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Europe: Top ECommerce Patents Holders in the Retail & Wholesale Sector (2002 - 2022)

  • With 215 patents held between 2002 and 2022, Microsoft Corp holds the most number of ECommerce patents in the Retail & Wholesale sector in the Europe region.

  • The second largest number of patents were held by Walmart Inc with 211 ECommerce patents. The third largest number of patents were held by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co with 206 ECommerce patents, of which 68.0% was contributed by Hewlett-Packard Gesellschaft m.b.H.. The fourth largest number of patents were held by International Business Machines Corp with 151 ECommerce patents. The fifth largest number of patents were held by Sony Group Corp with 131 ECommerce patents.

  • The top five patents holders, i.e., Microsoft Corp, Walmart Inc, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co, International Business Machines Corp, and Sony Group Corp, together held 914 ECommerce patents during the period.

Europe: Top ECommerce Patents Holders in the Retail & Wholesale Sector (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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