The United States in number one…when it comes to intellectual property, that is.
American companies accounted for 64 percent of all firms around the world that were issued U.S. patents in 2010, up from 54 percent a year earlier, according to the latest Patent Power Scorecards, an annual tally of the global patent landscape from patent research firm 1790 Analytics and the electrical engineering trade publication IEEE Spectrum.Japan was number two on the overall list, with Japanese companies accounting for 14 percent of all those global firms issued U.S. patents, a significant drop compared to the country’s 20 percent share in 2009. China, by contrast, also saw a small rise, with three Chinese companies making the scorecards for the first time (there’s a threshold of 25 patent awards to even be considered for the ranking), accounting for a little less than 1 percent of the 330 total companies around the world that made the list.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=104182