Innovation
11,191 patent families (4,602 granted) — focus: Operations & transport, Physics & computing, Electricity & electronics, Mechanical engineering; filing pace steady. Cited 37,645 times.
| Year | Filings |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 262 |
| 2016 | 368 |
| 2017 | 461 |
| 2018 | 396 |
| 2019 | 550 |
| 2020 | 1173 |
| 2021 | 1430 |
| 2022 | 1242 |
| 2023 | 985 |
| 2024 | 1874 |
| 2025 | 2120 |
| 2026 | 190 |