Korean inventions filed in the US rose 46%
KR → US+46%KR → JP+38%KR → EP+24%KR → CN+17%CN → US+12%EP → KR+9%EP → US+8%CN → JP+7%CN → KR+6%CN → EP+6%EP → JP+5%JP → KR+4%JP → US+2%US → KR+2%US → JP+1%US → EP-1%JP → EP-2%JP → CN-3%US → CN-5%EP → CN-9%
152Kpatent families in the busiest corridorCN→US
+46%the fastest-growing corridorKR→US
25%of CN → US work goes to ten firms in the USCN→US
Corridors
Firms sending work from Europe
| # | Firm | Share | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | · | Philips Intellectual Property & Standards | 1,203 | 4.0% | -1.38 | 41 | 5 | |
| 2 | · | Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB | 679 | 2.3% | +0.43 | 204 | 61 | |
| 3 | · | Hoffmann Eitle | 549 | 1.8% | +0.22 | 207 | 52 | |
| 4 | ▲15 | Siemens Patent Attorneys | 468 | 1.6% | +0.78 | 43 | 10 | |
| 5 | ▲2 | Mewburn Ellis LLP | 419 | 1.4% | +0.17 | 183 | 59 | |
| 6 | ▲6 | Nokia EPO representatives | 418 | 1.4% | +0.44 | 36 | 10 | |
| 7 | ▼3 | Dehns | 404 | 1.4% | -0.12 | 103 | 27 | |
| 8 | ▲3 | Manitz Finsterwald Patent- und Rechtsanwaltspartnerschaft mbB | 395 | 1.3% | +0.33 | 100 | 28 | |
| 9 | ▼4 | Lavoix | 366 | 1.2% | -0.17 | 101 | 29 | |
| 10 | ▲12 | Boehmert & Boehmert | 361 | 1.2% | +0.46 | 119 | 35 | |
+1,138 ranked firmsFull table | ||||||||
Families each firm handled, 2020–2022. Arrows show the rank change since 2017–2019.
Technology
| Overall | AHuman necessities | BOperations and transport | CChemistry and metallurgy | DTextiles and paper | EFixed constructions | FMechanical engineering | GPhysics | HElectricity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philips Intellectual Property & Standards | #1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB | #2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Hoffmann Eitle | #3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | ||||
| Siemens Patent Attorneys | #4 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| Mewburn Ellis LLP | #5 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Nokia EPO representatives | #6 | 1 | |||||||
| Manitz Finsterwald Patent- und Rechtsanwaltspartnerschaft mbB | #8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||||
| Lavoix | #9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| Zimmermann & Partner Patentanwälte mbB | Top 5% | 10 | 2 | ||||||
| Evonik Patent Association | Top 5% | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| Valeo Visibility | Top 5% | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| SGRE-Association | Top 5% | 1 | |||||||
| TBK | Top 5% | 2 | |||||||
| Levpat | Top 5% | 3 | |||||||
| SEB Développement | Top 5% | 1 | |||||||
| Modiano & Partners | Top 10% | 3 | |||||||
| Patentwerk B.V. | Top 25% | 1 | |||||||
| Dragsted Partners A/S | Top 25% | 2 |
Rank in each IPC section, by patent families 2020–2022. Overall: rank in the whole corridor, shown as a band beyond 10th.
Applicants
| # | Applicant | Families | Offices per family |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV | 1,266 | 2.68 |
| 2 | NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY | 732 | 1.65 |
| 3 | SIEMENS AG | 644 | 2.04 |
| 4 | NICOVENTURES TRADING LTD | 297 | 3.08 |
| 5 | EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH | 287 | 3.24 |
| 6 | JT INT SA | 266 | 2.99 |
| 7 | FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG | 265 | 2.54 |
| 8 | EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LTD | 238 | 1.70 |
| 9 | OREAL | 218 | 2.72 |
| 10 | ROLLS ROYCE PLC | 214 | 1.14 |
+2,991 ranked applicants | |||
Top 10 by patent families filed abroad, 2020–2022.
Method
| Measure | What it counts | Minimum |
|---|---|---|
| Volume | Families a firm handled in the corridor | 10 families |
| Momentum | Change in market share since the previous period | 10 families |
| Breadth | Firms on the other side it worked with | 10 families, 3 partners |
| Openness | Partners that are new in the last two years | 10 families, 3 partners |
| Reach | Other IP5 offices an applicant files in, per family | 100 families |
SourcesPublished records of the IP5 offices and EUIPO
PeriodsPatents: 2020–2022 vs 2017–2019, by priority year. Trademarks: 2023–2025 vs 2020–2022, by filing year.
Not rankedIndividuals, in-house IP teams, applicant–firm pairs
Ranks come from the data only. Subscriptions, payments and partnerships never change a rank.
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