Patenting by Organizations 2014
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PATENTING BY ORGANIZATIONS (Utility Patents) 2014 March 2015 U.S. PATENT A ND TRADEMARK OFFICE ELECTRONIC INFORMATION PRODUCTS DIVISION - PTMT P.O. BOX 1450 ALEXANDRIA, VA 22313-1450 tel (571) 272-5600 / FAX (571) 273-0110 A PATENT TECHNOLOGY MONITORING TEAM REPORT Patenting By Organizations (Utility Patents) 2014 This report, prepared from the Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) database, profiles utility patents (i.e., patents for inventions) granted during calendar year 2014. Part A1 Part A1 presents patent counts by origin, U.S. and foreign. Individual counts are also presented for each of the top 36 patenting countries. Patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor listed on a patent. Patent ownership-category information reflects ownership at the time of patent grant and does not reflect subsequent changes in ownership. If more than one assignee (the entity, if any, to which the patent rights have been legally assigned) was declared at the time of grant, a patent is attributed to the ownership-category of the first-named assignee. The "U.S. Corporations" and "Foreign Corporations" ownership categories count predominantly corporate patents; however, patents assigned to other organizations such as small businesses, nonprofit organizations, universities, etc. are also included in these categories. While the "U.S. Government" ownership category includes only patents granted to the Federal Government, no such distinction is made for the "Foreign Government" ownership category. The "U.S. Individuals" and "Foreign Individuals" ownership categories include patents for which ownership was assigned to an individual as well as patents for which no assignment of ownership was made at the time of grant. Part B1 Part B1 presents organizations that received 40 or more patents during the calendar year. Organizations are ranked based on their patent count. Please note that because of the large number of organizations appearing in this report, the minimum number of annual patents received by a listed organization was raised from 30, for the 1997 report, to 40 for the 1998 and subsequent reports. Patent information included in Part B1 of the report reflects patent ownership at the time of patent grant and does not reflect changes in ownership which may occur after the patent grant. Where more than one assignee exists, patents are attributed to the first-named assignee. No attempt has been made to combine data based on subsidiary relationships. However, where possible, spelling variations and variations based on name changes (e.g., ESSO to EXXON) have been merged into a single name. While every effort is made to accurately identify all organizational entities and report data by a single organizational name, achievement of a totally clean record is not expected, particularly in view of the many variations which may occur in corporate identifications. Patenting By The U.S. Government 2014 In calendar year 2014, the U.S. Government received 1024 utility patents. Under the section labeled "Ownership", Part A1 presents the total count of patents received by the U.S. Government during the calendar year. Each of the separate U.S. Government agencies receiving 40 or more patents during the calendar year is listed in Part B1. Part A1 (Patent Grants as Distributed By Year of Patent Grant) Technology Assessment and Forecast Report PATENTING BY ORGANIZATIONS (CY 2014) Page A1-1 Number of Utility Patents Granted By Year Of Patent Grant (Granted: Jan 01, 2014 - Dec 31, 2014) COUNTRY OF ORIGIN 2014 Total Total 300678 300678 U.S. Origin 144621 144621 Foreign Origin 156057 156057 JAPAN 53849 53849 GERMANY 16550 16550 KOREA, SOUTH 16469 16469 TAIWAN 11332 11332 CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUB 7236 7236 CANADA 7043 7043 FRANCE 6691 6691 UNITED KINGDOM 6487 6487 ISRAEL 3471 3471 INDIA 2987 2987 SWEDEN 2767 2767 ITALY 2628 2628 NETHERLANDS 2505 2505 SWITZERLAND 2398 2398 AUSTRALIA 1693 1693 FINLAND 1338 1338 BELGIUM 1220 1220 AUSTRIA 1180 1180 DENMARK 1051 1051 SINGAPORE 946 946 SPAIN 789 789 CHINA, HONG KONG S.A. 606 606 NORWAY 547 547 IRELAND 467 467 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 445 445 BRAZIL 334 334 SAUDI ARABIA 294 294 NEW ZEALAND 261 261 MALAYSIA 259 259 CZECH REPUBLIC 182 182 MEXICO 172 172 POLAND 162 162 HUNGARY 159 159 SOUTH AFRICA 152 152 KUWAIT 98 98 TURKEY 90 90 Others ( 85 ) 1199 1199 Ownership: U.S. Corporations 136355 136355 U.S. Government 1024 1024 U.S. Individuals 13869 13869 Foreign Corporations 143719 143719 Foreign Government 321 321 Foreign Individuals 5390 5390 Technology Assessment and Forecast Report PATENTING BY ORGANIZATIONS (CY 2014) Page A1-2 Percent of Utility Patents Granted By Year Of Patent Grant (Granted: Jan 01, 2014 - Dec 31, 2014) COUNTRY OF ORIGIN 2014 Total Total 100 100 U.S. Origin 48 48 Foreign Origin 52 52 JAPAN 18 18 GERMANY 6 6 KOREA, SOUTH 5 5 TAIWAN 4 4 CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUB 2 2 CANADA 2 2 FRANCE 2 2 UNITED KINGDOM 2 2 ISRAEL 1 1 INDIA 1 1 SWEDEN 1 1 ITALY 1 1 NETHERLANDS 1 1 SWITZERLAND 1 1 AUSTRALIA 1 1 FINLAND 0 BELGIUM 0 AUSTRIA 0 DENMARK 0 SINGAPORE 0 SPAIN 0 CHINA, HONG KONG S.A. 0 NORWAY 0 IRELAND 0 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 BRAZIL 0 SAUDI ARABIA 0 NEW ZEALAND 0 MALAYSIA 0 CZECH REPUBLIC 0 MEXICO 0 POLAND 0 HUNGARY 0 SOUTH AFRICA 0 KUWAIT 0 TURKEY 0 Others ( 85 ) 0 Ownership: U.S. Corporations 45 45 U.S. Government 0 U.S. Individuals 5 5 Foreign Corporations 48 48 Foreign Government 0 Foreign Individuals 2 2 Part B1 (Ranked Listing of Organizations with Patent Grants Distributed By Year of Patent Grant) Technology Assessment and Forecast Report (3/11/15) PATENTING BY ORGANIZATIONS (CY 2014) Page B1-1 Organizational Patenting (Granted: Jan 01, 2014 - Dec 31, 2014) Ranked List of Organizations with 40 or More Utility Patents Received in CY2014 ORGANIZATION 2014 TOTAL INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 7481 7481 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. Patents By Year of Grant: 4936 4936 CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA Patents By Year of Grant: 4048 4048 SONY CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 3214 3214 MICROSOFT CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 2829 2829 QUALCOMM, INC. Patents By Year of Grant: 2586 2586 GOOGLE, INC. Patents By Year of Grant: 2566 2566 TOSHIBA CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 2537 2537 LG ELECTRONICS INC. Patents By Year of Grant: 2119 2119 Panasonic Corporation Patents By Year of Grant: 2079 2079 Apple, Inc. Patents By Year of Grant: 2003 2003 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY Patents By Year of Grant: 1858 1858 FUJITSU LIMITED Patents By Year of Grant: 1812 1812 SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 1660 1660 RICOH COMPANY, LTD. Patents By Year of Grant: 1634 1634 HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. Patents By Year of Grant: 1573 1573 INTEL CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 1573 1573 TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL.) Patents By Year of Grant: 1537 1537 Samsung Display Co., Ltd. Patents By Year of Grant: 1500 1500 GM Global Technology Operations LLC Patents By Year of Grant: 1470 1470 TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. Patents By Year of Grant: 1446 1446 TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. Patents By Year of Grant: 1362 1362 Technology Assessment and Forecast Report (3/11/15) PATENTING BY ORGANIZATIONS (CY 2014) Page B1-2 Organizational Patenting (Granted: Jan 01, 2014 - Dec 31, 2014) Ranked List of Organizations with 40 or More Utility Patents Received in CY2014 ORGANIZATION 2014 TOTAL BlackBerry Limited Patents By Year of Grant: 1328 1328 AT& T Intellectual Property I, L.P. Patents By Year of Grant: 1295 1295 BROADCOM CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 1197 1197 SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. Patents By Year of Grant: 1177 1177 BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA Patents By Year of Grant: 1142 1142 HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) Patents By Year of Grant: 1099 1099 CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. Patents By Year of Grant: 1095 1095 SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) Patents By Year of Grant: 1082 1082 MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. Patents By Year of Grant: 1067 1067 SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Patents By Year of Grant: 1040 1040 ROBERT BOSCH GMBH Patents By Year of Grant: 985 985 NEC CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 967 967 XEROX CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 958 958 Fujifilm Corporation Patents By Year of Grant: 925 925 HITACHI, LTD Patents By Year of Grant: 902 902 BOEING COMPANY Patents By Year of Grant: 898 898 ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE Patents By Year of Grant: 862 862 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. Patents By Year of Grant: 851 851 MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA Patents By Year of Grant: 833 833 FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. Patents By Year of Grant: 831 831 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED Patents By Year of Grant: 830 830 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. Patents By Year of Grant: 786 786 Technology Assessment and Forecast Report (3/11/15) PATENTING BY ORGANIZATIONS (CY 2014) Page B1-3 Organizational Patenting (Granted: Jan 01, 2014 - Dec 31, 2014) Ranked List of Organizations with 40 or More Utility Patents Received in CY2014 ORGANIZATION 2014 TOTAL HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Patents By Year of Grant: 773 773 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. Patents By Year of Grant: 748 748 DENSO CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 744 744 Amazon Technologies, Inc. Patents By Year of Grant: 741 741 SK Hynix Inc. Patents By Year of Grant: 710 710 ZTE CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 705 705 Alcatel Lucent Patents By Year of Grant: 700 700 MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. Patents By Year of Grant: 693 693 HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. Patents By Year of Grant: 665 665 Covidien LP Patents By Year of Grant: 661 661 VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.