IP-related statistics from the recent past
A selection of key IP facts and figures, as reported by IAM and other sources
Table 1. The status and results of Patent Trial and Appeal Board trials, including inter partes reviews (IPRs) and covered business method proceedings (CBMs), initated by Apple, Samsung Electronics and Google – the top three filers as of September 2015
Source: Lex Machina
Table 2. Stock performance of selected publicly traded IP-centric companies, July-September 2015
Source: Google Finance
Table 3a. Top 30 patent assignees by number of transactions, July-August 2015
|
Assignee entity |
Number of assignments transacted |
1 |
National Institutes Of Health (NIH), U.S. Dept. Of Health And Human Services (DHHS), U.S. Government |
289 |
2 |
National Science Foundation |
206 |
3 |
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha |
174 |
4 |
Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited |
104 |
5 |
Robert Bosch GmbH |
97 |
6 |
Dow Global Technologies LLC |
91 |
7 |
Energy, United States Department Of |
89 |
8 |
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft |
84 |
9 |
Google Inc. |
82 |
10 |
Intel Corporation |
69 |
11 |
Koninklijke Philips N.V. |
68 |
12 |
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. |
64 |
13 |
Microsoft Corporation |
57 |
14 |
Sony Corporation |
55 |
15 |
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
52 |
16 |
National Institutes Of Health |
51 |
17 |
International Business Machines Corporation |
48 |
18 |
U.S. Department Of Energy |
44 |
19 |
The Regents Of The University Of California |
44 |
20 |
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ) |
42 |
21 |
Smart Mobile, Inc. |
37 |
22 |
Aliphcom |
37 |
23 |
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. |
36 |
24 |
Concert Debt, LLC |
35 |
25 |
Baxalta Incorporated |
35 |
26 |
Baxalta GmbH |
35 |
27 |
ScienBiziP Consulting(Shenzhen)Co.,Ltd. |
34 |
28 |
Rovi Guides, Inc. |
34 |
29 |
Marvell International Ltd. |
34 |
30 |
Virent, Inc. |
33 |
Table 3b. Top 30 patent assignors by number of transactions, July-August 2015
|
Assignor entity |
Number of assignments transacted |
1 |
Stanford University |
55 |
2 |
ScienBiziP Consulting(Shenzhen)Co.,Ltd. |
39 |
3 |
IP Holdings, Inc. |
37 |
4 |
Albert Einstein College Of Medicine Of Yeshiva University |
31 |
5 |
Stuber, Michael A. |
22 |
6 |
University Of Pittsburgh |
21 |
7 |
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. |
21 |
8 |
Molin, Stuart B. |
20 |
9 |
Searete LLC |
18 |
10 |
Princeton University |
18 |
11 |
ISP Investments Inc. |
18 |
12 |
Northwestern University |
17 |
13 |
General Electric Capital Corporation |
15 |
14 |
Baxter International Inc. |
15 |
15 |
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. |
14 |
16 |
Ebay Inc. |
14 |
17 |
California Institute Of Technology |
14 |
18 |
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. |
13 |
19 |
Medical Technology, Inc. |
13 |
20 |
Baxter Healthcare SA |
13 |
21 |
Bank Of America, N.A., As Adminstrative Agent |
13 |
22 |
Albert Einstein College Of Medicine |
13 |
23 |
Pellaud, Jerome |
12 |
24 |
Lossignol, Wilfried |
12 |
25 |
Georgia Institute Of Technology |
12 |
26 |
Dana-Farber Cancer Inst |
12 |
27 |
Berlowitz, Paul J. |
12 |
28 |
Barckholtz, Timothy A. |
12 |
29 |
Penn, Aaron |
11 |
30 |
O'Riordan, Patrick |
11 |
Tables 3a and 3b show the entities with the highest volume of in-bound patent assignment transactions (assignee table) and out-bound patent assignment transactions (assignor table), as recorded at the US Patent and Trademark Office. These results are calculated by aggregating the number of transactions completed by an assignee/assignor in July and August 2015. One transaction may include multiple patents, patent families and patent portfolios. Many companies create numerous holding vehicles to house their different IP portfolios; this is why similar company names may appear multiple times in the tables.