P2P & Local Energy Market Patents: Top Filers & Trends 2026
Peer-to-Peer and Local Energy Market Patents: Who Files, and What They Claim
Filing peaked in 2020 at 20 records and growth from 2021 to 2024 fell 36%, the last span the data treats as complete. Filings rose from 2 in 2017 to a peak of 20 in 2020, then eased; the 2021-to-2024 span, the last treated as complete, shows an 11-to-7 decline, a 36% drop. Later years are still filling in under the publication lag and should not be read as a continued fall.
- 1HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC10
- 2CIRCLESX LLC6
- 3AMPERE POWER ENERGY SL5
- 4WATERWAIS INC5
- 5AL AIN UNIV4
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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 on this landscape
Who are the leading patent holders in peer-to-peer and local energy market technology?
The assignee ranking behind this dataset covers 80 companies and individuals across 87 records, with the top-ranked filer holding 10 records against 4 apiece for the fifth and tenth-place filers. That gap between the leader and the rest indicates an early mover rather than a settled hierarchy. The top 5 assignees together account for 34.5% of all records and the top 10 for 57.5%, leaving a substantial share of the field to smaller filers, so tracking beyond the obvious leaders matters for a full competitive picture.
Is patent filing in this space growing or slowing?
Filing peaked in 2020 at 20 records in a single year, and the 2021-to-2024 window, the last period the data treats as complete, shows an 11-to-7 decline, a 36% drop. Figures for 2025 and 2026 are still incomplete because patent publication typically lags filing by around 18 months, so it is too early to call the recent years a genuine slowdown rather than a reporting gap. Anyone tracking this trend should revisit it once the later years finish publishing.
What technology areas do these patents actually cover?
The dominant IPC class is G06Q, covering business, commerce and administrative data processing, which appears on 86.2% of the 87 records in scope, reflecting the trading, clearing and settlement logic at the core of peer-to-peer energy markets. H02J grid-systems claims follow at 40.2% and H04L digital-transmission claims at 35.6%, with AI-related G06N claims at just 10.3% and EV-propulsion overlaps under B60L at 3.4%. Because records can carry multiple classes, these shares add up to more than 100%, and they show the field is weighted toward market mechanics rather than hardware.
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 Peer to Peer and Local Energy Markets 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.