๐ Top Companies by Generative AI Patents
The release of AI assistants like ChatGPT has created significant public enthusiasm for generative AI (GenAI). This is reflected in the sharp increase in patent activity, with the number of patent families in GenAI growing from just 733 in 2014 to over 14,000 in 2023.
Hereโs a look at the top companies by patent ownership in GenAI models as of April 2024, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
China Leads in Generative AI Patents
Among the GenAI programs or models with most patents are:
Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs): GANs use a generator to create data and a discriminator to evaluate it, refining the generatorโs output. They are essential in image generation, style transfer, and data augmentation.
Variational Autoencoders (VAEs): VAEs encode data into a latent space and decode it back, allowing new data generation by sampling the latent space. They are used in image generation, anomaly detection, and semi-supervised learning.
Decoder-based Large Language Models (LLMs): LLMs, like GPT, generate text by leveraging the transformer architecture and vast pre-training data. They excel in text completion, translation, summarization, and conversational AI.
Here are the leading companies:
1. Tencent Holdings ๐จ๐ณ: 2,074 patents
2. Ping An Insurance ๐จ๐ณ: 1,564 patents
3. Baidu ๐จ๐ณ: 1,234 patents
4. IBM ๐บ๐ธ: 601 patents
5. Alibaba Group ๐จ๐ณ: 571 patents
6. Samsung Electronics ๐ฐ๐ท: 468 patents
7. Alphabet/Google ๐บ๐ธ: 443 patents
8. ByteDance ๐จ๐ณ: 418 patents
9. BBK Electronics ๐จ๐ณ: 377 patents
10. Microsoft ๐บ๐ธ: 377 patents
11. Netease ๐จ๐ณ: 337 patents
12. NTT ๐ฏ๐ต: 330 patents
13. Huawei ๐จ๐ณ: 328 patents
14. China Mobile ๐จ๐ณ: 300 patents
15. State Grid ๐จ๐ณ: 291 patents
16. Adobe ๐บ๐ธ: 257 patents
17. Sony Group ๐ฏ๐ต: 218 patents
18. Siemens ๐ฉ๐ช: 208 patents
19. Ant Group ๐จ๐ณ: 202 patents
20. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ๐จ๐ณ: 191 patents
Highlights
China's Dominance: Chinese companies like Tencent, Ping An Insurance, and Baidu are at the forefront of the GenAI patent race.
U.S. Leaders: IBM, Alphabet (Google), and Microsoft lead the pack among U.S. companies. IBM's Watsonx platform focuses on data security and compliance. Alphabet's AI division recently released its LLM model, Gemini, and Microsoft is a major investor in OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT.
Global Reach: The list includes companies from South Korea, Japan, Germany, and the U.S., showing the worldwide race in AI innovation.
This surge in patents underscores the rapid advancements and intense competition in the field of generative AI.
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