JD.com, also known as Jingdong, has a total of 128 patents globally, out of which 37 have been granted. Of these 128 patents, more than 87% patents are active. United States of America is where JD.com has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by China and Europe, it has generated an annual revenue of $114.3 billion in the year 2020. Parallelly, China seems to be the main focused R&D center and is also the origin country of JD.com.
JD.com was founded in the year 1998 by Liu Qiangdong. Company is is a Beijing-based Chinese e-commerce corporation. As of February 2022, JD.com has a market cap of $112.61 Billion.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of JD.com which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find JD.com’ patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over JD.com’ patent portfolio.
How many patents does the founder and the CEO of JD.com have?
The founder and CEO Liu Qiangdong, has 0 patents.
How many patents does JD.com have?
JD.com has a total of 128 patents globally. These patents belong to 64 unique patent families. Out of 128 patents, 112 patents are active.
How many JD.com patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents
Patent Families
How Many Patents did JD.com 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 | JD.com Applications Filed | JD.com Patents Granted |
| 2011 | – | – |
| 2012 | – | – |
| 2013 | – | – |
| 2014 | – | – |
| 2015 | – | – |
| 2016 | 4 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 |
| 2018 | 40 | 2 |
| 2019 | 54 | 4 |
| 2020 | 17 | 17 |
| 2021 | 10 | 9 |
| 2022 | – | 3 |
How Many Patents did JD.com File in Different Countries?
Where are Research Centers of JD.com Patents Located?
10 Best JD.com Patents
CN206406049U is the most popular patent in the JD.com portfolio. It has received 14 citations so far from companies like Jiangxi Sanrui Precision,
Fuzhou Mai Liao Automation Equipment, and Wenzhou Xinlan Intelligent Technology.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of JD.com:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| CN206406049U | 14 |
| US10482674B1 | 12 |
| US20190188729A1 | 8 |
| CN206406043U | 6 |
| US10290049B1 | 5 |
| US20200074301A1 | 4 |
| WO2020048445A1 | 4 |
| WO2020042895A1 | 4 |
| US20200175461A1 | 3 |
| US20210090284A1 | 2 |
Which Companies are using JD.com Patents to Advance their Research?
If patents or patents from a particular technology area of a company receive a lot of citations, it implies that the technology is being followed and incrementally innovated by the citing companies. It also indicates that citing companies are working on similar and closely related technologies.
The top citing companies in the JD.com patent portfolio are AT&T, Salesforce, and Qfeeltech.
List of the top forward citing Companies –
| Company | Number of Patents |
| AT&T | 1 |
| Salesforce | 1 |
| Qfeeltech | 1 |
| Intel | 1 |
| VMWare | 1 |
| Ford Global Technologies | 1 |
| Medtronic Navigation Inc | 1 |
| Fujitsu | 1 |
| Qualcomm | 1 |
| Hall Labs | 1 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on JD.com Patents
Top JD.com Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
| Patent Number | Count of Rejected Applications |
| US20200156254A1 | 2 |
| US10965453B2 | 1 |
| US10482674B1 | 1 |
| US11003638B2 | 1 |
| US10636114B2 | 1 |
| US10953545B2 | 1 |
| US10706611B2 | 1 |
| US10977530B2 | 1 |
| US10807236B2 | 1 |
| US10586344B2 | 1 |
| US20190188729A1 | 1 |
| US10817764B2 | 1 |
| US10949532B2 | 1 |
It is a significant competitor to Alibaba-run Tmall and one of China’s two largest B2C online retailers by transaction volume and revenue.
JD.com has made significant investments in high-tech and AI delivery via drones, autonomous technologies, and robotics, and now has the world’s largest drone delivery system, infrastructure, and capabilities. It has lately begun testing robotic delivery services and creating drone delivery airports, as well as launching its first driverless delivery van.
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What are JD.com’s key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by JD.com?
The chart below distributes patents filed by JD.com in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where JD.com thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.
R&D Focus: How JD.com search focus changed over the years?
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