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
Securing Data Storage Commands with Passcodes
89
citations
Square's System for Predicting Orders and Guiding Couriers
63
citations
How CRISPR-Cas9 Uses RNA to Edit DNA
49
citations
How Uber Calculates Ride-Pooling Times to Keep Detours Reasonable
49
citations
How Uber Manages Data Connections for Self-Driving Car Fleets
36
citations
Central Bank Digital Currency for Phones and Watches
35
citations
How AI Uses Question-Guided Attention to Answer Questions About Images
28
citations
How Apps Compare Local Prices and Ratings for Specific Items
20
citations
How Apple Embeds Haptic Actuators Directly Into Device Layers
18
citations
How Smartphones Suggest Apps Based on Where You Are
16
citations
Top Patent Holders
Technology Breakdown