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Patent Year in Review

2017 in patents

33 patents granted. 560 forward citations accumulated. Filing volume +3% year over year. The Software domain led by patent count.

Patents granted

33

Total citations

560

vs prior year

+3%

Top domain

Software

Most-Cited Patents of 2017

01

How a Digital Assistant Launches Apps Using Your Voice

US 9548050Apple IncConsumer ElectronicsSoftware

211

citations

02

How CDNs Use Client-Side Code to Speed Up Web Downloads

US 9544394Amazon Technologies IncSoftwareTelecom

69

citations

03

A Computer Chip for Training Many AI Agents at Once

US 9754221AlphaicsAI & MLSemiconductors

53

citations

04

How Devices Predict Your Next Move Using Gestures and History

US RE46310Blanding Hovenweep LLCConsumer ElectronicsSoftware

34

citations

05

Precisely Stopping Device Vibrations for Better Touch Feedback

US 9652041ImmersionConsumer ElectronicsSoftware

33

citations

06

How to Keep Data Safe During a Site Failover

US 9672117EMC IP Holding Co LLCSoftwareTelecom

21

citations

07

How Computers Match and Join Messy Data from Different Sources

US 9607103Ab Initio Technology LLCSoftwareAI & ML

15

citations

08

How Genentech's Antibody Targets Cancerous B Cells

US 9845355Genentech IncBiotechPharma

13

citations

09

How Virtual Machines Keep Their Data Separate on Shared Storage

US 9760393VMware LLCSoftwareTelecom

12

citations

10

How Software Automatically Translates Database Queries for Different Storage Systems

US 9535948Amazon Technologies IncSoftwareAI & ML

11

citations

Top Patent Holders

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