Google Inc patents

Google Inc holds 18,484 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents18,484
Recent patents10
First publicationJan 1, 2015
Latest publicationOct 7, 2025

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
20155,484
20164,812
20174,543
20182,281
2019913
2020310
202194
202235
20236
20242
20254
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
20155,484
20164,812
20174,543
20182,281
2019913
2020310
202194
202235
20236
20242
20254

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
G06F16/95351,071
G06F16/9511,049
G06F3/0482869
G06F3/04842815
G06F16/24578768

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 Google Inc have in patentsdb?
Google Inc is linked to 18,484 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Google Inc patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Physics (14,897); Electricity (8,725); Cross-Sectional Technologies (1,111).
Is Google Inc's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 2 in 2024 and 4 in 2025 (higher year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Google Inc?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.