Patentee Name Harmonisation - ecoom.be
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24 SHARP 10880 470531 14.64 4102 6778<br />
25 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS 10801 481332 14.97 3247 7554<br />
Although presenting a ranking based on the combined EPO and USPTO patents might not <strong>be</strong><br />
very meaningful (applications versus grants, 1978-2004 versus 1991-2003), the comparison of<br />
the two rankings gives an idea of the impact of the name cleaning and harmonization<br />
procedure.<br />
Differences in ranking are surprisingly small. “INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES<br />
CORPORATION“ jumps from 3rd and 20th place to 1st place. Places 4 to 10 remain unchanged.<br />
11 and 12 have switched, “ROBERT BOSCH“ drops from 13 to 16, “BAYER” jumps from 24 to<br />
13, “KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS” and “SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY“ have<br />
switched, “E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY“ enters at place 20, pushing “MINNESOTA<br />
MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY“ out of the top 25, and “THE PROCTER & GAMBLE<br />
COMPANY“ enters at place 23 <strong>be</strong>cause of the combination of “INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS<br />
MACHINES CORPORATION and “INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINESCORPORATION”.<br />
Table 34 contains the top 25 patentees after name cleaning and harmonization with the num<strong>be</strong>r<br />
of matched original patentee names for the particular harmonized name, the total num<strong>be</strong>r of<br />
patents, the num<strong>be</strong>r of patents of the original patentee name having the most assigned patents,<br />
the additional num<strong>be</strong>r of patents assigned to the particular harmonized name, and the share of<br />
additional assigned patents in the total num<strong>be</strong>r of patents assigned to the particular harmonized<br />
name.<br />
Table 34: Additional assigned patents top 25 patentees<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 />
CANON 26 31,741 31,649 92 0%<br />
SIEMENS 18 30,770 30,452 318 1%<br />
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC<br />
INDUSTRIAL COMPANY<br />
38 26,379 25,594 785 3%<br />
SONY CORPORATION 10 23,665 23,620 45 0%<br />
NEC CORPORATION 5 23,508 23,468 40 0%<br />
TOSHIBA 4 23,344 23,277 67 0%<br />
HITACHI 17 22,754 22,226 528 2%<br />
GENERAL ELECTRIC<br />
COMPANY<br />
12 19,620 19,117 503 3%<br />
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 6 18,863 18,847 16 0%<br />
FUJITSU 10 18,575 18,310 265 1%<br />
MITSUBISHI DENKI 31 18,513 18,445 68 0%<br />
BASF 8 18,499 16,855 1,644 9%<br />
MOTOROLA 16 17,294 15,758 1,536 9%<br />
BAYER 11 17,220 10,053 7,167 42%<br />
ROBERT BOSCH 9 17,052 16,870 182 1%<br />
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS<br />
COMPANY<br />
50 14,897 13,561 1,336 9%<br />
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS<br />
ELECTRONICS<br />
11 14,550 14,411 139 1%<br />
FUJI PHOTO FILM COMPANY 27 12,985 12,652 333 3%<br />
E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS<br />
& COMPANY<br />
51 12,252 6,269 5,983 49%<br />
XEROX CORPORATION 4 12,111 12,104 7 0%<br />
HEWLETT-PACKARD<br />
COMPANY<br />
23 12,024 11,018 1,006 8%<br />
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE<br />
COMPANY<br />
8 11,862 7,300 4,562 38%<br />
SHARP 19 10,880 10,584 296 3%<br />
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS 8 10,801 10,353 448 4%<br />
Table 34 gives further insight into the shift in ranking <strong>be</strong>fore and after name cleaning and<br />
harmonization. The jump of “INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION“, “BAYER”,<br />
“E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY” and “THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY” can <strong>be</strong><br />
explained by the high share of additional assigned patents from name harmonization. The<br />
relative increase in additional patents of the other top patentees is rather moderate.<br />
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