Amazon is founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos, Marcelio Leal, and Osman Nahid doing business in e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. Find Amazon’s patents information, top technological areas of Amazon, worldwide patent filing of Amazon, and patent filing trends over the years and find so many other stats over Amazon’s patent portfolio.Do read about some interesting highlights of the Amazon Scout.
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Amazon’s Innovations Across Technologies in Last 5 Years
Get detail report on Amazon’s patents filed in last 5 years across various technologies
How many patents does Amazon have?
Amazon has a total of 34908 patents globally. These patents belong to 19671 unique patent families. Out of 34908 patents, 27389 patents are active.
How many Amazon patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents
How Many Patents did Amazon File Every Year?
Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.
| Year of Patents Filing or Grant | Amazon Applications Filed | Amazon Patents Granted |
| 2025 | 2 | 446 |
| 2024 | 284 | 2328 |
| 2023 | 782 | 1427 |
| 2022 | 1585 | 2726 |
| 2021 | 2085 | 3014 |
| 2020 | 2923 | 3002 |
| 2019 | 3015 | 3231 |
| 2018 | 2968 | 2745 |
| 2017 | 3148 | 2573 |
| 2016 | 2993 | 2149 |
| 2015 | 3253 | 1504 |
| 2014 | 3275 | 990 |
You can also read our analysis on, Amazon’s 1109 pending US patent applications.
How Many Patents did Amazon File in Different Countries?
Countries in which Amazon Filed Patents
| Country | Patents |
| United States Of America | 24974 |
| Europe (EPO) | 1674 |
| China | 1623 |
| Japan | 1478 |
| Canada | 732 |
| India | 535 |
| Germany | 427 |
| Australia | 309 |
| South Korea | 273 |
| United Kingdom | 265 |
| Singapore | 221 |
| Brazil | 49 |
| Russia | 37 |
| Spain | 35 |
| Mexico | 21 |
| South Africa | 15 |
| Italy | 14 |
| Poland | 14 |
| Denmark | 7 |
| Austria | 7 |
| Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | 6 |
| Portugal | 5 |
| Israel | 4 |
| Taiwan | 4 |
| Chile | 3 |
| Norway | 2 |
| Hungary | 2 |
| France | 1 |
| New Zealand | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 |
| Uruguay | 1 |
Where are Research Centres of Amazon Patents Located?
What Technologies are Covered by Amazon Patents?
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The chart below distributes patents filed by Amazon in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Amazon thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.
Where are Research Centers of Amazon Located?
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10 Best Amazon Patents
US6853982B2 is the most popular patent in the Amazon portfolio. It has received 897 citations so far from companies like Neonics Inc, Firefly Network and Cybergold.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Amazon:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| US6853982B2 | 897 |
| US6785671B1 | 830 |
| US8224971B1 | 740 |
| US6912505B2 | 704 |
| US6772150B1 | 686 |
| US6963867B2 | 640 |
| US8983383B1 | 594 |
| US9387928B1 | 588 |
| US7937438B1 | 577 |
| US8312097B1 | 552 |
| US7194437B1 | 533 |
What Percentage of Amazon US Patent Applications were Granted?
Amazon (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 21425 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 20181 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 97.12%.
Below are the key stats of Amazon patent prosecution at the USPTO.
Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for Amazon?
| Law Firm | Total Applications | Success Rate |
| Kowert Hood Munyon Rankin & Goetzel | 3303 | 99.31% |
| Lee & Hayes Pc | 2788 | 97.18% |
| Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear Llp | 2354 | 96.13% |
| Davis Wright Tremaine Llp | 1837 | 98.65% |
| Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton Llp | 1487 | 48.64% |
| Pierce Atwood Llp | 1328 | 95.87% |
| Client 170101 CO | 1114 | 93.97% |
| Athorus Pllc | 928 | 96.92% |
| Eversheds Sutherland US Llp | 851 | 98.25% |
| Hogan Lovells US Llp | 733 | 95.18% |
| Ndwe Llp | 638 | 98.86% |
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