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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.

Alibaba: Applicant names included in these statistics — ALIBABA CHINA CO LTD · ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING CO LTD · ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING LTD · ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTDReviewed names not covered — ALIBABA (CHINA) CO., LTD. · ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING CO., LTD. · ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING LTD. · ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED · 阿里云计算有限公司 · 阿里巴巴集团控股有限公司 · 阿里巴巴(中国)有限公司

Bank of China: Applicant names included in these statistics — BANK OF CHINA CO LTD · BANK OF CHINA LTDReviewed names not covered — BANK OF CHINA LIMITED · 中国银行股份有限公司

Tesla: Applicant names included in these statistics — TESLA INC · TESLA MOTORS INCReviewed names not covered — TESLA MOTORS, INC. · TESLA, INC.

Alibaba

Publications
1,101
Invention share
96%
Concentration
0.51
Green technology
—

Bank of China

Publications
138
Invention share
98%
Concentration
0.75
Green technology
—

Tesla

Publications
609
Invention share
91%
Concentration
0.29
Green technology
—
0.84

Alibaba × Bank of China

0.45

Alibaba × Tesla

0.40

Bank of China × Tesla

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 fieldAlibaba / Bank of China / Tesla
Computer technology
63.5%
74.6%
24.4%
IT methods for management
3.7%
42%
0.7%
Audio-visual technology
29.8%
3.6%
4.5%
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
0.3%
0%
33.6%
Transport
0%
0%
31.6%
Digital communication
12.5%
13.8%
2.4%
Semiconductors
0.6%
0%
6.2%
Mechanical elements
0%
0.7%
5.2%
Materials, metallurgy
0%
0%
5.7%
Control
0.2%
0%
5.2%
Measurement
0.8%
0%
4.2%
Civil engineering
0%
0%
3.5%

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.

Tesla

Collected applications
27
Share of collected applications with IPC
4.5%

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
Alibaba547
Bank of China83
Tesla85
H04NPictorial communication, video
Alibaba331
Bank of China3
Tesla5
G06NComputing models, AI
Alibaba173
Bank of China18
Tesla66
H04LDigital transmission
Alibaba113
Bank of China19
Tesla13
G06VImage and video recognition
Alibaba70
Bank of China18
Tesla48
G06TImage processing
Alibaba67
Bank of China7
Tesla21
H05KPrinted circuits, assemblies
Alibaba3
Bank of China2
Tesla19

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.

Alibaba

  • H04NPictorial communication, video
    Alibaba
    331
    Bank of China
    3
    Tesla
    5
  • G06NComputing models, AI
    Alibaba
    173
    Bank of China
    18
    Tesla
    66
  • G10LSpeech processing
    Alibaba
    25
    Bank of China
    1
    Tesla
    —
  • G06TImage processing
    Alibaba
    67
    Bank of China
    7
    Tesla
    21
  • H03MCoding, decoding
    Alibaba
    7
    Bank of China
    —
    Tesla
    —
  • G16H
    Alibaba
    4
    Bank of China
    —
    Tesla
    —

Bank of China

  • G06QBusiness data processing
    Alibaba
    40
    Bank of China
    58
    Tesla
    —
  • G06FData processing
    Alibaba
    547
    Bank of China
    83
    Tesla
    85
  • G06VImage and video recognition
    Alibaba
    70
    Bank of China
    18
    Tesla
    48
  • H04LDigital transmission
    Alibaba
    113
    Bank of China
    19
    Tesla
    13
  • F17D
    Alibaba
    —
    Bank of China
    1
    Tesla
    —

Tesla

  • H01MBatteries, electrochemical cells
    Alibaba
    —
    Bank of China
    —
    Tesla
    115
  • B60LElectric vehicle propulsion
    Alibaba
    —
    Bank of China
    —
    Tesla
    36
  • B62DBodies, chassis
    Alibaba
    —
    Bank of China
    —
    Tesla
    36
  • B60WVehicle sub-unit control
    Alibaba
    —
    Bank of China
    —
    Tesla
    35
  • B60RVehicle electrics, fittings
    Alibaba
    —
    Bank of China
    —
    Tesla
    30
  • H10W
    Alibaba
    1
    Bank of China
    —
    Tesla
    27

04Publication rhythm

AlibabaBank of ChinaTeslaPublications per period
Publications per period
PeriodAlibabaBank of ChinaTesla
2025-01≥78 (partial coverage)≥19 (partial coverage)≥57 (partial coverage)
2025-02≥71 (partial coverage)≥65 (partial coverage)≥37 (partial coverage)
2025-03≥72 (partial coverage)≥51 (partial coverage)≥27 (partial coverage)
2025-04≥65 (partial coverage)Not collected≥43 (partial coverage)
2025-05≥71 (partial coverage)Not collected≥60 (partial coverage)
2025-06≥83 (partial coverage)Not collected≥58 (partial coverage)
2025-07≥82 (partial coverage)Not collected≥52 (partial coverage)
2025-08≥104 (partial coverage)Not collected≥56 (partial coverage)
2025-09≥119 (partial coverage)≥1 (partial coverage)≥52 (partial coverage)
2025-10≥94 (partial coverage)Not collected≥56 (partial coverage)
2025-11≥115 (partial coverage)Not collected≥54 (partial coverage)
2025-12≥147 (partial coverage)≥2 (partial coverage)≥57 (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.