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Exclusive: Patents for AI agents are on the rise
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Fusion42 · 28 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
AI agent patent filings surged in 2025, with agentic AI now comprising 15% of global AI patents (up from 7%), and U.S. applications up 40% year-over-year. Samsung, Huawei, and Google lead in total AI patents, while Nvidia, Microsoft, and Google dominate agentic patents specifically.
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Agentic AI has shifted from research curiosity to core IP battleground: Nvidia, Microsoft, and Google are filing at scale, which means they're locking down execution primitives that smaller teams will need to licence or build around. If you're building agents, you're now competing against players who own the foundational patents.
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