Alibaba Group Holding Ltd patents

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd holds 6,041 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents6,041
Recent patents428
First publicationJan 1, 2015
Latest publicationMar 24, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is rapidly declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
2015238
2016374
2017408
2018610
2019925
20201,953
2021581
2022393
2023251
2024177
2025113
202618
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
2015238
2016374
2017408
2018610
2019925
20201,953
2021581
2022393
2023251
2024177
2025113
202618

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Top CPC classifications

Most common classification codes in this portfolio.

Top CPC codes by patent count
CPCPatents
H04L9/50684
H04L9/3239589
H04L2209/38405
H04L9/0637376
H04L9/3247362

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

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Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does Alibaba Group Holding Ltd have in patentsdb?
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is linked to 6,041 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Alibaba Group Holding Ltd patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Physics (5,054); Electricity (3,535); Cross-Sectional Technologies (190).
Is Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 177 in 2024 and 113 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Alibaba Group Holding Ltd?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.