Snowflake saw the highest growth of 242% in patent filings in December and 104% in grants in November in Q4 2023. Compared to Q3 2023, Q4 2023 saw an increase in patent filings by 85% and grants by 61%. GlobalData’s DataBook provides a comprehensive analysis of Snowflake‘s patent filings and grants. Buy the databook here.

Snowflake has been focused on protecting inventions in United States(US) with 123 publications in Q4 2023

The United States(US) Patent Office dominates the patent filings and grants with nearly 78% filings and 91% grants. The United States(US), European Patent Office(EPO), World Intellectual Property Organization(WIPO), and China(CN) patent Office are among the top ten patent offices where Snowflake is filings its patents. Among the top granted patent authorities, Snowflake has 91% of its grants in United States(US), 3% in European Patent Office(EPO) and 3% in Germany(DE).

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Patents related to digitalization and cybersecurity lead Snowflake's portfolio

Snowflake has the highest number of patents in digitalization followed by, cybersecurity and cloud. For digitalization, nearly 46% of patents were filed and 41% of patents were granted in Q4 2023.

Databases related patents lead Snowflake portfolio followed by data & database management, and security services

Snowflake has highest number of patents in databases followed by data & database management, security services, endpoint security, and access control. For databases, nearly 23% of patents were filed and 18% of patents were granted in Q4 2023.

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