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 the US
| # | Firm | Share | Momentum | Breadth | Openness | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New | Nixon Peabody LLP | 32 | 8.5% | – | 2 | 2 | |
| 2 | New | MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP | 25 | 6.6% | – | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | New | Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds | 16 | 4.2% | – | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | New | Loza & Loza, LLP | 12 | 3.2% | – | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | New | DAVID J BYER K & L GATES LLP | 11 | 2.9% | – | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | New | Heslin Rothenberg Farley Mesiti | 9 | 2.4% | – | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | New | Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP | 9 | 2.4% | – | 2 | 2 | |
| 6 | New | Tucker Ellis | 9 | 2.4% | – | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | New | Price Heneveld | 9 | 2.4% | – | 1 | 1 | |
| 10 | ▼8 | \Mary L. Grieco Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP | 8 | 2.1% | – | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | New | SoCal IP Law Group LLP | 8 | 2.1% | – | 1 | 1 | |
+112 ranked firmsFull table | ||||||||
Families each firm handled, 2023–2025. Arrows show the rank change since 2020–2022.
Technology
| Overall | 1–5Chemicals and health | 6–8, 12–13Metals, machines and vehicles | 9–11Electronics and instruments | 14–21, 28Household, leisure and materials | 22–27Textiles and clothing | 29–34Food and drink | 35–38, 42Business and technology services | 39–41, 43–45Transport, education and personal services | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nixon Peabody LLP | #1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP | #2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds | #3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Loza & Loza, LLP | #4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP | #6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | ||
| Woodard Emhardt Henry Reeves & Wagner | Top 25% | 6 | 9 | 2 | |||||
| Berger Singerman LLP | Top 25% | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | |
| Haynes Boone | Top 25% | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
Rank in each Nice class group, by trademark filings 2023–2025. Overall: rank in the whole corridor, shown as a band beyond 10th.
Applicants
| # | Applicant | Families | Offices per family |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | QUALCOMM INC | 1,574 | 1.71 |
| 2 | Micron Technology, Inc. | 1,276 | 1.06 |
| 3 | GOOGLE LLC | 908 | 2.36 |
| 4 | APPLE INC | 888 | 1.51 |
| 5 | MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC | 652 | 1.40 |
| 6 | SNAP INC | 376 | 1.56 |
| 7 | HONEYWELL INT INC | 373 | 1.29 |
| 8 | APPLIED MATERIALS INC | 372 | 2.22 |
| 9 | BOEING CO | 360 | 2.16 |
| 10 | INTEL CORP | 313 | 1.50 |
+4,484 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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