Unit Commitment & Economic Dispatch Patents: Top Filers 2026
Unit Commitment and Economic Dispatch Patents: Who Leads and Where Filing Is Heading
76.7% concentration. The top 5 assignees alone account for 201 of the 262 records in scope — a field where most of the claim space is already staked out by a handful of filers. Filings peaked at 22 in 2017 and have since declined to a lower and more variable annual count, reaching 3 in the most recent, still-incomplete year. The 2021-to-2024 window — the most recent span that can be read as complete — shows a -13% move (8 to 7), a mild pullback rather than a collapse. Treat 2025 and 2026 figures as provisional until later publications catch up.
- 1CAUSAM ENERGY INC118
- 2SIEMENS AG44
- 3GENERAL ELECTRIC TECH GMBH16
- 4ALSTOM TECH LTD16
- 5SIEMENS POWER TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION INC7
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Common questions about unit commitment and economic dispatch patents
Who are the leading patent holders in unit commitment and economic dispatch?
The dataset shows heavy concentration: the top-ranked assignee alone holds 118 of the 262 records in scope, and the top 5 assignees combined hold 201 records, or 76.7% of the field. Filing counts drop sharply after that — fifth place holds 7 records and tenth place holds 4 — so the field has a dominant core plus a long tail of smaller filers. Anyone assessing freedom to operate should focus first on the leading handful of assignees rather than the full 51-company ranked list.
Is patent filing in this area growing or slowing down?
Filing peaked in 2017 at 22 records and has settled lower since, with the most recent complete comparison, 2021 to 2024, showing a -13% change from 8 to 7 records. This reads as a maturing core technology rather than an active decline, since publication lags filing by roughly 18 months and the last one or two years in any dataset are always undercounted. It is safer to describe the trend as cooling from a 2017 peak than as currently falling.
What patent classes cover unit commitment and economic dispatch technology?
H02J, covering power supply and grid systems, appears in 69.1% of the 262 records and is the dominant classification. G06Q, business and commerce data processing, follows at 54.6%, reflecting how many dispatch patents combine grid control with market or settlement logic. Other classes such as H04L, G05D, G05B, G07F, G05F and G06F appear in smaller but still meaningful shares, since a single record can carry multiple IPC classes.
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 Unit Commitment and Economic Dispatch 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.