Patent applications related to cybersecurity increased by 1% per year on average in the medical device industry since 2020

The global medical device industry experienced a 1% increase in annual average growth rate (AAGR) in the number of cybersecurity-related patent applications between 2020 and 2022. The total number of cybersecurity-related grants increased by an AAGR of 8% during the same period, according to GlobalData's patent analytics database.  

Notably, the number of cybersecurity-related patent applications in the medical device industry was 7,706 since 2020, while 3,929 applications were granted.  

Analysis of patent applications by assignee shows that Johnson & Johnson filed the most cybersecurity patents within the medical device industry since 2020. The company filed 382 cybersecurity-related patents since 2020.  

It was followed by Samsung Group (208 applications), Koninklijke Philips (103 applications), Omron (85 applications) and I-Sens (76 applications).  

Analysis of patent grants by assignee shows that Samsung Group was granted 177 patents related to cybersecurity within the medical device industry since 2020. It was followed by Johnson & Johnson (104 grants), Omron (68 grants), Koninklijke Philips (55 grants) and Microsoft (52 grants).

The largest share of cybersecurity-related patent publications in the medical device industry since 2020 was held by the US with 45%, followed by China (25%) and Japan (9%).

GlobalData, the leading provider of industry intelligence, provided the underlying data, research, and analysis used to produce this article. 

GlobalData’s Patents Analytics tracks patent filings and grants from official patent offices around the world. Proprietary 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.