Technology Hotbed · Fintech & Consumer
retail automation
Momentum: ▲ Rising
Across fully-published filing years — the current year is still publishing and is left out of the signal.
46
Patents
1
Startups matched
1
Foreign filers
Startup counts are name-matched candidates, not ownership records — see methodology. Methodology
Startups working on retail automation
Deep-tech startups with a patent tagged this technology
A sample of matched deep-tech startups — Startup counts are name-matched candidates, not ownership records — see methodology. Methodology
Where it clusters
Matched startups by state
| State | Startups mapped |
|---|---|
| Chandigarh | 1 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 |
| Maharashtra | 1 |
| Tamil Nadu | 1 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 |
Filing momentum
Filings by year — recent years still publishing
| Year | Filings | Foreign |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11 | 0 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 |
| 2025 | 18 | 0 |
| 2026partial | 4 | 0 |
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
- AMIN, MadhushreeIN · 1
- Asha Kiran SikhakolliIN · 1
- ASHWINI GANESH MAHAJANIN · 1
- ATHARVA SHRIPAD AGEYIN · 1
- BHOKARDANKAR, Prashant SakharamIN · 1
- Chandigarh University Technology Business IncubatorIN · 1
Educational institutes (6) — ranked by grant rate (share of filings granted, sample-adjusted), not filing volume
- Annai Mira College of Engineering and Technology0 of 1 granted
- Chitkara Innovation Incubator Foundation0 of 1 granted
- Chitkara University0 of 1 granted
- Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering0 of 1 granted
- Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Technology, Pimpri, Pune - 180 of 1 granted
- Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Technology, Pimpri, Pune 4110180 of 1 granted
Foreign filers (1)
Top inventors in this technology
The most prolific inventors filing in this technology, each linking to their full patent history.