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Global: Top Digitalization Patents Holders in the Retail & Wholesale Sector (2002 - 2022)

  • With 7,258 Digitalization related patents published between 2002 and 2022, Microsoft Corp holds the most number of Digitalization patents in the global Retail & Wholesale sector, of which 59.9% was contributed by its subsidiary Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.

  • The second largest number of Digitalization related patents were published by SoftBank Group Corp with 5,936 patents, of which 52.4% was contributed by its subsidiary Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. The third largest number of Digitalization related patents were published by International Business Machines Corp with 5,667 patents. The fourth largest number of Digitalization related patents were published by Sony Group Corp with 5,333 patents. The fifth largest number of Digitalization related patents were published by eBay Inc with 4,595 patents.

  • The top five patent holders, i.e., Microsoft Corp, SoftBank Group Corp, International Business Machines Corp, Sony Group Corp, and eBay Inc, together held 28,789 Digitalization patents during the period.

Global: Top Digitalization 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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