What Did The Patent Landscape of TotalEnergies Look Like?

TotalEnergies is a French multinational energy company that was founded in 1924. Formerly known as Total, the company changed its name to TotalEnergies in May 2021 to reflect its shift towards a more diversified energy mix that includes renewable energies. TotalEnergies operates in over 130 countries and has a strong presence in the oil and gas industry, as well as in electricity production and sales, renewable energy, and chemicals

TotalEnergies has a total of 12167 patents globally. Out of 12167 patents, 1915 patents are active.

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

What Did The Patent Landscape Of TotalEnergies Look Like?

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 TotalEnergies

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
APPLICATION	DEAD	LAPSED	1434
		EXPIRED	1045
		ABANDONED	727
		WITHDRAWN	660
		DISCONTINUATION	426
		NON-PAYMENT	342
		CEASED	183
		REJECTED	170
		REVOKED	66
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	840
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	412
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	227
	UNDETERMINED	UNDETERMINED	66
PATENT	DEAD	EXPIRED	2539
		ABANDONED	584
		NON-PAYMENT	513
		CEASED	489
		DISCONTINUATION	66
		REVOKED	66
		WITHDRAWN	66
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	779
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	66
	UNDETERMINED	UNDETERMINED	66
UTILITY MODEL	DEAD	NON-PAYMENT	210
		EXPIRED	119
		DOUBLE	66
		CEASED	66
		ABANDONED	66
		WITHDRAWN	66
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	164
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	66
DESIGN	DEAD	EXPIRED	66
DESIGN	ACTIVE	GRANTED	66
OTHERS	ACTIVE	GRANTED	66

Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in TotalEnergies

The chart above distributes patents filed till 2021 in TotalEnergies 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-5456684-A	125	133	299	354	114	1025
US-5219740-A	119	163	145	195	97	719
US-6270916-B1	6	7	9	322	344	688
US-804229-A	24	5	1	315	337	682
US-4861719-A	124	129	170	99	61	583
US-6672018-B2	3	91	205	209	68	576
US-5425740-A	45	65	189	220	57	576
US-4949256-A	183	117	106	36	8	450
WO-1995007271-A1	98	68	170	65	11	412
US-6187062-B1	19	91	185	66	42	403

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

IPC Classification Wise Patent Trend In TotalEnergies

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
PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY (H01M)	1038	576	55
MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS (C08F)	895	331	37
COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS (C08L)	736	275	37
CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS (B01J)	614	244	40
ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (C07C)	552	223	40
SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION (F16F)	517	279	54
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (H01L)	466	124	27
PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL (F16L)	411	230	56
PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES (A61K)	385	42	11
EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS (E21B)	384	153	40

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