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We verify the USPTO record and explain what each invention could mean, without the legalese or hype.
This Week's Big Tech Patent Trends
Patentlyze covered 272 notable Big Tech patent filings from this week’s USPTO release. Samsung led our coverage with 57, ahead of Sony (44), Google (33), and Apple (28). AI / ML (98) and Hardware (80) were the biggest categories.
The standouts: Sony patents earcups that physically open and close to switch between sound styles, Adobe patents a tool that moves a person into a new pose by borrowing body positions from other photos, and Apple patents a laptop screen with a hidden pocket inside it for the camera.
What We're Watching
All watchlists →The ongoing patent races we follow filing by filing. Every watchlist is a living timeline that updates as new applications publish.
The AI photo editing race
This tracker collects Google and Nvidia filings on photo and video editing, covering per-region edits, text-guided recoloring, compression, and smoother…
The AI chip wars
This watchlist tracks patents on the plumbing of AI chips: memory bottlenecks, task scheduling, data compression, and coordination across multiple…
The AR glasses race
This tracker follows patent filings from Apple, Google, and Meta that solve concrete problems in AR glasses and headsets: eye…
Samsung's display technology
This tracker follows Samsung's patent filings on screen flicker, moisture-proofing OLED layers, uneven brightness across pixels, and light that adjusts…
Apple's AR glasses
This tracker follows Apple's patent filings on how AR glasses might fit a face, sense slippage, track eyes, size virtual…
IBM's quantum computing buildout
This tracker collects IBM and Red Hat patents that address the physical and software plumbing of quantum computers, from switches…
Browse New Patents By Company
5191 published patentsThe latest Big Tech patents: one standout pick per company, updated as each week's filings publish.
Apple
408 patents
Apple has filed a patent describing a laptop display where the camera, speaker, or other components sit inside a small pocket…
Waymo's latest patent describes a system that doesn't just track where other cars and pedestrians are right now, it predicts…
Microsoft
411 patents
Your computer's operating system sees nearly everything you do, including where you click inside sensitive apps. Microsoft's…
Meta
142 patents
Meta has filed a patent for smart glasses that can pick up the wearer's voice and stream it wirelessly, in real time, straight to…
Nvidia
459 patents
Nvidia has filed a patent for a system that takes a simple description, writes a full script, assigns AI agents to each…
Tesla
31 patents
When a self-driving car's sensor spots danger, waiting in line to report it could cost precious milliseconds. Tesla's new patent…
OpenAI
20 patents
OpenAI has filed a patent for a system that assigns one AI model the job of watching another AI's internal 'chain of thought,'…
Amazon
69 patents
Amazon is filing a patent for a system that bundles AI model updates inside the same stream that delivers your video, letting…
Samsung
1239 patents
Samsung has filed a patent for a display unit that can physically drive itself across the floor using built-in wheels and motors,…
IBM
340 patents
When a drone in a fleet runs low on battery, IBM's new patent proposes a solution that sounds almost neighborly: have another…
Adobe
157 patents
Changing how a person is standing or sitting in a photo has always meant either reshooting the scene or spending hours with…
Qualcomm
401 patents
Quantum computers don't exist at scale yet, but they could crack today's car-to-car security codes when they do. Qualcomm is…
Sony
471 patents
Audiophiles have long had to choose between open-back headphones (airy, natural sound, no isolation) and closed-back ones (punchy…
Intel
146 patents
Most microphone systems boost whoever is loudest. Intel's new patent describes a system that listens for whoever is most…
AMD
85 patents
Large AI models are full of redundant connections that waste memory and slow things down. Xilinx has filed a patent for a system…
Salesforce
81 patents
Salesforce has filed a patent for an AI voice assistant designed to sit on a store employee's phone or tablet and talk them…
Disney
41 patents
Drone light shows look effortless, but the gap between where a drone is supposed to be and where it actually is can ruin the…
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