The global consumer industry experienced a 12% decline in the number of future of work-related patent applications in Q1 2023 compared with the previous quarter. The total number of future of work-related grants dropped by 26% in Q1 2023, according to GlobalData’s Patent Analytics. GlobalData’s Future of Work – Thematic Research report explains how the theme future of work is impacting the workforce across different sectors, it presents key technology, macroeconomic and regulatory trends, market size and growth forecasts for technologies that will play a key role in the theme. Buy the report here.
Notably, the number of future of work-related patent applications in the consumer industry was 1,429 in Q1 2023, versus 1,623 in the prior quarter.
The top five companies accounted for 31% of patenting activity
Analysis of patenting activity by companies shows that Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai filed the most future of work patents within the consumer industry in Q1 2023. The company filed 137 future of work-related patents in the quarter, compared with 144 in the previous quarter. It was followed by Haier Group with 126 future of work patent filings, LG (100 filings), and Brother Industries (37 filings) in Q1 2023.
Patenting activity was driven by China with a 35% share of total patent filings
The largest share of future of work related patent filings in the consumer industry in Q1 2023 was in China with 35%, followed by Japan (11%) and the US (7%). The share represented by China was 7% lower than the 42% share it accounted for in Q4 2022.
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GlobalData, the leading provider of industry intelligence, provided the underlying data, research, and analysis used to produce this article.
GlobalData’s Patent Analytics tracks patent filings and grants from official offices around the world. Textual 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.
