Innovation

7,564 patent families (1,736 granted) — focus: Operations & transport, Mechanical engineering, Physics & computing, Electricity & electronics; filing pace slowing. Cited 40,629 times.

Year	Filings
2014	549
2015	551
2016	488
2017	660
2018	626
2019	708
2020	688
2021	590
2022	472
2023	143
2024	11
2025	2

Investor mix

6 investors on record.

Investor type	Count	Share
Private equity	5	83%
Other / undisclosed	1	17%