This issue: Major inventive companies in the world. US inventions market share (2013)

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This issue: Major inventive companies
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US inventions market share (2013): Granted patent count
Based on 1/3 (77K) of all US patents
granted in 2013
Distribution of country of origin of top 50 US patent issuing companies
Source: *USPTO annual summary, utility patents only, IFI Claims, Lpines
US patent issuance for year 2013: 287,831*

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Key observations and implications
Macro trend among major producers:
•290K US patents granted every year
•Top 50 account for 1/3 of all US assets
•Out of this, 55% of top 50 are HQ in Asia
•Mostly focus on consumer electronics, hardware, IT related field
•Leading US HQ firms are in software and wireless (eg., IBM, MSFT, QCOM)
•Two distinct groups: hardware dominant Asia and Software dominant US players Underlying product market (current and emerging) is driving the level of patenting of these major patenting entities Industry structure drives level of competition, therefore, IP strategy and issues
Key facts and observation
Global nature of invention business today, US-Asia collaboration is emerging:
•Tech transfer circles
•IP acquisition and divestitures
•Innovative business models Size and growth of the market (eg., Smartphone, wearables) and degree of consumer facing business is an important indicator of IP issues and value Monitoring and anticipating patenting activity of current and emerging competitors is important and must be part of corporate IP practice discipline
Implications

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Thoughts and business assumptions
“Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time.” -Bill Gates “Innovation without protection is philanthropy…IP is rapidly becoming the central foundation of businesses and markets, the most precious resource in the world, and the most important source of newly minted wealth, IP plays the central role in creation and apportionment of business value” - Mark Blaxill, author Invisible Edge

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