Patent Analysis on Artificial Intelligence in Food Industry: Worldwide Present Scenario

Abstract

The advancement in technology is nowadays largely based on Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI has been actively gaining prominence over the last few years in Food Industry. Food Industry is leveraging the power of AI. Patent analysis on ‘AI and Food Industry’ in global databases indicates huge applications of AI specially in upgrading the method of Food Sorting, Food Safety, Food Nutrition, Food Delivery as well as Supply Chain and Food Processor. The present study aims to analyze Patent documents during (2000–19) which reveals significant research on AI reshaping the Food Industry. The major findings in the present patent analysis have been performed through the patent search in different paid and unpaid databases. The findings in this domain establishes that the major contributing jurisdictions for patent filing in this particular domain are China, USA, Korea and Japan. The study indicates that the most of the patents (26%) on AI in food industry come from application of AI in (A) cooking device or kitchen appliances followed by AI and health monitor (15%), Restaurant sector (13%) and Agriculture sector (10%). The statistics regarding domestic and international patent application, contributions from companies and Universities along with current research trend have also been analyzed.