eBay saw the highest growth of 1.35% in patent filings in May and 1.31% in grants in April in Q2 2024. Compared to Q1 2024, Q2 2024 saw an increase in patent filings by 0.6% and grants by 1.31%. GlobalData’s DataBook provides a comprehensive analysis of eBay‘s patent filings and grants. Buy the databook here.

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eBay has been focused on protecting inventions in United States(US) with 72 publications in Q2 2024

The United States(US) Patent Office dominates the patent filings and grants with nearly 60% filings and 67% grants. The United States(US), European Patent Office(EPO), China(CN), and South Korea(KR) patent Office are among the top ten patent offices where eBay is filings its patents. Among the top granted patent authorities, eBay has 67% of its grants in United States(US), 23% in China(CN) and 9% in European Patent Office(EPO).

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Patents related to digitalization and ecommerce lead eBay's portfolio

eBay has the highest number of patents in digitalization followed by, ecommerce and online retail. For digitalization, nearly 17% of patents were filed and 19% of patents were granted in Q2 2024.

E-commerce related patents lead eBay portfolio followed by online retail, and databases

eBay has highest number of patents in e-commerce followed by online retail, databases, data & database management, and communications. For e-commerce, nearly 12% of patents were filed and 9% of patents were granted in Q2 2024.

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