Innovation

11,738 patent families (5,630 granted) — focus: Chemistry & metallurgy, Operations & transport, Emerging technologies, Physics & computing; filing pace steady. Cited 56,434 times.

Year	Filings
2015	700
2016	508
2017	552
2018	516
2019	562
2020	604
2021	605
2022	570
2023	677
2024	936
2025	827
2026	185

Investor mix

2 investors on record.

Investor type	Count	Share
Private equity	2	100%