IP-related statistics from the recent past

A selection of key IP facts and figures, as reported by IAM and other sources

Table 1. Stock performance of selected publicly traded IP-centric companies, May-July 2015

Source: Google Finance

*ITUS Corporation stock underwent a one for 25 reverse split on June 26 and began trading on NASDAQ on July 10

Table 2a. Top 30 patent assignees by number of transactions, May-June 2015

	Assignee entity	Number of assignments transacted
1	Canon Kabushiki Kaisha	863
2	National Science Foundation	374
3	National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Dept. Of Health And Human Services (DHHS), U.S. Government	366
4	Intel Corporation	95
5	Nokia Technologies Oy	88
6	Dow Global Technologies LLC	84
7	Microsoft Corporation	76
8	Thomson Reuters Global Resources	75
9	Inventor Holdings, LLC	75
10	Sony Corporation	72
11	Fuhu Inc.	72
12	International Business Machines Corporation	66
13	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	65
14	Robert Bosch GmbH	61
15	The Regents Of The University Of California	60
16	Northwestern University	53
17	Cao Group, Inc.	53
18	Energy, United States Department Of	46
19	Japan Display Inc.	45
20	Silicon Valley Bank	42
21	Qualcomm Incorporated	42
22	Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.	40
23	Olympus Corporation	37
24	Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha	36
25	Walker Asset Management Limited Partnership	34
26	U.S. Department of Energy	34
27	The Invention Science Fund I, LLC	34
28	The Dow Chemical Company	34
29	Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	34
30	Google Inc.	34

Source: ktMINE (www.ktmine.com)

Table 2b. Top 30 patent assignors by number of transactions, May-June 2015

	Assignor entity	Number of assignments transacted
1	University Of Utah	56
2	Massachusetts Institute Of Technology	56
3	Fujioka, Robb	54
4	University Of Texas, Austin	43
5	Thomson Reuters (Markets) LLC	39
6	Searete LLC	34
7	University Of Minnesota	31
8	Reuters Limited	24
9	Jensen, Steven D	23
10	ScienBiziP Consulting (Shenzhen)Co.,Ltd.	22
11	IXYS Ch GmbH	22
12	Cao, Densen	21
13	Albert Einstein College of Medicine	21
14	Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.	19
15	Fuhu Holdings, Inc.	17
16	Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.	16
17	Spansion LLC	14
18	Sony Mobile Communications AB	13
19	Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.	13
20	Sharp Laboratories Of America Inc.	13
21	Khlat, Nadim	13
22	Wilson, Martin Paul	11
23	Silicon Valley Bank	11
24	Jefferies Finance LLC	11
25	Atigeo LLC	11
26	Florida Agricultural And Mechanical Univ	10
27	Cummings, Eugene M	10
28	Sony Corporation	9
29	Princeton University	9
30	Nichols, Michael J.	9

Tables 2a and 2b 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 May and June 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.

Source: ktMINE (www.ktmine.com)

Table 3. Patents per $1 billion revenue of the top 35 US patent owners

Rank	Company	Granted US patents in force	2014 revenues (billions $)	Patents per $1 billion revenue
1	Samsung Electronics	55,417	186.28	297
2	IBM	44,278	92.80	477
3	Canon	37,863	31.08	1218
4	Panasonic	30,149	73.46	410
5	Sony	29,281	75.38	388
6	Microsoft	28,130	86.80	324
7	Intel	24,306	55.90	435
8	Toshiba	24,026	63.17	380
9	Hewlett-Packard	21,914	111.50	197
10	Hitachi	21,484	91.26	235
11	Fujitsu	20,980	39.60	530
12	General Electric	20,216	146.00	138
13	Micron Technology	18,889	16.36	1155
14	Fujifilm	18,739	23.68	791
15	LG Electronics	18,330	55.91	328
16	Siemens	16,916	81.72	207
17	Texas Instruments	16,905	13.05	1295
18	Seiko Epson	16,551	8.20	2018
20	Ricoh	14,449	18.14	797
21	Oracle	14,300	38.30	373
22	Alcatel-Lucent	13,987	16.81	832
23	Google	13,733	66.00	208
24	Hon Hai	13,691	135.16	101
25	Qualcomm	13,643	26.49	515
26	Xerox	12,797	19.54	655
27	Sharp	12,665	22.46	564
28	Honda	12,375	111.14	111
29	AT&T	11,795	132.45	89
30	Toyota	11,736	227.10	52
31	NEC	11,525	23.66	487
32	Cisco	11,394	47.14	242
33	Honeywell	11,320	40.31	281
34	Apple	10,942	182.80	60
35	Renesas Electronics	10,871	6.38	1704

Table 3 shows entities’ 2014 revenues compared to the number of granted US patents they own. The entities are the 35 largest holders of in-force US patents as of the end of 2014 according to MDB Capital Group. Revenue figures are from Yahoo! Finance and Bloomberg.

NB: Intellectual Ventures is known to own 15,444 issued patents but is omitted because its revenues are not public

Sources: MDB Capital Group; Bloomberg; Yahoo! Finance

Table 4. Top 10 inter partes review filers at the US Patent and Trademark Office as of May 2015

	Company	Industry	Region	Number of filings
1	Apple	Consumer electronics	United States	131
2	Samsung Electronics	Consumer electronics	South Korea	74
3	Google	Internet	United States	67
4	Microsoft	Software/consumer electronics	United States	60
5	LG Electronics	Consumer electronics	South Korea	46
6	TRW Automotive**	Automotive	United States	39
7	The Gillette Company	Health and beauty	United States	35
8	Ford	Automotive	United States	34
9	Oracle	Software	United States	33
10	Toyota	Automotive	Japan	32

Sources: Lex Machina; Unified Patents **TRW Automotive was acquired by ZF Friedrichshafen in May 2015

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