According to the report, worldwide AI patent grants reached 107,279 in 2025, marking the first time the total has surpassed 100,000 in a single year. Globally, AI patent applications reached 209,518 in 2025, of which 23% related to generative AI and 9% related to agentic AI, which is up from 5% in IFI’s previous study. The U.S. figures diverged by category, with overall AI patent grants falling approximately 7% from 2023 even as generative AI patents rose 11% year over year, and agentic AI patents outpacing both categories with U.S. grants up 14% from the previous year and 70% since 2021. However, generative AI, by comparison, accounts for 16% of the total AI patent domain. Samsung filed the most AI patent applications worldwide in 2025 with 2,162, followed by Huawei with 1,822 and Google with 1,672.