What Did The Patent Landscape of Google Look Like?   

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. It was established in September 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University in California. Since its inception, Google has become one of the world’s most well-known and valuable companies, offering various services such as search engines, online advertising technologies, cloud computing, software, and hardware products. With its headquarters in Mountain View, California, Google has grown to become a global leader in innovation and technology, impacting how people interact with information and each other. 

Google has a total of 116441 patents globally. Out of 116441 patents, 68180 patents are active.     

Have a look at some of the most well-known patents held by Google that we have covered in this article. You can also get information on Google’s patents, the global patent filing activity country-wise, its historical patent filing trends, and many more statistics regarding Google’s patent portfolio.  

Patent-Application Success Trend Year Wise in Google

This chart shows the number of applications filed and the number of grants from these applications. Grant rate is a good indicator to identify successful applications and the graph helps to understand the progress in the technology area.

Detailed Patent Portfolio Of Google

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
APPLICATION	ACTIVE	GRANTED	29670
	ACTIVE	RESTORATION	646
	DEAD	LAPSED	10038
		DISCONTINUATION	5470
		WITHDRAWN	3790
		NON-PAYMENT	3460
		EXPIRED	2396
		REJECTED	1479
		CEASED	1307
		ABANDONED	646
		REVOKED	646
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	5494
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	2136
PATENT	ACTIVE	GRANTED	34115
	ACTIVE	RESTORATION	646
	DEAD	EXPIRED	5873
		NON-PAYMENT	4613
		CEASED	1895
		WITHDRAWN	646
		ABANDONED	646
		REVOKED	646
		DISCONTINUATION	646
		REJECTED	646
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	646
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	646
UTILITY MODEL	ACTIVE	GRANTED	671
	DEAD	EXPIRED	646
		NON-PAYMENT	646
		DOUBLE	646
		WITHDRAWN	646
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	646
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	646
DESIGN	ACTIVE	GRANTED	1786
	DEAD	EXPIRED	646
	DEAD	CEASED	646
OTHERS	ACTIVE	GRANTED	646
OTHERS	DEAD	NON-PAYMENT	646

Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in Google

The chart above distributes patents filed till 2021 in Google on the basis of the technology protected in patents. This helps to understand the most frequently used concepts and the key focus areas in the technology space.

Top Publications In The Domain With Their Forward Citation Frequency

The table below depicts the patents with most number of forward citations. These patents are likely to be the source of advancement in the domain and can be considered as valuable and core inventions.

Publication Number	Year Wise Break Down					Count of Citing Patents
Publication Number	< 2006	2006-2010	2011-2015	2016-2020	>2020	Count of Citing Patents
US-5948061-A	679	989	1118	542	154	3482
US-5918014-A	302	466	557	288	65	1678
US-6285999-B1	126	476	645	256	72	1575
US-20060156059-A1	0	45	376	833	169	1423
US-6587127-B1	153	327	401	396	127	1404
US-20060047907-A1	0	44	378	812	156	1390
US-20040059708-A1	49	448	486	206	35	1224
US-6404811-B1	6	11	55	728	329	1129
US-5867478-A	175	380	360	176	22	1113
US-5987506-A	267	351	241	170	39	1068

Who Were The Leading Patent Filers Countries Till 2021 In Google?

IPC Classification Wise Patent Trend In Google

The table below represents the top 10 market domains according to their IPC classification where inventors believed it was critical to safeguard certain technical inventions.

IPC Classification	Number of Applications	Number of Granted	% Granted
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (G06F)	37406	23176	62
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (H04L)	12953	9381	72
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (H04W)	9120	6375	70
DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (G06Q)	9603	4289	45
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION (H04N)	8695	5635	65
TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (H04M)	4318	3155	73
IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL (G06T)	4383	2716	62
TRANSMISSION (H04B)	4279	3351	78
SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING (G10L)	4148	2400	58
RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS (G06K)	3942	2686	68

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