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Global: Top Digitalization Patents Holders (2002 - 2022)

  • With 64,911 Digitalization related patents published between 2002 and 2022, Microsoft Corp holds the most number of Digitalization patents across the world, of which 68.6% was contributed by its subsidiary Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.

  • The second largest number of Digitalization related patents were published by International Business Machines Corp with 63,806 patents. The third largest numberDigitalization related patents were published by Sony Group Corp with 46,390 patents. The fourth largest number of patents were held by Huawei Investment & Holding Co Ltd with 20,761 patents, of which 88.7% was contributed by its subsidiary Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. The fifth largest number Digitalization related patents were published by SoftBank Group Corp with 20,657 patents, of which 75.0% was contributed by its subsidiary Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

  • The top five patent holders, i.e., Microsoft Corp, International Business Machines Corp, Sony Group Corp, Huawei Investment & Holding Co Ltd, and SoftBank Group Corp, together held 216,525 Digitalization patents during the period.

Global: Top Digitalization Patents Holders (2002 - 2022)

Note: The number of patents includes patents published by the holding company and its subsidiaries (data till October 2022)
Published: November 2022
Source: GlobalData

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