The US Patent Office issued 99,200 total patents from 1 January 1990 to 31 December 1990, including 9 reissue patents, 6 plant patents, 194 design patents, and 98,991 utility patents.
99,220, including utility patents, plant patents, design patents, and reissues.
43 patents
Spyderco has 54 patents and 36 trademarks.
The USPTO granted a total of 247,727 patents from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011, including Reissue Patents, Plant Patents, Design Patents, and Utility Patents.
As of 2010, General Electric (GE) has 1,222 patents. Aside from this, they have filed 37, 268 patents in the US.
According to Google's patent search, Lenovo has 344 patents.
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161
By the time Alfred Nobel died, he held over 350 patents.
In 1998, the United States granted 260,889 total patents
They have many patents relating to computers and electronics. They also have some more surprising patents in areas like advertising, medical, and vehicles. A lot of their patents relate to their search engines and smart phone technology.
In the USA alone there have been over 8,300,000 patents issued. Add to these all of the other patents in all of the other countries and you will have your answer.