Samsung Electronics has been world's No. 2 owner of patents for 12 years: Report
  • 5 years ago
South Korea's tech giant Samsung Electronics has ranked second, and its local rival LG Electronics seventh on an annual list of the top 300 organizations that received U.S. utility patents.
According to the Intellectual Property Owners Association -- that recently released the list for 2018 -- IBM was first.
Two South Korean companies were in the top ten.
Japan and Taiwan had one each.
Samsung Electronics has been number two on the list every year between 2007 and 2018.
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