The global automotive industry experienced a 50% decline in the number of environmental sustainability-related patent applications in Q3 2022 compared with the previous quarter. The total number of environmental sustainability-related grants rose by 20% in Q3 2022, according to GlobalData’s Patent Analytics.

Notably, the number of environmental sustainability-related patent applications in the automotive industry was 4,393 in Q3 2022, versus 8,763 in the prior quarter.

The top five companies accounted for 0.11% of patenting activity

Analysis of patenting activity by companies shows that Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT filed the most environmental sustainability patents within the automotive industry in Q3 2022. The company filed 2 environmental sustainability-related patents in the quarter, compared with 0 in the previous quarter. It was followed by Hunan Brunp Recycling Technology with 1 environmental sustainability patent filing, Huawei Investment & Holding (1 filing), and Guangdong Brunp Recycle Technology (1 filing) in Q3 2022.

Patenting activity was driven by the US with 0.05% share of total patent filings

The largest share of environmental sustainability related patent filings in the automotive industry in Q3 2022 was in the US with 0.05%, followed by China (0.02%) and Japan (0.02%). The share represented by the US was 0.03% lower than the 0.08% share it accounted for in Q2 2022.

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GlobalData’s Patent Analytics tracks patent filings and grants from official offices around the world. Textual analysis and official patent classifications are used to group patents into key thematic areas and link them to specific companies across the world’s largest industries.