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[Graphic News] Samsung registers 2nd largest number of patents in US

By Korea Herald

Published : Aug. 10, 2017 - 18:37

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South Korea‘s tech giant Samsung Electronics registered an average of 19 patents per day in the United States in the first seven months of the year, industry data showed.

According to the data by US online journal Quartz, a total of 4,143 patents were registered by Samsung Electronics through Aug. 1, with a daily 19.5 patents on average.

It ranked second among technology firms in terms of patent registers in the world’s largest economy, after IBM, which posted 5,797 patents in total over the same period.