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Global: Top Online Retail Patents Holders (2002 - 2022)

  • With 3,664 Online Retail related patents published between 2002 and 2022, eBay Inc holds the most number of Online Retail patents across the world.

  • The second largest number of Online Retail related patents were published by International Business Machines Corp with 2,294 patents. The third largest numberOnline Retail related patents were published by SoftBank Group Corp with 2,193 patents, of which 90.2% was contributed by its subsidiary Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. The fourth largest number of patents were held by Microsoft Corp with 1,983 patents, of which 68.2% was contributed by its subsidiary Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC. The fifth largest number Online Retail related patents were published by PayPal Holdings Inc with 1,479 patents, of which 93.7% was contributed by its subsidiary PayPal, Inc..

  • The top five patent holders, i.e., eBay Inc, International Business Machines Corp, SoftBank Group Corp, Microsoft Corp, and PayPal Holdings Inc, together held 11,613 Online Retail patents during the period.

Global: Top Online Retail 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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