US companies kept inventing work-from-home tech, even after the pandemic ended

The pandemic made working from home much more common. US companies responded by filing many more patents for work-from-home technologies. These companies, mostly in telecommunications, kept up this pace of invention for years after the pandemic started.

Many people wondered if the shift to remote work was temporary. This paper shows that companies are betting it is permanent, by investing their research and development dollars in it. It means the tools for remote work will continue to improve, making it easier for more people to work from anywhere.