PatentsDB

Find patents quickly and understand selected patents in plain English.

Top assignees

These companies hold the largest patent portfolios in our database right now.

Top assignees by patent count
CompanyPatents
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd161,132
IBM145,650
Canon Kk74,532
Qualcomm Inc72,504
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Co Ltd68,240
Lg Electronics Inc65,028
Huawei Tech Co Ltd60,940
Apple Inc60,681
Intel Corp58,170
Samsung Display Co Ltd56,781

Featured technology areas

Mapped technology topics with the most patent activity in our database.

Top technology areas by patent count
TechnologyPatents
Electricity2,692,010
Physics2,681,736
Operations & Transport1,165,463
Human Necessities929,254
Chemistry & Metallurgy767,277
Cross-Sectional Technologies730,234
Mechanical Engineering524,681
Fixed Constructions148,599
Textiles & Paper49,113

Top CPC categories

Cooperative Patent Classification codes with the most publications indexed so far.

Top CPC categories by patent count
CPC codePatents
Y02E60/10117,088
G06N20/0096,103
H10W90/0081,545
A61P35/0077,336
G06N3/0868,379
H04W72/2360,098
G06N3/04560,081
G06N3/0958,484
G06N3/046450,287
A61K45/0648,675

Latest patents

Recently published records with complete title and publication date metadata.

How it works

A simple path from search to structured patent context.

  1. 1

    Search or browse

    Start with a patent number, keyword, company, or CPC code. Discovery pages highlight recent and trending publications.

  2. 2

    Open the entity page

    Patent, company, CPC, and technology pages summarize metadata, trends, and related publications from our Postgres graph.

  3. 3

    Follow the links

    Move across assignees, inventors, classifications, families, and compound slices to understand how filings cluster.

  4. 4

    Go deeper when ready

    Plain-English summaries are rolling out on top of this public metadata layer — core search stays free.