Patentee Name Harmonisation - ecoom.be
Patentee Name Harmonisation - ecoom.be
Patentee Name Harmonisation - ecoom.be
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3.3 Patent distribution amongst patentees<br />
<strong>Name</strong> cleaning and harmonization has reduced the num<strong>be</strong>r of unique patentee names by<br />
17.6%, from 443,722 to 365,566. This reduction has increased the average num<strong>be</strong>r of patents<br />
per patentee from 7.2 <strong>be</strong>fore harmonization to 8.8 after.<br />
Table 30 contains the distribution of the num<strong>be</strong>r of patents per original patentee name and<br />
harmonized name.<br />
Table 30: Distribution of num<strong>be</strong>r of patents per original patentee name and<br />
harmonized name<br />
NBR<br />
PAT<br />
NBR PATENTEES<br />
BEFORE<br />
HARMONIZATION<br />
NBR PATENTEES<br />
AFTER<br />
HARMONIZATION<br />