1、 A Portrait of the Global Patent Landscape in Quantum Technologies January 2024 QuIC|The Global Patent Landscape in Quantum Technologies P a g e|2 Table of Contents Introduction.3 Global Patent Family Landscape of Quantum Technologies.8 Landscape of International Patent Families.18 European Situatio

2、n for Patent Families in Quantum Technologies.23 Conclusion.27 References.29 Bibliography.29 Glossary of Abbreviations.30 Definitions.30 Appendix A:Creating the Corpora of Patents and Patent Applications.32 QuIC|The Global Patent Landscape in Quantum Technologies P a g e|3 Introduction 1.1 Goal This

3、 white paper presents an overview of the patent landscape in quantum technologies and provides some more details on quantum computing,quantum communication and quantum sensing.It will also review the European position in relation to the USA and China,and identify the main actors and trends in quantu

4、m technologies.To this end,we will consider the following agenda in this white paper:First,we establish a patent family landscape in quantum technologies(i.e.,patentable invention landscape),based on all alive patent families;Second,we focus on“international patent families”;these are patent familie

5、s with at least one country of extension outside the country of origin,as patent families of value are usually extended outside the country of origin;Third,we zoom in on European companies and review the situation regarding patents and patent applications filed at the European Patent Office.Importan

6、t notes:Note 1:This study is based on alive patents and patent applications that were published before 30 June 2023.The reader should take into account that there is an 18-month delay between the date of first filing and the date of first publication.In other words,this study includes only patent fa