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Patent applications related to artificial intelligence witnessed 23% average annual growth in the pharmaceutical industry since 2020
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The global pharmaceutical industry experienced a 23% annual average growth rate (AAGR) in the number of artificial intelligence-related patent applications between 2020 and 2022. The total number of artificial intelligence-related grants increased by an AAGR of 24% during the same period, according to GlobalData's patent analytics database.
Notably, the number of artificial intelligence-related patent applications in the pharmaceutical industry was 1,476 since 2020, while 526 applications were granted.
The top five assignees by filings accounted for 10% of patent applications
Analysis of patent applications by assignee shows that Gritstone Bio filed the most artificial intelligence patents within the pharmaceutical industry since 2020. The company filed 33 artificial intelligence-related patents since 2020.
It was followed by Guardant Health (26 applications), F. Hoffmann-La Roche (22 applications), Amgen (20 applications) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (20 applications).
The top five assignees by grants accounted for 17% of successful patent grants
Analysis of patent grants by assignee shows that Takeda Pharmaceutical was granted 18 patents related to artificial intelligence within the pharmaceutical industry since 2020. It was followed by Guardant Health (17 grants), bluebird bio (13 grants), Harvard University (12 grants) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, AstraZeneca, and University of California, with 9 grants each.
Patent activity was driven by the US with a 50% share of total patent publications
The largest share of artificial intelligence-related patent publications in the pharmaceutical industry since 2020 was held by the US with 50%, followed by China (17%) and Japan (12%).
GlobalData, the leading provider of industry intelligence, provided the underlying data, research, and analysis used to produce this article.
GlobalData’s Patents Analytics tracks patent filings and grants from official patent offices around the world. Proprietary analysis and official patent classifications are used to group patents into key thematic areas and link them to specific companies across the world’s largest industries.
