The data displays the most innovative companies in the world as measured by the number of patent grants that each company successfully applied for at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as of 2017. In 2017, IBM was considered the most innovative company in the world with a total of 9,043 patent grants.
International Business Machines Corp | 9043 |
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 5837 |
Canon KK | 3285 |
Intel Corp | 3023 |
LG Electronics Inc | 2701 |
Qualcomm Inc | 2628 |
Google Inc | 2457 |
Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC | 2441 |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) Ltd | 2425 |
Samsung Display Co Ltd | 2273 |