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Patent applications related to robotics witnessed 11% average annual growth in the pharmaceutical industry since 2020
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The global pharmaceutical industry experienced a 11% annual average growth rate (AAGR) in the number of robotics-related patent applications between 2020 and 2022. The total number of robotics-related grants increased by an AAGR of 15% during the same period, according to GlobalData's patent analytics database.
Notably, the number of robotics-related patent applications in the pharmaceutical industry was 669 since 2020, while 390 applications were granted.
The top five assignees by filings accounted for 21% of patent applications
Analysis of patent applications by assignee shows that Danaher filed the most robotics patents within the pharmaceutical industry since 2020. The company filed 30 robotics-related patents since 2020.
It was followed by Inscripta (22 applications), Ginkgo Bioworks (20 applications), Aixtron (16 applications) and Advanced Solutions Life Sciences (15 applications).
The top five assignees by grants accounted for 26% of successful patent grants
Analysis of patent grants by assignee shows that Inscripta was granted 22 patents related to robotics within the pharmaceutical industry since 2020. It was followed by Danaher (16 grants), Ginkgo Bioworks (15 grants), Becton Dickinson (9 grants) and Johnson & Johnson (7 grants).
Patent activity was driven by China with a 36% share of total patent publications
The largest share of robotics-related patent publications in the pharmaceutical industry since 2020 was held by China with 36%, followed by the US (31%) and Japan (7%).
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.
