China-based inventors are filing the highest number of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) patents, far outpacing inventors in the US, the Republic of Korea, Japan, and India that comprise the rest of the top five locations, a new WIPO report shows.
The “WIPO Patent Landscape Report on Generative AI” documents 54,000 GenAI inventions in the decade through 2023, with more than 25% of them emerging in the last year alone.
GenAI allows users to create content including text, images, music, and computer code, powering a range of industrial and consumer products including chatbots such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, or Baidu’s ERNIE.
China-based inventors are filing the highest number of generative artificial intelligence patents, a new WIPO report shows: https://t.co/MloqPsEIdC.
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Between 2014-2023, more than 38,000 GenAI inventions have come out of China, six times more than second-place US. India, which is the fifth-biggest location for GenAI invention, saw the highest average annual growth rate among the top five leaders, at 56%. GenAI is already spreading across industries including the life sciences, manufacturing, transportation, security, and telecommunications, the report shows.
“GenAI has emerged as a game-changing technology with the potential to transform the way we work, live, and play. Through analyzing patenting trends and data, WIPO hopes to give everyone a better understanding of where this fast-evolving technology is being developed, and where it is headed. This can help policymakers shape the development of GenAI for our common benefit and to ensure that we continue to put human beings at the center of our innovation and creative ecosystems. We are confident that the report will empower innovators, researchers, and others to navigate the rapidly evolving generative AI landscape and its impact on the world,” said WIPO Director General Daren Tang.
