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MICROSOFT, GOOGLE AND AMAZONPATENTING STRATEGY, 2009-2018
Analysis by 62,000 full-text patents read and
analysed by Teqmine AI
www.teqmine.com
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
● The patenting strategies of Microsoft, Google and Google are significantly converging.
● Patent and technology race between them is intensifying, but they share defense against other firms.
● Their overall patenting volume shows moderate decline.
● Strategic technology areas show clear increase in patenting volume.
● Amazon has built significant lead in cloud computing related technologies & patenting.
● They are all venturing into mobility and sensors.
How the analysis was done
62,000 USPTO 1st time publications with Microsoft, Google or Amazon as assignee was extracted.
Full-text patent descriptions were read and classified by Teqmine AI into 15 different Topic Areas.
AI created topics were visualized with Word Clouds and given human names. (see following slides)
Data was loaded to Technology Map On-Line portal for detailed analysis and updates.
Learn more at: www.teqmine.com
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MICROSOFT, GOOGLE, AMAZON USPTO PATENTING 2009-2018
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MICROSOFT, GOOGLE, AMAZONPatenting strategy & profile, 2013-2018
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MICROSOFT, AMAZON & GOOGLE PATENTING Image and Video Processing & Encoding
Source: USPTO patent applications, Teqmine
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MICROSOFT, AMAZON & GOOGLE PATENTING Device User Interface & Interacting
Source: USPTO patent applications, Teqmine
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MICROSOFT, AMAZON & GOOGLE PATENTING Servers, Networks and Storage
Source: USPTO patent applications, Teqmine
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MICROSOFT, AMAZON & GOOGLE PATENTING Network and Computing Resources (Virtual Memory)
Source: USPTO patent applications, Teqmine
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MICROSOFT, AMAZON & GOOGLE PATENTING User Authentication, Information & Service
Source: USPTO patent applications, Teqmine
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MICROSOFT, AMAZON & GOOGLE PATENTING Natural Language Processing
Source: USPTO patent applications, Teqmine
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MICROSOFT, AMAZON & GOOGLE PATENTING File-Data-System-Instruction-Code
Source: USPTO patent applications, Teqmine
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MICROSOFT, AMAZON & GOOGLE PATENTING Search & Query
Source: USPTO patent applications, Teqmine
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MICROSOFT, AMAZON & GOOGLE PATENTING Computer Data and Media Storage
Source: USPTO patent applications, Teqmine
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MICROSOFT, AMAZON & GOOGLE PATENTING Web Documents and Internet Browsing
Source: USPTO patent applications, Teqmine
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MICROSOFT, AMAZON & GOOGLE PATENTING User Displays and Interfaces
Source: USPTO patent applications, Teqmine
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MICROSOFT, AMAZON & GOOGLE PATENTING Mobile & Wireless Devices and Communication
Source: USPTO patent applications, Teqmine
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MICROSOFT, AMAZON & GOOGLE PATENTING Graphs and Nodes
Source: USPTO patent applications, Teqmine
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MICROSOFT, AMAZON & GOOGLE PATENTING Advertising and Campaigns
Source: USPTO patent applications, Teqmine
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MICROSOFT, AMAZON & GOOGLE PATENTING Optical Sensors and Cameras
Source: USPTO patent applications, Teqmine
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Customized AI Analysis of Strategic Technologies & Patents
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