Big tech, in plain English
Every major tech company files patents every day at the USPTO. We decode each one the day it's published.
Apple
Apple patents everything from iPhone and Mac features to Vision Pro optics, health sensors, and Apple Silicon, often years before products ship.
Google is one of the most active AI patent filers anywhere, covering search, Android, Pixel hardware, DeepMind research, and data center infrastructure.
Microsoft
Microsoft files patents across Copilot and enterprise AI, Azure infrastructure, Windows, gaming, security, and productivity software.
Meta
Meta is betting its patent portfolio on smart glasses, neural interfaces, VR, and AI assistants, plus the ad and social systems that pay for it all.
Nvidia
Nvidia's patent filings track the AI buildout in real time, covering GPUs, robotics, simulation, networking, and the software that ties them together.
Tesla
Tesla files fewer patents than most big tech companies but each one counts, covering batteries, manufacturing, Autopilot, and vehicle engineering.
OpenAI
OpenAI is new to the patent game, with a small but growing set of filings around model training, inference, and AI product design.
Amazon
Amazon files patents across AWS infrastructure, Alexa, robotics, logistics, and retail technology, from warehouse floors to cloud data centers.
Samsung
Samsung Electronics is one of the world's largest patent filers, covering semiconductors, displays, smartphones, foldables, wearables, and on-device AI.
IBM
IBM is consistently the top US patent filer, with research spanning quantum computing, enterprise AI, hybrid cloud, semiconductors, and cybersecurity.
Adobe
Adobe files patents across generative AI for creative work, document processing, image and video editing, fonts, and the Firefly model family.
Qualcomm
Qualcomm's patent portfolio anchors modern wireless: 5G/6G modems, Snapdragon mobile and laptop SoCs, on-device AI accelerators, and automotive radio platforms.
Sony
Sony's patent filings cover PlayStation hardware and games, image sensors that power most smartphone cameras, audio technology, and broadcast equipment.
Intel
Intel files patents across CPU and GPU microarchitectures, advanced packaging, foundry processes, networking silicon, and on-device AI for PCs.
AMD
AMD's patents span Ryzen and EPYC CPUs, Radeon graphics, Instinct AI accelerators, chiplet packaging, and the Xilinx adaptive computing portfolio.
Salesforce
Salesforce files patents across CRM, the Agentforce agent platform, Slack collaboration, Tableau analytics, MuleSoft integration, and Data Cloud.
Disney
Disney's patents cover theme park ride technology, animatronics and characters, streaming and content delivery, animation pipelines, and immersive AR/VR experiences.
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