Big Tech Patent Trends: Who’s Filing What, Weekly

Every week we read and analyze every new patent application from the biggest names in tech. This page tracks the volume: who is filing, how much, and where the momentum is. The numbers update automatically as new filings publish.

This week in numbers

Big Tech filed 381 patent applications we tracked in the week of July 2, 2026, up 9% from the week before. Samsung, Google, Nvidia led the volume. Biggest mover of the last month: AMD, up 1020% against the month before.

Weekly filings by company

Company Trend May 14 May 21 May 28 Jun 4 Jun 11 Jun 18 Jun 25 Jul 2 12-wk total
Samsung 96 88 55 96 83 66 105 99 688
Google 39 30 30 46 47 45 36 77 416
Nvidia 22 34 33 28 28 22 24 35 254
Microsoft 26 24 25 12 8 29 31 32 219
Apple 23 14 17 18 9 11 29 27 202
Sony 11 26 15 19 10 32 25 28 166
IBM 31 19 7 14 8 31 16 29 155
Qualcomm 15 19 11 31 18 25 20 5 144
Meta 11 7 4 7 4 10 11 13 76
Adobe 13 17 26 2 4 6 5 2 75
Intel 9 2 5 3 12 10 8 17 66
AMD 0 3 1 1 6 12 27 11 61
Amazon 2 5 10 6 4 7 9 2 48
Salesforce 2 7 3 2 1 10 3 2 30
Tesla 6 1 2 0 3 1 0 2 17
Disney 0 0 0 2 4 2 1 0 9
OpenAI 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 5

Momentum: last 4 weeks vs the 4 before

  • AMD up 1020%
  • Intel up 147%
  • Google up 41%
  • Sony up 34%
  • Meta up 31%

Where the filings landed

  • Hardware 880
  • AI/ML 872
  • Software 244
  • AR/VR 198
  • Networking 164
  • Security 147
  • Automotive 121
  • Energy 6
  • Biotech 6
  • Other 1

Counts reflect the patent applications we analyzed and published, by USPTO publication week. Updated automatically as new filings publish. Data: patentlyze/v1/trends (JSON).