Merck
Merck is a biopharmaceutical company that offers medicines and vaccines for various diseases.
Crunchbase, retrieved 2024-05-16| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Sector | Pharmaceuticals & Medical Research |
| Website | http://www.merck.com |
Between 2014 and 2024, Merck researchers released230 AI research articles
- #57in PARAT for number of AI research articles
- 30.3citations per AI article on average (#122 in PARAT, #66 in the S&P 500)
- 24highly cited articles (#53 in PARAT, #18 in the S&P 500)
- +54.7%growth in Merck's public AI research (2019–2022)
- 7articles at top AI conferences (#113 in PARAT, #52 in the S&P 500)
- 1%of Merck's total public research was AI-focused
Merck's top AI research topics
Subfield | Articles | Citations per article | Growth (2019–2022) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CV publications | 57 | 30.2 | 35 |
| NLP publications | 24 | 28.6 | 97.62 |
| Robotics publications | 11 | 7.4 | -100 |
| AI safety publications | 2 | 2.5 | -100 |
| Large language model publications | 2 | 0.5 | N/A |
Between 2014 and 2024, Merck filed50 AI-related patents
- #159in PARAT for number of AI-related patents filed
- 512.5%growth in Merck's AI-related patent filing (2016–2019)
- 15AI-related patents were granted to Merck (2016–2019)
- 1.1%of Merck's filed patents were AI-related
Top AI application areas across Merck's filed patents
Subfield | Patents filed | Growth (2016–2019) |
|---|---|---|
| Planning and scheduling patents | 13 | -50% |
| Computer vision patents | 11 | 83.33% |
| Control patents | 8 | N/A |
| Measuring and testing patents | 6 | N/A |
| Knowledge representation patents | 2 | -100% |
Top use cases across Merck's filed AI patents
Subfield | Patents filed | Growth (2016–2019) |
|---|---|---|
| Life sciences patents | 18 | 200% |
| Personal devices and computing patents | 15 | -66.67% |
| Business patents | 13 | -50% |
| Industrial and manufacturing patents | 10 | N/A |
| Semiconductor patents | 6 | N/A |
445
AI jobs
According to our data, Merck currently employs about 445 AI workers (#105 rank in PARAT, #81 in the S&P 500). AI workers in PARAT include anyone a high probability of working with AI. Recent hires may be omitted. Read more >>
1,626
Tech Team 1 jobs
According to our data, Merck currently employs about 1,626 Tech Team 1 workers (#201 rank in PARAT, #160 in the S&P 500).Tech Team 1 workers include anyone with technical skills and a reasonable probability of working with AI. Recent hires may be omitted. Read more >>
The AI activity metrics in the Private-Sector AI Indicators dataset are derived from data from Revelio Labs, Clarivate Web of Science, and other leading sources. Additional descriptive metadata in PARAT comes from the Crunchbase Open Data Map (powered by Crunchbase) and PermID. Emerging technology topic classifications are based on work supported in part by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation under Grant No. G-2023-22358. For details on our sourcing, methodology, and limitations, see the tool documentation.