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# 131,121 AI patents were granted worldwide in 2024, 34 times as many as in 2010
- URL: https://aiadoption.org/data/ai-patents-granted-worldwide/
- Published: 2026-10-19T06:30:41.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T06:04:11.000Z
- Description: Patent offices granted 131,121 AI patents in 2024, up 8.2% on 2023 and 34 times the 3,866 of 2010. Growth has slowed from the 2020–2022 surge.
- Author: Manu
- Tags: Data, AI Research, #chart, #ai-index-2026, #hub-research

131,121

▲ 8.2% vs 2023

AI patents granted worldwide in 2024

20102024

## What the chart shows

Patent offices worldwide granted 131,121 AI patents in 2024, up 8.2% from 121,218 in 2023 and 34 times the 3,866 granted in 2010.

Growth has slowed: grants rose 42–61% a year from 2019 to 2022, then 29% in 2023 and 8.2% in 2024.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value   |
| ------- | ------- |
| 2024    | 131,121 |
| 2023    | 121,218 |
| 2022    | 93,721  |
| 2019    | 27,028  |
| 2010    | 3,866   |

## How to read it

- Granted patents from PATSTAT Global, counted by year of grant. Patent data arrives with a delay, so 2024 is the latest year.
- Patent standards and laws differ across countries, so counts are not strictly comparable between offices.

**Source:** [AI Index](https://aiadoption.org/sources/#ai-index), 2026, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 1.7.1: *Number of AI patents granted worldwide, 2010–24*. Chart and text by AI Adoption.  
Numbers checked against the published data on 19 October 2026.  
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