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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image">ReutersSamsung COO Jay Y. Lee</div></div></div>Samsung has taken the top spot in a ranking of companies sorted by how many US patents they were granted in 2016.Sqoop is an online service that tracks patents and court documents, and <a href="https://sqoop.com/blog/2017-01-10-most-inventive-companies-of-2016-based-on-patent-activity">the site has published its ranking of companies</a> according to how many patents they were granted and applied for in 2016.The 2016 ranking has one major difference to the 2015 list (<a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/most-innovative-company-not-apple-2015-6">which you can read here</a>): Samsung has taken the top spot from IBM.In 2016, Samsung was granted 8,551 patents, compared to IBM's 8,062.IBM, however, is disputing this ranking. A press release published by the company on January 9 claimed that IBM was granted 8,088 patents in 2016. It said that Samsung was granted just 5,518.The discrepancy in numbers comes from the different methods that IBM and Sqoop used to count patents. IBM used data from patent tracking firm IFI Claims, which doesn't collate patents under one company. Sqoop, however, grouped together all of Samsung's companies into one spot on the list.Here's the full ranking from Sqoop of patents granted in 2016:<ol><li>Samsung - 8,551</li><li>International Business Machines Corporation - 8,062</li><li>LG - 4,102</li><li>Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - 3,673</li><li>Google - 3,210</li><li>Intel - 3,068</li><li>Qualcomm - 3,018</li><li>Sony - 2,653</li><li>Toshiba - 2,536</li><li>Microsoft - 2,389</li><li>Taiwan-Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. - 2,268</li><li>Apple Inc. - 2,115</li><li>Panasonic - 1,998</li><li>Amazon.com, Inc. - 1,659</li><li>Seiko Epson Corporation - 1,650</li><li>General Electric Company - 1,642</li><li>Fujitsu Limited - 1,582</li><li>Ford Global Technologies,LLC - 1,503</li><li>Toyota-Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - 1,424</li><li>Ricoh Company,Ltd. - 1,414</li><li>GlobalFoundries, Inc. - 1,388</li><li>AT&amp;T - 1,239</li><li>Robert Bosch GmbH - 1,208</li><li>Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - 1,206</li><li>SK Hynix Inc. - 1,108</li><li>GM Global Technology Operations LLC. - 1,103</li><li>Hewlett-Packard11 - 1,093</li><li>Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. - 1,082</li><li>The Boeing Company - 1,049</li><li>Hyundai Motor Company - 1,034</li><li>Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - 1,014</li><li>Koninklijke Philips N.V. - 1,006</li><li>Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - 977</li><li>Cisco Technology, Inc. - 968</li><li>Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha - 962</li><li>Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - 922</li><li>NEC Corporation - 895</li><li>Texas Instruments Incorporated - 882</li><li>Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd. - 870</li><li>Micron Technology, Inc. - 861</li></ol>And here's the ranking of companies by patents applied for in 2016:<ol><li>Samsung - 10,695</li><li>International Business Machines Corporation - 8,800</li><li>LG - 4,421</li><li>Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - 3,562</li><li>Toshiba - 3,289</li><li>Qualcomm - 3,057</li><li>Intel - 2,900</li><li>Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - 2,683</li><li>Microsoft - 2,638</li><li>Sony - 2,398</li><li>Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd. - 2,263</li><li>Apple Inc. - 2,255</li><li>General Electric Company - 2,118</li><li>Panasonic - 2,086</li><li>Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd. - 2,033</li><li>Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. - 1,927</li><li>Google - 1,905</li><li>Hyundai Motor Company - 1,836</li><li>Seiko Epson Corporation - 1,824</li><li>Ford Global Technologies, LLC. - 1,727</li><li>United Technologies Corporation - 1,724</li><li>Fujitsu Limited - 1,714</li><li>Hewlett-Packard - 1,316</li><li>Koninklijke Philips N.V. - 1,295</li><li>AT&amp;T - 1,269</li><li>Telefonaktiebolaget L.M. Ericsson (publ) - 1,259</li><li>The Boeing Company - 1,217</li><li>Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - 1,153</li><li>Robert Bosch GmbH - 1,126</li><li>Halliburton Energy Services,Inc. - 1,121</li><li>Fujifilm Corporation - 1,021</li><li>GM Global Technology Operations LLC. - 1,018</li><li>Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. - 1,008</li><li>Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - 1,006</li><li>Denso Corporation - 1,004</li><li>Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. - 997</li><li>SK Hynix Inc. - 958</li><li>Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co.,Ltd. - 934</li><li>Honeywell International Inc. - 930</li><li>Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - 905</li></ol> <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/key-exercises-get-stronger-2017-1">An exercise scientist reveals the key to getting stronger</a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="VubGdvNDE6avxGj37Zv1jxiHQlkseRzB" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

Samsung was granted more US patents than any other company in 2016

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>It is frequently said that Apple is the most innovative company on earth because its staff file more patents than any other company. <a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/innovation/apple-has-the-most-powerful-patent-portfolio-in-consumer-electronics/1">Some years, that is actually true.</a>But not any more. This year, there are 10 companies that have filed more patents than Apple.<a href="http://beta.sqoop.com/blog/2015-06-11-top-40-most-inventive-companies-based-on-patent-activity-this-year">Sqoop indexes new patent applications and grants</a> as they are published by the United States Patent Office. It has pulled together a list of the companies that have applied for the most patents, and received the most grants, from the USPTO so far this year. What is surprising is that while Apple is often lauded for its innovation, it isn't applying for, or being granted, the most patents. IBM has been granted the most patents this year, having won 3,059 at the end of May. (Yes, that IBM, the big, old, enterprise tech company that everyone thought was being left in the dust by the newcomers of Silcon valley.) Samsung comes second, with 3,052 patents granted. That will help the company fight the myth that it merely copies Apple.Canon is third with 1,782.Apple is at No.11, having been granted 780 patents this year, and Google is at No.5, followed by Sony and Microsoft. Here are the top 40 companies by number of patents granted in 2015:1. International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) - 30592. Samsung - 30523. Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - 17824. LG - 12635. Google - 10836. Sony Corporation - 10747. Microsoft - 10378. Qualcomm Incorporated - 10349. Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - 102210. Panasonic - 89611. Apple - 78012. General Electric Company - 73013. Intel Corporation - 71114. Ricoh Company - 69515. Seiko Epson Corporation - 62516. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company - 62017. Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - 61318 Fujitsu Limited - 57019. GM Global Technology Operations - 54220 Hewlett-Packard Development Company - 53121. Telefonaktiebolaget L.M. Ericsson - 50922. Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha - 48623. BlackBerry - 46124. Broadcom Corporation - 45425. Semiconductor Energy Laboratory - 45126 Robert Bosch GmbH - 43627. Honda Motor Co. - 41728. Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha - 41029 Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. - 40830. Amazon Technologies - 39131. The Boeing Company - 39132 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - 38833 -Micron Technology, Inc. 37134. Covidien LP - 37035. Ford Global Technologies - 35936 Cisco Technology - 35337 AT&amp;T Intellectual Property - 35138. Nec Corporation - 33639. Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute - 3274o. SK Hynix Inc. - 323But Samsung has actually applied for the most patents in 2015, coming in at No.1 on Sqoop's list with 2,487. IBM is at No.2, having applied for 1,764, and Toshiba is at No.3 with 989. On this list, Apple is all the way down at No.23, having only applied for 279 patents up until the end of May 2015.Here are the top 40 companies by number of patents applied for in 2015: 1. Samsung - 24872. International Business Machines Corporation - 17643. Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - 9894. LG - 8565. General Electric Company - 6646. Qualcomm Incorporated - 6177. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company - 5618. Sony Corporation - 5289. Hyundai Motor Company - 51410. Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - 46211. Google - 43912. Ford Global Technologies - 43713. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - 43614. Microsoft - 38315. Fujitsu Limited - 37316. SK Hynix - 33317. Ricoh Company - 33018. Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson - 33019. Hon Hai Precision Industry - 32320. GM Global Technology Operations - 29621. Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute - 29322. FUJIFILM - 28223. Apple - 27924. Broadcom Corporation - 2525. Cisco - 25426. Xerox Corporation - 25427. The Boeing Company - 25328. Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - 24329. AT&amp;T Intellectual Property - 24230. Robert Bosch GmbH - 23631. Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha - 23432. Honda Motor Co. - 21433. Fuji Xerox Co. - 21334. NEC Corporation - 19535. Oracle International Corporation - 19436. Wistron Corporation - 19337. Baker Hughes Incorporated - 19338. Verizon Patent and Licensing - 16139. Nvidia Corporation - 16140. Bank Of America Corporation - 160 <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/new-iphone-tricks-ios-update-2015-4">5 cool tricks your iPhone can do with the latest iOS update</a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="9vN3hvdDoDTfTHN1H6rlO136ZIZS59i4" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

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