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Patent Year in Review

2021 in patents

32 patents granted. 210 forward citations accumulated. Filing volume -14% year over year. The Consumer Electronics domain led by patent count.

Patents granted

32

Total citations

210

vs prior year

-14%

Top domain

Consumer Electronics

Most-Cited Patents of 2021

01

Teaching Computers to Understand Document Similarity Using AI

US 10909459Cognizant Technology Solutions US CorpSoftwareAI & ML

53

citations

02

How Digital Assistants Control Apps and Ask for More Information

US 11204787Apple IncConsumer ElectronicsSoftware

48

citations

03

How High-Altitude Satellites Relay Data for Fast-Moving Low-Orbit Satellites

US 10998965Asia Satellite Telecommunications CoTelecomaerospace

23

citations

04

Boosting Solid-State Batteries with a Capacitor Interlayer

US 11145922GM Global Technology OperationsAutomotiveConsumer Electronics

14

citations

05

AI Model Predicts Protein Shapes from Infrared Light Data

US 10962473Notco DelawareBiotechfood_science

14

citations

06

How to Tune Multi-Antenna Systems for Better Wireless Signals

US 11115136LG ElectronicsTelecomConsumer Electronics

14

citations

07

How Laptops Create Localized Vibrations on Their Surfaces

US 10942571AppleConsumer ElectronicsSoftware

9

citations

08

Predicting How Molecules Interact with Proteins Using Two AI Streams

US 11176462RO5BiotechPharma

7

citations

09

How AI Systems Learn to Predict and Act Simultaneously

US 11170293Microsoft Technology Licensing LLCAI & MLSoftware

4

citations

10

How AI Learns New Tasks Using Old Data Labels

US 11062228Microsoft Technology Licensing LLCAI & MLSoftware

4

citations

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