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, 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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Numbers checked against the published data on 19 October 2026.
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