Samsung Electronics filed the largest number of patents related to self-driving cars in Europe, data showed on Monday, far above traditional automobile manufacturers. According to the data compiled by the
European Patent Office, the number of applications related to self-driving cars filed in Europe came to 3,998 in 2017, growing more than threefold from 922 tallied in 2011.
Over the 2011-2017 period, Samsung held the most patents at 624, trailed by US IT giant
Intel with 590.
Qualcomm held 361, followed by
LG Electronics at 348 and
Bosch with 343.