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 | ▲1 | Lavoix | 607 | 2.6% | +0.42 | 49 | 4 | |
| 2 | ▼1 | Philips Intellectual Property & Standards | 527 | 2.3% | -2.13 | 7 | 2 | |
| 3 | ▲16 | Murgitroyd & Company | 481 | 2.1% | +1.22 | 69 | 17 | |
| 4 | ▲3 | Dehns | 439 | 1.9% | +0.62 | 47 | 8 | |
| 5 | ▼1 | Mewburn Ellis LLP | 437 | 1.9% | +0.30 | 69 | 16 | |
| 6 | ▲63 | Dentons UK and Middle East LLP | 425 | 1.8% | +1.52 | 7 | 3 | |
| 7 | ▲2 | Gill Jennings & Every LLP | 372 | 1.6% | +0.40 | 48 | 10 | |
| 8 | ▼3 | Hoffmann Eitle | 368 | 1.6% | +0.04 | 50 | 5 | |
| 9 | ▲53 | Marks & Clerk | 328 | 1.4% | +1.08 | 57 | 17 | |
| 10 | ▼7 | Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB | 309 | 1.3% | -0.44 | 55 | 7 | |
+1,107 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavoix | #1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Philips Intellectual Property & Standards | #2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Murgitroyd & Company | #3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Dehns | #4 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| Mewburn Ellis LLP | #5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Dentons UK and Middle East LLP | #6 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Hoffmann Eitle | #8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| Marks & Clerk | #9 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
| Novagraaf | Top 5% | 2 | 8 | ||||||
| Evonik Patent Association | Top 5% | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Valeo Visibility | Top 5% | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Arnold & Siedsma | Top 5% | 3 | |||||||
| IFP Energies nouvelles | Top 5% | 3 | 6 | ||||||
| Onsagers AS | Top 5% | 2 | |||||||
| Ocado Group IP Department | Top 10% | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| Illingworth-Law, William Illingworth | Top 10% | 3 | |||||||
| Saint-Gobain Recherche | Top 10% | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| Modiano & Partners | Top 10% | 2 | |||||||
| Beck & Rössig European Patent Attorneys | Top 25% | 1 |
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.
Corrections close on December 2, 2026. The corrected edition is 2026.1.No corrections yetReport an error