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Era in Patents

The 2020s

GPT-class models, mRNA vaccines, and the first commercial quantum systems all matured under patent within a few short years. Generative AI architectures, GLP-1 therapeutics, solid-state battery chemistries, and reusable launch systems define the decade's filings. These are the patents being granted right now — the ones that will shape the next twenty years of how we compute, treat disease, and move energy.

By year

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Top patents · 36 ranked by influence

20202029

US 11361763 · 2022 · Amazon Technologies

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

software

US 10909459 · 2021 · Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp

Teaching Computers to Understand Document Similarity Using AI

consumer electronics

US 11204787 · 2021 · Apple Inc

How Digital Assistants Control Apps and Ask for More Information

US 10702600 · 2020 · ModernaTx Inc

How Moderna's mRNA Vaccine Technology Targets Betacoronaviruses

US 10824959 · 2020 · Amazon Technologies Inc

How to Make Artificial Intelligence Explain Its Own Decisions

oil and gas

US RE49155 · 2022 · Halliburton Energy Services Inc

Electric or Natural Gas Blending and Pumping for Oil Wells

US 10599957 · 2020 · Capital One Services

How to Automatically Detect and Fix Changes in AI Model Data

US 10607134 · 2020

How AI Learns to Control Game Characters Based on Their Surroundings

software

US 10878335 · 2020 · Amazon Technologies Inc

How Computers Find Similar Text Using Compact Data Structures

automotive

US 11436484 · 2022 · Nvidia Corp

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

US 10962473 · 2021 · Notco Delaware

AI Model Predicts Protein Shapes from Infrared Light Data

US 11429762 · 2022 · Amazon Technologies

How Computers Train AI Models Using Separate Virtual Simulations

US 11295225 · 2022 · D Wave Systems Inc

How D-Wave Clears Magnetic Noise in Quantum Computers

aerospace

US 11858662 · 2024 · United Parcel Service of America Inc

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

aerospace

US 11377237 · 2022 · United Launch Alliance LLC

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

consumer electronics

US 10564770 · 2020 · Apple Inc

How Touchscreens Predict Where Your Finger Will Land Before You Touch

aerospace

US 11905044 · 2024 · LGarde Inc

How Solar Sails Use Moving Vanes to Steer in Space

US 11176462 · 2021 · RO5

Predicting How Molecules Interact with Proteins Using Two AI Streams

US 10740671 · 2020 · International Business Machines

How IBM Uses Resistive Memory Chips to Speed Up AI Training

consumer electronics

US RE48170 · 2020 · Kiss Nail Products Inc

How Automatic Rotating Curling Irons Capture and Wind Hair

consumer electronics

US 11706521 · 2023 · Apple Inc

How Smartphones Automatically Adjust Camera Settings in Low Light

ai ml

US 11615208 · 2023 · Capital One Services LLC

How Cloud Systems Automatically Create and Train AI Data Models

aerospace

US 11608181 · 2023 · World View Enterprises Inc

How High-Altitude Parafoils Use Spring-Loaded Rods to Open Automatically

ai ml

US 11170293 · 2021 · Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC

How AI Systems Learn to Predict and Act Simultaneously

ai ml

US 11062228 · 2021 · Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC

How AI Learns New Tasks Using Old Data Labels

mechanical

US 11840398 · 2023 · Titan Trailers Inc

How Titan Trailers Builds Stronger, Smoother Cargo Containers

consumer electronics

US 11809700 · 2023 · Apple Inc

How Folders With Multiple Pages Work on Touchscreens

aerospace

US 11724824 · 2023 · EnergeticxNet LLC

How Multiple Space Projectiles Can Assemble Themselves In Mid-Air

US 11606373 · 2023 · Darktrace Holdings

AI System That Learns Normal Email Use to Spot and Stop Cyber Threats

US 11126171 · 2021 · Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016

AI System for Diagnosing Machines and Managing Data in Factories

US 10956815 · 2021 · International Business Machines

How to Fix Faulty Memory Cells in AI Chips

ai ml

US 10832138 · 2020 · Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

How to Automatically Expand Neural Networks by Adding New Nodes

US RE48036 · 2020 · Gauthier Biomedical Inc

The Design of a Specific Medical Instrument Handle

US 10540437 · 2020

How Automated Systems Generate and Track Consumer Dispute Letters

consumer electronics

US 12008152 · 2024 · Snap Inc

How Snap's AR Tech Measures Distance for Virtual Button Presses

consumer electronics

US 11958662 · 2024 · Conopco Inc

How a Refillable Capsule Plug Seals Cleaning Concentrates

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