IBM becomes first company to get 8,000 US patents in a year
American technology company IBM has become the first company to receive more than 8,000 US patents in one year in 2016. With 8,088 patents, IBM received an average of 22 patents per day last year. IBM was followed by Samsung and Canon with 5,518 and 3,665 patents respectively. Technology major Google received the fifth most number of patents at 2,835.