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

  • With 7,090 ECommerce related patents published between 2002 and 2022, Microsoft Corp holds the most number of ECommerce 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 ECommerce related patents were published by SoftBank Group Corp with 5,686 patents, of which 50.7% was contributed by its subsidiary Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. The third largest number of ECommerce related patents were published by International Business Machines Corp with 5,481 patents. The fourth largest number of ECommerce related patents were published by Sony Group Corp with 5,034 patents. The fifth largest number of ECommerce related patents were published by eBay Inc with 4,510 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 27,801 ECommerce patents during the period.

Global: 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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