Intellectual Property Magazine
Samsung; Panasonic leading the way in battery patenting
Joint EPO/IEA findings reveal battery cells andcell-related engineering accounted for nearly 47% of patenting activity during2005-2018; rising filing numbers ‘indicates a level of technological maturity’
Ben Wodecki
Patenting activity in batteries and other electrical storagetechnologies grew at an average annual rate of 14% worldwide between
2005 and2018, four times faster than the average of all technology fields, according toa joint study published by the European
Patent Office (EPO) and theInternational Energy Agency (IEA).