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Patent Year in Review

2020 in patents

27 patents granted. 196 forward citations accumulated. Filing volume -34% year over year. The Consumer Electronics domain led by patent count.

Patents granted

27

Total citations

196

vs prior year

-34%

Top domain

Consumer Electronics

Most-Cited Patents of 2020

01

How Moderna's mRNA Vaccine Technology Targets Betacoronaviruses

US 10702600ModernaTx IncBiotechPharma

46

citations

02

How to Make Artificial Intelligence Explain Its Own Decisions

US 10824959Amazon Technologies IncAI & MLSoftware

37

citations

03

How to Automatically Detect and Fix Changes in AI Model Data

US 10599957Capital One ServicesSoftwareAI & ML

32

citations

04

How AI Learns to Control Game Characters Based on Their Surroundings

US 10607134IndividualgamingAI & ML

26

citations

05

How Computers Find Similar Text Using Compact Data Structures

US 10878335Amazon Technologies IncSoftwareAI & ML

18

citations

06

How Touchscreens Predict Where Your Finger Will Land Before You Touch

US 10564770Apple IncConsumer ElectronicsSemiconductors

8

citations

07

How IBM Uses Resistive Memory Chips to Speed Up AI Training

US 10740671International Business MachinesSemiconductorsAI & ML

7

citations

08

How Automatic Rotating Curling Irons Capture and Wind Hair

US RE48170Kiss Nail Products IncConsumer ElectronicsMechanical

5

citations

09

How to Automatically Expand Neural Networks by Adding New Nodes

US 10832138Samsung Electronics Co LtdAI & MLConsumer Electronics

3

citations

10

How Automated Systems Generate and Track Consumer Dispute Letters

US 10540437IndividualSoftwareE-Commerce

3

citations

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