on which companies and countries were publishing the most patent documents. Just recently, a story published by CNBC highlights the success of Chinese drone hardware manufacturer DJI, now dominating three-quarters of the consumer market. Three years

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• 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…