Analytics on AIA Review Procedures (IPR/CBM/PGR) of Asian Petitioners NGB IP Research Institute Yuji Orita, General Manager Toshihiro Nakane, Master Analyst

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• Database: LexMachina • Data: AIA Reviews(IPR/CBM/PGR) filed by Dec. 31, 2015 • Number of filings: 4370 • We counted every petitioner and every patent owner in the AIA review procedures to generate statistics.

Top Petitioners in PTAB Review procedures

COMPANY Main Product Region Cases 1 Apple Smart phone US 255 2 Samsung Electronics Smart phone KR 155 3 Google Smart phone US 125 4 LG Electronics Smart phone KR 101 5 Microsoft Software/Smart phone US 80 6 Toshiba Electronics JP 71 7 The Gillette Company razor manufacturer US 60 8 TRW Automotive Car parts US 53 9 HTC Smart phone TW 49 10 Oracle Software US 46 10 Intel Semiconductor device US 46 10 Toyota Motor Automobile JP 46 34 ZTE Inc. Smart phone CN 29

Top petitioners in PTAB Review Procedures

Rank Petitioners Cases Rank Petitioners Cases 1 Apple Inc. 255 27 Motorola Mobility LLC 32 2 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 155 27 Hayman Capital Master Fund, LP 32 3 Google Inc. 125 29 Unified Patents Inc. 31 4 LG Electronics 101 29 Amazon.com, Inc. 31 5 Microsoft Corporation 80 31 Ericsson Inc. 30 6 Toshiba Corporation 71 32 Micron Technology, Inc. 29 7 The Gillette Company 60 32 ZTE (USA) Inc. 29 8 TRW Automotive US LLC 53 32 nXn Partners, LLC 29 9 HTC America, Inc. 49 35 Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC 28 10 Oracle Corporation 46 36 IP Navigation Group, LLC 27 10 Intel Corporation 46 37 AT&T Mobility LLC 26 10 Toyota Motor Corporation 46 38 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. 25 13 Sony Corporation 45 39 NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY LTD 24 14 GlobalFoundries U.S., Inc. 44 39 Sony Mobile Communications 24 15 Ford Motor Company 43 41 Hyundai Motor Company 23 16 Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited 41 41 HONDA MOTOR COMPANY LTD. 23 17 Cisco Systems, Inc. 39 41 Hewlett-Packard Company 23 18 Medtronic, Inc. 37 44 Qualcomm Incorporated 22 19 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 36 44 Dell Inc. 22 20 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. 35 46 T-Mobile USA, Inc. 21 21 International Business Machines Corporation 34 46 Corning Incorporated 21 21 Mylan Inc. 34 46 Global Tel*Link Corporation 21 21 Renesas Electronics Corporation 34 46 Symantec Corporation 21 21 Erich Spangenberg 34 46 RPX Corporation 21 21 Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC 34 51 Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH 20 21 J Kyle Bass 34 51 Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless 20 51 Par Pharmaceutical Inc. 20 4 Copyright(C) NGB IPRI All Rights Reserved. Trend of PTAB filings depending on Asian regions (cumulative number)

JP CN TW KR 400 JP; 371 350 KR; 295 300 250

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150 TW; 119 100 CN; 96

2012/9 2013/1 2013/2 2013/3 2013/4 2013/5 2013/6 2013/7 2013/8 2013/9 2014/1 2014/2 2014/3 2014/4 2014/5 2014/6 2014/7 2014/8 2014/9 2015/1 2015/2 2015/3 2015/4 2015/5 2015/6 2015/7 2015/8 2015/9

Petitioner Cases 1 Toshiba 71 2 Toyota Motor 46 3 Sony Corporation 45 4 Fujitsu Semiconductor 41 5 Renesas Electronics 34 6 Sony Mobile Communications 24 6 Nissan Motor 24 8 Honda Motor 23 9 Sony Computer Entertainment 16 10 Fujitsu Limited 11 10 Nintendo 11

Petitioner Cases 1 Samsung Electronics 155 2 LG Electronics 101 3 Hyundai Motor Company 23 4 Kia Motors 15 5 Samsung Display 14 6 LG Display 11 7 SK hynix 10 8 Seoul Semiconductor 5 9 Samsung Techwin 2 9 Hyundai Mobis 2

Petitioner Cases 1 ZTE 29 2 TCT Mobile 17 3 TCL Corporation 17 4 Huawei Technologies 11 5 Zhongshan Broad Ocean Motor 8 6 Goodix Technology 5 7 Shenzhen Liown Electronics 5 8 Shenzhen Huiding Technology 5 9 Shenzhen Jiawei Photovoltaic Lighting 5 10 Lenovo 4

Petitioner Cases 1 HTC 49 2 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing 35 3 Chimei Innolux 7 3 Apex Medical 7 5 A-Top Technology 6 5 Realtek Semiconductor 6 7 ASUSTeK Computer 5 8 Shinn Fu Company 2 9 Macauto 1 9 HBPSI - Hong Kong 1

2012 2013 2014 2015 JP_Petitioner Cases JP_Petitioner Cases JP_Petitioner Cases JP_Petitioner Cases Sony Corporation 3 Toyota Motor Corporation 21 Toshiba Corporation 47 Sony Corporation 25 NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY LTD 2 Sony Corporation 9 Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited 41 Toyota Motor Corporation 23 Kyocera Corporation 2 Toshiba Corporation 6 Renesas Electronics Corporation 34 Toshiba Corporation 18 Denso Corporation 2 Subaru of America, Inc. 5 HONDA MOTOR COMPANY LTD. 14 Sony Mobile Communications 15 Sony Mobile Communications 1 HONDA MOTOR COMPANY LTD. 5 NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY LTD 11 Funai Corporation, Inc. 9 Nichia Corporation 1 NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY LTD 5 Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC 10 Fujitsu Limited, Inc. 6 Yamaha Corporation of America 4 Sony Corporation 8 NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY LTD 6 Xerox Corporation 3 Canon Inc. 7 HONDA MOTOR COMPANY LTD. 4 Nintendo Co., Ltd. 3 Sony Mobile Communications 7 JT International S.A. 4 Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. 3 NEC Corporation 7 Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC 4 Canon Inc. 2 NHK Spring Company, Limited 7 Daifuku America 3 Ube Maxell Co., Ltd. 2 Nintendo Co., Ltd. 7 Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 3 Komatsu America Corp. 2 Sharp Corporation 6 Sony EMCS Corporation 2 Panasonic Corporation 2 Daicel (USA) Inc 5 Sawai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 2 Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corporation 2 Fujitsu Limited, Inc. 5 Sony Energy Device Corporation 2 Honda Tsushin Kogyo Co., Ltd. 2 Daifuku America 5 Sharp Corporation 2 Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC 2 Kyocera Corporation 4 Sony Semiconductor Corporation 2 OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. 2 Yamaha Corporation of America 2 Kyocera Corporation 2 Ricoh Company, Ltd. 1 Xerox Corporation 2 Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. 2 Sumimoto Chemical Company, Limited 1 Toyota Motor Corporation 2 NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD. 2 Omron Oilfield & Marine, Inc. 1 Eizo Inc. 2 Ricoh Company, Ltd. 2 SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 1 Sega of America Inc 2 Xerox Corporation 1 HITACHI CABLE AMERICA INC. 1 Ricoh Company, Ltd. 2 Epson America, Inc. 1 Sony Mobile Communications 1 Nikon Corporation 2 MITSUBISHI CABLE INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1 Kyocera Corporation 1 Denso Corporation 1 Nintendo Co., Ltd. 1 Prism Pharma Co., Ltd. 1 Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation 1 Ube Maxell Co., Ltd. 1 Aruze Gaming America, Inc. 1 Masimo Corporation 1 Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. 1 Seiko Epson Corporation 1 Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc. 1 TDK Corporation 1 DAIICHI SANKYO CO., LTD. 1 Aruze Gaming Macau, Ltd. 1 Panasonic Corporation 1 Shimano Inc 1 Terumo BCT, Inc. 1 10 Copyright(C) NGB IPRI All Rights Reserved. KR PTAB Review Petitioners in each year

2012 2013 2014 2015

KR_Petitioner Cases KR_Petitioner Cases KR_Petitioner Cases KR_Petitioner Cases

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 23 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 68 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 64

LG Electronics 2 LG Electronics 59 LG Electronics 40

Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 2 Hyundai Motor Company 13 Samsung Display Co. Ltd. 14

Hyundai Motor Company 2 LG Display Co., Ltd. 10 SK hynix Inc. 10

Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd. 1 Kia Motors America, Inc. 6 Kia Motors America, Inc. 9

Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 3 Hyundai Motor Company 8

Hyundai Mobis Co.,Ltd. 2 Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd. 2

Kum Oh Electronics Co., Ltd. 1 Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. 1

LG Chem Ltd. 1 LG Display Co., Ltd. 1

2012 2013 2014 2015

CN_Petitioner Cases CN_Petitioner Cases CN_Petitioner Cases CN_Petitioner Cases

ZTE (USA) Inc. 8 ZTE (USA) Inc. 13 TCT Mobile (US) Inc. 17 Guangdong Xinbao Electrical 1 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 8 TCL Corporation 17 Appliances Holdings Co., Ltd. Zhongshan Broad Ocean Motor Co., Autel Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. 1 4 ZTE (USA) Inc. 8 Ltd. SHENZHEN JIAWEI PHOTOVOLTAIC Fujian Newland Computer Co., Ltd. 1 4 Goodix Technology Inc. 5 LIGHTING CO., LTD. Alliance of Rare-Earth Permanent 2 Shenzhen Huiding Technology Co., Ltd. 5 Magnet Industry Zhuhai Seine Technology Co., Ltd. 2 Shenzhen Liown Electronics Co. Ltd. 5

BMC Medical Co., Ltd. 2 Lenovo Group Limited 4 Zhongshan Broad Ocean Motor Co., AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd. (Shenzhen) 1 4 Ltd. CHIEN LUEN INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., INC. 1 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 3

Celltrion, Inc. 2

Wenzhou Yuxiang Pet Product Co., Ltd. 1

Zhejiang Yankon Group Co., Ltd. 1 Tianjin Shuangrong Paper Products Co. 1 Ltd. Hangzhou Langhong Technology Co., 1 Ltd. Shuang Rong America, LLC 1

2012 2013 2014 2015

TW_Petitioner Cases TW_Petitioner Cases TW_Petitioner Cases TW_Petitioner Cases

Chimei Innolux Corporation 7 Apex Medical Corporation 6 HTC America, Inc. 36 HTC America, Inc. 11

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Macauto USA, Inc. 1 5 30 Realtek Semiconductor Corporation 6 Company, Ltd. Company, Ltd.

Total 8 HTC America, Inc. 2 A-Top Technology Inc 5 ASUSTeK Computer Inc. 1

HBPSI - Hong Kong Limited 1 ASUSTeK Computer Inc. 4 A-Top Technology Inc 1

Total 14 Shinn Fu Company of America, Inc. 2 Total 19

Apex Medical Corporation 1

Total 78

No. of PTAB procedures 0 200 400 600 800 1000 Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 203 Audio-visual technology 123 Electrical eng. Telecommunications 429 2199（60.2%） Digital communication 40 155 Basic communication processes 19 993 Computer technology 161 IT methods for management 136 198 Semiconductors 79 CBM Optics 81 Instruments Measurement 102 Analysis of biological materials 7 *Data as of: 2015/8/4(Total 3662) 508（13.9%） Control 101 Medical technology 217 *PTAB procedures are divided by main IPCs Organic fine chemistry 27 into technical fields Biotechnology 57 Chemistry Pharmaceuticals 134 Macromolecular chemistry, polymers 14 477（13.1%） Food chemistry 18 Basic materials chemistry 1 52 Materials, metallurgy 14 More Procedures in Electrical Surface technology, coating 125 Chemical engineering 21 engineering, especially in Computer Environmental technology 15 Handling 48 technology as well as in Medical Machine tools 17 Mechanical eng. Engines, pumps, turbines 26 technology. （） Textile and paper 8 295 8.1% Other special machines 31 Thermal processes and apparatus 10 Mechanical elements 14 Transport 141 Other fields Furniture, games 69 Other consumer goods 41 3 171（4.7%） Civil engineering 61 14 Copyright(C) NGB IPRI All Rights Reserved.

Technical Fields of PTAB Review Petitioners from JP

No. of PTAB procedures 0 200 400 600 800 1000 JP ratio of PTAB petitioners Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 32 Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 14.3% Audio-visual technology 30 Audio-visual technology 21.7% Electrical eng. Telecommunications 38 Telecommunications 7.6% Digital communication 4 Digital communication 2.1% 155 Basic communication processes Basic communication processes 0.0% Computer technology 40 Computer technology 3.4% IT methods for management IT methods for management 0.0% Semiconductors 11 Semiconductors 11.1% Optics 14 Optics 15.2% Instruments Measurement 13 Measurement 10.0% Analysis of biological materials Analysis of biological materials 0.0% 45 Control 14 Control 11.2% Medical technology 4 Medical technology 1.4% Organic fine chemistry 6 Organic fine chemistry 15.8% Biotechnology Biotechnology 0.0% Chemistry Pharmaceuticals 3 Pharmaceuticals 1.6% Macromolecular chemistry, polymers ■The number of PTAB procedure by JP Macromolecular chemistry, polymers 0.0% 42 Food chemistry Food chemistry 0.0% Basic materials chemistry Basic materials chemistry 0.0% Materials, metallurgy 1 Materials, metallurgy 6.7% Surface technology, coating 32 *Data as of 2015/8/4(Total 3662) Surface technology, coating 24.8% Chemical engineering Chemical engineering 0.0% Environmental technology *PTAB procedures are divided by main Environmental technology 0.0% Handling 3 IPCs into technical fields Handling 5.6% Mechanical eng. Machine tools 1 Machine tools 5.0% Engines, pumps, turbines 1 Engines, pumps, turbines 3.6% 45 Textile and paper Textile and paper 0.0% Other special machines 1 Other special machines 3.0% Thermal processes and apparatus Thermal processes and apparatus 0.0% Mechanical elements Mechanical elements 0.0% Transport 39 Transport 21.1% Other fields Furniture, games 4 Furniture, games 4.9% 9 Other consumer goods4 Other consumer goods 8.0% Civil engineering 1 Civil engineering 1.4% 15 Copyright(C) NGB IPRI All Rights Reserved.

Asian Patent Owners in PTAB Review Procedures

Patent Owner Region Cases Patent Owner Region Cases

1 SENJU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. JP 13 17 Anest Iwata Corporation JP 2

2 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. KR 11 17 Globeride, Inc. JP 2

3 CAP Co., Ltd. KR 9 17 Nikon Corporation JP 2

4 Murata Machinery, LTD JP 8 17 Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation JP 2

4 Nidec Motor Corporation JP 8 17 LG Chem Ltd. KR 2

6 Aplix IP Holdings Corporation JP 7 17 Hitachi Metals, Ltd JP 2

6 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Company Ltd JP 7 23 ADC Technology Inc. JP 2

8 DAIICHI SANKYO CO., LTD. JP 6 23 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited JP 1

8 UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD. JP 6 23 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha JP 1

10 Canon Inc. JP 4 23 JNC Petrochemical Corporation JP 1

10 LG Electronics, Inc. KR 4 23 Menicon Co. Ltd. JP 1

10 Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. JP 4 23 Shenzhen Liown Electronics Co. Ltd. CN 1 Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea 10 JP 4 23 Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation JP 1 Corporation 10 Konami Gaming, Inc. JP 4 23 Goto Denshi Co., Ltd. JP 1

15 Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. JP 3 23 Kyoto University JP 1

15 Enplas (U.S.A.), Inc. JP 3 23 Nitto Denko Corporation JP 1

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