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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GLOBAL PATENT LANDSCAPE

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Global AI Patent Trend Analysis

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There are 3,231 patent publications

relevant to AI worldwide. Considering that

it takes some time for each patent office

to publish its applications, the last few

years dip in the number of patents filed

should be taken with a pinch of salt.

However, one cannot discount the fact

that this may be a genuine trend,

considering it is a very young technology

being discussed. While a reasonable

number of patents have been filed starting

1996-1997, there have been crests and

troughs. However, the trend is holding up.

Global AI Patent Trend Analysis

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Japan had a golden run between 1996 and

2000. US has been steadily filing patents in AI,

which indicates an organic increase. If this

trend continues, one can expect US to surpass

Japan in terms of number of patents filed.

Patent Ownership & Distribution

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An individual inventor “Son Y S” has filed for 39 patents in South Korea.

The list is dominated by Japanese companies. Though it is surprising that

more US companies are not in this list, it may be explained by the fact

that Japan focuses considerably on robotics which needs AI models to

drive their decision making capabilities.

IBM and Microsoft figure among the Top 5, confirming the R&D prowess

in their DNA. Interestingly, Google ranks 26th with 16 patents

Patent Ownership & Distribution

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Though most companies listed

here are multinational

corporations operating across

geographies, the filing of

patents seems to be in their

place of origin.

Assignee Patent Distribution

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Fragmented ownership – AI is in its nascent stages of growth

Geographic Distribution of AI Patents

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For detailed information on this topic, please read Will Google Repeat an Android in Artificial Intelligence?

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