WIPO China: GenAI Innovation Soaring, With Patent Activity Nearly Tripling in Two Years
根据世界知识产权组织（产权组织）近日发布的最新数据，生成式人工智能（GenAI）专利格局已达到新的里程碑——2024年和2025年公布的新专利数量超过了此前十年总和。
The generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) patent landscape has reached a new milestone, with more new patents published in 2024 and 2025 than in the entire preceding ten years combined, according to new data published recently by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
已公布的生成式人工智能专利族（衡量新发明的常用指标）从2023年的约14,000个增至2025年的超过37,800个。2024年和2025年合计公布了超过56,000个新的生成式人工智能专利族，超过2014年至2023年间的累计总量。生成式人工智能目前占人工智能相关专利族公布总量的8.7%，高于2023年的6.1%和2017年的4.2%。
Published GenAI patent families – a widely used measure of new inventions – rose from approximately 14,000 in 2023 to over 37,800 in 2025. More than 56,000 new GenAI patent families were published in 2024 and 2025 combined, exceeding the cumulative output of the period from 2014 to 2023. GenAI now accounts for 8.7 per cent of all AI-related patent family publications, up from 6.1 per cent in 2023 and 4.2 per cent in 2017.
上述发现来自最新一期产权组织技术SPARK报告（分析、研究与知识简报），该报告呈现了生成式人工智能创新的发生地、驱动力量以及前沿技术的最新图景。
The findings come from the latest edition of WIPO's new Technology SPARK (Short Pieces of Analysis, Research and Knowledge) report, which provides the most current picture of where GenAI innovation is happening, who is driving it, and which technologies are at its leading edge.
报告还显示，在保护生成式人工智能发明的竞争中，跨行业经营的大型跨国企业正日益占据主导地位。
The report also reveals that the race to protect generative AI inventions is increasingly being led by large multinational enterprises operating across diverse industries.
日本软银是全球领先的生成式人工智能专利申请人，在2024年至2025年间公布了近3,000个专利族。中国的腾讯控股、平安保险集团和百度紧随其后，此外还有多家研究机构和基础设施公司。美国科技巨头Alphabet、微软和IBM亦跻身前十。
Japan’s SoftBank is the world’s leading GenAI patent applicant, publishing nearly 3,000 patent families during 2024 and 2025. This is followed by China's Tencent Holdings, Ping An Insurance Group and Baidu, alongside research institutions and infrastructure companies. Tech giants Alphabet, Microsoft and IBM from the United States also feature in the top ten.
“我们的数据显示，生成式人工智能专利的申请人不再仅限于科技公司，还包括金融、电信、基础设施及其他数字服务等领域的大型企业。虽然生成式人工智能的初期影响体现在内容领域，但下一个前沿将在于其对创新方式的影响。”——产权组织总干事邓鸿森
Our data shows that Gen-AI patents are no longer just being filed by tech companies but also by large enterprises to in areas like finance, telecommunications, infrastructure and other digital services. While the initial impact of Gen-AI has been on content, the next frontier will be in its impact on the way we innovate.– WIPO Director General Daren Tang
全球前十大生成式人工智能专利申请人中有六家总部设在中国。中国仍以大幅优势保持着生成式人工智能专利公布全球最大来源国地位。2024年和2025年，中国发明人公布的专利族超过43,000个。2023年至2025年间，中国生成式人工智能专利族的复合年增长率为64%。
Six of the world’s top ten GenAI patent applicants are based in China, which remains the world's largest source of GenAI patent publications by a substantial margin, with over 43,000 patent families published by China-based inventors in 2024 and 2025. China's compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for GenAI patent families between 2023 and 2025 stands at 64 per cent.
同期，美国的复合年增长率为92%，美国企业掀起的生成式人工智能商业开发浪潮开始转化为加速增长的专利活动。日本以210%的复合年增长率创下所有主要发明人所在地中最高的相对增长率，全球排名从第四位升至第三位。
The United States recorded a 92 per cent CAGR over the same period, as the wave of commercial GenAI development by American companies began to translate into accelerating patent activity. Japan recorded the highest relative growth rate of any top inventor location – a 210 per cent CAGR – rising from fourth to third place globally.
德国以85%的复合年增长率超越联合王国，成为欧洲领先的生成式人工智能发明人所在地。加拿大和瑞士的复合年增长率亦达三位数（分别为109%和124%）。全球前十大发明人所在地中，有七个在过去两年公布的生成式人工智能专利族数量超过了此前整十年的总和。
Germany has overtaken the United Kingdom as Europe's leading GenAI inventor location, with an 85 per cent CAGR. Canada and Switzerland also recorded triple-digit growth rates (109 per cent CAGR, and 124 per cent, retrospectively). Seven of the world’s top 10 inventor locations published more GenAI patent families in the last two years than in the entire preceding decade.
上述结果凸显了知识产权在生成式人工智能经济中日益增长的战略重要性。对于政策制定者、企业和知识产权专业人士而言，专利数据监测能够提供宝贵洞见，揭示创新正在哪些领域加速、哪些技术正在获得关注，以及在这一有史以来发展最为迅猛的创新领域中，竞争格局正在如何演变。
The findings underscore the growing strategic importance of intellectual property in the GenAI economy. For policymakers, businesses and IP professionals monitoring of patenting data provides valuable insight into where innovation is accelerating, which technologies are gaining traction and how competitive dynamics are evolving in one of the fastest-moving fields of innovation ever observed.
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