What Did The Patent Landscape of NVIDIA Corp. Look Like?

NVIDIA Corporation is an American multinational technology company that designs graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-a-chip units (SoCs). The company was founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem, and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. NVIDIA’s products are used in a wide range of applications such as gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and automotive. The company is widely recognized as a leader in the GPU industry, and its products are used by millions of people around the world. 

NVIDIA Corp. has a total of 5121 patents globally. Out of 5121 patents, 3410 patents are active.   

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

Patent-Application Success Trend Year Wise in NVIDIA Corporation

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 NVIDIA Corporation

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
APPLICATION	ACTIVE	GRANTED	1192
	ACTIVE	RESTORATION	28
	DEAD	DISCONTINUATION	516
		LAPSED	195
		WITHDRAWN	126
		EXPIRED	48
		REJECTED	46
		ABANDONED	28
		NON-PAYMENT	28
		CEASED	28
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	378
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	28
PATENT	ACTIVE	GRANTED	2078
	ACTIVE	RESTORATION	28
	DEAD	EXPIRED	306
		NON-PAYMENT	70
		CEASED	28
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	28
UTILITY MODEL	DEAD	EXPIRED	28
UTILITY MODEL	ACTIVE	GRANTED	28
DESIGN	ACTIVE	GRANTED	28
DESIGN	DEAD	EXPIRED	28
OTHERS	ACTIVE	GRANTED	28

Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in NVIDIA Corporation

The chart above distributes patents filed till 2021 in NVIDIA Corporation 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-6352479-B1	83	194	155	76	22	530
US-20040062267-A1	33	164	149	85	15	446
US-6546393-B1	45	100	99	172	25	441
US-20160062947-A1	0	0	0	196	200	396
US-8738860-B1	0	0	31	252	110	393
US-6438575-B1	60	76	105	123	29	393
US-7805587-B1	0	1	7	271	91	370
US-20130117541-A1	0	0	0	277	92	369
US-6697063-B1	23	75	110	92	12	312
US-20050041031-A1	11	107	82	59	14	273

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IPC Classification Wise Patent Trend In NVIDIA Corporation

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)	2188	1236	56
IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL (G06T)	1061	587	55
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (H04L)	561	235	42
ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (G09G)	509	383	75
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION (H04N)	349	160	46
RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS (G06K)	254	106	42
COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS (G06N)	221	17	8
TRANSMISSION (H04B)	179	78	44
OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02B)	172	82	48
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (H01L)	142	65	46

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