Moreover, it is not surprising that large multinational companies dominate the number of AI-related applications.
As Figure 3 shows, Microsoft and Samsung are leading the list of the Top 30 most important applicants in the AI-related CPC subgroups. According to Table 1, Microsoft ranks 1st with 57 applications, followed by Samsung in 2nd place with 50 applications, and Siemens in 3rd place with 44 applications.
Interestingly, Apple is not in the Top 30, while Google is 5th with 36 applications, and Google-owned AI research lab DeepMind is 8th with 16 applications, Huawei is 14th with 9 applications).
Following Siemens in 3rd place is another German company Bosch, ranking in 4th place with 39 applications.
Moreover, German automakers BMW (7 applications) and Volkswagen (6 applications) are also in the Top 30, indicating the impact AI could have on the automotive sector in the near future.