According to the study, the top 10 companies in terms of filing
patent applica - tions were Bosch (958), followed by Audi (516), Continental (439), Electric cars are considered the automobile future — their devel - opment and parallel patenting is heavily incentivized by gov - ernments already pushing for quotas on electric cars: China, for instance, envisions as of 2019 a 10 % quota from car manufac - turers selling cars in China.
From Audi to Google, we have seen an increase in
patent applica - tions from influential companies, racing to get their invention on the streets first.