The document provides information on intellectual property (IP) trade balances between Canada and the US in 2014. It includes statistics showing that the US had a $9.1 billion trade surplus over Canada in charges for the use of IP in 2013, the third largest IP trade surplus the US had. The document also describes a database tracking over 6,000 Canadian owners of US patents and their patent strengths and trends in the US market, with Ontario having the most US patents and Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo being the top geographical area in Canada. It offers to provide the latest intelligence from this database on Canadian patent holders.

1. Muchiu (Henry) Chang, PhD. Cantab.
henry.chang212@gmail.com
April 5, 2016
Directory of Canadian US Patent Holders -
The latest Competitive Intelligence (CI) and
intellectual Ecosystem of Canada

2. Figure 1, Global US patent holding

3. Figure 2, US patent holding in major economy entities in the world

4. • The charges for the use of IP caused
$7.5 billions of foreign trade deficit, about
16.6% of the total foreign trade deficit ($45
billions);
• The foreign trade deficit in the charges for
the use of IP wiped out all the surplus made
from the efforts of Computer and information
services and R&D;
• Knowledge-based is not good enough;
• Patent CI can help to improve the IP export.
The Impact of Intellectual Property (IP) on
2014 Canadian Foreign Trade
© Muchiu (Henry) Chang 2016

7. 2013 Statistics**
of the US Trade Balance with
Canada in the Charges for the Use of IP
(in US$millions)
© Muchiu (Henry) Chang 2016
• The US had US$9105 of trade surplus over Canada in
the charges for the use of IP;
• This is the third largest IP trade suprplus, only next to
European Union (US$31772) and Ireland
(US$12279);.
* Source: US Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis,
Table 2.3. U.S. Trade in Services, by Country or Affiliation and by Type of Service

8. Database of Canadian US Patent Holders
and Competitive Intelligence (CI)
• Synchronized with USPTO patent database to
provide “no-older-than-7-day” information about
Canada’s patent competitive advantage in the US
market;
• Until April 5, 2016, there are 6116 Canadian US
patents owners (2734 of them are in Ontario)
tracked by this database;
• This database tracks information about who they
are, where they are, what they patented and if they
are getting stronger or weaker;
• Provided synergy on economic related issues.
© Muchiu (Henry) Chang 2016

9. Canadian Patent Landscape
in the US Market
• Ontario is the largest US patent hub province;
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo CMA, Markham,
Calgary are the top US patent hosting
geographical areas in Canada respectively
(normalized by population).
© Muchiu (Henry) Chang 2016

10. If you need the latest intelligence regarding:
• the names of 6,000+ Canadian US patent owners in
all business sectors, from coast to coast; and
their detailed patent strengths and trends of these
Canadian companies in the US market, please feel
free to contact:
Dr. Muchiu (Henry) Chang
henry.chang212@gmail.com
+1-416-828-5676
© Muchiu (Henry) Chang 2016

11. Figure 3, Annual Patent Statistics by Provinces

12. Figure 4, US Patent Statistics by Geographical Areas