11-27-2022, 03:08 PM
Patent filings for artificial intelligence-based inventions have exploded in recent years, with more than half of patents granted since 2013, the United Nations said on Thursday. New data from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has documented a recent surge in AI-based innovation, showing that the technology has taken a giant step beyond the theoretical realm. "There has been a quantum leap since 2013," WIPO chief Francis Gurry told reporters in Geneva. "We can expect a large number of AI-based products, applications, and techniques that will transform our daily lives and shape human interactions with the machines we create in the future.
Artificial intelligence is a key element in many computer products made by tech firms and institutions in the US, Japan and China, notably smartphones, connected speakers and self-driving cars. AI may have applications for military purposes and healthcare, among other areas. In its first ever Technology Trends b2b email list report, WIPO found that approximately 340,000 patent applications have been filed worldwide since the term was first coined in 1956, with more than half of those filed since 2013. The study is based on data from 2016, but Gurry said there's no reason to believe the astronomical growth in such filings won't continue. "I highly doubt it's dying.
It is not up to WIPO to decide whether new technologies are good or bad, he said, adding that the UN agency aims to provide a wealth of empirical data to inform important and relevant public debates around AI. . 'interfere with many things' AI-related patent filings make up just 0.6 percent of the global patent pool, but that number is expected to grow and become widespread, according to a study released Thursday. The WIPO study found that companies are more active than universities and other public research institutions in filing AI-related patents, with 26 of the 30 applicants in the field. According to the report, IBM, a computer system that answers questions, has the largest portfolio of AI patent applications ever with a total of 8,290 inventions.
Artificial intelligence is a key element in many computer products made by tech firms and institutions in the US, Japan and China, notably smartphones, connected speakers and self-driving cars. AI may have applications for military purposes and healthcare, among other areas. In its first ever Technology Trends b2b email list report, WIPO found that approximately 340,000 patent applications have been filed worldwide since the term was first coined in 1956, with more than half of those filed since 2013. The study is based on data from 2016, but Gurry said there's no reason to believe the astronomical growth in such filings won't continue. "I highly doubt it's dying.
It is not up to WIPO to decide whether new technologies are good or bad, he said, adding that the UN agency aims to provide a wealth of empirical data to inform important and relevant public debates around AI. . 'interfere with many things' AI-related patent filings make up just 0.6 percent of the global patent pool, but that number is expected to grow and become widespread, according to a study released Thursday. The WIPO study found that companies are more active than universities and other public research institutions in filing AI-related patents, with 26 of the 30 applicants in the field. According to the report, IBM, a computer system that answers questions, has the largest portfolio of AI patent applications ever with a total of 8,290 inventions.