IP-related statistics from the recent past
A selection of key IP facts and figures, as reported by IAM and other sources
Figure 1. Patenting activity in connected and self-driving vehicle technology

Source: WIPO, Oliver Wyman
Table 2. Stock performance of selected publicly traded IP-centric companies, September-November 2017

Source: Google Finance
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 September and October 2017.
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.
Table 3A. Top 30 patent assignees by number of transactions, September-October 2017
# |
Assignee entity |
Number of assignments transacted |
1 |
Google Inc. |
184 |
2 |
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. |
164 |
3 |
Dow Global Technologies LLC |
90 |
4 |
LG Electronics Inc. |
88 |
5 |
Deka Products Limited Partnership |
87 |
6 |
National Institutes Of Health (NIH), U.S. Dept. Of Health And Human Services (DHHS), U.S. Government |
84 |
7 |
National Institutes Of Health - Director DEITR |
58 |
8 |
Sonos, Inc. |
52 |
9 |
Siemens Healthcare GmbH |
47 |
10 |
Tactual Labs Co. |
47 |
11 |
Mahle International GmbH |
46 |
12 |
Thomson Licensing |
44 |
13 |
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC |
44 |
14 |
Total Raffinage France |
41 |
15 |
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
40 |
16 |
The Regents Of The University Of California |
40 |
17 |
National Science Foundation |
40 |
18 |
BASF SE |
40 |
19 |
Nike, Inc. |
38 |
20 |
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. |
32 |
21 |
The Dow Chemical Company |
31 |
22 |
Intel Corporation |
31 |
23 |
Microsoft Corporation |
30 |
24 |
Yahoo! Inc. |
29 |
25 |
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) |
28 |
26 |
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. |
28 |
27 |
NXP B.V. |
26 |
28 |
Toshiba Memory Corporation |
26 |
29 |
The Governing Council Of The University Of Toronto |
26 |
30 |
Phononic Devices, Inc. |
26 |
Source: ktMINE
Table 3B. Top 30 patent assignors by number of transactions, September-October 2017
# |
Assignor entity |
Number of assignments transacted |
1 |
The Scripps Research Institute |
44 |
2 |
Case Western Reserve University |
27 |
3 |
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft |
21 |
4 |
BASF Corporation |
20 |
5 |
Forlines, Clifton |
18 |
6 |
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba |
16 |
7 |
AT&T Properties, LLC |
16 |
8 |
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. |
16 |
9 |
AT&T Corp. |
15 |
10 |
Columbia Univ New York Morningside |
15 |
11 |
Silicon Valley Bank |
11 |
12 |
Hoyos Vsn Corp. |
11 |
13 |
Sharp Laboratories Of America, Inc. |
10 |
14 |
Leigh, Darren |
10 |
15 |
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association |
9 |
16 |
Bank Of America, N.A., As Administrative Agent |
9 |
17 |
Sanders, Steven |
9 |
18 |
Ritchey, Sharon A |
9 |
19 |
Cornell University |
9 |
20 |
Quixey, Inc. |
8 |
21 |
ScienBiziP Consulting(Shenzhen)Co.,Ltd. |
8 |
22 |
New York Blood Center |
8 |
23 |
ZTE Corporation |
7 |
24 |
Sears, Thomas M. |
7 |
25 |
Sattar, Omer |
7 |
26 |
Sanford, Kirk E. |
7 |
27 |
Kimree Hi-Tech Inc. |
7 |
28 |
University Of Georgia |
7 |
29 |
Tankovich, Nikolai |
7 |
30 |
Sony Corporation |
6 |
Source: ktMINE