Samsung braces for patent war

Tech firm increases its patent filings in the U.S. The total number of patents that tech giant Samsung Electronics holds in the U.S. increased by more than fifteen times over the past nine years, according to the company on Thursday. Samsung’s patents registered at the U.S. patent office stood at 38,809 last year, up from 2,457 in 2007. In 2015 alone, Samsung obtained 5,072 patents in the nation, the second highest after tech firm IBM. Since 2006, Samsung has been the second most prolific patent filer in the U.S., after Big Blue. “Samsung has been holding the most number of patents in the U.S. compared to other regions to effectively respond to possible patent conflicts there,” the company said. The firm’s patents in the U.S. account for 35 percent of its total patents registered around the world, which stands at 110,145. Click to read the rest of the article