The global medical industry experienced a 50% decline in the number of robotics-related patent applications in Q3 2022 compared with the previous quarter. The total number of robotics-related grants rose by 12% in Q3 2022, according to GlobalData’s whitepaper on Robotics in Medical Devices – Patenting Activity in Q3 2022.
Notably, the number of robotics-related patent applications in the medical industry was 226 in Q3 2022, versus 450 in the prior quarter.
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Analysis of patenting activity by companies shows that Johnson & Johnson filed the most robotics patents within the medical industry in Q3 2022. The company filed 8 robotics-related patents in the quarter, compared with 5 in the previous quarter. It was followed by CMR Surgical with 7 robotics patent filings, Robocath (5 filings), and Intuitive Surgical (4 filings) in Q3 2022.
The largest share of robotics related patent filings in the medical industry in Q3 2022 was in the US with 43%, followed by China (11%) and South Korea (7%). The share represented by the US was 9% higher than the 34% share it accounted for in Q2 2022.
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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.
