CHI Research and MIT Produce 2003 Patent Scorecard
AbstractThe annual patent scorecard produced by CHI Research was published by MIT in their Technology Review publication. A PDF file containing the top companies for 2003 and an Excel spreadsheet for companies divided by sector can be downloaded
here . The scorecard claims to be based on a number of factors beyond simple "patent count". These include: Technological Strength, Current Impact, Science Linkage and Technology Cycle Time.
The text from the
MIT Technology Review site is provided below:
"Even as technology companies struggle through a glum economy, efforts to protect intellectual property are on the rise. And in a business world that is increasingly without borders, companies of every size are finding it not just wise but mandatory to extend those efforts beyond their home countries. Indeed, about 90 percent of the more than seven million patents applications filed worldwide each year are redundant filings on the same invention in different countries, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization. So it's hardly surprising to find an international mix topping Technology Review's annual survey of U.S. patenting by over 750 top companies, public and private.
And while the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is one of the world's behemoths, in many ways the office is going it alone in the global patent scheme. While most other nations grant patents based on who files first, the United States' 200-year-old patent system rests on granting protection to the group that invented first. Bridging this divide is one of the fundamental challenges to efforts to create a single global patenting scheme, led by the World Intellectual Property Office. Such a scheme could solve many difficulties companies face as they act to protect their intellectual property worldwide.
Technology Review's 2003 Patent Scorecard tracks the U.S. patent portfolios of 756 of the world's top technology companies. Each company has been assigned to one of eight high-tech sectors on the basis of its primary business. CHI Research of Haddon Heights, NJ, has teamed with TR to create a picture of innovation that goes beyond mere numbers of patents won."
Some will argue that the methods used to calculate some of the metrics used are not accurate but the study is interesting all the same even as a starting point for further discussion.
Posted: Mon - May 19, 2003 at 12:42 PM
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