CGI Patents – Key Insights and Stats

CGI has a total of 109 patents globally, out of which 54 have been granted. Of these 109 patents, more than 15% patents are active. The United States of America is where CGI has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Europe and Australia. Parallelly, The United States of America seems to be the main focused R&D center and also Canada is the origin country of CGI.

CGI was founded in 1976. The Company provides information technology services. The Company offers business consulting, system integration, IT outsourcing, application and business process and infrastructure services. Company serves health care, life science, insurance, manufacturing, oil and gas and communication sectors worldwide.

Do read about some of the most popular patents of CGI which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find CGI patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over CGI patent portfolio.

How many patents does the Founder and CEO of CGI have?

The Founder Andre Imbeau has 0 patent and the CEO Serge Godin have 0 patent.

How many patents does CGI have?

CGI has a total of 109 patents globally. These patents belong to 59 unique patent families. Out of 109 patents, 17 patents are active.

How Many Patents did CGI File Every Year?

CGI Patent Filing Trend

Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.

Year of Patents Filing or GrantCGI Applications FiledCGI Patents Granted
202224
20216
202021
20192
20162
20152
201323
201212
201121
201012

How many CGI patents are Alive/Dead?

Worldwide Patents

CGI Worldwide Patent Filing

 How Many Patents did CGI File in Different Countries?

CGI Worldwide Patent Filing

Countries in which CGI Filed Patents

CountryPatents
United States Of America74
Europe8
Australia3
Germany3
Russia2
Poland2
India2
Canada2
Austria2
Netherlands1
Spain1

Where are Research Centers of CGI Patents Located?

R&D Centers of CGI

 10 Best CGI Patents

US7231657B2 is the most popular patent in the CGI portfolio. It has received 318 citations so far from companies like Authenture, Microsoft and Imperva.

Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of CGI:

Publication NumberCitation Count
US7231657B2318
US6606740B1231
US6532450B1209
US20040030697A1204
US7076475B2170
US20130262873A1168
US6754672B1142
US6708155B1137
US20040133487A1137
US20040010502A1116

How many inventions of other companies were rejected due to CGI patents?

The statistics below share strategic R&D insights. It tells the companies that were trying to protect inventions similar to CGI invention. They couldn’t because CGI had protected those before them.

Examiners at the USPTO referred 53 CGI patents in 540 rejections (35 USC § 102 or 35 USC § 103 types).

The top citing companies in the CGI patent portfolio are IBM, Sap Se and Eversight.

List of the Companies whose Patents were rejected citing CGI –

CompanyNumber of Patent Applications that faced Rejection Citing CGI PatentsNumber of Rejections (102 & 103)
IBM1418
Sap Se1325
Eversight1230
Accenture Global Services719
Bank Of America719
Mastercard617
Collections Marketing Center615
Microsoft48
Tencent Technology411
Oracle35

Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on CGI Patents

Top CGI Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications

Patent NumberCount of Rejected Applications
US7231657B242
US9424167B225
US20130262873A116
US20040148211A114
US20040010502A110
US20080158336A110
US20040133487A18
US9292830B28
US7318046B17
US20040030697A17
US7096231B25
US6912508B15
US10713712B25
US20030046194A14
US6532450B14

What are CGI key innovation segments?

What Technologies are Covered by CGI?

The chart below distributes patents filed by CGI in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where CGI thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.

R&D Focus: How has CGI search focus changed over the years?

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