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Agricultural Bank of ChinaAppleChina Construction Bank

Technology portfolios compared in the same window and counting units. Scale is compared only within the same field or subclass.

Same window · published 2025-01-01 — 2025-12-31Some name or date coverage is incomplete; affected counts are lower bounds

This is a structural comparison of collected portfolios. The same requested window does not establish equal entity scope, covered months or industry; no competitive ranking is inferred.

Applicant-name coverage differs. The counts below cover only the listed names and do not represent complete company portfolios.

Agricultural Bank of China: Applicant names included in these statistics — AGRICULTURAL BANK CHINAReviewed names not covered — AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED · 中国农业银行股份有限公司

Apple: Applicant names included in these statistics — APPLE INCReviewed names not covered — APPLE COMPUTER INC · APPLE COMPUTER, INC. · APPLE INC. · APPLE, INC.

China Construction Bank: Applicant names included in these statistics — CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPReviewed names not covered — CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION · 中国建设银行股份有限公司

Agricultural Bank of China

Publications
1,619
Invention share
99%
Concentration
0.78
Green technology
—

Apple

Publications
12,360
Invention share
87%
Concentration
0.38
Green technology
—

China Construction Bank

Publications
1,106
Invention share
100%
Concentration
0.72
Green technology
—
0.74

Agricultural Bank of China × Apple

0.99

Agricultural Bank of China × China Construction Bank

0.70

Apple × China Construction Bank

Cosine similarity of application counts across 35 fields. 1 is identical, 0 is no overlap.

01Technology field mirror

The 12 fields with the largest combined share. Share shows structure; count shows scale.

Technology field mirror
Technology fieldAgricultural Bank of China / Apple / China Construction Bank
Computer technology
81.2%
39.1%
72.3%
Digital communication
18.4%
42.1%
17.9%
IT methods for management
29.5%
2.4%
40.7%
Audio-visual technology
1.2%
14.2%
0.2%
Telecommunications
1.1%
13.9%
0.5%
Optics
0.1%
7.2%
0%
Measurement
0.4%
5.7%
0%
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
0.3%
4.8%
0%
Control
1.2%
1.9%
0.5%
Medical technology
0.1%
2.6%
0.4%
Semiconductors
0%
3%
0%
Basic communication processes
0.1%
2%
0%

Inspect one technology field

Inspect collected applications, portfolio share and supporting publications within one field. A technology overlap does not establish that companies in different industries are direct competitors.

Apple

Collected applications
1,559
Share of collected applications with IPC
14.2%

Coverage is incomplete; counts and shares describe only the collected subset.

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One application may belong to multiple fields, so shares can sum to more than 100%. Drill-down lists publications; an application publication and its grant may appear separately.

02Same problem: shared IPC subclasses

The 10 subclasses in every company's top 60 with the most combined applications. Scale is compared within a subclass, never across different business scopes.

G06FData processing
Agricultural Bank of China1,085
Apple3,635
China Construction Bank764
H04WWireless networks
Agricultural Bank of China10
Apple3,570
China Construction Bank5
H04LDigital transmission
Agricultural Bank of China284
Apple2,146
China Construction Bank191
G06QBusiness data processing
Agricultural Bank of China478
Apple264
China Construction Bank450
G06TImage processing
Agricultural Bank of China64
Apple986
China Construction Bank13
H04NPictorial communication, video
Agricultural Bank of China21
Apple931
China Construction Bank8
G06NComputing models, AI
Agricultural Bank of China524
Apple200
China Construction Bank118
G06VImage and video recognition
Agricultural Bank of China152
Apple417
China Construction Bank24
H04MTelephonic communication
Agricultural Bank of China6
Apple405
China Construction Bank5
G10LSpeech processing
Agricultural Bank of China19
Apple240
China Construction Bank4

03Where each one leans

Observed emphasis within each company’s collected top-60 IPC subclasses. A dash for another company means outside its top-60 list, not zero applications or a market gap. Incomplete coverage can also change the ordering.

Agricultural Bank of China

  • G06NComputing models, AI
    Agricultural Bank of China
    524
    Apple
    200
    China Construction Bank
    118
  • G06VImage and video recognition
    Agricultural Bank of China
    152
    Apple
    417
    China Construction Bank
    24
  • G07D
    Agricultural Bank of China
    5
    Apple
    —
    China Construction Bank
    —
  • B62B
    Agricultural Bank of China
    3
    Apple
    —
    China Construction Bank
    —
  • F24FAir conditioning, ventilation
    Agricultural Bank of China
    3
    Apple
    —
    China Construction Bank
    —
  • G07F
    Agricultural Bank of China
    4
    Apple
    —
    China Construction Bank
    1

Apple

  • H04WWireless networks
    Agricultural Bank of China
    10
    Apple
    3,570
    China Construction Bank
    5
  • H04BTransmission
    Agricultural Bank of China
    3
    Apple
    981
    China Construction Bank
    —
  • H04NPictorial communication, video
    Agricultural Bank of China
    21
    Apple
    931
    China Construction Bank
    8
  • G02BOptical elements
    Agricultural Bank of China
    1
    Apple
    679
    China Construction Bank
    —
  • G06TImage processing
    Agricultural Bank of China
    64
    Apple
    986
    China Construction Bank
    13
  • H04MTelephonic communication
    Agricultural Bank of China
    6
    Apple
    405
    China Construction Bank
    5

China Construction Bank

  • G06QBusiness data processing
    Agricultural Bank of China
    478
    Apple
    264
    China Construction Bank
    450
  • G06FData processing
    Agricultural Bank of China
    1,085
    Apple
    3,635
    China Construction Bank
    764
  • G07G
    Agricultural Bank of China
    —
    Apple
    —
    China Construction Bank
    1

04Publication rhythm

Agricultural Bank of ChinaAppleChina Construction BankPublications per period
Publications per period
PeriodAgricultural Bank of ChinaAppleChina Construction Bank
2025-01≥11 (partial coverage)≥1,049 (partial coverage)≥199 (partial coverage)
2025-02≥224 (partial coverage)≥968 (partial coverage)≥228 (partial coverage)
2025-03≥343 (partial coverage)≥1,319 (partial coverage)≥163 (partial coverage)
2025-04≥6 (partial coverage)≥1,232 (partial coverage)≥52 (partial coverage)
2025-05Not collected≥993 (partial coverage)≥15 (partial coverage)
2025-06Not collected≥846 (partial coverage)≥16 (partial coverage)
2025-07≥20 (partial coverage)≥956 (partial coverage)≥22 (partial coverage)
2025-08≥157 (partial coverage)≥989 (partial coverage)≥16 (partial coverage)
2025-09≥298 (partial coverage)≥906 (partial coverage)≥10 (partial coverage)
2025-10≥259 (partial coverage)≥928 (partial coverage)≥11 (partial coverage)
2025-11≥282 (partial coverage)≥1,005 (partial coverage)≥67 (partial coverage)
2025-12≥19 (partial coverage)≥1,169 (partial coverage)≥307 (partial coverage)

Empty dashed outlines mark uncollected periods. Hatched bars and ≥ counts mark partial coverage.

Publication timing follows examination and publication cycles, not R&D intensity.

What makes it comparableThe same publication window and counting units. Companies with different windows are not put in one comparison.

What is not comparableGroup totals. Business and entity scopes differ; compare scale within a field or subclass.

Not a rankingSimilarity and shares describe structure, not patent value, quality or technical leadership.