The document discusses the composite and flyweight patterns. The composite pattern allows groups of objects to be treated the same as individual objects. It makes it easy to add new components and keeps client code simple. The flyweight pattern saves memory by sharing objects when there are many instances that differ only in state. It divides object characteristics into intrinsic and extrinsic properties, with extrinsic properties stored externally to allow sharing. Both patterns are useful when there are large numbers of objects that need to be represented efficiently.