Patent Theme
Context-Aware Conversational AI
AI systems designed to engage in natural language dialogue, maintain conversation state, understand user intent, and generate relevant responses, often across multiple communication channels or modalities.
7,107 US filings from 1,171 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,506 · 2024: 1,925 · 2025: 2,396 · 2026 YTD: 1,280
Natural Language ProcessingSpeech ProcessingMessaging & EmailTelephone Equipment
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | GOOGLE LLC | 831 | 215 | 292 | 255 | 69 | -12.7% |
| 2 | International Business Machines Corporation | 363 | 135 | 96 | 94 | 38 | -2.1% |
| 3 | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 287 | 55 | 80 | 102 | 50 | +27.5% |
| 4 | Oracle International Corporation | 217 | 53 | 64 | 73 | 27 | +14.1% |
| 5 | Amazon Technologies, Inc. | 194 | 39 | 54 | 64 | 37 | +18.5% |
| 6 | Apple Inc. | 188 | 49 | 56 | 70 | 13 | +25.0% |
| 7 | Capital One Services, LLC | 157 | 56 | 43 | 40 | 18 | -7.0% |
| 8 | Salesforce, Inc. | 130 | 10 | 34 | 46 | 40 | +35.3% |
| 9 | Bank of America Corporation | 119 | 25 | 38 | 43 | 13 | +13.2% |
| 10 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 117 | 45 | 29 | 27 | 16 | -6.9% |
| 11 | STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY | 67 | 8 | 27 | 24 | 8 | -11.1% |
| 12 | The Toronto-Dominion Bank | 57 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 13 | +1200.0% |
| 13 | ServiceNow, Inc. | 50 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 9 | -6.7% |
| 14 | Meta Platforms, Inc. | 49 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 3 | -47.4% |
| 15 | Nvidia Corporation | 49 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 8 | +61.5% |
| 16 | DELL PRODUCTS L.P. | 48 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 19 | +20.0% |
| 17 | Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC | 46 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 7 | -41.2% |
| 18 | Intuit Inc. | 45 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 13 | +100.0% |
| 19 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 44 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 7 | +70.0% |
| 20 | SAP SE | 44 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 12 | +250.0% |
| 21 | Adeia Guides Inc. | 42 | · | 4 | 25 | 13 | +525.0% |
| 22 | Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. | 42 | · | 1 | 30 | 11 | +2900.0% |
| 23 | LIVEPERSON, INC. | 41 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 1 | -14.3% |
| 24 | VERINT AMERICAS INC. | 41 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 4 | -52.9% |
| 25 | Genesys Cloud Services, Inc. | 37 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | +100.0% |