The global construction industry experienced a 68% decline in the number of environmental sustainability-related patent applications in Q3 2024 compared with the previous quarter. The total number of environmental sustainability-related grants dropped by 29% in Q3 2024, according to GlobalData’s Patent Analytics. GlobalData’s databook Construction: Patents Trends Q3 2024 offers comprehensive insights into patenting trends, major players’ strategies, and geographical focus in the sector over the last three years. Buy the databook here.
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Notably, the number of environmental sustainability-related patent applications in the construction industry was 767 in Q3 2024, versus 2,398 in the prior quarter.
The top five companies accounted for 16% of patenting activity
Analysis of patenting activity by companies shows that Caterpillar filed the most environmental sustainability patents within the construction industry in Q3 2024. The company filed 38 environmental sustainability-related patents in the quarter, compared with 38 in the previous quarter. It was followed by Komatsu with 30 environmental sustainability patent filings, China Communications Construction Group (25 filings), and Metallurgical Corporation of China (16 filings) in Q3 2024.
Patenting activity was driven by China with a 23% share of total patent filings
The largest share of environmental sustainability related patent filings in the construction industry in Q3 2024 was in China with 23%, followed by the US (15%) and Japan (10%). The share represented by China was 46% lower than the 69% share it accounted for in Q2 2024.
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