Companies with the most wearables patents worldwide 2012-2021

* A patent family is defined as a group of patent documents all of which have the same set of priorities. I.e., it is a group of patent documents that protect the same invention across authorities.

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Technology field definition by Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property – ip-search: "Wearables in general are smart electronic devices worn on the body, such as smart watches, body worn or body immersed sensors, video goggles, head-up-displays and virtual reality devices. The devices are most often used for virtual and augmented reality (smart glasses); for measuring, recording and tracking medical parameters on humans or for sensing and guiding exercises (smart watches, activity trackers) etc. Handheld devices, such as smartphones, are also considered as being a wearable, if they are of a wristwatch type. General smartphones are not covered by this field."