The number of newly impacted tasks each year for the most affected occupations, combined with the most frequently occurring words in the patents influencing those tasks, are organized around the themes of healthcare, information technology, and manufacturing. These were derived qualitatively and describe the main themes emerging from the patents. Between 2016 and 2018, patents mentioned “patient”, “image”, “planning”, “medical”, “device” matched tasks in healthcare. Between 2019 and 2021, patents mentioned “data”, “analysis”, and “neural networks” matched tasks in information technology. Between 2021 and 2022, patents mentioned “control”, “planning”, “path”, “user”, “image”, and “neural network” matched tasks in manufacturing.