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Patent Year in Review

2022 in patents

31 patents granted. 209 forward citations accumulated. Filing volume -16% year over year. The Consumer Electronics domain led by patent count.

Patents granted

31

Total citations

209

vs prior year

-16%

Top domain

Consumer Electronics

Most-Cited Patents of 2022

01

How Smart Speakers Know You're Talking to Them After a Command

US 11361763Amazon TechnologiesConsumer ElectronicsSoftware

64

citations

02

Electric or Natural Gas Blending and Pumping for Oil Wells

US RE49155Halliburton Energy Services Incoil_and_gasEnergy

34

citations

03

Building Metal Parts Without Melting: Solid-State 3D Printing System

US 11311959Meld Manufacturingmanufacturingmaterials

18

citations

04

Nvidia's Method for Training Self-Driving Car AI in Simulations

US 11436484Nvidia CorpAutomotiveSoftware

17

citations

05

How D-Wave Clears Magnetic Noise in Quantum Computers

US 11295225D Wave Systems IncSemiconductorsAI & ML

13

citations

06

How Computers Train AI Models Using Separate Virtual Simulations

US 11429762Amazon TechnologiesSoftwareAI & ML

13

citations

07

How Rockets Catch Up to Satellites Faster Using Out-of-Plane Steering

US 11377237United Launch Alliance LLCaerospaceMechanical

9

citations

08

How a Nuclear Reactor's Rotating Drum Controls Power

US 11417435GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americasnuclear_energyMechanical

8

citations

09

Making Solid-State Battery Electrodes That Don't Swell and Crack

US 11239459GM Global Technology OperationsAutomotiveEnergy

6

citations

10

How Car Factories Calibrate LIDAR Sensors for Self-Driving Cars

US 11391826Magna ElectronicsAutomotiveConsumer Electronics

4

citations

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