The global consumer industry experienced a 5% decline in the number of artificial intelligence-related patent applications in Q1 2024 compared with the previous quarter. The total number of artificial intelligence-related grants dropped by 6% in Q1 2024, according to GlobalData’s Patent Analytics. GlobalData’s databook Consumer: Patents Trends Q1 2024 offers comprehensive insights into patenting trends, major players’ strategies, and geographical focus in the sector over the last three years. Buy the databook here.
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Notably, the number of artificial intelligence-related patent applications in the consumer industry was 842 in Q1 2024, versus 888 in the prior quarter.
The top five companies accounted for 57% of patenting activity
Analysis of patenting activity by companies shows that Intel filed the most artificial intelligence patents within the consumer industry in Q1 2024. The company filed 146 artificial intelligence-related patents in the quarter, compared with 131 in the previous quarter. It was followed by LG with 117 artificial intelligence patent filings, Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications (98 filings), and Haier Group (64 filings) in Q1 2024.
Patenting activity was driven by the US with a 31% share of total patent filings
The largest share of artificial intelligence related patent filings in the consumer industry in Q1 2024 was in the US with 31%, followed by China (25%) and Japan (4%). The share represented by the US was 3% higher than the 28% share it accounted for in Q4 2023.
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GlobalData’s Patent Analytics tracks patent filings and grants from official offices around the world. Textual analysis and official patent classifications are used to group patents into key thematic areas and link them to specific companies across the world’s largest industries.
