Multi Agent Coordination Patents: Who Leads, Where the Gaps Are 2026
Multi agent coordination patents: filing trends, leading assignees and open claim space
29.3% concentration at the top. The top 5 of 100 ranked assignees hold 85 of 290 records in scope — a leader with 29 filings followed by a fast drop-off. Recorded filings rose from 2 in 2017 to a complete-year count of 36 in 2021, then fell 42% to 21 by 2024 — the last year that can be read as settled. 2025's count of 88 and 2026's partial count of 32 are real publications, but publication lag of roughly 18 months means both years will keep filling in and should not yet be read as a rebound.
- 1BRITISH TELECOM PLC29
- 2CITIBANK N A21
- 3TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)13
- 4APPLIED MATERIALS INC12
- 5QOMPLX INC10
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Common questions about multi agent coordination patents
Who holds the most patents in multi agent coordination?
The leading assignee in this 290-record dataset holds 29 records, well ahead of the field, with the fifth-ranked assignee at 10 and the tenth-ranked at 7. The top 5 assignees combined account for 29.3% of all 290 records, and the top 10 for 43.4%. Beyond that, the ranking of 100 assignees thins into a long tail of companies with only one or a few filings each, so leadership is concentrated but the rest of the field is fragmented.
Is patent filing in multi agent coordination growing or slowing down?
Complete-year data shows filings fell 42% from 36 in 2021 to 21 in 2024, which is a real, documented pullback rather than an estimate. Counts for 2025 and 2026 look higher, but publication typically lags filing by about 18 months, so those years are still filling in and should not be read as a rebound yet. The honest read is: the field grew into a 2021 peak, then cooled through 2024, with the most recent trend still uncertain.
What patent classes cover multi agent coordination technology?
The two largest IPC subclasses are G06F (electric digital data processing) and G06N (AI-based computing), each covering 32.1% of the 290 records in scope, followed by H04L (digital information transmission) at 25.9%. Control-oriented classes G05D and G05B cover smaller shares, around 10% and 9.7% respectively, marking a physical-control-systems subset distinct from the software-and-AI majority. Because a single record can carry multiple IPC codes, these shares add up 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 Multi Agent Coordination 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.