My life & career
The pace of AI-related invention can reshape the tools available in everyday life, but patents are not products.
THE YOTTABIT SCALE INDEX / Economic, social and environmental
122,511
AI-related patents grew from thousands to over 120,000.
Stanford’s 2025 AI Index reports 122,511 AI patents granted in 2023, versus 3,833 in 2010.
2010 vs 2023 · Stanford AI Index 2025
THE YOTTABIT PERSPECTIVE
What does it mean to me?
Big change is fascinating. Its implications are what matter.
My business
Companies need to monitor where new intellectual-property activity may influence competitors, partnerships or freedom to operate.
My industry
Industries far outside technology may find themselves navigating new AI-related inventions and licensing.
FROM JIM CARROLL’S WORK
Jim’s innovation writing repeatedly examines how established organizations miss new categories that emerge outside traditional competitors.
Meet the futurist behind YottaBit ↗WHAT COULD I DO MONDAY MORNING?
Scan patent and research activity adjacent to your business. Who is innovating outside your usual competitive radar?
THE EVIDENCE BEHIND THE STORY + METHODOLOGY & SOURCES
What the number really measures
AI patent grants, expressed as patents / year.
The research foundation records: 122,511 total AI patents in 2023 vs 3,833 in 2010 per Stanford 2025.
Where the claim has limits
Classification and jurisdiction effects
Comparisons and historical rates must be independently checked against definitions and original measurements before an audited chart is published.