Based on the headlines you might think that Google single-handedly created the self-driving car, but when it comes to patents for autonomous driving technology, the IT giant is no match for Robert Bosch, Toyota and Volkswagen.
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Based on the headlines you might think that Google single-handedly
created the self-driving car, but when it comes to patents for
autonomous driving technology, the IT giant is no match for Robert
Bosch, Toyota and Volkswagen.
Since 2010, Bosch has applied for 2,710 patents related to autonomous
driving followed by Toyota’s 2,061. VW ranked third (1,173) with
Japanese supplier Denso (1,022) and Honda (882) rounding out the top
five.
Where was Google? It ranked 26th with 140 patents, according to
figures from Grunecker Patent Attorneys, which specializes in
intellectual property law .
The Munich-based firm said, however, that Google is on track to
overtake BMW in this key area. The Silicon Valley-based company had 68
patents related to the technology published in 2015, up from six in
2008.
“With this growth rate, Google will soon pass by BMW and catch up to
the 15 most important technology firms in the field of autonomous
driving worldwide,” Jens Koch, a patent attorney at Grunecker, said in a
release.
When the data is broken down by country, German firms ranked No. 1
with 5,390 patent applications followed closely by Japanese companies
with 5,354.
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