Samsung Group (Seoul, South Korea) maintains the lead in the Consumer Products industry for the third time in a row.  Since The Patent Board first began tracking the Consumer Products industry, Samsung has vied with fifth-ranked Stanley Black & Decker Inc (New Britain, Connecticut, USA) for the top position on the Patent Scorecard, while second-ranked LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea) and third-ranked Procter & Gamble Co (P&G) (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA) are most often neck and neck for second position.  Samsung sees modest increases in its patent volume, Industry Impact™ and Technology Strength™ scores, but shows declines across its scientific indicators.  LG Electronics and P&G again swap second and third ranks this period.  LG Electronics and P&G have the first and second-largest portfolio volumes, respectively, and even show a respective 21% and 11% increase in patents granted this period.  In terms of science, however, the two companies are on polar extremes, with LG Electronics showing no Science Strength™ and P&G holding the second highest Science Strength™ score in the Consumer Products Industry.  The largest share of P&G’s highly science-reliant patents from this period come from P&G’s subsidiary PUR and focus on water filtration technologies.