APPLE INC Patent Filing Trends & Competitor Comparison
The Applicant / Patent Holder "APPLE INC" had 2,697 patent application filings in the publication-lag-adjusted comparison period (2024-01-01 to 2024-10-31). This is a with an decreasing trend transition of -516 filings (-16.1%) over 3,213 they had in the same period of the previous year (2023-01-01 to 2023-10-31).
The highest number of filings in 2023 with 3,601 cases, and their lowest number in 2021 with 2,929 cases (years covered: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024).
The mean of the number of filings over the last 4 years (2021 to 2024, 12,866 cases in total) is 3,216, and the median is 3,168. The coefficient of variation (standard deviation/mean) is 0.08, and filings have been stable.
| Index | Value |
|---|---|
| Average | 3,216 patents |
| Std Dev | 250 |
| COV | 0.08 |
The number of filings has been decreasing for the publication-lag-adjusted last 3 years (2023 to 2025).
| Year | Cases | YOY |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 year | 2,091 cases | -32.2% |
| 2024 year | 3,082 cases | -14.41% |
| 2023 year | 3,601 cases | +10.66% |
This report provides the latest patent analysis information (the IP landscape, including a patent map) on the patent search results of the US patent database for APPLE INC for the period of the last 6 years (2020 to 2025). You can compare the information in this report with the trends in your competitors’ patent filings and technologies.
This service provides, free of charge, a patent analysis report based on the latest patent data (Japanese, U.S., European, and PCT application publications) for use in patent searches, patent analysis, and IP landscaping. The service is offered by "Patent Integration" a firm specializing in patent search/patent analysis.
This report includes basic information to help you understand the IP strategy and management of APPLE INC, such as changes in the number of patents/patent applications they have filed, comparisons of the numbers of patents/patent applications filed by their peers and competitors, and their top coapplicants (joint research partners, alliance partners). It can be used in various intellectual property business operations such as IP landscaping, patent search/patent analysis, preparation of intellectual property business evaluation reports, selection of M&A candidates, and selection of alliance partners.
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Introduction
The concept of the "IP landscape" (IPL) has been attracting attention recently.
An IP landscape is not limited to patent information, but also integrates and analyzes business information (e.g., non-patent information such as papers, news releases, stock information, and market information). Intellectual-property-based business management is realized through the analysis of intellectual property information applied to the formulation of management strategies and business strategies. This is a comprehensive approach that includes but not limited to planning of open and closed strategies, selecting M&A candidates, searching for alliance partners, and formulating intellectual property strategies, through the exploitation of intellectual property information.
IP landscaping usually includes patent search and patent analysis. In patent search and patent analysis, it is important to grasp the market position of each company and the overall technological trends and development trends for each technology. More specifically, it is important to understand what intellectual property your own company and other companies hold, what the strengths and weaknesses of other companies are, and how other companies are trying to exploit their intellectual property. In other words, it is important to understand both the business strategy and the intellectual property strategy of each company.
Foreign Patent Analysis Report
The following foreign patent analysis reports have been found for APPLE INC. The trends of patent filings of APPLE INC for each country can be found by clicking on the Applicant/Patent Holder name next to each country.
| Country | Applicant / Patent Holder |
|---|---|
| JP | アップルインコーポレイテッド |
| US | APPLE INC |
| EP | APPLE INC |
| PCT | APPLE INC |
APPLE INC, Changes in the Number of US Patents/Patent Applications
The changes in the number of patent filings of APPLE INC over the last 6 years (US) are shown below.
The change in the number of patents/patent applications is the most basic index in patent analysis. By examining the change in the number of patents/patent applications, you can see the status of technological development and R&D focus for each company or technology. It should be noted that since there is a one and a half year lag between the filing and the laying open of patent applications, it is not possible to analyze the situation more recently than one and half years prior to the present.
APPLE INC US patent filing trend (unit: cases)
| Year | Cases |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,929 |
| 2022 | 3,254 |
| 2023 | 3,601 |
| 2024 | 3,082 |
| 2025 | 2,091 |
Patent Landscape
Patent landscaping is a visualization of the distribution of patent filings (application focus areas) for each technical keyword. Mountains and islands indicated by heatmap contours represent clusters of patent applications filed, and red areas on the heatmap indicate many patent filings relating to the keyword.
The patent landscape for APPLE INC gives an intuitive understanding of what patent filings they have made and what technical position is to be established. By selecting filing year checkboxes and filtering, you can track their past filing trends (what technical area they have focused on).
By selecting applicant/patent holder checkboxes and filtering, you can visually grasp the technical areas of the filings for each applicant and the partnerships or alliances formed. Please use it as a guide for patent analysis and IP landscaping.
Keywords (importance)
Top keywords frequently used in patent filings for APPLE INC are shown below.
Top keywords for APPLE INC
| Keyword | Score |
|---|---|
| base | 100.0 |
| user | 94.36 |
| datum | 90.84 |
| determine | 81.88 |
| disclose | 74.44 |
| receive | 64.01 |
| associate | 46.43 |
| detect | 46.21 |
| application | 45.72 |
| input | 45.42 |
| display | 43.4 |
| couple | 42.08 |
| image | 39.56 |
| store | 38.41 |
| response | 37.66 |
Search Set (Analysis Patents)
This patent analysis report was created for a patent search set of 14,957 cases retrieved by applying the following search formula and analysis period to the following patent database. Patent information such as a patent analysis result, a patent map, and a patent landscape can be freely used for patent searches, analysis, and work on intellectual property strategies, including IP landscaping.
APPLE INC
Recent publications
| Publication No. | Title | Bibliographic info | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. USA2026/0317230 | ASYMMETRIC CHEMICAL STRENGTHENING | ・Applicant APPLE INC ・Filing date 2026-01-09 ・Publication date 2026-10-15 | — |
| 2. USA2026/0319332 | Variable Aperture Assembly with Anti-Backlash Blades | ・Applicant APPLE INC ・Filing date 2025-04-11 ・Publication date 2026-10-15 | — |
| 3. USA2026/0319632 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL PLACEMENT AND REFINEMENT IN MULTI-USER COMMUNICATION SESSIONS | ・Applicant APPLE INC ・Filing date 2026-01-28 ・Publication date 2026-10-15 | — |
| 4. USA2026/0320043 | TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING RESPONSES TO SEARCH QUERIES BY INTERACING WITH MULTIPLE DOMAINS | ・Applicant APPLE INC ・Filing date 2026-06-25 ・Publication date 2026-10-15 | — |
| 5. USA2026/0320932 | CONTENT REPROJECTION BETWEEN LOCATIONS | ・Applicant APPLE INC ・Filing date 2026-04-07 ・Publication date 2026-10-15 | — |
| 6. USA2026/0320743 | Context-Based Selection of Perspective Correction Operations | ・Applicant APPLE INC ・Filing date 2026-05-27 ・Publication date 2026-10-15 | — |
| 7. USA2026/0322357 | Multi-Gain Mode Filter with Improved Linearity | ・Applicant APPLE INC ・Filing date 2025-04-11 ・Publication date 2026-10-15 | — |
| 8. USA2026/0322591 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENCRYPTING AND TRANSMITTING DATA BETWEEN DEVICES | ・Applicant APPLE INC ・Filing date 2026-01-29 ・Publication date 2026-10-15 | — |
| 9. USA2026/0322884 | TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN COMPUTER SYSTEMS | ・Applicant APPLE INC ・Filing date 2026-02-02 ・Publication date 2026-10-15 | — |
| 10. USA2026/0322921 | AI AGENT IN VISUAL VOICEMAIL DAEMON | ・Applicant APPLE INC ・Filing date 2026-06-29 ・Publication date 2026-10-15 | — |
| 11. USA2026/0323518 | Configuration for UE Wake Up Signal Triggering SIB1 Transmission and Monitoring | ・Applicant APPLE INC ・Filing date 2023-11-30 ・Publication date 2026-10-15 | — |
| 12. USA2026/0323230 | FIELD CANCELLATION FOR AUDIO TRANSDUCER COILS | ・Applicant APPLE INC ・Filing date 2025-04-11 ・Publication date 2026-10-15 | — |
| 13. USA2026/0323411 | FAST SECONDARY CELL MEASUREMENT REPORTING | ・Applicant APPLE INC ・Filing date 2023-05-19 ・Publication date 2026-10-15 | — |
| 14. USA2026/0323233 | Audio Rendering for Multiple Camera Positions | ・Applicant APPLE INC ・Filing date 2026-06-01 ・Publication date 2026-10-15 | — |
| 15. USA2026/0323636 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR MULTI-CELL SCHEDULING | ・Applicant APPLE INC ・Filing date 2023-11-30 ・Publication date 2026-10-15 | — |
Same industry / competition company information (US)
The number of patents and changes in the number of patents of other companies (competitors) in the same industry as APPLE INC are shown below.
Comparison of changes in the number of patents with peers and competitors is an important analytical index for understanding the intellectual property strategies of each company. By checking the transition of the number of patents for each company / competitor, you can check the status of focus on technology development and R&D for each company / technology.
It should be noted that patents have a time lag of one and a half years from filing to publication, so it is not possible to analyze the situation more recent than one and a half years.
Trends in filing of joint patent applications in the last 3 years (2023 to 2025).
Comparing the number of applications of each company, APPLE INC has the highest number of joint applications in the last in the last 3 years (2023 to 2025) with 8,774 cases, followed by ARM LIMITED with 4 cases.
| Name | Cases |
|---|---|
| APPLE INC | 8,774 cases |
| ARM LIMITED | 4 cases |
| CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | 1 cases |
| WATROUS BJ | 1 cases |
Trends in filing of joint patent applications for the target period (2020 to 2025).
Comparing the number of applications of each company, APPLE INC has the highest number of joint applications in the last for the target period (2020 to 2025) with 18,286 cases, followed by ARM LIMITED with 4 cases.
| Name | Cases |
|---|---|
| APPLE INC | 18,286 cases |
| ARM LIMITED | 4 cases |
| CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | 2 cases |
| WATROUS BJ | 1 cases |
Same industry / competition company US patent filing ranking
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Same industry / competition company, Change in the Number of US Patents
Below is a patent map showing changes in the number of applications for US patents of 4 companies in the same industry over the past 6 years.
Competitor filing ranking
| Name | Cases |
|---|---|
| APPLE INC | 18,286 |
| ARM LIMITED | 4 |
| CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | 2 |
| WATROUS BJ | 1 |
Top coapplicant information (US)
The changes in the number of patents shared with APPLE INC’s top coapplicants are shown below.
By searching for the top coapplicants, you can discover what companies APPLE INC is partnered with to develop technologies and use this information for R&D and intellectual property strategies.
Also, by looking at the change in the number of filings, you can see what companies APPLE INC conducted joint research with in the past, and check the history of APPLE INC’s alliances, partnerships, and joint research and development.
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Trends in filing of joint patent applications in the last 3 years (2023 to 2025).
Among the top coapplicants, ARM LIMITED has the highest number of joint applications in the last in the last 3 years (2023 to 2025) with 4 cases, followed by CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY with 1 cases.
| Name | Cases |
|---|---|
| ARM LIMITED | 4 cases |
| CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | 1 cases |
| WATROUS BJ | 1 cases |
Trends in filing of joint patent applications for the target period (2020 to 2025).
Among the top coapplicants, ARM LIMITED has the highest number of joint applications in the last for the target period (2020 to 2025) with 4 cases, followed by CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY with 2 cases.
| Name | Cases |
|---|---|
| ARM LIMITED | 4 cases |
| CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | 2 cases |
| WATROUS BJ | 1 cases |
Top coapplicant US patent filing ranking
Below is a ranking of the number of US patent applications by APPLE INC’s top 3 coapplicants over the last 6 years.
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佐藤 寿のコメント
競合企業の長期推移をどう読むか
同業や競合企業の長期的な特許出願件数の推移から、長期トレンドと出願件数の山や谷を確認することができます。
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Top co-applicant filing ranking
| Name | Cases |
|---|---|
| ARM LIMITED | 4 |
| CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | 2 |
| WATROUS BJ | 1 |
Top coapplicant, Change in the Number of US Patents
Below is a patent map showing the changes in the numbers of US patent filings by APPLE INC’s top 3 coapplicants over the last 6 years.
Top co-applicant filing ranking
| Name | Cases |
|---|---|
| ARM LIMITED | 4 |
| CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | 2 |
| WATROUS BJ | 1 |
Top coapplicant details
Trends in filing of joint patent applications with ARM LIMITED
APPLE INC filed 4 joint applications with ARM LIMITED for the analysis period (2020 to 2025).
The mean of the number of filings over the last 5 years (2020 to 2024, 0 cases in total) is 0, and the median is 0. The coefficient of variation (standard deviation/mean) is 0, and filings have been stable.
Because some years show zero filings in the collected data, strong trend claims are avoided; see the yearly table. The highest number of filings in 2020 with 0 cases, and their lowest number in 2020 with 0 cases (years covered: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024).
| Index | Value |
|---|---|
| Average | 0 patents |
| Std Dev | 0 |
| COV | 0 |
| Year | Cases | YOY |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 year | 4 cases | - |
| 2024 year | 0 cases | - |
| 2023 year | 0 cases | - |
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競合企業との比較のポイント
同業や競合企業が特許に注力している分野を知ることで、自社の戦略や製品開発の方向性を把握することができます。
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