Patent Power Scorecard Power Scorecard E TY http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/interactive-patent-power-2012 Aerospace and Defense PIPELINE POWER Rank ADJUSTED PIPELINE Company/Organization, POWER Country (Parent Organization) 1023 1 1247 Boeing Co., U.S. 614 715 International Inc., U.S. Honeywell 2 2011 U.S. Patents Pipeline Growth Index Pipeline Impact SelfCitations Adjusted Pipeline Impact Pipeline Generality Pipeline Originality Pipeline Power 703 1.0 1.0 42% 0.9 1.3 1.1 943.9 1032 0.9 1.0 41% 0.9 1.0 1.0 871.4 442 3 442 Co., U.S. Raytheon 352 1.5 0.9 21% 0.9 1.2 1.1 612.2 293 4 293 BAE Systems PLC, United Kingdom 177 1.9 0.9 18% 0.9 1.1 1.1 371.1 243 5 243 Martin Corp., U.S. Lockheed 368 1.0 0.8 19% 0.8 0.9 1.1 275.5 210 6 210 Collins Inc., U.S. Rockwell 99 0.9 1.6 36% 1.5 1.6 1.1 239.7 129 7 146 Corp., U.S. Goodrich 91 1.6 0.9 16% 0.9 1.3 1.1 193.8 139 8 EADS139 NV, Netherlands 417 1.2 0.6 24% 0.6 0.7 1.0 187.6 136 9 136 Sundstrand Corp., U.S. (United Technologies) Hamilton 103 1.2 0.9 49% 0.8 1.5 1.2 165.9 104 10 104 Airbus SAS, France (EADS) 320 1.2 0.6 27% 0.6 0.6 1.0 147.1 93 11 93Group PLC, United Kingdom Smiths 49 1.0 1.4 8% 1.4 1.5 1.0 107.0 81 12 81SA, France Thales 122 1.1 0.8 23% 0.8 0.9 1.0 94.3 68 13 68 Rolls-Royce PLC, United Kingdom 158 1.0 0.8 14% 0.8 0.5 1.0 64.3 53 14 66 Rosemount Aerospace Inc., U.S. (Goodrich) 18 1.2 1.2 21% 1.2 1.9 1.2 57.8 15 204 0.9 0.6 22% 0.6 0.6 0.9 56.1 38 0.9 1.0 35% 1.0 1.4 1.1 48.6 17 Safran SA, France 66 Alliant Techsystems Inc., U.S. 59 Snecma, France (Safran SA) 149 0.9 0.6 26% 0.6 0.6 1.0 47.7 54 18 Pratt54 & Whitney, U.S. (United Technologies) 70 0.7 1.0 54% 0.7 1.4 0.9 47.4 53 19 53 B/E Aerospace Inc., U.S. 28 1.1 0.9 5% 0.9 1.0 1.2 35.9 47 20 47 Technologies Inc., U.S. Teledyne 43 0.7 1.0 7% 1.0 1.0 1.2 30.5 66 49 38 16 38 ©spectrum.ieee.org 2012 IEEE Spectrum1 spectrum.ieee.org 1 Patent Power Scorecard Power Scorecard E TY http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/interactive-patent-power-2012 Automotive and parts PIPELINE POWER Rank ADJUSTED PIPELINE Company/Organization, POWER Country (Parent Organization) 2011 U.S. Patents PIPELINE GROWTH INDEX PIPELINE IMPACT SELFCITATIONS ADJUSTED PIPELINE IMPACT 1200 1.2 1.0 26% 1.0 1.3 1.0 1819.9 PIPELINE GENERALITY PIPELINE ORIGINALITY PIPELINE POWER 1023 1 1247 Toyota Motor Corp., Japan 614 715Motors Co., U.S. General 1141 1.2 1.0 44% 0.9 1.1 1.0 1207.6 442 3 442 Magna International Inc., Canada 169 0.9 3.5 80% 1.8 3.2 1.1 983.0 293 4 293 Honda Motor Co., Japan 1029 1.0 0.9 26% 0.9 1.0 1.0 821.4 243 5 Ford 243 Motor Co., U.S. 452 1.0 1.2 31% 1.2 1.5 1.0 798.3 210 6 210Bosch GmbH, Germany Robert 720 1.1 0.7 16% 0.7 0.7 1.0 374.6 129 7 Aisin 146 Seiki Co., Japan 265 1.3 0.9 22% 0.9 1.2 1.0 353.3 139 8 139Corp., U.S. Gentex 20 0.8 5.0 4% 5.0 3.5 1.1 323.8 136 9 136 Denso Corp., Japan 796 0.8 0.7 26% 0.7 0.8 0.9 318.6 2 104 10 104 Controls Inc., U.S. Johnson 81 1.2 1.5 16% 1.5 1.4 1.0 207.3 93 11 93 Automotive Technologies International Inc., U.S. 1 18 0.5 3.1 12% 3.1 4.4 1.3 166.0 81 12 81 Inc., U.S. Gentherm 16 0.9 2.8 59% 2.0 4.1 1.3 162.8 68 13 68 AG, Germany Grammer 11 2.2 1.8 25% 1.8 2.9 1.2 152.0 53 14 66 Inc., U.S. Ceradyne 14 0.9 2.9 40% 2.6 3.4 1.2 132.9 15 Nissan Motor Co., Japan 66 Toyoda Gosei Co., Japan 59 Autoliv Inc., Sweden 260 0.7 0.8 12% 0.8 0.9 1.0 130.5 100 1.1 1.3 16% 1.3 1.2 0.8 127.2 100 0.7 1.7 44% 1.5 1.4 0.8 122.9 147 0.9 1.2 30% 1.2 1.0 0.8 121.6 66 49 16 17 54 18 54Corp., Japan Takata 53 53Auto Body Co., Japan Toyota 16 3.0 1.3 40% 1.2 3.1 0.7 119.4 47 ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Germany 141 0.9 1.5 12% 1.5 0.5 1.0 106.1 19 47 20 38 38 1. A subsidiary of Acacia Research Corporation acquired over 300 patents from Automotive Technologies International Inc. in February 2012. 2spectrum.ieee.org spectrum.ieee.org1 © 2012 IEEE Spectrum Patent Power Scorecard Power Scorecard E TY http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/interactive-patent-power-2012 Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals PIPELINE POWER Rank ADJUSTED PIPELINE Company/Organization, POWER Country (Parent Organization) 2011 U.S. Patents PIPELINE GROWTH INDEX PIPELINE IMPACT SELFCITATIONS ADJUSTED PIPELINE IMPACT PIPELINE GENERALITY PIPELINE ORIGINALITY PIPELINE POWER 1023 1 1247Laboratories, U.S. Abbott 594 1.3 1.8 46% 1.5 1.8 1.1 2377.2 614 715 & Johnson, U.S. Johnson 770 1.0 1.9 25% 1.9 1.6 1.0 2343.0 43 1.7 4.0 43% 3.5 3.8 1.0 979.7 523 1.0 1.3 16% 1.3 0.8 1.1 587.9 2 442 3 Novo442 Nordisk A/S, Denmark 293 4 293 Roche Holding Ltd., Switzerland 243 5 243 GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Belgium (Glaxo SmithKline) 23 2.9 5.0 91% 2.0 5.0 0.9 574.3 210 6 210 Inc., U.S. Allergan 131 1.2 2.2 79% 1.1 3.2 0.9 513.6 129 7 146 Inc., U.S. Illumina 34 1.2 4.0 80% 2.0 5.0 1.1 453.6 139 8 139 URL Pharma Inc., U.S. (Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A. Inc.) 1 10 2.5 5.0 60% 3.5 4.9 1.0 450.7 136 9 Bayer136 AG, Germany 326 1.0 1.0 20% 1.0 1.0 1.0 336.0 104 10 104 Immunomedics Inc., U.S. 32 1.8 4.1 78% 2.2 2.6 1.0 329.9 93 11 93 Inc., U.S. Metabolix 10 1.4 3.7 30% 3.7 5.0 1.1 293.0 81 12 81 Therapeutics Inc., U.S. 2 Sarepta 12 2.4 4.8 97% 1.6 5.0 1.2 281.5 68 13 68Inc., U.S. Ambrx 15 1.7 4.3 83% 2.0 5.0 1.1 273.3 53 14 66Inc., U.S. Amgen 131 0.9 1.2 45% 1.0 2.0 1.0 231.7 15 10 1.7 5.0 47% 4.2 5.0 0.7 226.2 24 1.2 1.9 30% 1.9 3.2 1.2 214.6 17 Mendel Biotechnology Inc., U.S. 66 Nektar Therapeutics, U.S. 59 Theravance Inc., U.S. 43 0.9 3.3 92% 1.2 5.0 0.9 212.9 54 18 54 Life Technologies Corp., U.S. 97 1.2 1.2 40% 1.1 1.7 1.0 210.2 53 19 Merck53 & Co., U.S. 296 0.8 1.0 48% 0.8 1.3 0.8 209.3 47 20 47 Inc., U.S. Hospira 14 2.8 1.8 22% 1.8 2.3 1.3 201.8 66 49 38 16 38 1. Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A. Inc. acquired URL Pharma Inc. in April 2012. 2. AVI Biopharma Inc. changed its name to Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. in July 2012. ©spectrum.ieee.org 2012 IEEE Spectrum1 spectrum.ieee.org 3 Patent Power Scorecard Power Scorecard E TY http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/interactive-patent-power-2012 Chemicals PIPELINE POWER Rank ADJUSTED PIPELINE Company/Organization, POWER Country (Parent Organization) 2011 U.S. Patents PIPELINE GROWTH INDEX PIPELINE IMPACT SELFCITATIONS ADJUSTED PIPELINE IMPACT PIPELINE GENERALITY PIPELINE ORIGINALITY PIPELINE POWER 1023 1 1247 E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., U.S. 923 1.2 1.0 63% 0.7 1.2 1.0 847.8 614 715 Dow Chemical Co., U.S. 310 1.0 1.0 17% 1.0 1.3 1.0 412.5 31 2.8 1.9 70% 1.1 3.6 1.0 353.9 2 442 3 442 Corp., U.S. Albemarle 293 4 BASF293 SE, Germany 516 0.9 0.8 27% 0.8 1.0 1.0 335.8 243 5 243 Chemical Co., U.S. Eastman 80 1.1 2.9 74% 1.6 1.9 1.1 283.4 210 6 210 Ltd., South Korea LG Chem 203 1.2 0.9 42% 0.8 1.1 1.0 203.1 129 7 146Industries AG, Germany (RAG Stiftung) Evonik 174 1.0 1.0 54% 0.8 1.3 1.1 170.0 139 8 Dow 139 Corning Corp., U.S. 87 1.3 0.8 42% 0.7 1.8 1.1 152.6 136 9 Nitto136 Denko Corp., Japan 195 1.2 0.7 32% 0.7 0.9 1.0 151.5 104 10 104 Phillips Chemical Company LLC, U.S. Chevron 38 1.2 2.3 83% 1.1 3.1 1.0 150.0 93 11 Asahi93 Kasei Corp., Japan 122 1.0 0.7 26% 0.7 1.7 0.9 138.7 81 12 81 Chemical Co., Japan Sumitomo 232 1.3 0.7 33% 0.7 0.6 1.0 119.1 68 13 Rohm68 and Haas Co., U.S. (Dow Chemical) 92 0.9 0.9 19% 0.9 1.3 1.0 103.1 53 14 66 Chemical Co., Japan Shin-Etsu 200 1.0 0.8 21% 0.8 0.6 1.0 91.5 15 147 1.1 0.8 15% 0.8 0.7 0.9 86.1 58 0.9 1.1 20% 1.1 1.2 1.0 74.0 17 Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp., Japan 66 Air Products and Chemicals Inc., U.S. 59 Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp., Japan 16 1.1 1.4 37% 1.3 3.4 0.9 71.9 54 18 Royal54 DSM NV, Netherlands 85 0.8 1.2 61% 0.9 1.2 0.9 70.6 53 19 53 AG, Switzerland Clariant 53 0.9 1.0 26% 1.0 1.1 1.1 54.4 47 20 Teijin 47 Ltd., Japan 47 1.0 1.0 19% 1.0 1.2 1.0 52.8 66 49 38 16 38 4spectrum.ieee.org spectrum.ieee.org1 © 2012 IEEE Spectrum Patent Power Scorecard Power Scorecard E TY http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/interactive-patent-power-2012 Communication/Internet Equipment PIPELINE POWER Rank ADJUSTED PIPELINE Company/Organization, POWER Country (Parent Organization) 2011 U.S. Patents PIPELINE GROWTH INDEX PIPELINE IMPACT SELFCITATIONS ADJUSTED PIPELINE IMPACT PIPELINE GENERALITY PIPELINE ORIGINALITY PIPELINE POWER 1023 1 1247 Inc., U.S. Qualcomm 1095 1.3 1.4 38% 1.3 1.5 1.0 2745.8 614 Cisco715 Systems Inc., U.S. 1018 0.8 1.2 17% 1.2 1.3 1.0 1375.0 442 3 Nokia442 Corp., Finland 632 0.8 1.0 4% 1.0 1.2 1.0 611.1 293 4 293Networks Inc., U.S. Juniper 285 1.3 1.6 39% 1.4 1.3 0.9 598.4 243 5 243 Mobility Holdings Inc., U.S. Motorola 292 2.3 1.0 5% 1.0 0.8 1.1 597.1 210 6 210Wireless Inc., U.S. Ruckus 11 1.6 4.5 20% 4.5 5.0 1.4 557.9 129 7 Avaya146 Inc., U.S. 246 1.2 1.3 22% 1.3 1.4 1.0 545.6 139 8 139Inc., U.S. Corning 258 1.0 1.5 26% 1.5 1.3 1.0 515.6 136 9 136 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Sweden 583 1.3 0.8 5% 0.8 0.9 0.9 509.0 2 104 10 104 Kineto Wireless Inc., U.S. 23 2.6 5.0 86% 2.2 3.4 0.8 353.5 93 11 93 Corp., U.S. EchoStar 32 2.3 2.8 4% 2.8 1.5 1.1 347.7 81 12 81 ADC Telecommunications Inc., U.S. (TE Connectivity) 1 169 0.9 2.3 66% 1.5 1.5 1.0 328.5 68 13 68 Alcatel-Lucent, France 681 0.8 0.7 5% 0.7 0.8 0.9 285.2 53 14 66 Networks Inc., U.S. (Brocade Communications Systems Inc.) 2 Foundry 31 1.0 4.2 61% 2.9 3.4 0.9 282.5 15 Nortel Networks Patent Portfolio, Canada (sold to a conglomerate) 3 66 John Mezzalingua Associates Inc., U.S. 59 SkyTerra Communications Inc., U.S. 4 177 1.0 1.3 3% 1.3 1.3 0.9 254.1 48 1.7 2.9 63% 1.9 1.7 0.9 242.0 35 1.4 5.0 95% 1.8 3.4 0.7 213.8 54 18 54Technologies Co., China Huawei 415 1.5 0.4 18% 0.4 0.6 0.9 143.6 53 53 CommScope Inc., U.S. 73 1.0 1.7 25% 1.7 1.2 0.9 128.5 238 0.5 1.1 3% 1.1 1.1 1.0 128.0 66 49 16 17 19 47 20 38 47 Solutions Inc., U.S. Motorola 38 1. ADC Telecommunications Inc. was acquired by TE Connectivity (Tyco Electronics) in December 2010 and no longer exists as a separate entity. 2. Foundry Networks Inc. was acquired by Brocade Communications Systems Inc. in December 2008. 3. The sale of Nortel Networks Patent Portfolio to Microsoft, Apple, and RIM was approved by the U.S. Department of Justice in 2012. 4. SkyTerra Communications Inc. was acquired by Harbinger Capital Partners in March 2010 and became part of LightSquared in July 2010. ©spectrum.ieee.org 2012 IEEE Spectrum1 spectrum.ieee.org 5 Patent Power Scorecard Power Scorecard E TY http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/interactive-patent-power-2012 Communication/Internet Services PIPELINE POWER Rank ADJUSTED PIPELINE Company/Organization, POWER Country (Parent Organization) 1023 1 1247Inc., U.S. Google 614 AT&T715 Inc., U.S. 2 2011 U.S. Patents PIPELINE GROWTH INDEX PIPELINE IMPACT SELFCITATIONS ADJUSTED PIPELINE IMPACT 725 1.8 1.7 21% 1.7 1.6 1.0 3538.5 1295 1.3 1.0 30% 1.0 1.0 1.0 1615.4 731 1.3 1.2 36% 1.1 1.4 1.0 1532.4 10 3.0 5.0 30% 5.0 5.0 1.3 1003.0 335 1.1 1.6 16% 1.6 1.3 1.0 769.4 1630 1.0 0.6 18% 0.6 0.7 1.0 712.8 PIPELINE GENERALITY PIPELINE ORIGINALITY PIPELINE POWER 442 3 442 In Motion Ltd., Canada Research 293 4 293 Inc., U.S. Airbiquity 243 5 243Inc., U.S. Yahoo! 210 6 210 AG, Germany Siemens 129 7 146Communications Inc., U.S. Verizon 259 1.2 1.4 7% 1.4 1.7 1.0 707.6 139 8 139 Sprint Nextel Corp., U.S. 444 1.3 1.0 14% 1.0 1.2 1.0 678.5 136 9 136Inc., Canada Wi-LAN 24 3.0 3.6 13% 3.6 1.7 1.0 440.5 265 1.1 0.9 5% 0.9 1.2 1.2 374.3 13 1.6 3.6 5% 3.6 4.0 1.2 363.9 67 1.7 1.5 4% 1.5 1.7 1.0 288.3 104 10 Sony104 Mobile Communications AB, Sweden 1 93 93 U.S. TiVo Inc., 81 11 105 1.3 1.0 2% 1.0 1.9 0.9 228.2 14 81 Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG, Germany Siemens (Joint venture between The Gores Group and Siemens AG) 68 SK Telecom Co., South Korea 66 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., Japan 353 0.9 0.7 9% 0.7 0.8 1.0 185.0 66 15 66 NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan (Nippon Telegraph & Telephone) 274 1.0 0.7 10% 0.7 0.8 1.0 151.8 49 16 59 Technology Inc., U.S. Comverse 38 1.1 1.2 5% 1.2 1.8 1.2 106.7 17 InterDigital Inc., U.S. 54 KT Corp., South Korea 53 BT Group PLC, United Kingdom 47 Comcast Corp., U.S. 38 172 1.1 0.7 19% 0.7 0.7 1.0 87.6 67 1.1 0.8 1% 0.8 1.4 0.9 81.0 60 1.1 0.9 17% 0.9 1.1 1.0 66.8 50 1.2 1.1 5% 1.1 1.0 1.0 66.5 12 68 53 54 53 47 38 13 18 19 20 1. Sony acquired Ericsson’s share in Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB on 16 February 2012. 6spectrum.ieee.org spectrum.ieee.org1 © 2012 IEEE Spectrum Patent Power Scorecard Power Scorecard E TY http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/interactive-patent-power-2012 Computer Peripherals and Storage PIPELINE POWER Rank ADJUSTED PIPELINE Company/Organization, POWER Country (Parent Organization) 2011 U.S. Patents PIPELINE GROWTH INDEX PIPELINE IMPACT SELFCITATIONS ADJUSTED PIPELINE IMPACT PIPELINE GENERALITY PIPELINE ORIGINALITY PIPELINE POWER 1023 1 Ricoh1247 Co., Japan 1274 1.0 1.3 53% 1.0 1.5 1.0 1810.0 614 715 Inc., U.S. NetApp 234 1.1 2.1 38% 2.0 2.1 1.1 1166.7 442 3 EMC 442 Corp., U.S. 349 0.9 1.8 33% 1.8 1.6 1.0 1003.3 293 4 Seiko293 Epson Corp., Japan 1585 1.0 0.7 26% 0.7 0.8 1.0 937.4 243 5 243 Inc., U.S. Synaptics 22 1.4 5.0 12% 5.0 5.0 1.2 870.3 210 6 E Ink 210 Holdings Inc., Taiwan 44 1.0 5.0 78% 2.6 5.0 1.2 712.6 129 7 Super146 Talent Technology Corp., U.S. 38 0.9 3.5 26% 3.5 5.0 1.2 695.3 139 8 139 Technology LLC, U.S. Seagate 329 1.1 1.3 19% 1.3 1.4 1.1 677.5 136 9 136 Communication Systems Inc., U.S. Brocade 68 1.5 2.1 43% 1.9 2.4 0.9 411.9 15 3.0 3.0 84% 1.4 5.0 1.3 396.8 2 104 10 104 Inc., U.S. Stratasys 93 11 93 Digital Corp., U.S. Western 438 1.0 1.0 40% 0.9 1.0 0.9 350.4 81 12 81 Co., Japan (Fuji Photo) Fuji Xerox 588 1.0 0.7 13% 0.7 0.8 1.0 321.6 68 13 68 Industries Ltd., Japan Brother 893 1.2 0.6 48% 0.5 0.6 0.9 292.5 53 14 66Minolta Holdings Inc., Japan Konica 591 1.0 0.6 15% 0.6 0.7 1.0 271.7 15 103 1.0 1.7 6% 1.7 1.4 1.0 219.2 25 1.3 2.6 63% 1.8 3.0 1.2 210.9 17 Symbol Technologies Inc., U.S. (Motorola) 66 Zebra Technologies Corp., U.S. 59 Immersion Corp., U.S. 45 1.2 1.8 37% 1.7 1.5 1.3 173.0 54 18 Viviti54 Technologies Ltd., Japan (Hitachi) 1 311 0.9 0.9 39% 0.8 0.7 0.9 149.6 53 19 53 AU Optronics Corp., Taiwan 359 0.9 0.7 19% 0.7 0.7 1.0 142.0 47 20 Aruba47Networks Inc., U.S. 18 3.0 1.1 0% 1.1 2.2 1.0 125.1 66 49 38 16 38 1. Viviti Technologies Ltd. was acquired by Western Digital Corp. in March 2012. ©spectrum.ieee.org 2012 IEEE Spectrum1 spectrum.ieee.org 7 Patent Power Scorecard Power Scorecard E TY http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/interactive-patent-power-2012 Computer Software PIPELINE POWER Rank ADJUSTED PIPELINE Company/Organization, POWER Country (Parent Organization) 1023 1 1247 Corp., U.S. Microsoft 614 Citrix715 Systems Inc., U.S. 2 2011 U.S. Patents PIPELINE GROWTH INDEX PIPELINE IMPACT SELFCITATIONS ADJUSTED PIPELINE IMPACT 2333 0.7 1.1 23% 1.1 1.1 1.0 2086.7 72 1.3 4.3 13% 4.3 4.4 1.1 2022.4 PIPELINE GENERALITY PIPELINE ORIGINALITY PIPELINE POWER 442 3 442 Corp., U.S. Digimarc 105 1.6 5.0 89% 2.1 4.5 1.1 1720.4 293 4 293 Oracle Corp., U.S. 974 0.8 1.0 15% 1.0 1.1 1.0 878.5 243 5 243 Belkin International Inc., U.S. 20 1.1 4.4 10% 4.4 5.0 1.3 609.4 210 6 210 CommVault Systems Inc., U.S. 40 1.0 5.0 80% 2.5 5.0 1.2 600.4 129 7 146 Corp., U.S. Symantec 281 0.9 1.5 14% 1.5 1.5 1.1 587.3 139 8 139Systems Inc., U.S. Adobe 291 1.3 1.1 22% 1.1 1.3 1.0 483.1 136 9 136 Inc. (EMC Corp.), U.S. VMware 56 1.3 2.3 6% 2.3 2.7 1.0 463.0 104 10 104Communications Inc., U.S. Nuance 139 1.3 1.3 23% 1.3 2.0 0.9 452.0 93 11 93 Inc., U.S. Synopsys 140 1.3 1.8 10% 1.8 1.2 1.0 382.2 81 12 81 TeleCommunication Systems Inc., U.S. 42 1.7 2.4 37% 2.2 1.9 1.2 372.7 68 13 68 U.S. AOL Inc., 134 1.1 1.3 14% 1.3 1.6 1.0 290.5 53 14 66 The MathWorks Inc., U.S. 99 1.4 1.2 35% 1.2 1.8 1.0 288.4 16 137 1.0 1.8 29% 1.8 1.3 0.8 273.4 537 0.8 0.8 20% 0.8 0.9 1.0 273.2 18 Cadence Design Systems Inc., U.S. 66 SAP AG, Germany 59 Veveo Inc., U.S. 11 1.1 5.0 82% 2.4 5.0 1.2 182.0 19 Quest54 Software Inc., U.S. 25 1.1 2.2 22% 2.2 2.5 1.1 172.9 165 1.1 0.8 29% 0.8 1.0 1.0 151.6 66 49 54 17 53 20 Sony 53 Computer Entertainment Inc., Japan (Sony) 47 47 38 38 8spectrum.ieee.org spectrum.ieee.org1 © 2012 IEEE Spectrum Patent Power Scorecard Power Scorecard E TY http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/interactive-patent-power-2012 Computer Systems PIPELINE POWER Rank ADJUSTED PIPELINE Company/Organization, POWER Country (Parent Organization) 2011 U.S. Patents PIPELINE GROWTH INDEX PIPELINE IMPACT SELFCITATIONS ADJUSTED PIPELINE IMPACT PIPELINE GENERALITY PIPELINE ORIGINALITY PIPELINE POWER 1023 1 1247 International Business Machines Corp., U.S. 6191 1.0 0.8 25% 0.8 0.9 1.0 4707.2 614 715 Hewlett-Packard Co., U.S. 1362 0.9 0.8 7% 0.8 1.0 1.1 1001.0 2068 1.1 0.6 11% 0.6 0.6 0.9 767.1 17 3.0 3.0 52% 2.3 5.0 1.0 582.6 2 442 3 442 Fujitsu Ltd., Japan 293 4 293Systems Inc., Canada D-Wave 243 5 243 U.S. Dell Inc., 258 1.2 0.9 13% 0.9 0.9 1.0 273.1 210 6 210 Japan NEC Corp., 815 0.9 0.6 6% 0.6 0.6 1.0 246.5 129 7 146Group Ltd., China Lenovo 81 1.0 0.7 2% 0.7 1.0 1.0 56.2 139 8 139 Computer Inc., Taiwan Asustek 95 1.5 0.6 10% 0.6 0.4 0.9 31.1 136 9 136 U.S. Cray Inc., 13 1.0 1.7 35% 1.6 1.3 1.1 28.6 104 10 104 Silicon Graphics International Corp., U.S. 11 0.9 1.5 5% 1.5 1.2 1.0 18.0 93 11 93 International Co., Taiwan Micro-Star 17 1.1 0.7 0% 0.7 1.3 0.9 15.6 81 12 Psion81 PLC, United Kingdom (Motorola Solutions Inc.) 16 2.3 0.6 30% 0.6 0.5 0.8 9.1 68 13 Palm68 Inc., U.S. (Hewlett-Packard Co.) 2 11 0.2 1.7 25% 1.7 2.0 1.4 8.6 53 14 66Corp., U.S. Unisys 23 0.6 0.7 1% 0.7 0.9 0.9 7.3 15 33 0.8 0.4 19% 0.4 0.4 1.2 5.4 32 2.0 0.3 25% 0.3 0.3 1.0 5.3 17 Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, Germany 66 Cerner Corp., U.S. 59 Acer Inc., Taiwan 18 0.5 0.7 1% 0.7 0.7 1.0 4.3 18 54 Electronics Inc., Taiwan Compal 30 1.1 0.5 3% 0.5 0.3 0.9 3.9 66 49 54 16 53 53 47 47 38 38 1 1. Psion PLC was acquired by Motorola Solutions Inc. in October 2012. 2. Palm Inc. was acquired by Hewlett-Packard Co. in July 2010. In 2011, HP discontinued the Palm brand. In 2012, HP created a subsidiary named Gram, made up of the remaining components of Palm. ©spectrum.ieee.org 2012 IEEE Spectrum1 spectrum.ieee.org 9 Patent Power Scorecard Power Scorecard E TY http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/interactive-patent-power-2012 Conglomerates PIPELINE POWER Rank ADJUSTED PIPELINE Company/Organization, POWER Country (Parent Organization) 2011 U.S. Patents PIPELINE GROWTH INDEX PIPELINE IMPACT SELFCITATIONS ADJUSTED PIPELINE IMPACT PIPELINE GENERALITY PIPELINE ORIGINALITY PIPELINE POWER 1023 1 1247Electric Co., U.S. General 1669 1.1 1.0 26% 1.0 1.2 1.0 2210.1 614 715 Corp., Japan Toshiba 3007 1.1 0.7 25% 0.7 0.8 0.9 1571.8 2 442 3 442U.S. 3M Co., 478 0.9 1.4 46% 1.2 1.7 1.1 1052.6 293 4 293 United Technologies Corp., U.S. 553 1.0 1.0 37% 0.9 1.3 1.1 742.2 243 5 243Industries Ltd., U.S. Cooper 98 1.2 2.9 54% 2.2 2.1 1.1 593.2 210 6 Dover210 Corp., U.S. 114 1.2 1.4 41% 1.3 2.2 1.1 429.2 129 7 146 Automation Inc., U.S. Rockwell 151 0.9 1.3 28% 1.3 1.5 1.1 304.4 139 8 139 de CV, Mexico Alfa SAB 18 3.0 2.4 25% 2.4 2.0 1.0 269.5 136 9 136 Electric Corp., Japan Mitsubishi 670 0.9 0.7 13% 0.7 0.7 0.9 263.2 104 10 104Brands Inc., U.S. 1 Fortune 169 1.4 1.6 63% 1.1 0.8 1.1 222.9 93 11 93 Corp., U.S. Danaher 268 1.0 0.7 21% 0.7 0.7 1.0 122.6 81 12 81 PPG Industries Inc., U.S. 89 0.9 0.9 32% 0.9 1.1 1.1 92.2 68 13 68 Inc., U.S. Textron 55 1.2 0.8 5% 0.8 0.9 1.1 47.8 53 14 66 & Associates Inc., U.S. W.L. Gore 40 0.8 0.8 13% 0.8 0.7 1.3 22.2 15 Teleflex Inc., U.S. 66 Dongbu Group, South Korea 59 14 1.1 0.8 9% 0.8 1.0 1.0 11.7 248 0.7 0.3 17% 0.3 0.3 0.9 11.1 66 49 16 1. On 3 October 2011, Fortune Brands Inc. split its business into two publicly traded companies: Fortune Brands Home & Security and Beam Inc. 54 54 53 53 47 47 38 38 spectrum.ieee.org 1 10 spectrum.ieee.org © 2012 IEEE Spectrum Patent Power Scorecard Power Scorecard E TY http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/interactive-patent-power-2012 Electronics PIPELINE GROWTH INDEX PIPELINE IMPACT SELFCITATIONS ADJUSTED PIPELINE IMPACT Canon Inc., Japan 1247 2961 1.1 0.8 40% 0.7 0.9 0.9 2023.1 Hon Hai 715 Precision Industry Co., Taiwan 2545 1.1 0.9 39% 0.8 0.9 0.9 1883.1 Apple Inc., U.S. 442 679 1.2 1.5 41% 1.4 1.5 1.1 1869.3 4 Panasonic Corp., Japan 293 3221 1.0 0.7 16% 0.7 0.7 1.0 1758.6 5 Hitachi Ltd., Japan 243 2635 1.0 0.8 22% 0.8 0.9 1.0 1649.1 6 2581 1.1 0.7 14% 0.7 0.8 1.0 1534.1 143 1.3 2.8 73% 1.6 4.0 1.1 1230.7 1026 1.0 1.0 46% 0.8 1.3 1.1 1132.9 1620 1.0 0.9 35% 0.9 0.8 1.0 1077.5 1053 1.1 0.8 16% 0.8 1.0 1.0 942.4 797 1.0 1.0 9% 1.0 1.1 1.0 860.3 12 Sony Corp., Japan 210 Ibiden Co., Japan 146 Xerox Corp., U.S. 139 LG Electronics Inc., South Korea 136 Sharp Corp., Japan 104 Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV, Netherlands 93 Fujifilm Holdings Corp., Japan 1700 1.0 0.6 21% 0.6 0.7 1.0 684.6 13 81 Schneider Electric SA, France 126 1.4 1.6 22% 1.6 2.0 1.1 598.6 14 68 TE Connectivity Ltd., U.S. 425 1.0 1.7 51% 1.3 1.1 0.9 568.4 15 66 Corp., U.S. Panduit 63 1.0 2.9 18% 2.9 2.4 1.0 462.1 16 571 1.1 0.8 35% 0.8 1.0 0.9 436.8 11 1.6 5.0 13% 5.0 4.8 1.0 432.3 18 TDK Corp., Japan 66 TruePosition Inc., U.S. (Liberty Media) 59 Olympus Corp., Japan 573 1.1 0.7 13% 0.7 0.9 1.0 403.1 19 Headway 54 Technologies Inc., U.S. (TDK) 104 1.8 1.1 43% 1.0 1.9 1.0 346.3 52 0.8 2.7 21% 2.7 2.8 1.1 328.4 1023 1 614 2 442 3 293 243 210 129 139 136 104 93 81 68 53 66 49 54 ADJUSTED PIPELINE Company/Organization, POWER Country (Parent Organization) 2011 U.S. Patents PIPELINE POWER Rank 7 8 9 10 11 17 53 20 Nichia53Corp., Japan 47 47 38 38 ©spectrum.ieee.org 2012 IEEE Spectrum1 PIPELINE GENERALITY PIPELINE 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139 8 139 of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan Ministry 116 1.1 0.7 18% 0.7 0.8 1.1 70.9 136 9 136 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France 153 1.0 0.5 12% 0.5 0.6 1.1 55.6 104 10 Japan104 Science and Technology Agency, Japan 112 0.7 0.6 9% 0.6 0.5 1.1 23.2 93 11 93Force, U.S. U.S. Air 45 1.0 0.6 6% 0.6 0.7 1.0 18.4 81 12 81 U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. 27 0.7 0.8 8% 0.8 1.1 1.1 17.9 68 13 68 U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. 61 1.4 0.5 10% 0.5 0.3 1.2 14.9 53 14 66 Research Council of Canada, Canada National 26 0.7 0.5 2% 0.5 1.0 1.0 8.6 15 41 2.2 0.3 50% 0.3 0.3 1.0 5.8 11 0.9 0.6 10% 0.6 0.6 1.1 4.1 17 Institute of Nuclear Energy Research (Taiwan), Taiwan 66 State of Israel Ministry of Defense, Israel 59 U.S. Postal Service, U.S. 26 0.6 0.4 9% 0.4 0.4 1.2 2.8 54 18 54 U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. 16 1.5 0.3 33% 0.3 0.3 1.2 1.7 53 19 53 Security Agency/Central Security Service, U.S. National 10 0.4 0.7 2% 0.7 0.8 0.6 1.3 47of Scientific and Industrial Research, India Council 36 0.5 0.3 14% 0.3 0.3 1.1 1.2 66 49 16 47 20 38 38 spectrum.ieee.org 1 12 spectrum.ieee.org © 2012 IEEE Spectrum Patent Power Scorecard Power Scorecard E TY http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/interactive-patent-power-2012 Medical Equipment/Instruments PIPELINE POWER Rank ADJUSTED PIPELINE Company/Organization, POWER Country (Parent Organization) PIPELINE GROWTH INDEX PIPELINE IMPACT SELFCITATIONS ADJUSTED PIPELINE IMPACT 36 1.7 5.0 26% 5.0 5.0 1.4 2200.6 2011 U.S. Patents PIPELINE GENERALITY PIPELINE ORIGINALITY PIPELINE POWER 1023 1 1247 Inc., U.S. DexCom 614 715 Inc., U.S. Medtronic 826 1.1 1.5 24% 1.5 1.3 1.0 1850.0 442 3 442 PLC, Ireland Covidien 441 1.2 2.1 62% 1.4 1.5 1.0 1199.6 293 4 293Scientific Corp., U.S. Boston 890 1.2 0.9 53% 0.7 1.3 1.0 971.4 243 5 243 Corp., U.S. Masimo 35 3.0 5.0 72% 2.9 3.5 0.8 828.8 210 6 210International Inc., U.S. Baxter 115 2.0 1.5 28% 1.5 2.0 1.1 777.8 129 7 146 Spine LLC, U.S. (Medtronic Inc.) 1 Medtronic 47 1.8 2.8 44% 2.4 3.1 1.2 777.5 139 8 139 Endo-Surgery Inc., U.S. (Johnson & Johnson) Ethicon 146 0.8 2.6 51% 2.0 2.8 1.1 736.6 136 9 136 Holdings Inc., U.S. Hill-Rom 64 1.0 3.2 34% 3.1 3.3 1.1 731.1 104 10 104Concepts Inc., U.S. Kinetic 33 1.4 4.0 21% 4.0 3.5 1.1 716.0 93 11 93 Hospital Corp., U.S. General 88 1.2 1.8 48% 1.5 3.1 1.2 556.5 81 12 81 Corp., U.S. (Boston Scientific Corp.) 2 Guidant 331 1.4 1.3 71% 0.8 1.5 0.9 473.4 68 13 68 Pacemakers Inc., U.S. (Boston Scientific Corp.) Cardiac 323 1.4 1.4 77% 0.7 1.5 0.9 442.4 53 14 66Orthopaedics Inc., U.S. (Johnson & Johnson) DePuy 155 1.4 1.1 16% 1.1 1.4 0.9 291.7 15 47 1.9 1.6 11% 1.6 1.9 1.1 278.1 21 1.3 2.1 31% 2.1 3.1 1.4 245.8 17 CareFusion Corp., U.S. 66 Hansen Medical Inc., U.S. 59 C.R. Bard Inc., U.S. 110 1.8 1.0 32% 0.9 1.3 1.0 241.5 54 18 54 Cardiovascular Systems Inc., U.S. (Abbott Laboratories) Abbott 84 0.8 1.4 38% 1.3 1.8 1.2 203.8 53 19 53& Nephew PLC, United Kingdom Smith 53 1.5 1.1 19% 1.1 2.3 1.0 195.1 47 Inc., U.S. NuVasive 33 2.2 2.1 43% 1.9 1.3 1.0 185.4 66 49 2 16 47 20 38 38 1. Kyphon Inc. merged with Medtronic Inc. in November 2007, after which the company became known as Medtronic Spine LLC. 2. Guidant Corp. was acquired by Boston Scientific Corp. in 2006. ©spectrum.ieee.org 2012 IEEE Spectrum1 spectrum.ieee.org 13 Patent Power Scorecard Power Scorecard E TY http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/interactive-patent-power-2012 Scientific Instruments PIPELINE POWER Rank ADJUSTED PIPELINE Company/Organization, POWER Country (Parent Organization) 2011 U.S. Patents PIPELINE GROWTH INDEX PIPELINE IMPACT SELFCITATIONS ADJUSTED PIPELINE IMPACT PIPELINE GENERALITY PIPELINE ORIGINALITY PIPELINE POWER 1023 1 1247 Technologies International Inc., U.S. Intelligent 16 2.3 5.0 30% 5.0 5.0 0.9 823.5 614 715 Corp., U.S. Fluidigm 10 1.0 5.0 47% 4.1 5.0 1.3 277.2 442 3 442 Fisher Scientific Co., U.S. (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.) 53 0.9 5.0 94% 1.8 3.2 0.8 246.7 293 4 293Fisher Scientific Inc., U.S. Thermo 123 0.9 2.8 81% 1.3 1.5 0.9 195.6 243 5 243Corp., U.S. Cognex 23 3.0 1.2 45% 1.0 2.3 0.9 146.8 210 6 210Navigation Ltd., U.S. Trimble 62 1.2 1.1 29% 1.1 1.6 1.1 142.8 129 7 146 AB, Sweden Hexagon 39 0.7 1.6 43% 1.4 1.8 1.1 77.3 139 8 139 A/S, Denmark Danfoss 55 1.0 0.9 37% 0.8 1.3 1.2 74.1 136 9 136 Technology Inc., Japan NuFlare 28 1.2 1.3 84% 0.6 3.3 1.0 67.7 104 10 104 Corp., U.S. Millipore 44 1.1 0.9 62% 0.6 1.7 1.2 65.1 93 11 93Industries GaugeTech Inc., U.S. Electro 12 3.0 1.0 71% 0.6 2.8 1.1 62.4 81 12 81 International Inc., U.S. Garmin 22 1.3 1.3 11% 1.3 1.4 1.1 57.4 68 13 68 PerkinElmer Inc., U.S. 50 0.8 0.8 10% 0.8 1.2 1.1 42.7 53 14 66Corp., U.S. Waters 38 1.7 1.0 44% 0.9 0.9 0.8 42.0 15 21 1.0 1.4 28% 1.4 1.9 0.7 40.9 138 0.8 0.5 30% 0.5 0.5 1.0 33.7 17 Alere Inc., U.S. 66 Advantest Corp., Japan 59 Cubic Corp., U.S. 13 1.4 0.8 39% 0.8 1.5 1.4 30.6 54 18 54Life Sciences Inc., U.S. 1 Caliper 18 0.9 0.8 15% 0.8 1.9 1.2 29.8 53 19 53Technologies Inc., U.S. Agilent 116 0.8 0.6 8% 0.6 0.6 0.9 29.6 47 20 47 Inc., U.S. Coherent 22 0.8 0.8 22% 0.8 1.7 0.9 22.8 66 49 38 2 16 38 1. Caliper Life Sciences Inc. was acquired by PerkinElmer Inc. in November 2011. spectrum.ieee.org 1 14 spectrum.ieee.org © 2012 IEEE Spectrum Patent Power Scorecard Power Scorecard E TY http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/interactive-patent-power-2012 Semiconductor Equipment manufacturing PIPELINE POWER Rank ADJUSTED PIPELINE Company/Organization, POWER Country (Parent Organization) 2011 U.S. Patents PIPELINE GROWTH INDEX PIPELINE IMPACT SELFCITATIONS ADJUSTED PIPELINE IMPACT PIPELINE GENERALITY PIPELINE ORIGINALITY PIPELINE POWER 1023 1 Cree 1247 Inc., U.S. 129 1.2 2.5 40% 2.2 2.8 1.1 1055.0 614 715Materials Inc., U.S. Applied 407 0.8 1.3 46% 1.1 1.9 1.1 726.4 442 3 442 Systems Inc., U.S. 1 Novellus 76 1.3 2.8 69% 1.7 3.5 1.0 609.8 293 4 Tokyo293 Electron Ltd., Japan 482 1.1 1.0 36% 0.9 1.2 1.1 594.9 243 5 ASML243 Holding NV, Netherlands 221 0.8 1.1 33% 1.0 1.5 1.1 300.6 210 6 210 Imprints Inc., U.S. Molecular 23 0.9 3.4 74% 1.9 5.0 1.1 214.7 129 7 146 FormFactor Inc., U.S. 36 0.7 2.2 45% 1.8 3.1 1.0 148.6 139 8 139Chemical Co., Japan (Hitachi) Hitachi 82 0.9 1.1 59% 0.7 2.0 1.1 131.7 136 9 136 KLA-Tencor Corp., U.S. 88 0.7 1.3 32% 1.2 1.6 1.1 122.7 104 10 104 Lam Research Corp., U.S. 116 1.0 0.9 41% 0.8 1.1 1.1 111.7 93 11 93 ASM International NV, Netherlands 80 0.7 1.3 45% 1.1 1.6 1.1 106.9 81 12 81 Semiconductor Engineering Inc., Taiwan Advanced 69 0.9 1.1 17% 1.1 1.4 1.1 105.9 68 13 68Automation Inc., U.S. Brooks 31 1.4 0.9 16% 0.9 1.8 1.1 78.5 53 14 66 Screen Manufacturing Co., Japan Dainippon 64 1.2 0.7 14% 0.7 0.8 1.0 41.1 15 27 1.0 0.9 53% 0.7 1.4 1.2 33.3 24 1.0 0.9 11% 0.9 1.1 1.1 25.9 17 ATMI Inc., U.S. 66 MKS Instruments Inc., U.S. 59 Teradyne Inc., U.S. 36 1.2 0.8 23% 0.8 0.6 1.2 23.2 54 18 Cymer54 Inc., U.S. 19 0.5 1.4 67% 0.9 2.5 1.0 22.1 53 19 53 Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Taiwan 18 0.9 1.0 2% 1.0 1.2 0.8 15.9 47Technologies Inc., U.S. Axcelis 19 0.8 0.9 30% 0.9 1.6 0.7 15.0 66 49 2 16 47 20 38 38 1. Novellus Systems Inc. merged with Lam Research Corp. in June 2012 to form Lam Research. ©spectrum.ieee.org 2012 IEEE Spectrum1 spectrum.ieee.org 15 Patent Power Scorecard Power Scorecard E TY http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/interactive-patent-power-2012 Semiconductor Manufacturing PIPELINE POWER Rank ADJUSTED PIPELINE Company/Organization, POWER Country (Parent Organization) 2011 U.S. Patents PIPELINE GROWTH INDEX PIPELINE IMPACT SELFCITATIONS ADJUSTED PIPELINE IMPACT 4977 1.1 0.9 16% 0.9 0.9 1.0 3976.5 PIPELINE GENERALITY PIPELINE ORIGINALITY PIPELINE POWER 1023 1 1247 Electronics Co., South Korea Samsung 614 715 Corp., U.S. SanDisk 352 1.2 2.9 26% 2.9 2.7 1.0 3168.9 442 3 442 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Japan 764 1.0 1.8 75% 1.0 2.4 1.1 2072.0 293 4 293 Corp., U.S. Broadcom 1246 1.2 1.1 35% 1.0 1.3 1.0 1949.5 243 5 243Technology Inc., U.S. Micron 950 1.0 1.2 46% 1.0 1.3 1.0 1390.7 210 6 210 STATS ChipPac Ltd., Singapore 232 1.4 2.3 50% 1.9 2.5 0.9 1375.0 129 7 146 Intermolecular Inc., U.S. 37 3.0 3.0 60% 2.1 5.0 1.1 1347.5 139 8 Megic139 Corp., Taiwan 65 3.0 5.0 80% 2.5 2.5 1.1 1322.3 136 9 136Technology Group Ltd., Bermuda Marvell 685 1.3 1.3 43% 1.1 1.2 1.0 1127.1 2 104 10 Seoul104 Semiconductor Co., South Korea 67 1.9 3.0 34% 2.9 2.5 1.0 890.7 93 11 93 Tela Innovations Inc., U.S. 31 3.0 4.9 59% 3.5 2.2 1.1 833.4 81 12 81 Intel Corp., U.S. 1313 0.8 0.8 15% 0.8 1.0 1.0 830.1 68 13 68 Inc., U.S. Rambus 137 1.3 1.4 21% 1.4 2.3 1.1 667.3 53 14 Unity66 Semiconductor Corp., U.S. 1 45 2.0 2.2 37% 2.0 3.6 1.0 623.1 15 1040 1.1 0.8 15% 0.8 0.8 0.9 585.2 23 0.9 4.1 26% 4.1 5.0 1.4 569.4 17 Renesas Electronic Corp., Japan 66 Nanosys Inc., U.S. 59 RF Micro Devices Inc., U.S. 62 1.9 1.8 23% 1.8 2.5 1.1 566.0 54 18 54 Microsystems Inc., U.S. 2 NetLogic 71 1.2 2.3 63% 1.5 3.6 1.2 545.2 53 19 Nvidia53Corp, U.S. 277 1.1 1.4 21% 1.4 1.2 0.9 519.6 47 20 Global47Oled Technology LLC, U.S. (LG Electronics) 72 1.5 1.9 59% 1.4 3.2 1.1 495.5 66 49 38 16 38 1. Unity Semiconductor Corp. was acquired by Rambus Inc. in February 2012. 2. NetLogic Microsystems Inc. was acquired by Broadcom Corp. in February 2012. spectrum.ieee.org 1 16 spectrum.ieee.org © 2012 IEEE Spectrum Patent Power Scorecard Power Scorecard E TY http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/interactive-patent-power-2012 Universities/Education/Training PIPELINE POWER Rank ADJUSTED PIPELINE Company/Organization, POWER Country (Parent Organization) PIPELINE GROWTH INDEX PIPELINE IMPACT SELFCITATIONS ADJUSTED PIPELINE IMPACT 62 1.2 2.4 28% 2.4 3.5 1.2 755.4 2011 U.S. Patents PIPELINE GENERALITY PIPELINE ORIGINALITY PIPELINE POWER 1023 1 1247University, U.S. Harvard 614 715 of California, U.S. University 367 0.9 1.2 20% 1.2 1.6 1.1 696.5 442 3 442 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S. 173 0.9 1.5 21% 1.5 2.5 1.1 659.8 293 4 293 University, U.S. Stanford 173 1.0 1.4 18% 1.4 1.7 1.1 430.3 243 5 243Marsh Rice University (aka Rice University), U.S. William 33 1.0 2.4 11% 2.4 4.1 1.1 363.3 210 6 210 University, U.S. Columbia 81 1.0 1.5 29% 1.5 2.6 1.1 327.0 129 7 146 Institute of Technology, U.S. California 113 0.8 1.5 17% 1.5 2.1 1.1 326.7 139 8 139 Yale University, U.S. 38 1.0 2.7 10% 2.7 2.7 1.2 317.4 136 9 136 University, U.S. New York 67 0.9 1.3 8% 1.3 3.7 1.1 311.4 104 10 104 Northwestern University, U.S. 71 1.1 1.3 19% 1.3 2.4 1.1 280.2 93 11 93 of Michigan, U.S. University 93 1.1 1.3 18% 1.3 1.9 1.0 244.8 81 12 81 of Texas, U.S. University 136 1.0 1.1 14% 1.1 1.5 1.0 236.0 68 13 68 University, U.S. Princeton 41 1.2 1.8 25% 1.8 2.3 1.1 235.0 53 14 66 Institute of Technology, U.S. Georgia 90 1.1 1.4 13% 1.4 1.4 1.2 227.5 15 118 0.9 1.3 32% 1.2 1.6 1.1 224.5 97 1.0 1.5 44% 1.2 1.7 1.0 215.9 17 Tsinghua University, China 66 University of Illinois, U.S. 59 University of Minnesota, U.S. 46 1.1 1.8 26% 1.8 2.1 1.0 195.2 54 18 54University, U.S. Cornell 71 0.8 1.6 34% 1.6 1.8 1.0 178.6 53 19 Tufts 53 University, U.S. 17 1.2 3.2 20% 3.2 2.8 0.9 176.6 47 20 47 of Central Florida, U.S. University 67 1.0 1.0 12% 1.0 2.1 1.0 145.5 66 49 38 2 16 38 ©spectrum.ieee.org 2012 IEEE Spectrum1 spectrum.ieee.org 17