What is IPO? • Trade association of more than 200 Companies, 12,000+ individuals. Established in 1972.

• Represents interests of individual inventors, small and medium size enterprises, and multi-national corporations across diverse industries.

• Advocates for legislation and rules to provide greater legal certainty and more effective and affordable IP rights in the U.S. and abroad.

Prepared by the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) June 2014 1 Who is IPO? • IPO corporate members file a significant percentage of all patent applications worldwide. • IPO’s 50 member board of directors are some of the top PCT filers, EPO applicants, and EPO patentees.

Prepared by the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) June 2014 2 50 Member Corporate Board of Directors Including Top 300 US Patent Owners 2013

• 3M Innovative Properties Co. • Eli Lilly and Co. • Motorola Solutions • AT&T • Enventys • Oracle USA, Inc. • Adobe Systems Inc. • Exxon Mobil Corp. • , Inc. • Air Liquide • Ford Global Technologies • Pitney Bowes Inc. • Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. LLC • Praxair, Inc • , Inc. • General Electric Co. • Procter & Gamble Co. • Apple Inc. • GlaxoSmithKline • Qualcomm, Inc. • BP America, Inc. • Google Inc. • Roche Inc. • Bridgestone Americas • Hewlett-Packard Co. • Rolls-Royce Corp. Holding Co. • IBM, Corp. • SAP AG • Bristol-Myers Squibb • Intel Corp. • STMicroelectronics, Inc. Company • Johnson & Johnson • Sanofi-Aventis • Caterpillar Inc. • Koninklijke Philips N.V. • Shell International B.V. • ConocoPhillips • Mars Incorporated • Siemens Corp. • Covidien • , Inc. • Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. • Dow Chemical Co. • Micron Technology, Inc. • The Travelers Companies, Inc. • DuPont • Microsoft Corp. • United Technologies Corp. • EMC Corporation • Monsanto Co.

3 50 Member Corporate Board of Directors Including Top 100 EPO Patent Filers 2013 • 3M Innovative Properties Co. • Eli Lilly and Co. • Motorola Solutions • AT&T • Enventys • Oracle USA, Inc. • Adobe Systems Inc. • Exxon Mobil Corp. • Pfizer, Inc. • Air Liquide • Ford Global Technologies LLC • Pitney Bowes Inc. • Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. • General Electric Co. • Praxair, Inc • Amgen, Inc. • GlaxoSmithKline • Procter & Gamble Co. • Apple Inc. • Google Inc. • Qualcomm, Inc. • BP America, Inc. • Hewlett-Packard Co. • Roche Inc. • Bridgestone Americas • IBM, Corp. • Rolls-Royce Corp. Holding Co. • Intel Corp. • SAP AG • Bristol-Myers Squibb Company • Johnson & Johnson • STMicroelectronics, Inc. • Caterpillar Inc. • Koninklijke Philips N.V. • Sanofi-Aventis • ConocoPhillips • Mars Incorporated • Shell International B.V. • Covidien • Medtronic, Inc. • Siemens Corp. • Dow Chemical Co. • Micron Technology, Inc. • Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. • DuPont • Microsoft Corp. • The Travelers Companies, Inc. • EMC Corporation • Monsanto Co. • United Technologies Corp.

4 50 Member Corporate Board of Directors Including Top 25 EPO Patent Owners 2013 • 3M Innovative Properties Co. • Eli Lilly and Co. • Motorola Solutions • AT&T • Enventys • Oracle USA, Inc. • Adobe Systems Inc. • Exxon Mobil Corp. • Pfizer, Inc. • Air Liquide • Ford Global Technologies LLC • Pitney Bowes Inc. • Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. • General Electric Co. • Praxair, Inc • Amgen, Inc. • GlaxoSmithKline • Procter & Gamble Co. • Apple Inc. • Google Inc. • Qualcomm, Inc. • BP America, Inc. • Hewlett-Packard Co. • Roche Inc. • Bridgestone Americas Holding • IBM, Corp. • Rolls-Royce Corp. Co. • Intel Corp. • SAP AG • Bristol-Myers Squibb Company • Johnson & Johnson • STMicroelectronics, Inc. • Caterpillar Inc. • Koninklijke Philips N.V. • Sanofi-Aventis • ConocoPhillips • Mars Incorporated • Shell International B.V. • Covidien • Medtronic, Inc. • Siemens Corp. • Dow Chemical Co. • Micron Technology, Inc. • Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. • DuPont • Microsoft Corp. • The Travelers Companies, Inc. • EMC Corporation • Monsanto Co. • United Technologies Corp.

5 50 Member Corporate Board of Directors Including Top 20 PCT Patent Filers 2013 • 3M Innovative Properties Co. • Eli Lilly and Co. • Motorola Solutions • AT&T • Enventys • Oracle USA, Inc. • Adobe Systems Inc. • Exxon Mobil Corp. • Pfizer, Inc. • Air Liquide • Ford Global Technologies LLC • Pitney Bowes Inc. • Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. • General Electric Co. • Praxair, Inc. • Amgen, Inc. • GlaxoSmithKline • Procter & Gamble Co. • Apple Inc. • Google Inc. • Qualcomm, Inc. • BP America, Inc. • Hewlett-Packard Co. • Roche Inc. • Bridgestone Americas Holding • IBM, Corp. • Rolls-Royce Corp. Co. • Intel Corp. • SAP AG • Bristol-Myers Squibb Company • Johnson & Johnson • STMicroelectronics, Inc. • Caterpillar Inc. • Koninklijke Philips N.V. • Sanofi-Aventis • ConocoPhillips • Mars Incorporated • Shell International B.V. • Covidien • Medtronic, Inc. • Siemens Corp. • Dow Chemical Co. • Micron Technology, Inc. • Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. • DuPont • Microsoft Corp. • The Travelers Companies, Inc. • EMC Corporation • Monsanto Co. • United Technologies Corp.

6 IPO Supports International Harmonization of Substantive Patent Law

IPO strongly supports efforts to harmonize substantive requirements of the world’s patent laws in ways that will address the burden, expense, and uncertainty associated with complex and different rules for obtaining patent rights.

Prepared by the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) June 2014 7 IPO Supports International Harmonization of Substantive Patent Law

IPO’s ultimate goal is to obtain a system that provides uniform, objective, predictable, and cost effective acquisition and enforcement of patents globally. Recently, IPO’s efforts have focused on harmonizing:

Grace period for filing patent applications

18-month publication of applications

Conflicting applications

Prior user rights

Prepared by the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) June 2014 8 For More Information: Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) 1501 M Street, NW Suite 1150 Washington, DC 20005

Phone: 202-507-4500 Fax: 202-507-4501 Web: www.ipo.org

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