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Derwent World Patents Index


   2011 STATE OF
   Innovation
   TWELVE Key Technology areas
   and Their STATEs of Innovation




IP SOLUTIONS
“innovation is the cornerstone of
the europe 2020 strategy...”
               Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, President,
               European commission Innovation Union




“The first step in winning the
future is encouraging American
innovation...”
               Barack Obama, president, United States




“in the current era...innovation is
very much on the table.”
         EXCERPT from the world economic forum 2012
2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI




                            introduction
                            Innovation is viewed by many as the lynchpin                  From The World Economic Forum 2012 (DAVOS),
                            of global economic prosperity. Political and                  there were 35 instances of “innovation” used
                            governmental speeches from around the                         in the program booklet.3 In one session, titled
                            world reference “innovation” as essential                     “Innovation Ecosystem 2.0,” with participants
                            to overcoming financial crises, creating jobs,                including Director General Francis Gurry of the
                            and solving humanitarian challenges.                          World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),
                                                                                          the discussion covered:
                            U.S. President Obama in his 2011 State of the
                            Union address said:                                           The movement of innovation from a corporate
                                                                                          initiative for creating and realizing value to a
                            “The first step in winning the future is encouraging          national phenomenon on how “a country expresses
                            American innovation. . . . What we can do — what              and develops more innovation capabilities. In the
                            America does better than anyone else — is spark               current era . . . innovation is very much on the
                            the creativity and imagination of our people.                 table. At least 50 countries now have national
                            We’re the nation that put cars in driveways and               innovation agencies and chief innovation officers
                            computers in offices; the nation of Edison and                responsible for driving a national innovation
                            the Wright brothers; of Google and Facebook.                  strategy and the stewardship process supporting
                            In America, innovation doesn’t just change our                the strategy.”4
                            lives. It is how we make our living.”1
                                                                                          In all corners of the earth, executives, policy
                            President of the European Commission                          makers, government officials, politicians,
                            Innovation Union Jose Manuel Durao Barroso                    teachers, entrepreneurs and so many others
                            at the Innovation Convention in Brussels in                   are talking about their hope for “innovation.”
                            December 2011 said:

                            “Innovation is the cornerstone of the Europe
                            2020 Strategy, our European blueprint to get
                            the economy back on track over the course of
                            the decade. Innovation is a cross-cutting way of
                            equipping all sectors of our economy to be more
                            competitive. . . . It is indeed about turning new
                            ideas into growth, prosperity, jobs and well-being.”2




                            1	http://www.npr.org/2011/01/26/133224933/transcript-obamas-state-of-union-address
                            2	http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/11/847
                            3	http://www.forbes.com/sites/julietbarbara/2012/01/28/insight-from-davos-how-global-thought-leaders-talk-about-
                              innovation/
                            4	 http://www.weforum.org/s?s=innovation, summary written by Catherine Ong, 28 January 2012



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                                 The topic is of equal interest to Thomson Reuters,   •	 Domestic Appliances and Medical Devices
                                 as we have been tracking corporate and industry-        were the only two industries that saw growth
                                 specific innovative activity for several years. In      in all areas in 2011; the most substantial
                                                                                         increases occurring in the Household Cleaning
                                 this 2011 State of Innovation report, we showcase
                                                                                         and Medical Aids and Oral Administration
                                 twelve technology areas and profile their               sectors, which increased 16 percent and 17
                                 innovation activity as measured through patent          percent, respectively, from 2010
                                 analysis. This annual report provides insight into   •	 There was a 42 percent increase in Tobacco
                                 which industries are most active, how their 2011        innovation, within the Food, Tobacco and
                                 activity compares to 2010 (where the data is            Beverage Fermentation industry
                                 available) and where the areas of greatest growth    •	 Petroleum had declines in all areas except
                                 (and decline) lie. The report also highlights the       Petroleum & Gas Exploration, Drilling,
                                 top assignees across three geographic regions:          Production and Processing, which saw
                                 North America (predominantly the U.S.), Europe,         an 11 percent bump year over year
                                 and Asia.                                            •	 The area of Inorganics within Pharmaceuticals
                                                                                         and Discrete Devices within Semiconductors
                                 The report provides insightful data points that         both increased by 31 percent, the only
                                                                                         subsectors to grow within Pharmaceuticals
                                 benchmark innovation activity. Some key findings
                                                                                         and Semiconductors, respectively
                                 include:
                                                                                      Data in this report was compiled using
                                 •	 The largest year-over-year increases by           Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents
                                    technology area were Domestic Applications        Index® (DWPISM) , the world’s most trusted
                                    and Medical Devices, both of which jumped by      and authoritative collection of editorially-
                                    12 percent                                        enhanced patent information. Analysis was
                                 •	 Aerospace was down overall from 2010 to           conducted by the Thomson Reuters Intellectual
                                    2011, however the category of Propulsion Plants   Property (IP) Services team, providers of expert
                                    increased by 202 percent
                                                                                      research, analysis and consulting services for
                                 •	 The automotive sector saw the largest growth      corporations, law firms, and governments
                                    in the area of Alternate Powered Vehicles
                                                                                      around the world.
                                 •	 Biotechnology is a new category for 2012,
                                    as the Thomson Reuters editorial team has
                                    seen significant growth in this area and it
                                    warrants inclusion in this report; it replaces
                                    Agrochemicals and Agriculture, a category
                                    with less innovative activity
                                 •	 The subcategory Antiperspirants within
                                    Cosmetics increased by 22 percent year over
                                    year, and L’Oreal® continues to lead the world
                                    in cosmetic makeup activity




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2011 Patent Activity
OVERVIew of 12 key technology areas

                                                                            A    30%       Computing & Peripherals
                                                                            B    13%       Telecommunications
                                                                            C    12%       Automotive
                                                                            D    12%       Semiconductors
                                                                            E    8%        Medical Devices
                                                                            F    8%        Pharmaceuticals
                                                                            G    6%        Domestic Appliances
                                                                            H    5%        Aerospace
                                                                            I    4%        Biotechnology
                                                                            J    2%        Petroleum
                                                                            K    1%        Food, Tobacco, Beverage Fermentation
                                                                            L    1%        Cosmetics



                                                                                                                                        % Change in
                                                             2011 Volume        2011 Ranking   % of Total      2010 Volume                Volume
                                                                                                                                        (2011 v 2010)
  A      Computers & Peripherals                                  216,858              1         30%              212,622                     2%
  B      Telecommunications                                       92,131               2          13%              87,920                     5%
  C      Automotive                                               86,788               3          12%              86,479                     0%
  D      Semiconductors                                           86,427              4           12%              88,867                     -3%
  E      Medical Devices                                          58,592              5           8%                52,117                    12%
  F      Pharmaceuticals                                          57,132              6           8%               59,350                     -4%
  G      Domestic Appliances                                      41,198               7          6%               36,816                     12%
  H      Aerospace                                                36,002              8           5%                N/A*                      N/A
  I      Biotechnology                                            25,648              9           4%                N/A*                      N/A
  J      Petroleum                                                13,652              10          2%                N/A*                      N/A
  K      Food, Tobacco, Beverage Fermentation                     9,545               11          1%                N/A*                      N/A
  L      Cosmetics                                                6,082               12          1%                6,438                     -6%

Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)                                                  *Category was labeled differently in 2010 and
                                                                                                            covered different inventions; not like-for-like
                                                                                                            comparison




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2011 Patent Activity
Aerospace



                                                                                                                    2011          2010
                                                                         SUBSECTORS                                                           % Change
                                                                                                                   Volume        Volume
                                                           20%           Advanced Materials                        5,260          5,937           -11%

                                                           10%           Instrumentation                           2,758         2,786            -1%

                                                            41%          Propulsion Plants                         10,777        3,566            202%

                                                            14%          Production Techniques                      3,714        9,726            -62%

                                                            13%          Structures & Systems                       3,531         3,612           -2%

                                                            2%           Space Vehicles & Satellite Technologies    602           n/a             n/a

                                                          Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




SUBSECTOR                    Top 10 Asia-PACific Assignees
SNAPSHOT:                    Space Vehicles & Satellite technologies


                                                                                                                                          Number of
                                       Company                                                                         Country
                                                                                                                                          Documents
                                1      Korea Aerospace Research Institute                                                   KR               23
                               2       Harbin Institute of Technology                                                       CN               15
                               3       Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics                                   CN               11
                               4       Mitsubishi Electric Corporation                                                      JP                9
                               5       IHI Corporation                                                                      JP                8
                               6       Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.                                                    JP                7
                               7       Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation                                                      JP                5
                               8       NEC Corporation                                                                      JP                5
                               9       Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics                                   CN                4
                               10      Korea Institute of Science and Technology                                            KR                3

                             Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




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                            Top 10 Europe Assignees
                            Space Vehicles & Satellite technologies


                                                                                                    Number of
                                      Company                                            Country
                                                                                                    Documents
                               1      EADS                                                 NL           37
                               2      Energiya Rocket Cosmic Corporation                   RU           21
                               3      Thales                                               UK           9
                               4      Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev              RU           8
                               5      Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt             DE           7
                               6      Rockets Cosmic Research Production Center            RU           7
                               7      Cosmic Science Production Center                     RU           5
                               8      CNES, Centre National d'Études Spatiales             FR           4
                               9      Lavochkin Research Production Association            RU           4
                              10      Mechanical Engineering Research Institute            RU           4

                            Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




                            Top 10 North America Assignees
                            Space Vehicles & Satellite technologies


                                                                                                    Number of
                                      Company                                            Country
                                                                                                    Documents
                               1      Boeing                                               US           17
                               2      NASA                                                 US           8
                               3      Honeywell International                              US           6
                               4      Lockheed Martin                                      US           5
                               5      Raytheon                                             US           5
                               6      Hamilton Sundstrand                                  US           4
                               7      Qualcomm                                             US           4
                               8      United States Secretary of the Navy                  US           4
                               9      Composite Technology Development                     US           3
                              10      United States Secretary of the Airforce              US           2

                            Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




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2011 Patent Activity
Automotive

                                                                                                                   2011             2010
                                                                         SUBSECTORS                                                           % Change
                                                                                                                  Volume           Volume
                                                              20%        Alternative Powered Vehicles             19,078           15,913          20%
                                                               6%        Security Systems                          5,840            5,752          2%
                                                              12%        Navigation Systems                        11,279          12,060          -6%
                                                              10%        Safety                                    9,858           10,263          -4%
                                                               3%        Entertainment Systems                     2,576           3,052           -16%
                                                               6%        Steering Systems                          6,305            6,327          0%
                                                               8%        Seats, Seatbelts and Airbags              8,212            7,769          6%
                                                               4%        Braking Systems                           4,174           3,908           7%
                                                              12%        Transmission                              11,413          11,577          -1%
                                                               6%        Suspension Systems                        6,145           5,924           4%
                                                               5%        Engine Design and Systems                 5,183           5,336           -3%
                                                               8%        Pollution Control                         7,548            8,376          -10%

                                                            Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




SUBSECTOR                        Top 10 Asia-PACific Assignees
SNAPSHOT:                        Alternative Powered Vehicles


                                                                                                                                        Number of
                                          Company                                                                        Country
                                                                                                                                        Documents
                                   1      Toyota Motor Corporation                                                          JP              1669

                                   2      Honda Motor Company, Ltd.                                                         JP              539
                                   3      Denso Corporation                                                                 JP              382
                                   4      Panasonic Corporation                                                             JP              320
                                   5      Hyundai                                                                           KR              276
                                   6      Nissan Motor Company, Ltd.                                                        JP              236
                                   7      Sanyo Electric Company, Ltd.                                                      JP              233
                                   8      Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.                                                JP              180
                                   9      Samsung                                                                           KR              159
                                   10     AISIN SEIKI Company, Ltd.                                                         JP              146
                                 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




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                            Top 10 Europe Assignees
                            Alternative Powered Vehicles


                                                                                                   Number of
                                     Company                                             Country
                                                                                                   Documents
                              1      Daimler                                               DE         286
                              2      Robert Bosch                                          DE         235
                              3      SB LiMotive                                           DE          123
                              4      Peugeot Citroën Automobile                            FR          101

                              5      BMW                                                   DE          89
                              6      Porsche                                               DE          63
                              7      Continental Automotive                                DE          56
                              8      Valeo                                                 FR          48
                              9      Volkswagen                                            DE          48
                              10     Renault                                               FR          45

                            Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




                            Top 10 North America Assignees
                            Alternative Powered Vehicles


                                                                                                   Number of
                                     Company                                             Country
                                                                                                   Documents
                              1      General Motors                                        US          310
                              2      Ford                                                  US          218
                              3      General Electric                                      US          34
                              4      Tesla Motors                                          US          23
                              5      Caterpillar                                           US          16
                              6      Protean Electric                                      US          15
                              7      DuPont                                                US          15
                              8      AeroVironment                                         US          13
                              9      Remy International                                    US          11
                              10     Lear Corporation                                      US          10

                            Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




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2011 Patent Activity
Biotechnology



                                                                                                                     2011
                                                                     SUBSECTORS
                                                                                                                    Volume
                                                             19%     Diagnosis of Diseases                           5,154

                                                             13%     Cancer Treatment                               3,549

                                                             6%      Genetically Modified Crops                      1,550

                                                             5%      Drug Discovery                                  1,269

                                                             58%     General Biotechnology                          15,858

                                                          Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




SUBSECTOR                    Top 10 Asia-PACific Assignees
SNAPSHOT:                    Cancer Treatment


                                                                                                                                  Number of
                                       Company                                                                          Country
                                                                                                                                  Documents
                                1      The University of Tokyo                                                               JP      19
                                2      Osaka University                                                                      JP      15
                                3      Kyowa Hakko Kirin Company, Ltd.                                                       JP      14
                                4      SNU R&DB Foundation                                                                   KR      14
                                5      Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology                              KR      12
                                6      Fudan University                                                                      CN      12
                                7      Hokkaido University                                                                   JP      10
                                8      The Catholic University of Korea, Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation            KR      10
                                9      National Cancer Center                                                                KR       9
                               10      Millennium Pharmaceuticals                                                            JP       9
                             Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




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                            Top 10 Europe Assignees
                            Cancer Treatment


                                                                                                                     Number of
                                     Company                                                              Country
                                                                                                                     Documents
                              1      Roche                                                                  CH          59
                              2      INSERM, Institute National de la Sante et de la Researche Medicale     FR          43
                              3      CNRS, The French National Center for Scientific Research               FR          35
                              4      Novartis                                                               CH          28

                              5      Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (German Cancer Research Center)       DE          11
                              6      Glaxo Group                                                            UK          11
                              7      Schering                                                               US          11
                              8      UCB Pharma                                                             BE          11
                              9      Sanofi                                                                 DE          10
                              10     Ablynx                                                                 BE          10

                            Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




                            Top 10 North America Assignees
                            Cancer Treatment


                                                                                                                     Number of
                                     Company                                                              Country
                                                                                                                     Documents
                              1      Genentech                                                              US          56
                              2      University of California                                               US          36
                              3      John Hopkins University                                                US          28
                              4      United States Department of Health and Human Services                  US          27
                              5      University of Texas System                                             US          26
                              6      Abbott Laboratories                                                    US          25
                              7      Opko Health                                                            US          19
                              8      Amgen                                                                  US          18
                              9      Leland Stanford Junior University                                      US          18
                              10     University of Pennsylvania                                             US          17

                            Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




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2011 Patent Activity
Computing and peripherals


                                                                                                                 2011             2010
                                                                    SUBSECTORS                                                                % Change
                                                                                                                Volume           Volume
                                                             76%    Computing                                   184,134          178,509           3%

                                                             9%     Printers                                    22,879           25,079            -9%

                                                             2%     Scanners                                     4,190            6,372            -34%

                                                             3%     Screens                                      6,109            6,471            -6%

                                                             4%     Smart media                                  9,434            9,757            -3%

                                                             7%     Other peripherals                           16,705           26,317            -37%

                                                          Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




SUBSECTOR                    Top 10 Asia-PACific Assignees
SNAPSHOT:                    Smart Media


                                                                                                                                          Number of
                                       Company                                                                         Country
                                                                                                                                          Documents
                                1      Samsung                                                                            KR                 229
                               2       Toshiba Corporation                                                                JP                 128
                               3       Toppan Printing Company, Ltd.                                                      JP                 121
                               4       Panasonic Corporation                                                              JP                 97
                               5       NEC Corporation                                                                    JP                 84
                               6       The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc.                                             JP                 82
                               7       Sony Corporation                                                                   JP                 75
                               8       Dai Nippon Printing Company, Ltd.                                                  JP                 67
                               9       ZTE Corporation                                                                    CN                 67
                               10      Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute                                KR                 52

                             Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




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                            Top 10 Europe Assignees
                            Smart Media


                                                                                                    Number of
                                      Company                                            Country
                                                                                                    Documents
                               1      Giesecke & Devrient                                  DE          48
                              2       Gemalto                                              NL          47

                              3       NXP Semiconductors                                   NL          37

                              4       Siemens                                              DE          34

                              5       STMicroelectronics                                   DE          22
                              6       Nokia                                                CH          21
                              7       Oberthur Technologies                                FI           17

                              8       Merck Patent Gmbh                                    DE           17
                              9       Ericsson                                             SE          12
                              10      Bundesdruckerei                                      DE           11

                            Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




                            Top 10 North America Assignees
                            Smart Media


                                                                                                    Number of
                                      Company                                            Country
                                                                                                    Documents
                               1      Broadcom                                             US          34
                              2       SanDisk                                              US          32
                              3       IBM                                                  US          27
                              4       Motorola Mobility                                    US          25
                              5       Apple                                                US          25
                              6       Microsoft                                            US          25
                              7       Avery Dennison                                       US          23
                              8       Micron Technology                                    US          18
                              9       Research In Motion                                   CA          16
                              10      AT&T                                                 US          14

                            Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




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2011 Patent Activity
Cosmetics



                                                                                                                 2011             2010
                                                                        SUBSECTORS                                                            % Change
                                                                                                                Volume           Volume
                                                            21%         Hair                                     1,787            1,879            -5%

                                                           42%          Make-up                                  3,706            3,833            -3%

                                                            31%         Skin                                     2,652           2,859             -7%

                                                            3%          Antiperspirant                            213              174             22%

                                                            3%          Perfume                                   212             216              -2%

                                                          Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




SUBSECTOR                     Top 10 Asia-PACific Assignees
SNAPSHOT:                     Makeup


                                                                                                                                          Number of
                                       Company                                                                         Country
                                                                                                                                          Documents
                                1      KAO Corporation                                                                   JP                  147
                                2      Shiseido Company, Ltd.                                                            JP                  125
                                3      AmorePacific                                                                      KR                  66
                                4      Kose Corporation                                                                  JP                  63
                                5      Nippon Menard Cosmetic Company, Ltd.                                              JP                  36
                                6      Lion Corporation                                                                  JP                  34
                                7      Pola Chemical Industries, Inc.                                                    JP                  34
                                8      Dow Corning Toray Company, Ltd.                                                   JP                  30
                                9      Toyobo                                                                            JP                  27
                                10     Noevir Company, Ltd.                                                              JP                  24

                              Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




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                            Top 10 Europe Assignees
                            Makeup


                                                                                                     Number of
                                     Company                                              Country
                                                                                                     Documents
                              1      L'Oreal                                                FR          322
                              2      BASF                                                   DE           51

                              3      Henkel                                                 DE          48

                              4      Beiersdorf                                             DE          37

                              5      Evonik Goldschmidt                                     UK          28
                              6      Unilever                                             NL/UK         27
                              7      Cognis IP Managment                                    DE           16

                              8      Merck Patent Gmbh                                      DE           13
                              9      CNRS, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique     FR           12
                              10     Royal DSM                                              NL           12

                            Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




                            Top 10 North America Assignees
                            Makeup


                                                                                                     Number of
                                     Company                                              Country
                                                                                                     Documents
                              1      Procter & Gamble                                       US          44
                              2      ISP Investments                                        US           18
                              3      Avon Products                                          US           17
                              4      Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies                   US           15
                              5      DuPont                                                 US           15
                              6      The Dow Chemical Company                               US           12
                              7      Celanese International Corporation                     US           12
                              8      Momentive Performance Materials                        US           12
                              9      Allergan                                               US           9
                              10     ELC Management                                         US           8

                            Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




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2011 Patent Activity
Domestic Appliances



                                                                                                                    2011             2010
                                                                       SUBSECTORS                                                                % Change
                                                                                                                   Volume           Volume
                                                              45%      Kitchen                                     19,422           17,235            13%

                                                               9%      Household Cleaning                           3,970            3,414            16%

                                                              8%       Human Hygiene                                3,530            3,193            11%

                                                               9%      Laundry                                      3,839           3,543             8%

                                                              29%      Heating/Air Conditioning                    12,834           11,680            10%

                                                             Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




SUBSECTOR                    Top 10 Asia-PACific Assignees
SNAPSHOT:                    Kitchen


                                                                                                                                             Number of
                                       Company                                                                            Country
                                                                                                                                             Documents
                                1      Panasonic Corporation                                                                JP                  675
                                2      LG                                                                                   KR                  642
                                3      Mitsubishi Electric                                                                  JP                  428
                                4      Hitachi Appliances, Inc.                                                             JP                  197
                                5      Sanyo Electric Company, Ltd.                                                         JP                  165
                                6      Toshiba Corporation                                                                  JP                  123
                                7      Haier Group                                                                          CN                  111
                                8      Sharp Corporation                                                                    JP                  110
                                9      WiniaMando                                                                           KR                  108
                               10      Samsung                                                                              KR                  94

                             Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




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                            Top 10 Europe Assignees
                             Kitchen


                                                                                                    Number of
                                      Company                                            Country
                                                                                                    Documents
                               1      Bosch and Siemens                                    DE          415
                              2       Electrolux                                           SE          66

                              3       Nestle                                               CH          64

                              4       SEB                                                  FR          57

                              5       Liebherr-Hausgeraete                                 DE          56
                              6       Philips                                              NL          42
                              7       Arcelik Anonim Sirketi                               TR          34

                              8       Indesit                                              IT          24
                              9       FagorBrandt                                          FR          22
                              10      Danfoss                                              DK          19

                            Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




                            Top 10 North America Assignees
                            Kitchen


                                                                                                    Number of
                                      Company                                            Country
                                                                                                    Documents
                               1      Whirlpool                                            US          115
                              2       General Electric                                     US          42
                              3       Emerson Electric                                     US          21
                              4       Johnson Controls                                     US          21
                              5       Conair                                               US          15
                              6       DuPont                                               US          13
                              7       Sara Lee                                             US          12
                              8       Illinois Tool Works                                  US           11
                              9       Kraft Foods                                          US           9
                              10      Hamilton Sundstrand                                  US           9

                            Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




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2011 Patent Activity
Food, Tobacco and beverage fermentaTion



                                                                                                                2011             2010
                                                                       SUBSECTORS                                                            % Change
                                                                                                               Volume           Volume
                                                             27%       Bakery                                   2,625           2,628            0%

                                                             24%       Meat                                     2,407           2,090            15%

                                                             3%        Sugar & Starch                            326             338             -4%

                                                             22%       Tobacco                                  2,197            1,512           45%

                                                             24%       Beverage Fermentation                    2,367            n/a             n/a

                                                         Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




SUBSECTOR                    Top 10 Asia-PACific Assignees
SNAPSHOT:                    beverage fermentation


                                                                                                                                         Number of
                                       Company                                                                        Country
                                                                                                                                         Documents
                                1      Kirin Holdings Company, Ltd.                                                     JP                  14

                                2      Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.                                                       JP                  10
                                3      Suntory Holdings, Ltd.                                                           JP                  10
                                4      South China University of Technology                                             CN                  10
                                5      Korea Food Research Institute                                                    KR                   8
                                6      Meiji Holdings Company, Ltd.                                                     JP                   8
                                7      TianJin University of Science and Technology                                     CN                   8
                                8      Zhejiang University                                                              CN                   8
                                9      Qinghua University                                                               CN                   6
                               10      Snow Brand Milk Products Company, Ltd.                                           JP                   5
                             Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




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                            Top 10 Europe Assignees
                            beverage fermentation


                                                                                                    Number of
                                     Company                                             Country
                                                                                                    Documents
                              1      Novozymes                                             DK           11
                              2      Royal DSM                                             DK           11

                              3      Hansen                                                NL           8

                              4      Dannon                                                FR           7

                              5      Danisco                                               DK           6
                              6      Intellektualnoe Pravo                                 RU           5
                              7      Krones                                                DE           5

                              8      Nestle                                                CH           5
                              9      Effekt 91                                             RU           4
                              10     GEA Brewery Systems                                   DE           4

                            Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




                            Top 10 North America Assignees
                            beverage fermentation


                                                                                                    Number of
                                     Company                                             Country
                                                                                                    Documents
                              1      Qteros                                                US           7
                              2      Butamax Advanced Biofuels                             US           6
                              3      DuPont                                                US           5
                              4      Procter & Gamble                                      US           5
                              5      BP Corporation North America                          US           3
                              6      Aquatech Bioenergy                                    US           3
                              7      Coskata                                               US           3
                              8      Ultra Maturation                                      US           3
                              9      Abengoa Bioenergy New Technologies                    US           2
                              10     Archer Daniels Midland Company                        US           2

                            Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




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2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI




2011 Patent Activity
Medical Devices



                                                                                                                 2011             2010
                                                                       SUBSECTORS                                                             % Change
                                                                                                                Volume           Volume
                                                             34%       Diagnosis, Surgery                       22,864           20,076            14%

                                                             19%       Dentistry, Bandages, Prosthesis           12,361          10,746            15%

                                                             17%       Medical Aids, Oral Administration         11,367           9,714            17%

                                                             30%       Sterilizing, Syringes, Electrotherapy    20,312           17,788            14%

                                                          Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




SUBSECTOR                    Top 10 Asia-PACific Assignees
SNAPSHOT:                    Diagnosis, Surgery


                                                                                                                                          Number of
                                       Company                                                                         Country
                                                                                                                                          Documents
                                1      Toshiba Corporation                                                                JP                 883

                               2       FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation                                                      JP                 524
                               3       Olympus Medical Systems Corporation                                                JP                 420
                               4       Hoya Corporation                                                                   JP                 249
                               5       Canon, Inc.                                                                        JP                 229
                               6       Hitachi Medical Computer Systems, Inc.                                             JP                 210
                               7       Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.                                                      JP                 192
                               8       Terumo Corporation                                                                 JP                 147
                               9       Samsung Medison                                                                    KR                 119

                               10      Panasonic Corporation                                                              JP                 98

                             Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




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                            Top 10 Europe Assignees
                            Diagnosis, Surgery


                                                                                                    Number of
                                      Company                                            Country
                                                                                                    Documents
                               1      Siemens                                              DE          381
                               2      Philips                                              NL          202

                               3      Aesculap                                             DE          64

                               4      Saint Petersburg Mechnikov State Medical Academy     RU          63

                               5      Karl Storz                                           DE          51
                               6      Roche                                                CH          44
                               7      Carl Zeiss Surgical                                  DE          41

                               8      Smith & Nephew                                       UK          38
                               9      Stryker Trauma                                       DE          29
                              10      Biedermann Motech                                    DE          28

                            Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




                            Top 10 North America Assignees
                            Diagnosis, Surgery


                                                                                                    Number of
                                      Company                                            Country
                                                                                                    Documents
                               1      Covidien                                             US          359
                               2      General Electric                                     US          237
                               3      Medtronic                                            US          194
                               4      Ethicon Endo-Surgery                                 US          170
                               5      Boston Scientific Corporation                        US          140
                               6      Alcoa                                                US          96
                               7      DePuy                                                US          93
                               8      Warsaw Orthopedic                                    US          91
                               9      Nellcor Puritan Bennett                              US          80
                              10      Abbott Diabetes Care                                 US          66

                            Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




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2011 Patent Activity
Petroleum



                                                                                                                 2011            2010
                                                                     SUBSECTORS                                                             % Change
                                                                                                                Volume          Volume
                                                                     Petroleum & Gas Exploration, Drilling,
                                                           58%                                                  8,386            7,554           11%
                                                                     Production and Processing
                                                                     Petroleum & Gas Transportation
                                                             2%                                                  281              311            -10%
                                                                     and Storage

                                                             1%      Petroleum Refining                          131             194             -32%

                                                           39%       Petroleum & Gas Fuels and other products   5,544            5,787           -4%

                                                         Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




SUBSECTOR                    Top 10 Asia-PACific Assignees
SNAPSHOT:                    Petroleum & gas exploration, drilling, production and processing


                                                                                                                                        Number of
                                       Company                                                                        Country
                                                                                                                                        Documents
                                1      China Petrochemical                                                              CN                 837

                                2      PetroChina                                                                       CN                 481

                                3      JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation                                                JP                97
                                4      Cosmo Oil Company, Ltd.                                                           JP                22
                                5      Nippon Steel Corporation                                                          JP                20
                                6      Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.                                                   JP                18
                                7      East China University of Science and Technology                                  CN                 18
                                8      Sekiyu Sangyo Kasseika Center                                                     JP                17
                                9      University of Science and Technology Beijing                                     CN                 12

                               10      TianJin University of Science and Technology                                     CN                 11

                             Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




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                            Top 10 Europe Assignees
                            Petroleum & gas exploration, drilling, production and processing


                                                                                                    Number of
                                     Company                                             Country
                                                                                                    Documents
                              1      Schlumberger Technology                               NL          1058
                              2      PRAD Research & Development                           NL          204

                              3      Shell                                                 NL          150

                              4      IFP Energies Nouvelles                                FR          142

                              5      Tatneft                                               RU           141
                              6      BASF                                                  DE           50
                              7      National Oilwell Varco                                US           50

                              8      BP                                                    UK           31
                              9      Gazprom                                               RU           20
                              10     Air Liquide                                           FR           19

                            Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




                            Top 10 North America Assignees
                            Petroleum & gas exploration, drilling, production and processing


                                                                                                    Number of
                                     Company                                             Country
                                                                                                    Documents
                              1      Schlumberger Technology                               US          1058
                              2      Baker Hughes                                          US          253
                              3      Halliburton Energy Services                           US          249
                              4      Exxon Mobil                                           US          128
                              5      UOP a Honeywell Company                               US           80
                              6      Chevron                                               US           71
                              7      Smith International                                   US           49
                              8      ConocoPhillips                                        US           43
                              9      Weatherford/Lamb                                      US           28
                              10     Vetco Gray                                            US           26

                            Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




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2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI




2011 Patent Activity
Pharmaceuticals



                                                                                                                2011             2010
                                                                      SUBSECTORS                                                           % Change
                                                                                                               Volume           Volume
                                                               1%     Steroids                                   539             654           -18%

                                                             12%      Heterocyclics                             7,946           10,013         -21%

                                                             63%      Organics                                 41,926           42,845         -2%

                                                             2%       Inorganics                                1,290            986           31%

                                                             22%      General                                  14,957           15,404         -3%

                                                         Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




SUBSECTOR                    Top 10 Asia-PACific Assignees
SNAPSHOT:                    Heterocyclics


                                                                                                                                       Number of
                                       Company                                                                        Country
                                                                                                                                       Documents
                                1      Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd                                               JP                57

                               2       Daiichi Sankyo Company, Ltd.                                                     JP                56
                               3       Ranbaxy Laboratories                                                             IN                52
                               4       Kowa Company, Ltd.                                                               JP                34
                               5       Cadila Pharmaceuticals                                                           IN                26
                               6       Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Company, Ltd.                                          JP                24
                               7       Astellas Pharma, Inc.                                                            JP                23
                               8       Shionogi & Company, Ltd.                                                         JP                23
                               9       Zhejiang University                                                              CN                23

                               10      Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd.                                                  JP                22

                             Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




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                            Top 10 Europe Assignees
                            Heterocyclics


                                                                                                   Number of
                                      Company                                            Country
                                                                                                   Documents
                               1      Roche                                                CH         108
                              2       Sanofi                                               DE         103

                              3       GlaxoSmithKline                                      UK         100

                              4       Novartis                                             CH          86

                              5       Boehringer Ingelheim                                 DE          65
                              6       Bayer                                                DE          64
                              7       Schering                                             US          45

                              8       AstraZeneca                                          UK          36

                              9       Merck Patent Gmbh                                    DE          30
                              10      Ratiopharm                                           DE          28

                            Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




                            Top 10 North America Assignees
                            Heterocyclics


                                                                                                   Number of
                                      Company                                            Country
                                                                                                   Documents
                               1      Merck                                                US          97
                              2       Bristol-Myers Squibb                                 US          60
                              3       Abbott Laboratories                                  US          58
                              4       Janssen Pharmaceuticals                              US          42
                              5       Allergan                                             US          36
                              6       Vertex Pharmaceuticals                               US          34
                              7       Pfizer                                               US          31
                              8       Theravance                                           US          26
                              9       Gilead Sciences                                      US          24
                              10      University of California                             US          24

                            Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




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2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI




2011 Patent Activity
Semiconductors



                                                                                                               2011              2010
                                                                   SUBSECTORS                                                                 % Change
                                                                                                              Volume            Volume
                                                             45%   Semiconductor Materials and Processes       47,942           50,812             -6%

                                                             23%   Discrete Devices                            24,535           18,709             31%

                                                             4%    Integrated Circuits                          4,789            5,127             -7%

                                                             28%   Memories, Film and Hybrid Circuits          29,506           30,995             -5%

                                                         Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




SUBSECTOR                    Top 10 Asia-PACific Assignees
SNAPSHOT:                    Semiconductor Materials and Processes


                                                                                                                                         Number of
                                      Company                                                                         Country
                                                                                                                                         Documents
                               1      Samsung                                                                           KR                  1331

                               2      Hynix Semiconductor                                                               KR                  1167
                               3      Toshiba Corporation                                                               JP                 1075
                               4      NEC Corporation                                                                   JP                 1030
                               5      Panasonic Corporation                                                             JP                  857
                               6      Semiconductor Manufacturing International                                         CN                  734
                               7      LG                                                                                KR                  709
                               8      Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.                                         JP                  561
                               9      Seiko Epson Corporation                                                           JP                  549

                               10     Tokyo Electron, Ltd.                                                              JP                  532

                             Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




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                            Top 10 Europe Assignees
                            Semiconductor Materials and processes


                                                                                                    Number of
                                      Company                                            Country
                                                                                                    Documents
                               1      ASML                                                 NL          201
                              2       STMicroelectronics                                   CH          149

                              3       Infineon Technologies                                DE          138

                              4       Commissariat à l’énergie atomique                    FR          106

                              5       Robert Bosch                                         DE          100
                              6       Merck Patent Gmbh                                    DE           70
                              7       Carl Zeiss                                           DE           55

                              8       Wacker Siltronic                                     DE           53

                              9       NXP Semiconductors                                   NL           53
                              10      Fraunhofer Society                                   DE           47
                            Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




                            Top 10 North America Assignees
                            Semiconductor Materials and processes


                                                                                                    Number of
                                      Company                                            Country
                                                                                                    Documents
                               1      IBM                                                  US          750
                              2       Applied Materials                                    US          284
                              3       Micron Technology                                    US          249
                              4       GlobalFoundries                                      US          191
                              5       Texas Instruments                                    US          174
                              6       DuPont                                               US          144
                              7       Freescale Semiconductor                              US          107
                              8       LAM Research                                         US           88
                              9       Qualcomm                                             US           78
                              10      Novellus Systems                                     US           76

                            Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




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2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI




2011 Patent Activity
Telecommunications

                                                                                                                  2011             2010
                                                                     SUBSECTORS                                                                % Change
                                                                                                                 Volume           Volume
                                                             4%      Telephone Exchange Systems                   6,144            6,251            -2%

                                                             8%      Digital Information Transmission Systems    13,902           12,504            11%

                                                                     Multiplex & Multiple Access
                                                             8%                                                   14,321          14,031            2%
                                                                     Information Transmission Systems

                                                             26%     Data Transmission Networks                  43,321           39,367            10%

                                                             20%     Telephone Subscriber Equipment              32,567           34,834            -7%

                                                                     Telephone Communications Systems &
                                                             3%                                                   4,750            6,511            -27%
                                                                     Installations

                                                             6%      Telemetry & Telecontrol                      9,353            7,638            25%

                                                             25%     Mobile Telephony                            41,836           42,836            -3%

                                                           Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




SUBSECTOR                    Top 10 Asia-PACific Assignees
SNAPSHOT:                    Mobile Telephony


                                                                                                                                           Number of
                                       Company                                                                          Country
                                                                                                                                           Documents
                                1      Samsung                                                                             KR                1613

                               2       LG                                                                                  KR                1209
                               3       Panasonic Corporation                                                               JP                1108
                               4       NEC Corporation                                                                     JP                1080

                               5       Sony Corporation                                                                    JP                 852

                               6       ZTE                                                                                 CN                 783
                               7       Kyocera Corporation                                                                 JP                 778
                               8       Seiko Epson Corporation                                                             JP                 664
                               9       Sharp Corporation                                                                   JP                 658

                               10      Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation                                          JP                 553

                             Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




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                            Top 10 Europe Assignees
                            Mobile Telephony


                                                                                                   Number of
                                      Company                                            Country
                                                                                                   Documents
                               1      Ericsson                                             SE         459
                              2       Nokia                                                FI         395

                              3       Alcatel-Lucent                                       FR         269

                              4       Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications                  SE         218

                              5       Nokia Siemens Networks                               NL         129
                              6       STMicroelectronics                                   CH          80
                              7       Vodafone                                             DE          79

                              8       France Telecom                                       FR          62

                              9       Infineon Technologies                                DE          48
                              10      TomTom                                               NL          43

                            Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




                            Top 10 North America Assignees
                            Mobile Telephony


                                                                                                   Number of
                                      Company                                            Country
                                                                                                   Documents
                               1      Qualcomm                                             US         843
                              2       Research In Motion                                   CA         637
                              3       Apple                                                US         343
                              4       Microsoft                                            US         282
                              5       AT&T                                                 US         200
                              6       Motorola Mobility                                    US         180
                              7       Broadcom                                             US         164
                              8       Micron Technology                                    US          137
                              9       Verizon                                              US         123
                              10      IBM                                                  US         122

                            Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)




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Stateof innovation2011 톰슨로이터

  • 1. Derwent World Patents Index 2011 STATE OF Innovation TWELVE Key Technology areas and Their STATEs of Innovation IP SOLUTIONS
  • 2. “innovation is the cornerstone of the europe 2020 strategy...” Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, President, European commission Innovation Union “The first step in winning the future is encouraging American innovation...” Barack Obama, president, United States “in the current era...innovation is very much on the table.” EXCERPT from the world economic forum 2012
  • 3. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI introduction Innovation is viewed by many as the lynchpin From The World Economic Forum 2012 (DAVOS), of global economic prosperity. Political and there were 35 instances of “innovation” used governmental speeches from around the in the program booklet.3 In one session, titled world reference “innovation” as essential “Innovation Ecosystem 2.0,” with participants to overcoming financial crises, creating jobs, including Director General Francis Gurry of the and solving humanitarian challenges. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the discussion covered: U.S. President Obama in his 2011 State of the Union address said: The movement of innovation from a corporate initiative for creating and realizing value to a “The first step in winning the future is encouraging national phenomenon on how “a country expresses American innovation. . . . What we can do — what and develops more innovation capabilities. In the America does better than anyone else — is spark current era . . . innovation is very much on the the creativity and imagination of our people. table. At least 50 countries now have national We’re the nation that put cars in driveways and innovation agencies and chief innovation officers computers in offices; the nation of Edison and responsible for driving a national innovation the Wright brothers; of Google and Facebook. strategy and the stewardship process supporting In America, innovation doesn’t just change our the strategy.”4 lives. It is how we make our living.”1 In all corners of the earth, executives, policy President of the European Commission makers, government officials, politicians, Innovation Union Jose Manuel Durao Barroso teachers, entrepreneurs and so many others at the Innovation Convention in Brussels in are talking about their hope for “innovation.” December 2011 said: “Innovation is the cornerstone of the Europe 2020 Strategy, our European blueprint to get the economy back on track over the course of the decade. Innovation is a cross-cutting way of equipping all sectors of our economy to be more competitive. . . . It is indeed about turning new ideas into growth, prosperity, jobs and well-being.”2 1 http://www.npr.org/2011/01/26/133224933/transcript-obamas-state-of-union-address 2 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/11/847 3 http://www.forbes.com/sites/julietbarbara/2012/01/28/insight-from-davos-how-global-thought-leaders-talk-about- innovation/ 4 http://www.weforum.org/s?s=innovation, summary written by Catherine Ong, 28 January 2012 THOMSON REUTERS 3
  • 4. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI The topic is of equal interest to Thomson Reuters, • Domestic Appliances and Medical Devices as we have been tracking corporate and industry- were the only two industries that saw growth specific innovative activity for several years. In in all areas in 2011; the most substantial increases occurring in the Household Cleaning this 2011 State of Innovation report, we showcase and Medical Aids and Oral Administration twelve technology areas and profile their sectors, which increased 16 percent and 17 innovation activity as measured through patent percent, respectively, from 2010 analysis. This annual report provides insight into • There was a 42 percent increase in Tobacco which industries are most active, how their 2011 innovation, within the Food, Tobacco and activity compares to 2010 (where the data is Beverage Fermentation industry available) and where the areas of greatest growth • Petroleum had declines in all areas except (and decline) lie. The report also highlights the Petroleum & Gas Exploration, Drilling, top assignees across three geographic regions: Production and Processing, which saw North America (predominantly the U.S.), Europe, an 11 percent bump year over year and Asia. • The area of Inorganics within Pharmaceuticals and Discrete Devices within Semiconductors The report provides insightful data points that both increased by 31 percent, the only subsectors to grow within Pharmaceuticals benchmark innovation activity. Some key findings and Semiconductors, respectively include: Data in this report was compiled using • The largest year-over-year increases by Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents technology area were Domestic Applications Index® (DWPISM) , the world’s most trusted and Medical Devices, both of which jumped by and authoritative collection of editorially- 12 percent enhanced patent information. Analysis was • Aerospace was down overall from 2010 to conducted by the Thomson Reuters Intellectual 2011, however the category of Propulsion Plants Property (IP) Services team, providers of expert increased by 202 percent research, analysis and consulting services for • The automotive sector saw the largest growth corporations, law firms, and governments in the area of Alternate Powered Vehicles around the world. • Biotechnology is a new category for 2012, as the Thomson Reuters editorial team has seen significant growth in this area and it warrants inclusion in this report; it replaces Agrochemicals and Agriculture, a category with less innovative activity • The subcategory Antiperspirants within Cosmetics increased by 22 percent year over year, and L’Oreal® continues to lead the world in cosmetic makeup activity 4 THOMSON REUTERS
  • 5. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI 2011 Patent Activity OVERVIew of 12 key technology areas A 30% Computing & Peripherals B 13% Telecommunications C 12% Automotive D 12% Semiconductors E 8% Medical Devices F 8% Pharmaceuticals G 6% Domestic Appliances H 5% Aerospace I 4% Biotechnology J 2% Petroleum K 1% Food, Tobacco, Beverage Fermentation L 1% Cosmetics % Change in 2011 Volume 2011 Ranking % of Total 2010 Volume Volume (2011 v 2010) A Computers & Peripherals 216,858 1 30% 212,622 2% B Telecommunications 92,131 2 13% 87,920 5% C Automotive 86,788 3 12% 86,479 0% D Semiconductors 86,427 4 12% 88,867 -3% E Medical Devices 58,592 5 8% 52,117 12% F Pharmaceuticals 57,132 6 8% 59,350 -4% G Domestic Appliances 41,198 7 6% 36,816 12% H Aerospace 36,002 8 5% N/A* N/A I Biotechnology 25,648 9 4% N/A* N/A J Petroleum 13,652 10 2% N/A* N/A K Food, Tobacco, Beverage Fermentation 9,545 11 1% N/A* N/A L Cosmetics 6,082 12 1% 6,438 -6% Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) *Category was labeled differently in 2010 and covered different inventions; not like-for-like comparison THOMSON REUTERS 5
  • 6. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI 2011 Patent Activity Aerospace 2011 2010 SUBSECTORS % Change Volume Volume 20% Advanced Materials 5,260 5,937 -11% 10% Instrumentation 2,758 2,786 -1% 41% Propulsion Plants 10,777 3,566 202% 14% Production Techniques 3,714 9,726 -62% 13% Structures & Systems 3,531 3,612 -2% 2% Space Vehicles & Satellite Technologies 602 n/a n/a Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) SUBSECTOR Top 10 Asia-PACific Assignees SNAPSHOT: Space Vehicles & Satellite technologies Number of Company Country Documents 1 Korea Aerospace Research Institute KR 23 2 Harbin Institute of Technology CN 15 3 Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics CN 11 4 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation JP 9 5 IHI Corporation JP 8 6 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. JP 7 7 Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation JP 5 8 NEC Corporation JP 5 9 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics CN 4 10 Korea Institute of Science and Technology KR 3 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) 6 THOMSON REUTERS
  • 7. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI Top 10 Europe Assignees Space Vehicles & Satellite technologies Number of Company Country Documents 1 EADS NL 37 2 Energiya Rocket Cosmic Corporation RU 21 3 Thales UK 9 4 Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev RU 8 5 Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt DE 7 6 Rockets Cosmic Research Production Center RU 7 7 Cosmic Science Production Center RU 5 8 CNES, Centre National d'Études Spatiales FR 4 9 Lavochkin Research Production Association RU 4 10 Mechanical Engineering Research Institute RU 4 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) Top 10 North America Assignees Space Vehicles & Satellite technologies Number of Company Country Documents 1 Boeing US 17 2 NASA US 8 3 Honeywell International US 6 4 Lockheed Martin US 5 5 Raytheon US 5 6 Hamilton Sundstrand US 4 7 Qualcomm US 4 8 United States Secretary of the Navy US 4 9 Composite Technology Development US 3 10 United States Secretary of the Airforce US 2 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) THOMSON REUTERS 7
  • 8. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI 2011 Patent Activity Automotive 2011 2010 SUBSECTORS % Change Volume Volume 20% Alternative Powered Vehicles 19,078 15,913 20% 6% Security Systems 5,840 5,752 2% 12% Navigation Systems 11,279 12,060 -6% 10% Safety 9,858 10,263 -4% 3% Entertainment Systems 2,576 3,052 -16% 6% Steering Systems 6,305 6,327 0% 8% Seats, Seatbelts and Airbags 8,212 7,769 6% 4% Braking Systems 4,174 3,908 7% 12% Transmission 11,413 11,577 -1% 6% Suspension Systems 6,145 5,924 4% 5% Engine Design and Systems 5,183 5,336 -3% 8% Pollution Control 7,548 8,376 -10% Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) SUBSECTOR Top 10 Asia-PACific Assignees SNAPSHOT: Alternative Powered Vehicles Number of Company Country Documents 1 Toyota Motor Corporation JP 1669 2 Honda Motor Company, Ltd. JP 539 3 Denso Corporation JP 382 4 Panasonic Corporation JP 320 5 Hyundai KR 276 6 Nissan Motor Company, Ltd. JP 236 7 Sanyo Electric Company, Ltd. JP 233 8 Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. JP 180 9 Samsung KR 159 10 AISIN SEIKI Company, Ltd. JP 146 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) 8 THOMSON REUTERS
  • 9. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI Top 10 Europe Assignees Alternative Powered Vehicles Number of Company Country Documents 1 Daimler DE 286 2 Robert Bosch DE 235 3 SB LiMotive DE 123 4 Peugeot Citroën Automobile FR 101 5 BMW DE 89 6 Porsche DE 63 7 Continental Automotive DE 56 8 Valeo FR 48 9 Volkswagen DE 48 10 Renault FR 45 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) Top 10 North America Assignees Alternative Powered Vehicles Number of Company Country Documents 1 General Motors US 310 2 Ford US 218 3 General Electric US 34 4 Tesla Motors US 23 5 Caterpillar US 16 6 Protean Electric US 15 7 DuPont US 15 8 AeroVironment US 13 9 Remy International US 11 10 Lear Corporation US 10 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) THOMSON REUTERS 9
  • 10. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI 2011 Patent Activity Biotechnology 2011 SUBSECTORS Volume 19% Diagnosis of Diseases 5,154 13% Cancer Treatment 3,549 6% Genetically Modified Crops 1,550 5% Drug Discovery 1,269 58% General Biotechnology 15,858 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) SUBSECTOR Top 10 Asia-PACific Assignees SNAPSHOT: Cancer Treatment Number of Company Country Documents 1 The University of Tokyo JP 19 2 Osaka University JP 15 3 Kyowa Hakko Kirin Company, Ltd. JP 14 4 SNU R&DB Foundation KR 14 5 Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology KR 12 6 Fudan University CN 12 7 Hokkaido University JP 10 8 The Catholic University of Korea, Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation KR 10 9 National Cancer Center KR 9 10 Millennium Pharmaceuticals JP 9 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) 10 THOMSON REUTERS
  • 11. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI Top 10 Europe Assignees Cancer Treatment Number of Company Country Documents 1 Roche CH 59 2 INSERM, Institute National de la Sante et de la Researche Medicale FR 43 3 CNRS, The French National Center for Scientific Research FR 35 4 Novartis CH 28 5 Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (German Cancer Research Center) DE 11 6 Glaxo Group UK 11 7 Schering US 11 8 UCB Pharma BE 11 9 Sanofi DE 10 10 Ablynx BE 10 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) Top 10 North America Assignees Cancer Treatment Number of Company Country Documents 1 Genentech US 56 2 University of California US 36 3 John Hopkins University US 28 4 United States Department of Health and Human Services US 27 5 University of Texas System US 26 6 Abbott Laboratories US 25 7 Opko Health US 19 8 Amgen US 18 9 Leland Stanford Junior University US 18 10 University of Pennsylvania US 17 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) THOMSON REUTERS 11
  • 12. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI 2011 Patent Activity Computing and peripherals 2011 2010 SUBSECTORS % Change Volume Volume 76% Computing 184,134 178,509 3% 9% Printers 22,879 25,079 -9% 2% Scanners 4,190 6,372 -34% 3% Screens 6,109 6,471 -6% 4% Smart media 9,434 9,757 -3% 7% Other peripherals 16,705 26,317 -37% Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) SUBSECTOR Top 10 Asia-PACific Assignees SNAPSHOT: Smart Media Number of Company Country Documents 1 Samsung KR 229 2 Toshiba Corporation JP 128 3 Toppan Printing Company, Ltd. JP 121 4 Panasonic Corporation JP 97 5 NEC Corporation JP 84 6 The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc. JP 82 7 Sony Corporation JP 75 8 Dai Nippon Printing Company, Ltd. JP 67 9 ZTE Corporation CN 67 10 Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute KR 52 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) 12 THOMSON REUTERS
  • 13. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI Top 10 Europe Assignees Smart Media Number of Company Country Documents 1 Giesecke & Devrient DE 48 2 Gemalto NL 47 3 NXP Semiconductors NL 37 4 Siemens DE 34 5 STMicroelectronics DE 22 6 Nokia CH 21 7 Oberthur Technologies FI 17 8 Merck Patent Gmbh DE 17 9 Ericsson SE 12 10 Bundesdruckerei DE 11 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) Top 10 North America Assignees Smart Media Number of Company Country Documents 1 Broadcom US 34 2 SanDisk US 32 3 IBM US 27 4 Motorola Mobility US 25 5 Apple US 25 6 Microsoft US 25 7 Avery Dennison US 23 8 Micron Technology US 18 9 Research In Motion CA 16 10 AT&T US 14 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) THOMSON REUTERS 13
  • 14. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI 2011 Patent Activity Cosmetics 2011 2010 SUBSECTORS % Change Volume Volume 21% Hair 1,787 1,879 -5% 42% Make-up 3,706 3,833 -3% 31% Skin 2,652 2,859 -7% 3% Antiperspirant 213 174 22% 3% Perfume 212 216 -2% Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) SUBSECTOR Top 10 Asia-PACific Assignees SNAPSHOT: Makeup Number of Company Country Documents 1 KAO Corporation JP 147 2 Shiseido Company, Ltd. JP 125 3 AmorePacific KR 66 4 Kose Corporation JP 63 5 Nippon Menard Cosmetic Company, Ltd. JP 36 6 Lion Corporation JP 34 7 Pola Chemical Industries, Inc. JP 34 8 Dow Corning Toray Company, Ltd. JP 30 9 Toyobo JP 27 10 Noevir Company, Ltd. JP 24 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) 14 THOMSON REUTERS
  • 15. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI Top 10 Europe Assignees Makeup Number of Company Country Documents 1 L'Oreal FR 322 2 BASF DE 51 3 Henkel DE 48 4 Beiersdorf DE 37 5 Evonik Goldschmidt UK 28 6 Unilever NL/UK 27 7 Cognis IP Managment DE 16 8 Merck Patent Gmbh DE 13 9 CNRS, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique FR 12 10 Royal DSM NL 12 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) Top 10 North America Assignees Makeup Number of Company Country Documents 1 Procter & Gamble US 44 2 ISP Investments US 18 3 Avon Products US 17 4 Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies US 15 5 DuPont US 15 6 The Dow Chemical Company US 12 7 Celanese International Corporation US 12 8 Momentive Performance Materials US 12 9 Allergan US 9 10 ELC Management US 8 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) THOMSON REUTERS 15
  • 16. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI 2011 Patent Activity Domestic Appliances 2011 2010 SUBSECTORS % Change Volume Volume 45% Kitchen 19,422 17,235 13% 9% Household Cleaning 3,970 3,414 16% 8% Human Hygiene 3,530 3,193 11% 9% Laundry 3,839 3,543 8% 29% Heating/Air Conditioning 12,834 11,680 10% Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) SUBSECTOR Top 10 Asia-PACific Assignees SNAPSHOT: Kitchen Number of Company Country Documents 1 Panasonic Corporation JP 675 2 LG KR 642 3 Mitsubishi Electric JP 428 4 Hitachi Appliances, Inc. JP 197 5 Sanyo Electric Company, Ltd. JP 165 6 Toshiba Corporation JP 123 7 Haier Group CN 111 8 Sharp Corporation JP 110 9 WiniaMando KR 108 10 Samsung KR 94 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) 16 THOMSON REUTERS
  • 17. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI Top 10 Europe Assignees Kitchen Number of Company Country Documents 1 Bosch and Siemens DE 415 2 Electrolux SE 66 3 Nestle CH 64 4 SEB FR 57 5 Liebherr-Hausgeraete DE 56 6 Philips NL 42 7 Arcelik Anonim Sirketi TR 34 8 Indesit IT 24 9 FagorBrandt FR 22 10 Danfoss DK 19 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) Top 10 North America Assignees Kitchen Number of Company Country Documents 1 Whirlpool US 115 2 General Electric US 42 3 Emerson Electric US 21 4 Johnson Controls US 21 5 Conair US 15 6 DuPont US 13 7 Sara Lee US 12 8 Illinois Tool Works US 11 9 Kraft Foods US 9 10 Hamilton Sundstrand US 9 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) THOMSON REUTERS 17
  • 18. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI 2011 Patent Activity Food, Tobacco and beverage fermentaTion 2011 2010 SUBSECTORS % Change Volume Volume 27% Bakery 2,625 2,628 0% 24% Meat 2,407 2,090 15% 3% Sugar & Starch 326 338 -4% 22% Tobacco 2,197 1,512 45% 24% Beverage Fermentation 2,367 n/a n/a Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) SUBSECTOR Top 10 Asia-PACific Assignees SNAPSHOT: beverage fermentation Number of Company Country Documents 1 Kirin Holdings Company, Ltd. JP 14 2 Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. JP 10 3 Suntory Holdings, Ltd. JP 10 4 South China University of Technology CN 10 5 Korea Food Research Institute KR 8 6 Meiji Holdings Company, Ltd. JP 8 7 TianJin University of Science and Technology CN 8 8 Zhejiang University CN 8 9 Qinghua University CN 6 10 Snow Brand Milk Products Company, Ltd. JP 5 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) 18 THOMSON REUTERS
  • 19. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI Top 10 Europe Assignees beverage fermentation Number of Company Country Documents 1 Novozymes DK 11 2 Royal DSM DK 11 3 Hansen NL 8 4 Dannon FR 7 5 Danisco DK 6 6 Intellektualnoe Pravo RU 5 7 Krones DE 5 8 Nestle CH 5 9 Effekt 91 RU 4 10 GEA Brewery Systems DE 4 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) Top 10 North America Assignees beverage fermentation Number of Company Country Documents 1 Qteros US 7 2 Butamax Advanced Biofuels US 6 3 DuPont US 5 4 Procter & Gamble US 5 5 BP Corporation North America US 3 6 Aquatech Bioenergy US 3 7 Coskata US 3 8 Ultra Maturation US 3 9 Abengoa Bioenergy New Technologies US 2 10 Archer Daniels Midland Company US 2 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) THOMSON REUTERS 19
  • 20. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI 2011 Patent Activity Medical Devices 2011 2010 SUBSECTORS % Change Volume Volume 34% Diagnosis, Surgery 22,864 20,076 14% 19% Dentistry, Bandages, Prosthesis 12,361 10,746 15% 17% Medical Aids, Oral Administration 11,367 9,714 17% 30% Sterilizing, Syringes, Electrotherapy 20,312 17,788 14% Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) SUBSECTOR Top 10 Asia-PACific Assignees SNAPSHOT: Diagnosis, Surgery Number of Company Country Documents 1 Toshiba Corporation JP 883 2 FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation JP 524 3 Olympus Medical Systems Corporation JP 420 4 Hoya Corporation JP 249 5 Canon, Inc. JP 229 6 Hitachi Medical Computer Systems, Inc. JP 210 7 Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. JP 192 8 Terumo Corporation JP 147 9 Samsung Medison KR 119 10 Panasonic Corporation JP 98 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) 20 THOMSON REUTERS
  • 21. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI Top 10 Europe Assignees Diagnosis, Surgery Number of Company Country Documents 1 Siemens DE 381 2 Philips NL 202 3 Aesculap DE 64 4 Saint Petersburg Mechnikov State Medical Academy RU 63 5 Karl Storz DE 51 6 Roche CH 44 7 Carl Zeiss Surgical DE 41 8 Smith & Nephew UK 38 9 Stryker Trauma DE 29 10 Biedermann Motech DE 28 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) Top 10 North America Assignees Diagnosis, Surgery Number of Company Country Documents 1 Covidien US 359 2 General Electric US 237 3 Medtronic US 194 4 Ethicon Endo-Surgery US 170 5 Boston Scientific Corporation US 140 6 Alcoa US 96 7 DePuy US 93 8 Warsaw Orthopedic US 91 9 Nellcor Puritan Bennett US 80 10 Abbott Diabetes Care US 66 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) THOMSON REUTERS 21
  • 22. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI 2011 Patent Activity Petroleum 2011 2010 SUBSECTORS % Change Volume Volume Petroleum & Gas Exploration, Drilling, 58% 8,386 7,554 11% Production and Processing Petroleum & Gas Transportation 2% 281 311 -10% and Storage 1% Petroleum Refining 131 194 -32% 39% Petroleum & Gas Fuels and other products 5,544 5,787 -4% Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) SUBSECTOR Top 10 Asia-PACific Assignees SNAPSHOT: Petroleum & gas exploration, drilling, production and processing Number of Company Country Documents 1 China Petrochemical CN 837 2 PetroChina CN 481 3 JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation JP 97 4 Cosmo Oil Company, Ltd. JP 22 5 Nippon Steel Corporation JP 20 6 Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. JP 18 7 East China University of Science and Technology CN 18 8 Sekiyu Sangyo Kasseika Center JP 17 9 University of Science and Technology Beijing CN 12 10 TianJin University of Science and Technology CN 11 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) 22 THOMSON REUTERS
  • 23. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI Top 10 Europe Assignees Petroleum & gas exploration, drilling, production and processing Number of Company Country Documents 1 Schlumberger Technology NL 1058 2 PRAD Research & Development NL 204 3 Shell NL 150 4 IFP Energies Nouvelles FR 142 5 Tatneft RU 141 6 BASF DE 50 7 National Oilwell Varco US 50 8 BP UK 31 9 Gazprom RU 20 10 Air Liquide FR 19 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) Top 10 North America Assignees Petroleum & gas exploration, drilling, production and processing Number of Company Country Documents 1 Schlumberger Technology US 1058 2 Baker Hughes US 253 3 Halliburton Energy Services US 249 4 Exxon Mobil US 128 5 UOP a Honeywell Company US 80 6 Chevron US 71 7 Smith International US 49 8 ConocoPhillips US 43 9 Weatherford/Lamb US 28 10 Vetco Gray US 26 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) THOMSON REUTERS 23
  • 24. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI 2011 Patent Activity Pharmaceuticals 2011 2010 SUBSECTORS % Change Volume Volume 1% Steroids 539 654 -18% 12% Heterocyclics 7,946 10,013 -21% 63% Organics 41,926 42,845 -2% 2% Inorganics 1,290 986 31% 22% General 14,957 15,404 -3% Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) SUBSECTOR Top 10 Asia-PACific Assignees SNAPSHOT: Heterocyclics Number of Company Country Documents 1 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd JP 57 2 Daiichi Sankyo Company, Ltd. JP 56 3 Ranbaxy Laboratories IN 52 4 Kowa Company, Ltd. JP 34 5 Cadila Pharmaceuticals IN 26 6 Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Company, Ltd. JP 24 7 Astellas Pharma, Inc. JP 23 8 Shionogi & Company, Ltd. JP 23 9 Zhejiang University CN 23 10 Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd. JP 22 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) 24 THOMSON REUTERS
  • 25. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI Top 10 Europe Assignees Heterocyclics Number of Company Country Documents 1 Roche CH 108 2 Sanofi DE 103 3 GlaxoSmithKline UK 100 4 Novartis CH 86 5 Boehringer Ingelheim DE 65 6 Bayer DE 64 7 Schering US 45 8 AstraZeneca UK 36 9 Merck Patent Gmbh DE 30 10 Ratiopharm DE 28 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) Top 10 North America Assignees Heterocyclics Number of Company Country Documents 1 Merck US 97 2 Bristol-Myers Squibb US 60 3 Abbott Laboratories US 58 4 Janssen Pharmaceuticals US 42 5 Allergan US 36 6 Vertex Pharmaceuticals US 34 7 Pfizer US 31 8 Theravance US 26 9 Gilead Sciences US 24 10 University of California US 24 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) THOMSON REUTERS 25
  • 26. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI 2011 Patent Activity Semiconductors 2011 2010 SUBSECTORS % Change Volume Volume 45% Semiconductor Materials and Processes 47,942 50,812 -6% 23% Discrete Devices 24,535 18,709 31% 4% Integrated Circuits 4,789 5,127 -7% 28% Memories, Film and Hybrid Circuits 29,506 30,995 -5% Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) SUBSECTOR Top 10 Asia-PACific Assignees SNAPSHOT: Semiconductor Materials and Processes Number of Company Country Documents 1 Samsung KR 1331 2 Hynix Semiconductor KR 1167 3 Toshiba Corporation JP 1075 4 NEC Corporation JP 1030 5 Panasonic Corporation JP 857 6 Semiconductor Manufacturing International CN 734 7 LG KR 709 8 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. JP 561 9 Seiko Epson Corporation JP 549 10 Tokyo Electron, Ltd. JP 532 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) 26 THOMSON REUTERS
  • 27. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI Top 10 Europe Assignees Semiconductor Materials and processes Number of Company Country Documents 1 ASML NL 201 2 STMicroelectronics CH 149 3 Infineon Technologies DE 138 4 Commissariat à l’énergie atomique FR 106 5 Robert Bosch DE 100 6 Merck Patent Gmbh DE 70 7 Carl Zeiss DE 55 8 Wacker Siltronic DE 53 9 NXP Semiconductors NL 53 10 Fraunhofer Society DE 47 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) Top 10 North America Assignees Semiconductor Materials and processes Number of Company Country Documents 1 IBM US 750 2 Applied Materials US 284 3 Micron Technology US 249 4 GlobalFoundries US 191 5 Texas Instruments US 174 6 DuPont US 144 7 Freescale Semiconductor US 107 8 LAM Research US 88 9 Qualcomm US 78 10 Novellus Systems US 76 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) THOMSON REUTERS 27
  • 28. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI 2011 Patent Activity Telecommunications 2011 2010 SUBSECTORS % Change Volume Volume 4% Telephone Exchange Systems 6,144 6,251 -2% 8% Digital Information Transmission Systems 13,902 12,504 11% Multiplex & Multiple Access 8% 14,321 14,031 2% Information Transmission Systems 26% Data Transmission Networks 43,321 39,367 10% 20% Telephone Subscriber Equipment 32,567 34,834 -7% Telephone Communications Systems & 3% 4,750 6,511 -27% Installations 6% Telemetry & Telecontrol 9,353 7,638 25% 25% Mobile Telephony 41,836 42,836 -3% Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) SUBSECTOR Top 10 Asia-PACific Assignees SNAPSHOT: Mobile Telephony Number of Company Country Documents 1 Samsung KR 1613 2 LG KR 1209 3 Panasonic Corporation JP 1108 4 NEC Corporation JP 1080 5 Sony Corporation JP 852 6 ZTE CN 783 7 Kyocera Corporation JP 778 8 Seiko Epson Corporation JP 664 9 Sharp Corporation JP 658 10 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation JP 553 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) 28 THOMSON REUTERS
  • 29. 2011 state of Innovation Report Featuring DWPI Top 10 Europe Assignees Mobile Telephony Number of Company Country Documents 1 Ericsson SE 459 2 Nokia FI 395 3 Alcatel-Lucent FR 269 4 Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications SE 218 5 Nokia Siemens Networks NL 129 6 STMicroelectronics CH 80 7 Vodafone DE 79 8 France Telecom FR 62 9 Infineon Technologies DE 48 10 TomTom NL 43 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) Top 10 North America Assignees Mobile Telephony Number of Company Country Documents 1 Qualcomm US 843 2 Research In Motion CA 637 3 Apple US 343 4 Microsoft US 282 5 AT&T US 200 6 Motorola Mobility US 180 7 Broadcom US 164 8 Micron Technology US 137 9 Verizon US 123 10 IBM US 122 Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) THOMSON REUTERS 29
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