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Derwent worlD Patents InDex

2014 state oF InnoVatIonTWELVE KEY TECHNOLOGY AREAS AND THEIR STATES OF INNOVATION

“ First, patents produce higher and more certain investment returns from innovation, effectively ensuring and magnifying the first-mover advantage and helping to justify sustained investments in research and development... Second, patents create a scorecard for measuring innovation. The number of patents often serves as a quantifiable metric in setting corporate objectives and facilitates comparisons with competitors and industry benchmarks.”

BRuCE NOLOpChief Financial Officer, pitney Bowes Inc

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patents continue to be recognized as a viable proxy for innovation. Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School Ernest L. Arbuckle professor, sums up this sentiment in her statement, “The ability to own a discovery and reap rewards from the investment in that unique invention or concept encourages innovation. Why invest, if predators could easily steal the ideas and make it their own? The patent system is the innovator’s friend.”

Thomson Reuters similarly realizes the importance of accepting patents as such a measure, as evidenced in its annual Top 100 Global innovators program (top100innovators.com) and in this annual State of innovation report.

To understand the impact of the patent-innovation connection, it is important to look at how the patent system is changing and the effect of these changes on innovation. The global patent system, the protection engine enabling the commercialization of innovation, has remained relatively constant over the past year with modest developments.

in Europe, the launch of the Unitary Patent (UP) and the Unified Patent court were introduced and are certain to have a long-term, positive impact on innovation and patenting across the 25 member countries, representing some 500 million people, participating in this movement. Touted advantages of the UP include cost savings for designating and maintaining patent protection in the 25 participating jurisdictions and expedited decision making regarding validity and infringement claims.

in the U.S., noteworthy changes include the official launch of the first-to-file movement (which took effect in September 2013 as part of the America invents Act) and legislation to decrease costly litigation primarily originating from non-practicing entities, NPEs (as part of the innovation Act). The latter movement addresses the concern that suits brought by these NPEs have increased from 29% to 62% of all infringement suits in the two year period from July 2011 – July 2013.1 The concern is that the explosion in litigation could have a dampening effect on innovation and divert could-be R&d dollars to costly litigation.

in Asia, there were modest changes in patenting across the continent. As china continues to transition from a production economy to an innovation one, it is guided by its latest National Patent Strategy with the aggressive goal of filing two million patents each year and doubling the number of overseas patent application filings by chinese applicants by 2015;2 india is grappling with new generics and pharmaceutical legislation; and South Korea is feeling the effects of increased litigation, with 334 suits filed against South Korean companies in 2013, twice the number of just three years earlier.

despite the ever-evolving landscape, the confidence in patents as a benchmark for innovation remains strong. “Patents produce higher and more certain investment returns from innovation, effectively ensuring and magnifying the first-mover advantage and helping to justify sustained investments in research and development,” said Bruce Nolop, chief financial officer, Pitney Bowes inc.4

1 Wired Magazine, http://www.wired.com/2013/07/patent-law-broken-abused-to-stifle-innovation/

2 USPTO.gov, http://www.uspto.gov/news/speeches/2013/rea_fordham_china.jsp

3 Asia Nikkei, http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Trends/South-Korea-hit-by-spike-in-patent-suits

4 Wall St. Journal, http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323582904578487200821421958

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The findings from this year’s State of innovation report confirm that the post recessionary down-slump has officially rounded the corner and that innovation investment is on the rise. in all categories except Biotechnology, the Thomson Reuters analysts identified increases in activity, with most being in the double digits.

For the fifth consecutive year, the computing & Peripherals technology area takes the lead with the most overall innovation of all sectors analyzed. This time it leads with more than 300,000 unique inventions, more than twice as many as the next nearest category: Telecommunications.

The three technology areas with the greatest year-over-year increases are Automotive, domestic Appliances and Petroleum, each of which jumped by 35% over prior year figures. in Automotive, the subsector area with the largest increase in activity is Seats, Seatbelts and Airbags, which is up 40% over the prior year’s activity, followed closely by the Safety subsector, which jumped 39%. These figures underscore the shift in focus to making vehicles as safe as possible, potentially a result of the recalls affecting the auto industry.

Toyota takes the title as the world’s front runner in overall Alternative Powered Vehicles innovation. it surpassed its nearest competitor, Honda, by some 300%, while simultaneously bumping its own output over the prior period by 52%. All subsectors within the Automotive technology area had increases in activity, whereas only 7 of the 12 showed positive gains in the prior period.

Every subsector within domestic Appliances saw increases between 28% and 40% over the prior year. This is the most consistent technology area, as it was also amongst the top three fastest growing sectors in the prior analysis and its distribution of innovation activity is balanced across subsectors.

in the Petroleum space, the subsector for Petroleum& Gas Exploration, drilling, Production & Processing is up 43% over prior year, whereas the prior year’s comparison was up only 9%. This is the first time that Petroleum has made it into the top three most active areas list. Some of this innovation is related to hydraulic fracturing, which is quickly becoming a source of alternative fuel amidst environmental concerns over oil and gas.

The largest jump in year-over-year innovation activity is in Aerospace, within the Structures & Systems subsector, which skyrocketed 192% over the prior period, where it had experienced a decline of over 50% from the previous analysis. in the category of Space Vehicles & Satellite Technologies, Boeing takes the overall global lead with the most innovations.

The only area to show a year-over-year decline is Biotechnology, which dropped 3% from the prior year. All subsectors decreased year-over-year except for Genetically Modified crops which was up 8%, but still with a smaller increase than the prior period, which had jumped by 13%. The biggest loser in Biotechnology was drug discovery related innovation, which fell by 25%; even oncology-related innovation declined by 2%, despite the increase in diagnoses in this area.

Analysts continue to see more activity from emerging markets, specifically from china and Russia. As an example, the University of People’s Friendship, in Russia, took a spot in the top 10 in Food, Tobacco and Beverage Fermentation, Medical devices and Pharmaceuticals.

The future looks promising for global innovation investments and commercialization based on figures in this year’s analysis.

OBSERVATiONS & FiNdiNGS

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2013 Volume 2013 Ranking % of Total 2012 Volume% Change in

Volume (2013 v 2012)

A computing and Peripherals 301,043 1 31% 232,549 29%

B Telecommunications 125,932 2 13% 94,516 33%

c Automotive 123,009 3 13% 90,816 35%

d Semiconductors 97,511 4 10% 84,058 16%

E Medical devices 75,723 5 8% 60,300 26%

F Pharmaceuticals 62,766 6 7% 60,890 3%

G domestic Appliances 55,723 7 6% 41,249 35%

H Aerospace 47,924 8 5% 36,837 30%

i Biotechnology 26,110 9 3% 26,809 -3%

J Petroleum 17,896 10 2% 13,234 35%

K Food, Tobacco and Beverage Fermentation 14,752 11 1% 11,736 26%

L cosmetics 7,419 12 1% 6,304 18%

2013 Patent aCtIVItY oVerVIew oF 12 keY teChnologY areas

Source: Thomson Reuters derwent World Patents index

Computing and Peripherals

Telecommunications

Automotive

Semiconductors

Pharmaceuticals

Medical Devices

Domestic Appliances

Aerospace

Biotechnology

Petroleum

Food, Tobacco and Beverage Fermentation

Cosmetics

31%

13%

13%

10%

8%

7%

6%

5%

3%

2%

1%

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TOP 10 ASiA-PAciFic ASSiGNEES

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CompanyNumber of Documents

1 KOREA AEROSPAcE RESEARcH iNSTiTUTE 27

2 HARBiN iNSTiTUTE OF TEcHNOLOGY 24

3 MiTSUBiSHi ELEcTRic 15

4 BEiJiNG iNSTiTUTE OF TEcHNOLOGY 13

5 UNiVERSiTY OF BEiJiNG AERONAUTicS & ASTRONAUTicS 11

6 MiTSUBiSHi HEAVY iNdUSTRY 7

7 MiTSUBiSHi cHEMicAL 6

8 SHARP 6

9 cHANGcHUN iNSTiTUTE OF OPTicS FiNE MEcHANicS & PHYSicS 6

10 iHi AEROSPAcE 5

10 XiAN AiRcRAFT iNdUSTRiAL 5

10 NORTHWESTERN POLYTEcHNicAL UNiVERSiTY 5

10 PLA NATiONAL dEFENcE TEcHNOLOGY UNiVERSiTY 5

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SUBSECTORS 2013 Volume

2012Volume % Change

33% General 17,949 N/A

28% Production Techniques 15,349 11,597 32%

12% Advanced Materials 6,274 5,510 14%

10% Propulsion Plants 5,328 4,008 33%

9% Structures & Systems 4,790 1,643 192%

7% instrumentation 3,572 3,005 19%

1% Space Vehicles & Satellite Technologies 764 702 9%



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Company Number of Documents

1 AiRBUS OPERATiONS 43

2 ENERGiYA ROcKET cOSMic STOcK cO 21

3 cOSMic SciENcE PROdUcTiON cENTRE 11

4 RESHETNEV iNFORMATiON SATELLiTE SYSTEMS 11

5 cENTRE NATiONAL d'ETUdES SPATiALES 10

6 iNFORMATiON SATELLiTE SYSTEMS cO LTd 10

7 THALES 8

8 LAVOcHKiN Sci PROdN ASSOc 7

9 dEUTScHE ZENTRUM FÜR LUFT- UNd RAUMFAHRT (German Aerospace centre) 5

10 SNEcMA 5

10 SAMARA STATE AEROSPAcE UNiVERSiTY 5

TOP 10 EUROPEAN ASSiGNEES


TOP 10 NORTH AMERicAN ASSiGNEES



1 BOEiNG 52

2 LOcKHEEd MARTiN 11

3 HONEYWELL iNTERNATiONAL 8

4 US NAVY 5

5 RAYTHEON 4

6 ROcKWELL cOLLiNS 4

7 SPAcE SYSTEMS/LORAL 3

8 cOMPOSiTE TEcHNOLOGY dEVELOPMENT 3

9 HAMiLTON SUNdSTRANd SPAcE SYSTEMS 2

10 ALLiANT TEcHSYSTEMS 2

10 QUALcOMM 2

10 EMcORE 2

10 MicROLiNK dEVicES 2




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alternatIVe PowereD VehICles


1 TOYOTA 2520

2 HONdA 635

3 HYUNdAi 535

4 NiSSAN 535

5 dENSO cORPORATiON 523

6 MATSUSHiTA 505

7 SAMSUNG 444

8 TOYOdA AUTOMATic LOOM WORKS 418

9 SUMiTOMO ELEcTRic 386

10 LG 356

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automotIVe


2012Volume % Change

22% Alternative Powered Vehicles 29,694 22,688 31%

11% Transmission 15,236 11,859 28%

11% Navigation Systems 15,050 11,594 30%

11% Safety 14,306 10,286 39%

9% Seats, Seatbelts and Airbags 12,070 8,614 40%

7% Steering Systems 9,030 6,862 32%

6% Suspension Systems 8,321 6,393 30%

6% Pollution control 8,180 7,262 13%

5% Security Systems 7,096 5,686 25%

4% Engine design and Systems 5,898 5,201 13%

4% Braking Systems 5,441 4,247 28%

3% Entertainment Systems 3,495 2,734 28%



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1 ROBERT BOScH 566

2 dAiMLER 307

3 SiEMENS 173

4 PEUGEOT ciTROEN AUTOMOBiLES 151

5 RENAULT 131

6 BMW 115

7 AUdi 111

8 ZF FRiEdRicHSHAFEN 106

9 VOLKSWAGEN 106

10 cONTiNENTAL AUTOMOTiVE 96






1 GM GLOBAL TEcHNOLOGY OPERATiONS 322

2 FORd GLOBAL TEcHNOLOGiES 284

3 GENERAL ELEcTRic 71

4 TESLA MOTORS 44

5 REMY TEcHNOLOGiES 39

6 cATERPiLLAR 36

7 dU PONT dE NEMOURS 33

8 HALLA ViSTEON cLiMATE cONTROL 31

9 JOHNSON cONTROLS TEcHNOLOGY 30

10 LEAR 29




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CanCer treatment


1 AGENcY FOR SciENcE TEcHNOLOGY ANd RESEARcH 21

2 TORAY iNdUSTRiES 13

3 SAMSUNG ELEcTRONicS 11

4 MiLLENNiUM PHARMAcEUTicALS 11

5 UNiVERSiTY OF YONSEi iNd AcAdEMic cOOP FOUNdATiON 11

6 UNiVERSiTY OF SiNGAPORE NAT 10

7 UNiVERSiTY OF PEKiNG 10

8 UNiVERSiTY OF FUdAN 9

9 UNiVERSiTY OF ZHEJiANG 9

10 UNiVERSiTY OF SEOUL NAT R & dB FOUNdATiON 8

10 cHUGAi SEiYAKU 8

10 UNiVERSiTY OF TOKYO 8

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BIoteChnologY


2012 Volume % Change

61% General biotechnology 16,671 17,069 -2%

17% diagnosis of diseases 4,646 4,902 -5%

12% cancer treatment 3,375 3,450 -2%

7% Genetically modified crops 1,897 1,757 8%

3% drug discovery 959 1,287 -25%



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1 HOFFMANN LA ROcHE 56

2 cENTRE NATiONAL dE LA REcHERcHE SciENTiFiQUE 35

3 NOVARTiS 31

4 iNSTiTUT NATiONAL dE LA SANTÉ ET dE LA REcHERcHE MÉdicALE 29

5 SANOFi 18

6 dEUTScHES KREBSFORScHUNGSZENTRUM 17

7 MOdERNA THERAPEUTicS 16

8 UcL BUSiNESS 16

9 BAYER iNTELLEcTUAL PROPERTY 14

10 YEdA RES & dEV 14


CanCer treatment


CanCer treatment


1 UNiVERSiTY OF cALiFORNiA 49

2 GENENTEcH 47

3 dANA FARBER cANcER iNSTiTUTE 29

4 US dEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVicES 28

5 UNiVERSiTY OF TEXAS SYSTEM 27

6 UNiVERSiTY OF NEW YORK STATE 23

7 UNiVERSiTY OF PENNSYLVANiA 20

8 ABBOTT LABORATORiES 17

9 UNiVERSiTY OF LELANd STANFORd JUNiOR 17

10 GENERAL HOSPiTAL 16




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smart meDIa



2 TOSHiBA 109

3 TOPPAN PRiNTiNG 103

4 SONY 78

5 PANASONic 74

6 STATE GRid cORP cHiNA 69

7 NATiONZ TEcHNOLOGiES 69

8 dAiNiPPON PRiNTiNG 65

9 UNiV BEiJiNG 55

10 cANAN 50

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ComPuters anD PerIPherals


2012Volume % Change

79% computing 265,374 201,608 32%

7% Other peripherals 24,611 17,686 39%

7% Printers 22,600 21,415 6%

4% Smart media 11,759 9,195 28%

2% Screens 6,608 5,286 25%

1% Scanners 4,073 3,709 10%



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1 GiESEcKE & dEVRiENT 52

2 SiEMENS 43

3 NOKiA 39

4 GEMALTO 34

5 OBERTHUR TEcHNOLOGiES 31

6 iNFiNEON TEcHNOLOGiES 25

7 NXP 23

8 SMARTRAc 22

9 MERcK PATENT 20

10 STMicROELEcTRONicS ROUSSET 19


smart meDIa


smart meDIa


1 BROAdcOM 53

2 QUALcOMM 46

3 SANdiSK TEcHNOLOGiES 45

4 iNTEL 44

5 iNTERNATiONAL BUSiNESS MAcHiNES cORP (iBM) 42

6 SYMBOL TEcHNOLOGiES 34

7 APPLE 33

8 MicRON TEcHNOLOGY 32

9 BLAcKBERRY 30

10 HONEYWELL 24

10 AVERY dENNiSON 24




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makeuP


1 KAO 126

2 AMOREPAciFic 82

3 SHiSEidO 69

4 KOSE 62

5 POLA cHEMicAL iNdUSTRiES 34

6 LG HOUSEHOLd & HEALTHcARE 32

7 NiPPON OiLS & FATS 28

8 LiON 23

9 SHiNETSU cHEMicAL iNdUSTRiES 21

10 MANdOM 18

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CosmetICs


2012Volume % Change

41% Make-up 4,108 3,699 11%

34% Skin 3,444 2,768 24%

20% Hair 2,021 1,833 10%

2% Antiperspirant 240 212 13%

2% Perfume 232 197 18%



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1 L'OREAL 301

2 HENKEL 60

3 UNiLEVER 39

4 BASF 29

5 BEiERSdORF 26


7 BAYER cROPSciENcE 21

8 dSM iP ASSETS 20

9 EVONiK 16

10 SYMRiSE 12


makeuP


makeuP


1 cELANESE iNTERNATiONAL 60

2 PiONEER Hi-BREd iNTERNATiONAL (dU PONT) 49

3 PROcTER & GAMBLE 45

4 ALLERGAN 15

5 AVON PROdUcTS 13

6 MOMENTiVE PERFORMANcE MATERiALS 11

7 dOW cORNiNG 9

8 cOLGATE PALMOLiVE 8


10 iSP iNVESTMENTS 7




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kItChen


1 PANASONic cORP 654

2 MiTSUBiSHi ELEcTRic 427

3 MidEA 371

4 LG ELEcTRONicS 319

5 JOYOUNG 245

6 HiTAcHi KUcHO SYSTEM 230

7 HAiER 198

8 SHARP KK 184

9 dAiKiN KOGYO 181

10 TOSHiBA KK 154

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DomestIC aPPlIanCes


2012Volume % Change

45% Kitchen 26,483 19,226 38%

29% Heating/Airconditioning 17,319 13,043 33%

9% Laundry 5,494 4,299 28%

8% Household cleaning 4,938 3,536 40%

8% Human Hygiene 4,638 3,323 40%



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1 BSH BOScH & SiEMENS HAUSGERAETE 566

2 LiEBHERR HAUSGERAETE OcHSENHAUSEN 87

3 SEB 77

4 ELEcTROLUX HOME PROdUcTS 73

5 KONiNK PHiLiPS ELEcTRONicS 65

6 ARcELiK ANONiM SiRKETi 65

7 NESTEc 57

8 MiELE 52

9 dANFOSS 24

10 VORWERK & cO iNTERHOLdiNG 23

10 EGO ELEKTRO-GERAETEBAU 23


kItChen


kItChen


1 WHiRLPOOL 124


3 cARRiER cORP 42

4 KRAFT FOOdS 15

5 THERMO KiNG 14

6 HALLA cLiMATE cONTROL 12

7 iLLiNOiS TOOL WORKS iNc 10


9 JOHNSON cONTROLS TEcHNOLOGY 9

10 PEPSicO 9




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BeVerage FermentatIon


1 KiRiN BEER 18

2 SAPPORO BREWERiES 17

3 SUNTORY HOLdiNGS 15

4 iSHiKAWAJiMA HARiMA HEAVY iNdUSTRY 11

5 UNiVERSiTY dALiAN TEcHNOLOGY 11

6 cHiNA PETROcHEMicAL 10

7 MEiJi cO LTd 9

8 TOYOTA JidOSHA 8

9 cJ cHEiLJEdANG 7

10 YAKULT HONSHA 7

10 RURAL dEVELOPMENT AdMiNiSTRATiON 7

10 TOYOTA cHUO KENKYUSHO 7

10 UNiVERSiTY SOUTH cHiNA TEcHNOLOGY 7

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FooD, toBaCCo anD BeVerage FermentatIon


2012Volume % Change

32% Meat 4,823 2,843 70%

25% Bakery 3,827 2,837 35%

19% Brewing 2,940 2,472 19%

19% Tobacco 2,914 3,481 -16%

4% Sugar & Starch 574 507 13%



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1 NOVOZYMES 20

2 dSM iP ASSETS 11

3 cHR HANSEN 7

4 KRONES AG 5

5 UNiVERSiTY OF KUBAN 5

6 BASF PLANT SciENcE 4

7 iNRA iNSTiTUTE NATiONALE REcHERcHE AGRONOMiQUE 4

8 iFP ENERGiES NOUVELLES 4

9 PMT TRAdiNG 4

10 dARTMOUTH cOLLEGE 3

10 NESTEc 3

10 SYNGENTA PARTiciPATiONS 3

10 UNiVERSiTY OF PEOPLE'S FRiENdSHiP 3

10 cSK FOOd ENRicHMENT 3

10 OBERMEiER WidMANN 3

10 PROBiOTicAL 3






1 dUPONT NUTRiTiON BiOSciENcES 8

2 MONSANTO TEcHNOLOGY 6

3 cOdEXiS 6

4 ARcHER dANiELS MidLANd 5

5 BP cORP NORTH AMERicA 5


7 dANiScO US 4

8 BUTAMAX AdVANcEd BiOFUELS 4

9 cOSKATA 4

10 iOGEN 4

10 THESiS cHEMiSTRY 4

10 VERENiUM 4




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DIagnosIs, surgerY


1 OLYMPUS OPTicAL cO LTd 567

2 FUJi FiLM cO LTd 510

3 TOSHiBA 500

4 cANON 336

5 SAMSUNG ELEcTRONicS cO LTd 246

6 TERUMO cORP 230

7 HiTAcHi MEdicAL cORP 158

8 SEiKO EPSON cORP 130

9 HOYA cORP 126

10 PANASONic 107

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meDICal DeVICes


2012Volume % Change

34% diagnosis, Surgery 29,223 24,356 20%

29% Sterilising, Syringes, Electrotherapy 24,988 20,238 23%

19% Medical aids, Oral Administration 15,840 11,515 38%

18% dentistry, Bandages, Prosthesis 15,542 12,456 25%



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1 SiEMENS 536

2 cOVidiEN 389


4 UNiVERSiTY OF PEOPLES'S FRiENdSHiP 162

5 WARSAW ORTHOPEdic 79

6 AEScULAP 53

7 BiOSENSE WEBSTER iSRAEL LTd 49

8 cARL ZEiSS MEdiTEc 44

9 SMiTH & NEPHEW 44

10 KARL STORZ 42


DIagnosIs, surgerY


DIagnosIs, surgerY



2 BOSTON SciENTiFic 206

3 ETHicON ENdO-SURGERY 180

4 MEdTRONic 159

5 dEPUY SYNTHES PROdUcTS 118

6 cOOK MEdicAL TEcHNOLOGiES 84

7 NEOR PURiTAN BENNETT 69

8 ST JUdE MEdicAL 58

9 ABBOTT diABETES cARE 55

10 iNTUiTiVE SURGicAL OPERATiONS 51




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Petroleum & gas exPloratIon, DrIllIng, ProDuCtIon anD ProCessIng


1 cHiNA PETROcHEMicAL 1211

2 PETROcHiNA 690

3 SANY HEAVY iNdUSTRY 41

4 NiPPON OiL 23

5 UNiVERSiTY OF JiLiN 21

6 UNiVERSiTY OF EAST cHiNA SciENcE &TEcHNOLOGY 19

7 NiPPON STEEL 17

8 UNiVERSiTY OF XiAN 17

9 KOREA iNSTiTUTE OF ENERGY RESEARcH 16

10 MATSUSHiTA 16

10 SAMSUNG HEAVY iNdUSTRY 16

10 UNiVERSiTY OF BEiJiNG 16

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Petroleum


2012Volume % Change

64% Petroleum & Gas Exploration, drilling, Production and Processing 11,800 8,233 43%

33% Petroleum & Gas Fuels and Other Products 6,189 5,097 21%

3% Petroleum & Gas Transportation and Storage 469 378 24%

1% Petroleum Refining 120 120 0%



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1 PRAd RESEARcH & dEVELOPMENT 179

2 TATNEFT 168

3 SAUdi ARABiAN OiL 129

4 SHELL 104

5 NATiONAL OiLWELL VARcO 75

6 iNSTiTUT FRANcAiS dU PETROLE 71

7 TOTAL 42

8 BASF 41

9 BP 24

10 SiEMENS 23






1 HALLiBURTON ENERGY SERVicES 420

2 BAKER HUGHES iNc 296

3 ScHLUMBERGER TEcHNOLOGY 270

4 UOP 99

5 EXXONMOBiL 85

6 cHEVRON 65

7 VETcO GRAY 54

8 WEATHERFORd/LAMB iNc 53

9 cAMERON iNTERNATiONAL 37

10 SMiTH iNTERNATiONAL 35




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heteroCYClICs


1 UNiVERSiTY OF NANJiNG 110

2 TAKEdA 46

3 dR REddY'S LAB 37

4 cAdiLA HEALTHcARE 33

5 KOWA 33

6 RANBAXY LAB 33

7 UNiVERSiTY OF FUdAN 30

8 dAiicHi SANKYO 26

9 UNiVERSiTY OF PEKiNG 24

10 UNiVERSiTY OF SicHUAN 24

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PharmaCeutICals


2012Volume % Change

61% Organics 45,401 44,833 1%

23% General 16,814 16,104 4%

14% Heterocyclics 10,013 9,165 9%

1% inorganics 869 769 13%

1% Steroids 814 622 31%



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1 HOFFMANN LA ROcHE 102

2 NOVARTiS 93

3 SANOFi 85

4 BOEHRiNGER iNGELHEiM 75

5 GLAXOSMiTHKLiNE 66

6 BAYER 55

7 MERcK PATENT 32

8 JANSSEN 31

9 UNiVERSiTY OF PEOPLES' FRiENdSHiP 30



heteroCYClICs


heteroCYClICs


1 MERcK SHARP & dOHME 105

2 ALLERGAN 65

3 ABBOTT LABS 63

4 BRiSTOL-MYERS SQUiBB 50

5 GiLEAd SciENcES 46

6 VERTEX 41

7 GENENTEcH 36


9 PFiZER 24

10 THERAVANcE 23




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semIConDuCtor materIals anD ProCesses



2 LG 1223

3 TAiWAN SEMicONdUcTOR MANUFAcTURiNG 1057

4 TOSHiBA 1045

5 SHARP 629

6 SEMicONdUcTOR MANUFAcTURiNG iNTERNATiONAL 589

7 RENESAS ELEcTRONicS 571

8 TOKYO ELEcTRON 560

9 PANASONic 552

10 SK HYNiX 494

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semIConDuCtors


2012Volume % Change

42% Semiconductor Materials and Processes 50,988 45,621 12%

27% discrete devices 33,502 25,722 30%

26% Memories, Film and Hybrid circuits 32,044 28,435 13%

4% integrated circuits 5,421 4,967 9%



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1 iNFiNEON TEcHNOLOGiES 232

2 STMicROELEcTRONicS 196

3 OSRAM 181

4 cOMMiSSARiAT ENERGiE ATOMiQUE 129

5 ASML 117

6 ROBERT BOScH 106

7 ZEiSS 82

8 SOiTEc 77

9 MERcK PATENT 55







1 iNTERNATiONAL BUSiNESS MAcHiNES (iBM) 1036

2 APPLiEd MATERiALS 300

3 MicRON TEcHNOLOGY 267

4 iNTERMOLEcULAR 218

5 TEXAS iNSTRUMENTS 217

6 iNTEL 172

7 FREEScALE SEMicONdUcTOR 108

8 LAM RESEARcH 104


10 KLA TENcOR 73




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moBIle telePhonY



2 LG ELEcTRONicS 1678

3 SONY 1071

4 PANASONic 976

5 SHARP 963

6 GUANGdONG OPPO MOBiLE cOMMUNicATiON 739

7 KYOcERA 738

8 FUJiTSU 599

9 cASiO HiTAcHi MOBiLE cOMMUNicATONS 592

10 NEc 583

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2012Volume % Change

27% Mobile Telephony 60,170 44,454 35%

25% data Transmission Networks 56,116 44,151 27%

22% Telephone Subscriber Equipment 49,398 36,023 37%

9% digital information Transmission Systems 19,947 13,791 45%

7%Multiplex & Multiple Access information Transmission Systems 14,944 14,143 6%

6% Telemetry & Telecontrol 14,168 9,957 42%

2% Telephone communications Systems & installations 5,486 4,774 15%

2% Telephone Exchange Systems 5,277 5,225 1%



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1 ERicSSON 831

2 NOKiA 549

3 ALcATEL LUcENT 321

4 NOKiA SiEMENS NETWORKS 234

5 BOScH 131

6 FRANcE TELEcOM 94

7 STMicROELEcTRONicS 71

8 SiEMENS 69

9 TELEFONicA 57

10 VOdAFONE 55


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moBIle telePhonY


1 QUALcOMM 1383

2 RESEARcH iN MOTiON 854

3 iNTEL 697

4 APPLE 647

5 MicROSOFT 609

6 GOOGLE 465

7 iNTERNATiONAL BUSiNESS MAcHiNES (iBM) 441

8 AT&T iNTELLEcTUAL PROPERTY 326

9 BROAdcOM cORP 298

10 MOTOROLA MOBiLiTY 223




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The following is a bulleted list of some of the highlights from this year’s analysis:

• All categories within Telecommunications saw increased innovation activity over the prior period, with the largest jump happening within digital information Transmission Systems, which grew by 45% over the prior year (compared to 10% growth for the prior period)

• Semiconductors also experienced growth across all subsectors, as compared to only one subsector showing an incline in the prior period. The biggest gainer was discrete devices, up 30%

• in the Pharmaceutical technology area, the biggest jump in innovation activity was in the category of Steroids, which was up 31%, as compared to a decline of 5% for the prior period

• Russia is a more active leader in sectors of innovation than has been witnessed in the past. For example, the University of People’s Friendship, in Russia, took a spot in the top 10 in Pharmaceuticals, Medical devices, and Food, Tobacco and Beverage Fermentation

• The Petroleum& Gas Exploration, drilling, Production & Processing is up 43% over prior year, whereas the 2012 comparison to prior data was up only 9%

• Medical devices continues to be a winner, with all categories showing growth, led by Medical Aids, Oral Administration, which was up 38% year over year

• The subsector with the most new entrants in the Top 10 lists is Beverage Fermentation, with 25 new organizations making the leader boards by region. There was a 70% increase in innovation related to meat, year over year, and a 16% decrease in innovation related to tobacco, year over year (whereas prior period had > 130% increase in tobacco innovation)

• L’Oreal continues to be the global front-runner in cosmetic-related innovation, with more than twice as many make-up related innovations year-over-year as compared to closest competitor, which is KAO corporation from Japan

• 2013 seems to be the year for Human Hygiene—there was a 40% increase in such inventions (under exact category name) and increases across all of the cosmetics categories, which include makeup, hair, skin, antiperspirant and perfume (a sector which had significant declines over the prior year period in last report we issued)

• computer Peripherals saw major leaps as well, when during the prior period it encountered significant declines—for instance, the Other Peripherals category jumped by 39% year-over-year, however showed a 33% decline for the prior period. Every subsector in this area had increases

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The time period of data covered in the report is from January 1, 2013 through december 12, 2013.

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• Biotechnology innovation seems to be an area where not as much patenting is happening in these direct categories. All subsectors decreased year-over-year except for Genetically Modified crops which was up 8%, but still with a smaller increase than the prior period, which had jumped by 13%. The biggest loser in Biotechnology was drug discovery related innovation, which fell by 25%. Even oncology treatment innovation declined by 2%, despite the increase in diagnoses in this area

• Automotive sector sped into high gear over last year, with an overall 35% jump in activity over prior year. Toyota remains the clear front runner in the Alternative Powered Vehicles subsector, surpassing the nearest competitor, Honda, by 300%, and increasing its own ouput over the prior period by 52%. Every category in Automotive had increases, whereas for the prior period covered only 7 of the 12 subsectors rose (42% declined). The biggest leader was in the category of Seats, Seatbelts & Airbags, which was up 40%, followed by Safety which was up 39%

• The single largest jump in subsector category innovation came from Structures & Systems, within Aerospace, which skyrocketed 192% over the prior period, where it experienced a decline of over 50% from the prior period. in the category of Space Vehicles & Satellite Technologies, Boeing took the overall global lead with the most innovations

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