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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 />

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