Patentee Name Harmonisation - ecoom.be
Patentee Name Harmonisation - ecoom.be
Patentee Name Harmonisation - ecoom.be
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13 37<br />
12 35<br />
11 61<br />
10 82<br />
9 136<br />
8 179<br />
7 337<br />
6 649<br />
5 1,231<br />
4 3,037<br />
3 8,284<br />
2 35,248<br />
The distribution of the num<strong>be</strong>r of matched names is extremely skewed; the vast majority of<br />
harmonized names match only 2 original patentee names.<br />
3.2 Additional patents assigned to harmonized names<br />
Although the num<strong>be</strong>r of matched original patentee names per harmonized name is an important<br />
measure of the performance of the name cleaning and harmonizing procedure, the bottom line<br />
is how many additional patents are assigned to harmonized names.<br />
As an example, Table 26 contains the num<strong>be</strong>r of patents assigned to all ten original patentee<br />
names matched with the harmonized name “3COM CORPORATION”.<br />
Table 26: Num<strong>be</strong>r of patents for matched names of "3COM CORPORATION"<br />
ORIGINAL PATENTEE NAME NBR PAT<br />
3COM CORPORATION 998<br />
3 COM CORPORATION 27<br />
3COM CORP. 12<br />
3COM LTD. 3<br />
3COM LIMITED 2<br />
3 COM CORP. 1<br />
3 COM 1<br />
3COM CORP 1<br />
3COM. CORP. 1<br />
3COMCORPORATION 1<br />
After name cleaning and harmonization, 1,047 patents are assigned to “3COM CORPORATION”.<br />
Without harmonization, these 1,047 patents are scattered over 10 patentee names, ranging<br />
from one patent for “3COMCORPORATION” to 998 patents for “3COM CORPORATION”.<br />
Without name cleaning and harmonization, a maximum of 998 patents would have <strong>be</strong>en<br />
identified for “3COM CORPORATION”. This means that name cleaning and harmonization<br />
contributes 49 additional patents, or the share of additional found patents is 4.7% of the total<br />
num<strong>be</strong>r of patents assigned to the harmonized name.<br />
In general, name cleaning and harmonization adds up to 12,704 patents to the harmonized<br />
name. The share of additional assigned patents in the total num<strong>be</strong>r of patents assigned to the<br />
harmonized name ranges from 1% to 86%.<br />
Table 27 contains some examples of harmonized names with the num<strong>be</strong>r of matched original<br />
patentee names for the particular harmonized name, the total num<strong>be</strong>r of patents, the num<strong>be</strong>r<br />
of patents of the original patentee name having the most assigned patents, the additional<br />
num<strong>be</strong>r of patents assigned to the particular harmonized name and the share of additional<br />
assigned patents in the total num<strong>be</strong>r of patents assigned to the particular harmonized name.<br />
Table 27: Additional assigned patents<br />
HARMONIZED NAME NBR NAMES NBR PAT MAX PAT ADD PAT SHARE<br />
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS<br />
MACHINES CORPORATION<br />
20 41,173 28,469 12,704 31%<br />
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