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Patent applications related to artificial intelligence increased by 26% per year on average in the aerospace & defence industry since 2020
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The global aerospace & defence industry experienced a 26% increase in annual average growth rate (AAGR) in the number of artificial intelligence-related patent applications between 2020 and 2022. The total number of artificial intelligence-related grants increased by an AAGR of 41% during the same period, according to GlobalData's patent analytics database.
Notably, the number of artificial intelligence-related patent applications in the aerospace & defence industry was 6,055 since 2020, while 3,090 applications were granted.
The top five companies by filings accounted for 21% of patent applications
Analysis of patent applications by assignee shows that Boeing filed the most artificial intelligence patents within the aerospace & defence industry since 2020. The company filed 411 artificial intelligence-related patents since 2020.
It was followed by Thales (186 applications), Raytheon Technologies (165 applications), Honeywell International (101 applications) and Baidu (88 applications).
The top five companies by grants accounted for 21% of successful patent grants
Analysis of patent grants by assignee shows that Boeing was granted 193 patents related to artificial intelligence within the aerospace & defence industry since 2020. It was followed by Agency For Defense Development (107 grants), Raytheon Technologies (68 grants), Thales (64 grants) and Honeywell International (55 grants).
Patent activity was driven by the US with a 44% share of total patent publications
The largest share of artificial intelligence-related patent publications in the aerospace & defence industry since 2020 was held by the US with 44%, followed by China (37%) and South Korea (7%).
GlobalData, the leading provider of industry intelligence, provided the underlying data, research, and analysis used to produce this article.
GlobalData’s Patents Analytics tracks patent filings and grants from official patent offices around the world. Proprietary analysis and official patent classifications are used to group patents into key thematic areas and link them to specific companies across the world’s largest industries.
