In 2009, when I was working for the Region of Peel government, Canada, I successfully used patent mapping to identify 20 US patent intensive companies as the potential employers for highly educated immigrants. Following this initiative, I created a Canadian patent competitive intelligence (CI) database to track the latest patent competence of over 4000 Canadian entities, in all sector and from coast to coast in Canada, on a weekly basis. My work with Region of Peel from 2010 to 2012 showed that this database can provide the "no-older-than-7-day" intelligence for long-term strategic research/planning and short-term tactics. This is also the first attempt in Canada to use patent landscape as a regional economic strength indicator and a baseline for policy harmonization and policy performance evaluation.

1. Canadian Patent Competitive Intelligence
Database
Muchiu (Henry) Chang, PhD. Cantab.
henry.chang212@gmail.com
December 4, 2012

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Features of Our CI database
• Synchronized with USPTO patent database to
provide “no-older-than-7-day” information about
Canada’s patent competitive advantage in the US
market;
• Included information of 4010 Canadian
companies/organizations having US patents
granted from Jan. 1, 2004 to December 4, 2012;
• Provided synergies and intelligence in strategic
planning for economic development, immigration,
new immigrant employment and human resource.

3. © Muchiu (Henry) Chang 2012
Canadian Patent Landscape
in the US Market
• Ontario is the largest US patent hub province;
• In Ontario, Waterloo, Ottawa and Kingston are the
top 3 US patent hosting geographical areas
respectively (normalized by population);
• GTA is decreasing in US patent gaining, while
Waterloo’s US patent gaining grows steadily.

4. © Muchiu (Henry) Chang 2012
If you need the latest intelligence regarding:
• the names of over 4000 Canadian US patent owners
in all business sectors and coast to coast; and
• their detailed patent trends in the US market,
please feel free to contact:
Dr. Muchiu (Henry) Chang
henry.chang212@gmail.com
+1-416-828-5676

5. Figure 1, Annual Patent Statistics by Provinces

6. Figure 2, US Patent Statistics by Geographical Areas

7. Figure 3, Top 3 Ontario Geographical Areas in US Patent Holding

8. Figure 4, Annual Patent Statistics of Sectors of the top 22 GTA Potential Employers