Materials Informatics Patents: Who Leads, Where the Gaps Are 2026
Materials Informatics and Materials Genomics Patents: Who Is Filing, and Where the Field Is Still Open
Filing nearly doubled in three years: 2021 to 2024 filings rose from 7 to 12, a 71% increase, before the count for 2025 onward understates true activity due to publication lag. Filings moved from 2 in 2017 to a peak of 12 in 2023, with the 2021-to-2024 span showing a 71% rise (7 to 12). Years from 2025 onward are still filling in as publications catch up to filing dates, so the apparent tail-off should not be read as a slowdown.
- 1CITRINE INFORMATICS INC7
- 2PROTERIAL LTD7
- 3NGK INSULATORS LTD7
- 4PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO LTD5
- 5MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC5
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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 are the leading patent holders in materials informatics and materials genomics?
The dataset’s ranking covers 30 assignees, with the single leader holding 7 of the 62 records in scope and the top 5 combined accounting for 50.0% of all records. That leaves a long tail of entrants with one or two filings each, so the field is led but not locked up by any one player. A newcomer assessing competitive risk should look at the leader’s specific claim scope rather than assume the whole space is blocked.
Is patent filing in materials informatics growing or slowing down?
Filings rose from 7 in 2021 to 12 in 2024, a 71% increase, with 2023 the peak year recorded so far at 12. Counts appear to taper after 2024, but that reflects the roughly 18-month lag between filing and publication rather than an actual drop in activity. Anyone tracking this space should treat the last one to two years of any chart as a floor, not a ceiling.
What technology areas do these patents actually cover?
Most records carry claims in G06F (electric digital data processing, 40.3% of records) and G16C (computational chemistry, 37.1%), with G06N (AI-based computing) close behind at 29.0%. Classes tied directly to physical material testing, such as G01N, appear in only 16.1% of records. That split means the bulk of claim activity sits on the data-processing and modelling pipeline wrapped around a material, not on the material’s characterisation itself.
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 Materials Informatics & Materials Genomics 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.