This document provides information on US patent holdings in the UK. It includes figures showing global US patent holdings and US patent holdings in major economies. It defines the UK geographical areas included in statistics and notes that British overseas territories are treated separately. The top contributors to the UK's intellectual property trade surplus were distribution of audio-visual products and franchises/trademarks. Most US patents were held in England, while British overseas territories also had significant US patent holdings.

1. Muchiu (Henry) Chang, PhD. Cantab.
henry.chang212@gmail.com
November 20, 2018
Directory of US Patent Holders in UK -
The latest Competitive Intelligence (CI) and
intellectual Ecosystem of UK

2. Figure 1, Global US patent holding

3. Figure 2, US patent holding in major economy entities in the world

4. • UK includes England, Wales, Scotland, Northern
Ireland, and British Overseas Territories (BOT)
• BOT includes Anguilla Islands, Gibraltar, Cayman
Islands and British Virgin Islands
• The geographical definition for statistical analysis in
British sovereign follows “Nomenclature of territorial
units for statistics” (NUTS) of Eurostat of European
Union.
Geographical Definition for Statistics in UK
Source: “NUTS - Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics”
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/nuts
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5. • UK's trade data include transactions in England,
Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland only
• BOT were treated as UK's international partners from
outside the UK; therefore, no foreign trade data for
BOT, except the transactions between BOT and UK

The top two contributors of UK's IP trade surplus
were “Distribution of audio-visual and related
products” (£1.5 billion) and “Franchise and
trademarks” (£1.4 billion), as in Figure 5

Most of US patents were generated in England, as in
Figure 6

BOT have significant US patent holding, as in Figure
6 and Figure 7
The Value of Intellectual Property (IP) in UK
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6. Figure 3: UK Foreign Trade Balance
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(£ million)
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
-150000 -100000 -50000 0 50000 100000 150000
Current balance
Trade in goods
Trade in services
Total Primary income
Total secondary income
Capital balance
Source:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/uksectoraccounts/datasets/unitedkingdomeconomicacco
untsbalanceofpaymentscurrentaccount

7. © Muchiu (Henry) Chang 2018
Figure 4: UK Foreign Trade Balance Breakdown in Service Sector
(£ million)
Source:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/uksectoraccounts/datasets/unitedkingdomeconomicacco
untsbalanceofpaymentscurrentaccount
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
-40000 -20000 0 20000 40000 60000 80000 100000 120000
Total service trade balance
Financial
Other business
Insurance and pension services
Telecommunication, computer
and information services
Intellectual property
Government
Travel

8. Source:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/datasets/3tradeinservicesthepinkbook2016
(£ million)
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Figure 5: Breakdown of “Intellectual property” in
Service Sector foreign Trade Balance of UK
*Note: The data of “Distribution of
computer software were not
available before 2013
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
-1000 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000
Total IP service trade balance
Distribution of audio-visual
and related products
Franchise and trademarks
Outcomes of research
and development
Distribution of Computer
Software *

9. *Source:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/datasets/3tradeinservicesthepinkbook2016
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Figure 6: Contribution of IP in Service Sector foreign Trade of UK

10. Figure 7, Annual Patent Statistics by Countries in UK

11. Figure 8, Annual Patent Statistics by Countries in UK (normalized by population)