In 2010, the proportion of companies with invention patents authorized by the United States exceeded 90%
Statistics released by the United States Patent and Trademark Office show that in 2010, the United States authorized a total of 219,614 invention patents, of which 201,909 were issued by enterprises, accounting for 91.9% of the total number of invention patents authorized in that year, 1,100 by the government, accounting for 0.5% of the total, and 16,605 by individuals. pieces, accounting for 7.6% of the total. In the 25 years from 1986 to 2010, the United States has accumulatively authorized 3,279,472 invention patents.
Since 1986, the proportion of corporate invention patent authorizations in the United States has increased year by year, from 80.5% before 1997 to 91.9% in 2010, while the proportion of individual invention patent authorizations has continued to decline. 17.9% before 1997 fell to 7.6%. Among the cumulatively authorized invention patents from 1986 to 2010, the proportion of enterprise invention patents authorized reached 85.8%.