Digital Batch Records Patents: Top Companies & Filing Trends 2026
Digital Batch Records and Data Integrity Patents: Who Files, and What They Claim
27.7% of all 3,577 records sit with just five assignees, but the tenth-ranked filer holds only 52 records — a steep drop from a leader with 431. Filings rose from 223 in 2017 to a peak of 247 in 2025, with 2021-2024 the last complete window showing +14% growth (121 to 138 records). 2025 and 2026 figures will continue to rise as publication catches up with filing, so treat the tail of the trend as a floor, not a ceiling.
- 1INTEL CORP12.0%
- 2MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC4.8%
- 3INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION4.6%
- 4ACCENTURE LLP3.2%
- 5DISCOVISION ASSOC3.1%
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Common questions about this landscape
Who holds the most patents on electronic batch records and data integrity?
One assignee leads the ranked field with 431 records, well ahead of the fifth-placed filer at 112 and the tenth at 52. That gap suggests the leader has built a broad defensive portfolio over time rather than the field being evenly split among a handful of comparable competitors. Because the ranking counts patent families, this reflects sustained filing activity rather than a single large application family being double-counted.
Is the number of patents in this field growing or shrinking?
Filing grew from 121 records in 2021 to 138 in 2024, a 14% increase over that three-year span, which is the last period the data can treat as complete. Later years (2025-2026) show lower counts, but that is expected: patent publication typically lags filing by about 18 months, so those figures will keep rising as more applications publish. Peak filing so far was 247 records in 2025, itself likely to be revised upward.
What technology areas dominate digital batch record patents?
Electric digital data processing (IPC class G06F) appears in 65.5% of the 3,577 records in scope, making it the dominant technical category by a wide margin. Digital information transmission (H04L, 23.6%) and business/commerce data processing (G06Q, 16.8%) are the next most common, and most records carrying one of these secondary classes also carry G06F — meaning claims in this field rarely address storage or validation in isolation from how records move or support a workflow.
Disclaimer. This analysis is based on Patsnap Eureka data drawn from a limited snapshot of global patent records and is provided for general information and reference only. Patent data carries inherent limitations — recent filings are under-counted because of publication lag, counts may be on a record or family basis, classification and applicant-name data may contain errors or duplicates, and the underlying search query defines the scope shown — so the analysis may be incomplete or inaccurate and may not reflect the full technology landscape.
Nothing here is an exhaustive prior-art, novelty, freedom-to-operate or validity search, nor does it constitute legal, financial or professional advice, and it should not be relied upon as such. Verify independently and review with qualified patent and legal professionals before acting on it.
Method: Filing trend and technology composition. Derived from a Patsnap search on Digital Batch Records and Data Integrity covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish. Every share divides by all records in scope. Data: Patsnap Eureka. See the full landscape report.