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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.

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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

US 10998965 · 2021 · Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co

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

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 11145922 · 2021 · GM Global Technology Operations

Boosting Solid-State Batteries with a Capacitor Interlayer

US 11115136 · 2021 · LG Electronics

How to Tune Multi-Antenna Systems for Better Wireless Signals

US 10962473 · 2021 · Notco Delaware

AI Model Predicts Protein Shapes from Infrared Light Data

US 10573086 · 2020 · Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB

How AR Glasses Make Virtual Objects Look Solid

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

US 10566652 · 2020 · GM Global Technology Operations

How a Hybrid Layer Stops Metal Growths in Lithium Batteries

US 10707961 · 2020 · Space Systems Loral

High-Flying Aircraft Relays Satellite Internet to Ground Users

US 10593988 · 2020 · GM Global Technology Operations

Improving Lithium Battery Life with a Built-in Lithium Source

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

US 10942571 · 2021 · Apple

How Laptops Create Localized Vibrations on Their Surfaces

US 11417435 · 2022 · GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas

How a Nuclear Reactor's Rotating Drum Controls Power

US 10700376 · 2020 · GM Global Technology Operations

How to Fast-Charge Lithium Batteries Without Damaging Them

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

US 11239459 · 2022 · GM Global Technology Operations

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

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

US 11391826 · 2022 · Magna Electronics

How Car Factories Calibrate LIDAR Sensors for Self-Driving Cars

ai ml

US 11170293 · 2021 · Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC

How AI Systems Learn to Predict and Act Simultaneously

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