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Patent Year in Review

2018 in patents

36 patents granted. 494 forward citations accumulated. Filing volume +24% year over year. The Consumer Electronics domain led by patent count.

Patents granted

36

Total citations

494

vs prior year

+24%

Top domain

Consumer Electronics

Most-Cited Patents of 2018

01

Securing Data Storage Commands with Passcodes

US 10102356EMC IP Holding Co LLCConsumer ElectronicsSoftware

89

citations

02

Square's System for Predicting Orders and Guiding Couriers

US 10133995Square IncSoftwareE-Commerce

63

citations

03

How CRISPR-Cas9 Uses RNA to Edit DNA

US 10113167Universitaet WienBiotechGene Editing

49

citations

04

How Uber Calculates Ride-Pooling Times to Keep Detours Reasonable

US 9939279Uber Technologies IncSoftwareE-Commerce

49

citations

05

How Uber Manages Data Connections for Self-Driving Car Fleets

US 10050760Uber Technologies IncConsumer ElectronicsTelecom

36

citations

06

Central Bank Digital Currency for Phones and Watches

US 10147076IndividualConsumer ElectronicsTelecom

35

citations

07

How AI Uses Question-Guided Attention to Answer Questions About Images

US 9965705Baidu USA LLCAI & MLConsumer Electronics

28

citations

08

How Apps Compare Local Prices and Ratings for Specific Items

US 10127595Square IncConsumer ElectronicsSoftware

20

citations

09

How Apple Embeds Haptic Actuators Directly Into Device Layers

US 10013058Apple IncConsumer ElectronicsMechanical

18

citations

10

How Smartphones Suggest Apps Based on Where You Are

US 10002199Apple IncConsumer ElectronicsSoftware

16

citations

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