The new report shows South Korea's Samsung Electronics has the third highest number of AI-related patents.<br />It also shows that competition between the world's tech giants over AI patents is getting fiercer.<br />Yoon Jung-min reports.<br />South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics holds the third highest number of patents related to artificial intelligence.<br />According to a German market research firm IPlytics, Samsung owned 11-thousand-243 patents on AI technology as of January this year.<br />The top patent holder is U.S. software giant Microsoft with 18-thousand-365 patents,... followed by U.S. information technology firm IBM with more than 15-thousand.<br />Qualcomm and Google were also ranked among the top five.<br /><br />Out of the top 10 AI-related patent owners, five were U.S. companies, two were Japanese, one German and one Dutch. Samsung was the only South Korean company on the list.<br />Since last August, Samsung has been pushing for future growth engines, including AI, 5G, and bio-industries,... establishing AI research centers in 7 cities around the world.<br />The tech giant is focusing on expanding the AI capacity on a wide range of its products from smartphones to home appliances.<br /><br />The market researcher says in the 10 years since 2008, AI patent applications have increased more than 3-fold to over 78-thousand per year.<br />In terms of filing applications,... the U.S., China and Europe topped the figures, indicating a higher level of research activity.<br />Yoon Jung-min, Arirang News.<br />
