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 | · | Lavoix | 539 | 3.4% | +0.83 | 44 | 8 | |
| 2 | ▲3 | Dehns | 310 | 2.0% | +0.43 | 31 | 10 | |
| 3 | ▼1 | Hoffmann Eitle | 272 | 1.7% | -0.22 | 37 | 9 | |
| 4 | ▲20 | Murgitroyd & Company | 258 | 1.6% | +0.81 | 43 | 14 | |
| 5 | · | Mewburn Ellis LLP | 255 | 1.6% | +0.09 | 40 | 9 | |
| 6 | ▲6 | Gill Jennings & Every LLP | 253 | 1.6% | +0.33 | 28 | 10 | |
| 7 | ▲1 | dompatent von Kreisler Selting Werner - Partnerschaft von Patent- und Rechtsanwälten mbB | 211 | 1.3% | -0.07 | 29 | 9 | |
| 8 | ▲107 | Dehns Germany Partnerschaft mbB | 199 | 1.3% | +1.02 | 13 | 5 | |
| 9 | ▼6 | Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB | 196 | 1.2% | -0.56 | 44 | 4 | |
| 10 | ▲7 | Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB | 181 | 1.1% | +0.11 | 38 | 10 | |
+971 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 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dehns | #2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | |||||
| Hoffmann Eitle | #3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Mewburn Ellis LLP | #5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |||||
| Gill Jennings & Every LLP | #6 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| dompatent von Kreisler Selting Werner - Partnerschaft von Patent- und Rechtsanwälten mbB | #7 | 3 | |||||||
| Dehns Germany Partnerschaft mbB | #8 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Evonik Patent Association | Top 5% | 8 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Novagraaf | Top 5% | 2 | |||||||
| Reddie & Grose | Top 5% | 3 | 7 | ||||||
| Onsagers AS | Top 5% | 3 | 5 | ||||||
| Ocado Group IP Department | Top 5% | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| Saint-Gobain Recherche | Top 10% | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| Loyer & Abello | Top 10% | 1 | |||||||
| Illingworth-Law, William Illingworth | Top 10% | 2 | |||||||
| Patentwerk B.V. | Top 25% | 1 | |||||||
| Modiano & Partners | 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.
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