Trending Technologies
Patent subclasses with the strongest growth and steepest decline, measured by compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of IPC filings from 2013 to 2023. Only subclasses with at least 1,000 total filings are included.
Fastest Growing
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE INTERNET OF THINGS [IoT]
22,331 filings · peak 6,113 in 2021
UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
21,438 filings · peak 12,831 in 2023
INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS
5,565 filings · peak 2,046 in 2023
INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
5,597 filings · peak 2,316 in 2023
INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
12,210 filings · peak 4,637 in 2023
COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; CHEMOINFORMATICS; COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE
20,686 filings · peak 7,083 in 2023
COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS
613,242 filings · peak 139,015 in 2023
MECHANICAL OR PRESSURE CLEANING OF CARPETS, RUGS, SACKS, HIDES, OR OTHER SKIN OR TEXTILE ARTICLES OR FABRICS; TURNING INSIDE-OUT FLEXIBLE TUBULAR OR OTHER HOLLOW ARTICLES
15,805 filings · peak 3,312 in 2020
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
144,289 filings · peak 19,180 in 2020
IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
380,096 filings · peak 101,211 in 2023
GEOTHERMAL COLLECTORS; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS
6,275 filings · peak 950 in 2020
CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
711,919 filings · peak 128,011 in 2023
FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
314,804 filings · peak 57,041 in 2023
GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES
178,704 filings · peak 30,129 in 2023
SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS BY SIEVING, SCREENING, SIFTING OR BY USING GAS CURRENTS; SEPARATING BY OTHER DRY METHODS APPLICABLE TO BULK MATERIAL, e.g. LOOSE ARTICLES FIT TO BE HANDLED LIKE BULK MATERIAL
222,813 filings · peak 37,823 in 2020
MARKING, INSPECTING, SEAMING OR SEVERING TEXTILE MATERIALS
34,771 filings · peak 6,839 in 2020
PLANING, DRILLING, MILLING, TURNING OR UNIVERSAL MACHINES FOR WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL
30,601 filings · peak 5,525 in 2020
POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
91,387 filings · peak 13,663 in 2021
MECHANICAL WORKING OF CANE, CORK, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS
7,997 filings · peak 1,372 in 2018
DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
305,945 filings · peak 49,667 in 2020
Declining
APPARATUS FOR BRONZE PRINTING, LINE PRINTING, OR FOR BORDERING OR EDGING SHEETS OR LIKE ARTICLES; AUXILIARY APPARATUS FOR PERFORATING IN CONJUNCTION WITH PRINTING
1,131 filings · peak 283 in 2016
NANOSTRUCTURES FORMED BY MANIPULATION OF INDIVIDUAL ATOMS OR MOLECULES, OR LIMITED COLLECTIONS OF ATOMS OR MOLECULES AS DISCRETE UNITS; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT THEREOF
8,476 filings · peak 1,702 in 2013
TUNING RESONANT CIRCUITS; SELECTING RESONANT CIRCUITS
1,256 filings · peak 190 in 2013
ELECTRIC INCANDESCENT LAMPS
2,283 filings · peak 366 in 2013
CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
28,860 filings · peak 3,780 in 2015
HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINE PLANTS; USE OF WASTE HEAT OF COMBUSTION ENGINES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
9,170 filings · peak 1,134 in 2016
BUREAU ACCESSORIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
6,878 filings · peak 779 in 2018
SACCHARIDES OBTAINED FROM NATURAL SOURCES OR BY HYDROLYSIS OF NATURALLY OCCURRING DISACCHARIDES, OLIGOSACCHARIDES OR POLYSACCHARIDES
4,394 filings · peak 658 in 2013
DRY-CLEANING, WASHING OR BLEACHING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR MADE-UP FIBROUS GOODS; BLEACHING LEATHER OR FURS
5,729 filings · peak 759 in 2013
ROTARY-PISTON OR OSCILLATING-PISTON MACHINES OR ENGINES
7,722 filings · peak 960 in 2016
CIPHERING OR DECIPHERING APPARATUS FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC OR OTHER PURPOSES INVOLVING THE NEED FOR SECRECY
7,763 filings · peak 951 in 2015
HANDLING OF COINS OR OF VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
30,298 filings · peak 4,415 in 2016
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
8,309 filings · peak 1,574 in 2015
IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES
13,076 filings · peak 1,641 in 2014
MACHINES OR ENGINES, IN GENERAL OR OF POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT TYPE, e.g. STEAM ENGINES
5,561 filings · peak 691 in 2013
PRINTING PLATES OR FOILS; MATERIALS FOR SURFACES USED IN PRINTING MACHINES FOR PRINTING, INKING, DAMPING, OR THE LIKE; PREPARING SUCH SURFACES FOR USE OR CONSERVING THEM
5,288 filings · peak 648 in 2016
ELECTROMECHANICAL CLOCKS OR WATCHES
5,757 filings · peak 665 in 2015
TREATMENT OR CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF RUBBERS
7,557 filings · peak 935 in 2016