Innovation
916 patent families (717 granted) — focus: Human necessities, Physics & computing, Electricity & electronics, Operations & transport; filing pace slowing. Cited 48,549 times.
| Year | Filings |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 10 |
| 2016 | 101 |
| 2017 | 197 |
| 2018 | 247 |
| 2019 | 278 |
| 2020 | 304 |
| 2021 | 237 |
| 2022 | 174 |
| 2023 | 156 |
| 2024 | 149 |
| 2025 | 207 |
| 2026 | 51 |
Hiring activity
Hires occasionally
1 role tracked across 1 of the last 12 months
3 Nov 2025 · Staff IT Data Architect · Dallas
6 Oct 2025 · Cloud Engineer III · Mountain View
1 Oct 2025 · Staff Security Engineer · San Bruno
11 Sep 2025 · Security Engineer · San Bruno
4 Aug 2025 · Data Scientist · San Bruno
Based on job postings tracked across public sources.