A new report shows that U.S. patent activity continued its multi-year decline in 2025, with Apple dropping to seventh place after receiving 2,722 grants, a 11% decrease from 2024. Here are the details.
Parent filings and grants decline for the sixth consecutive year
Patent data and analytics company IFI CLAIMS has published its yearly report on U.S. patent activity, and concluded that “for the third year running, the principal story of corporate innovation has been the dash to invest in artificial intelligence”.
According to the report, the U.S. saw 393,344 patent applications in 2025, a 8.6% decline from 2024, while patent grants slipped 0.2% to 323,272.
Källa: Apple drops to 7th in patent rankings for 2025 as grants fall 11% – 9to5Mac
