What we're watching in Big Tech patents
Every ongoing patent race we follow, each one a living timeline that updates as new filings publish. Pick a watchlist to see the full story.
33 watchlists · 2,433 filings tracked
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The AR glasses race
Apple, Google, and Meta filings on AR glasses and headset hardware.
Latest Meta Patents a Camera Housing That Electrically Controls Focus From Inside · Sep 17
The self-driving sensing race
Waymo and Nvidia patents on self-driving sensors, perception, and prediction.
Latest Sony Patents a Depth Sensor That Scans a Scene in Both Directions to Map It in 3D · Sep 17
Apple's AR glasses
Apple filings on AR glasses fit, tracking, and spatial awareness.
Latest Apple Patents a System That Scans Your Head to Custom-Fit a Headset · Sep 17
The full board
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The AI chip wars
Latest Qualcomm Patents a Method to Stack Different Processor Chips Across Multiple Levels · Sep 17
Patents on AI chip memory, scheduling, compression, and multi-chip coordination.
AI agents that act for you
Latest Google Patents an AI That Fetches One-Time Login Codes From Your Email · Sep 17
Patents on AI agents that carry out tasks, plus the safeguards around them.
The AI photo editing race
Latest Google Patents a Tap-to-Cut Photo System That Uses Distance Data to Isolate Objects · Sep 17
Google and Nvidia filings on AI photo and video editing.
Samsung's camera sensor push
Latest Samsung Patents a Two-Stage AI Approach to Storing and Sending Images More Efficiently · Sep 17
Samsung filings on camera sensors, image processing, and AI photo quality.
AI models that work in teams
Latest Google Patents a Way for AI to Stop Guessing and Grab the Right Tool · Sep 17
Patents on coordinating multiple specialized AI models on one task.
The on-device AI privacy push
Latest Qualcomm Patents a Way to Stop Your Phone Recording Audio When Nothing Is Happening · Sep 17
Google and Samsung patents on running AI locally without exposing personal data.
The AI guardrails race
Latest Nvidia Patents an AI System That Finds Exactly Where Its Data Processing Steps Break · Sep 17
Patents on checking AI accuracy, tracing sources, and blocking unsafe behavior.
Samsung's next-generation SSDs
Latest Samsung Patents a Storage System That Automatically Corrects Its Own Data Retrieval Failures · Sep 17
Samsung patents on SSD reliability, speed, and data protection.
The foldable phone race
Latest Samsung Patents a Hinge That Cradles the Flexible Screen as the Phone Folds · Sep 17
Apple and Samsung filings on foldable screens, hinges, and durability.
AI assistants that remember you
Latest Microsoft Patents a Way to Keep AI Chatbots From Forgetting Long Conversations · Sep 17
Patents on how AI assistants store and use memory of their users.
Samsung's home robots
Latest Samsung Patents a Robot LiDAR System That Switches Laser Power Mid-Scan · Sep 17
Samsung filings on home robots and self-monitoring appliances.
Apple's eye and hand controls
Latest Apple Patents Air Gestures That Control Siri With a Wave of Your Hand · Sep 17
Apple patents on gaze and gesture controls for its devices.
The GPU rendering race
Latest Sony Patents a System That Splits Game Graphics Work Between Your Console and the Cloud · Sep 17
Intel and AMD patents on GPU rendering, ray tracing, and upscaling.
Samsung's foldable phones
Latest Samsung Patents a Hinge That Cradles the Flexible Screen as the Phone Folds · Sep 17
Samsung's filings on foldable hinges, flexible boards, and folding-screen software.
Apple's device-to-device handoff
Latest Apple Patents a System That Shares Content Between Devices When They're Near Each Other · Sep 17
Apple filings on handing off calls, audio, and tasks between devices.
Google's smart glasses display
Latest Google Patents a Way to Cut the Blurry Halo From Glasses-Free 3D Screens · Sep 17
Google patents on AR glasses optics and display quality.
Samsung's display technology
Latest Samsung Patents a Glasses-Free 3D Display Built From Stacked Lens Sheets · Sep 17
Samsung patents on display quality, durability, and brightness.
Meta's smart glasses
Latest Meta Patents a Camera Housing That Electrically Controls Focus From Inside · Sep 17
Meta patents on smart glasses hardware, sensors, and controls.
Wearables that read your body
Latest Sony Patents a Display That Expands When You Rotate Your Wrist · Sep 17
Apple, Meta, and Google filings on body-sensing wearables.
Waymo's robotaxi senses
Latest Waymo Patents a System That Decides Which LIDAR Sensor Data to Throw Away · Sep 17
Waymo patents on how its robotaxis sense and predict hazards.
Teaching robots to grasp and move
Latest Sony Patents a Light-Based Touch Sensor to Give Robot Hands a Finer Sense of Feel · Sep 17
Nvidia and Intel patents on robot grasping, navigation, and training.
Tesla's camera-only bet
Latest Tesla Patents a Self-Driving Safety System That Reads Its Own Cameras for Blind Spots · Sep 17
Tesla patents on its camera-only approach to self-driving.
Adobe's controllable AI images
Latest Adobe Patents a System That Writes AI Prompts From Whatever Your Cursor Hovers Over · Sep 17
Adobe patents on controlling and standardizing AI image generation.
Apple's foldable iPhone
Latest Apple Patents a Self-Flattening Hinge for Foldable iPhones · Sep 17
Apple's patents on foldable iPhone hinges, screens, and durability.
Samsung's 5G and network push
Latest Samsung Patents a Phone Antenna That Sends Two Radio Signals at Once · Sep 17
Samsung patents on cellular, satellite, and network connectivity.
Nvidia's text-to-3D characters
Latest Nvidia Patents a Real-Time System That Animates Digital Faces Directly From Audio · Sep 17
Nvidia filings on generating 3D characters from text, photos, and video.
IBM's quantum computing buildout
Latest IBM Patents an AI System That Picks Its Own Quantum Error-Correction Settings · Sep 10
IBM and Red Hat patents on quantum computing hardware and software.
Meta's muscle-reading wristband
Latest Finger Muscle Signals Could Soon Control Your 3D Workspace, Meta Patent Shows · Aug 13
Meta patents on its muscle-signal wristband hardware and sensing.
Apple's health sensors
Latest Heartbeat Data Patent Could Warn You About Hidden Heart and Diabetes Risk · Aug 6
Apple filings on sleep, heart, breathing, and fitness sensing.
Alexa learns to act
Latest Amazon Patents a System That Turns AI Assistant Requests Into Working Software Commands · Jul 2
Amazon patents on giving Alexa more awareness and autonomy.
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