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Patent Year in Review

2024 in patents

68 patents granted. 121 forward citations accumulated. Filing volume +36% year over year. The Consumer Electronics domain led by patent count.

Patents granted

68

Total citations

121

vs prior year

+36%

Top domain

Consumer Electronics

Most-Cited Patents of 2024

01

Managing and Updating AI on Many Smart Devices from the Cloud

US 11876858Armada SystemsAI & MLcloud_computing

21

citations

02

Augmented Reality Glasses for Guiding Surgeons

US 12069233AugmedicsmedicalSoftware

14

citations

03

How a Computer System Fact-Checks AI Language Models

US 12073180Unlikely Artificial IntelligenceAI & MLSoftware

12

citations

04

Running AI Models Locally on Edge Devices with Cloud Updates

US 12033006Armada SystemsConsumer ElectronicsSoftware

11

citations

05

How Delivery Drones Self-Calibrate and Pass Safety Checks Before Takeoff

US 11858662United Parcel Service of America IncaerospaceConsumer Electronics

9

citations

06

How Solar Sails Use Moving Vanes to Steer in Space

US 11905044LGarde IncaerospaceMechanical

7

citations

07

How Doctors Use CT Scans and X-rays to Check Heart Arteries

US 12048575GE Precision Healthcaremedical_devicesSoftware

6

citations

08

How Intel's Transceiver Chip Manages Wireless Signals

US 11955732IntelTelecomConsumer Electronics

5

citations

09

How a Computer System Improves Large Language Model Output with Structured Data

US 12067362Unlikely Artificial IntelligenceAI & MLSoftware

5

citations

10

How a Computer System Checks and Improves AI Text

US 11989527Unlikely Artificial IntelligenceAI & MLSoftware

4

citations

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