About 250 automotive applications in two decades, a fraction of what it files in a single year, mind
According to Akira Yamauchi, CEO at Intellectual Property Landscape, Apple's decision to distance itself from Intel ties to its shift to in-house chip production.
Apple isn't going to stop at components, though: Yamauchi believes the company is on the path toward building an entire vehicle."Unlike Google, which is specializing in self-driving technology, Apple is making patent applications with an eye toward developing its own vehicle," Yamauchi said. Those patents include"components that will make driving and riding more comfortable," and an autonomous driving AI that can merge onto highways, somethingsaid has challenged traditional automakers like Toyota, which has cited Apple's patents in its own filings.
While 248 patents is a lot, it's worth pointing out how many patents Apple has globally: 72,054, 55,757 of them activeApple's patent filing volume has trended downward in the past few years, but it still makes 248 over 22 years a drop in the bucket: in 2020, the most recent year for which full numbers are available, Apple filed 3,648 patent applications. ®
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