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Data as of 12 Oct 2026Methodology
Momentum: - Steady
Across fully-published filing years - the current year is still publishing and is left out of the signal.
25
Patents
0
Startups matched
17
Foreign filers
Startup counts are name-matched candidates, not ownership records - see methodology. Methodology
Where it clusters
Matched startups by state
No matched startups have surfaced a state for this technology yet - coverage is patent-only.
Filing momentum
Filings by year - recent years still publishing
| Year | Filings | Foreign |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 5 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026partial | 2 | 1 |
Patents publish ~18 months after they're filed, so the current year is always incomplete. The Rising / Steady / Cooling signal ignores it and compares only fully-published years - read a dip in the latest year as data still coming in, not a decline.
Who's filing
Indian companies lead - institutes & foreign kept separate
Top inventors in this technology
The most prolific inventors filing in this technology, each linking to their full patent history.