Knowledge Graph and Graph Computing Patents: Filing Trends and Claim Concentration
22.7% of all 4,245 records sit with just five assignees, while the ranked leaders' list runs 100 deep with a long tail of single- and few-filing entrants. Annual publications rose from 157 in 2017 to a peak of 640 in 2024, up 47% from 2021's 435. 2025 and 2026 figures are still filling in as later-filed applications publish.
- 1WIZ INC7.4%
- 2STRONG FORCE VCN PORTFOLIO 2019 LLC4.7%
- 3MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC4.2%
- 4CISCO TECHNOLOGY INC3.8%
- 5INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION2.6%
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- The complete ranking, not just the top five
- Every IPC branch with its share of the corpus
- The most-cited records, and where claim space is still thin
Common questions about this landscape
Who holds the most patents in knowledge graph and graph computing technology?
One assignee leads the ranked list with 313 records, noticeably ahead of the fifth-placed filer at 110 and the tenth-placed filer at 71. The top 5 assignees combined account for 22.7% of all 4,245 records in scope, and the top 10 combined account for 32.4%. Beyond that group, coverage spreads thinly across a ranked list of 100 companies, many holding only a handful of families, so the field is led by a small group but not monopolised by it.
Is patent filing in knowledge graphs still growing?
Yes, based on the last fully reported period: annual publications rose from 435 in 2021 to 640 in 2024, a 47% increase over three years. Filing counts for 2025 and 2026 appear lower in the raw data, but that reflects the roughly 18-month lag between filing and publication rather than an actual slowdown, since later applications from those years are still working through the pipeline. 2024 is the most recent year that can be read as a complete picture.
What technology areas do most knowledge graph patents actually cover?
The largest IPC category is G06F, electric digital data processing, appearing in 68.2% of the 4,245 records in scope. AI-based computing (G06N) follows at 29.6%, and digital information transmission (H04L) at 22.5%. Smaller categories such as healthcare informatics (G16H, 5.2%) and control and regulating systems (G05B, 5.0%) show where graph techniques are applied to a specific industry vertical rather than claimed as general-purpose infrastructure, since a single record can carry multiple IPC classes these figures add to more than 100%.
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 Knowledge Graphs & Graph Computing Patent Landscape covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-08-31. 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.