New Google Patents
Google is one of the most active AI patent filers anywhere, covering search, Android, Pixel hardware, DeepMind research, and data center infrastructure.
Through the USPTO’s September 24, 2026 release, Patentlyze has covered 785 notable Google patent applications, including 154 published in the last 30 days.
This week's published patents
Google's 46 newest filings sort into four clusters:
- AI model efficiency. Several filings target how models run: one stops re-processing words already understood, another makes models grade their own answers, a lightweight filter catches harmful responses faster, and a separate system trains models on-device without filling phone memory.
- Smarter assistants and search. Filings here include a system that splits queries into tasks and learns from clicks, an on-device assistant that recommends actions before you ask, and an AI that reads your screen and operates apps on your behalf.
- Documents, photos, and media. Productivity filings cover spreadsheet formulas written from examples, document formatting that learns your habits, photo editing via plain-English instructions, and rebuilding any video from just a few sample frames.
- Waymo and hardware. Waymo's filings cover predicting nearby drivers' moves, steering around icy roads, and stopping robotaxis from blocking traffic, while Google hardware filings address radar-based blood pressure measurement and an AI chip that skips blank video segments to save battery.
What Google is working on
Long-running programs
what qualifies: 8 or more filings, active in the last 6 weeks
| Waymo's robotaxi senses | 57 filings · latest Sep 24 |
| Google's smart glasses display | 43 filings · latest Sep 18 |
Newly emerging
what qualifies: first Google filing within the last 8 weeks
| The GPU rendering race | 1 filing, Aug 21 |
Contested races
what qualifies: 3 or more companies in the same watchlist, Google among them
| The AR glasses race | 42 of 312 · 10 companies |
| The AI chip wars | 16 of 309 · 12 companies |
| The self-driving sensing race | 58 of 259 · 10 companies |
| The AI photo editing race | 59 of 194 · 14 companies |
| The AI guardrails race | 24 of 158 · 14 companies |
| AI agents that act for you | 45 of 151 · 15 companies |
Google patent questions, answered
What is Google working on right now?
Google's current patent filings concentrate on Waymo's robotaxi senses and Google's smart glasses display, with newer activity in The GPU rendering race. The breakdown above shows each program’s filing count and latest activity.
How many patents did Google publish this month?
0 Google patent applications have published in October 2026 so far, after 154 in September. Patentlyze has covered 785 Google filings since tracking began in May 2026.
Does a Google patent mean the feature will launch?
No. A published application is not a product announcement. Companies file to protect options, and most patented ideas never ship in the form described. What filings do show is where Google is spending research effort right now.
Where can I find Google’s newest patents?
This page updates every week, when the USPTO publishes its new batch of applications. The newest Google filings appear in the list below.
Top tech areas
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AI/ML 414
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Hardware 101
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Language AI 93
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Software 86
Top inventors
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Matthew Sharifi 25
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Dongeek Shin 19
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Victor Carbune 17
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Gang WANG 13
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Debargha Mukherjee 10
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