Patents on generative AI
China beats the rest of the world
In the field of generative AI, more patents have been registered from China every year since 2017 than from the rest of the world, reports the Wipo.
Geneva (dpa-AFX) - The topic of artificial intelligence (AI) has led to a veritable explosion of patent applications from China. In the field of generative AI, more patents have been filed from China every year since 2017 than from the entire rest of the world, as reported by the UN Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva. Over a period of ten years, Germany was in 6th place in the ranking of most patent applications in this area.
With generative AI, users can produce texts, images and other content based on training data. Examples include AI applications such as ChatGPT or Gemini.
China: 38,000 patents, Germany: 708
According to Wipo, companies and institutes from China have registered more than 38,000 patents in the field of generative AI in the ten years up to 2023. Far behind was the USA with 6,300, followed by South Korea, Japan and India. The UK was in fifth place with 714, closely followed by Germany with 708, which, according to Wipo, has registered more patents than the UK in recent years.
The development of patent applications worldwide also shows that the field is booming: according to Wipo, there were 54,000 patent applications in the field of generative AI between 2014 and 2023, but more than a quarter of these were filed in the past year alone.
"Generative AI has emerged as a disruptive technology that has the potential to change the way we work, live and play," said Wipo Director General Daren Tang.
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