We monitored the patent publications of Alibaba for the past 20 years at the USPTO. Its patent portfolio has its footprints in 28 different technology areas ranging from Databases and File Management to Business Methods. Below are the top technology areas of their interest – Technology Areas Number of Applications
While analyzing the monetization potential of Blackberry’s portfolio we found that 2100+ assignees were given rejections based on their patents. But a question that was bugging our mind was how many of these rejections were actually 102 rejections (where identified prior art matches each and every element of a patent
While analyzing the monetization potential of Panasonic’s patent portfolio, we found that 9400+ assignees were given rejections based on their patents. But a question that was bugging my mind was how many of these rejections were actually 102 rejections (where identified prior art matches each and every element of a
Intel has been a key patent acquisition source for Apple in the past few years. The trend continued in 2020 as well. Apple acquired ~4600 patents in 2020 out of which 3650 were acquired from Intel alone. The technology centers/pockets which were targeted by Apple for patent acquisitions from Intel
While analyzing the monetization potential of Cisco’s portfolio we found that ~4500 assignees were given rejections based on Cisco’s patents. But how many of these rejections were actually 102 rejections (where identified prior art matches each and every element of a patent application’s claim)? A total of 1373 assignees received
We monitored the patent publications of Cisco for the past 20 years at the USPTO. The company has footprints in 62 different technology areas ranging from VoIP to Cryptography. Below are the top five technology areas of their interest. Technology Areas Number of Applications Multiplex & VoIP 5864 Computer Graphic
The patent portfolio of Facebook shows that the social media giant has footprints in 48 different technology areas ranging from Computer Networks to Business Methods. Below are the top five technology areas of their interest. Technology Areas Number of Applications Computer Networks 490 Graphical User interface and Document processing 447
While analyzing the monetization potential of Facebook’s portfolio we found that ~1000 assignees were given rejections based on facebook’s patents. But how many of these rejections were actually 102 rejections (where identified prior art matches each and every element of a patent application’s claim). A total number of 223 assignees
To know the monetization potential of Microsoft patents, we monitored their patent publications at USPTO for the past 20 years. Which gave us the numbers shown in the below table: The below chart shows the top 10 competitors which get maximum rejections because of Microsoft patents. The above analysis is
In the past 20 years, IBM’s patents were cited by USPTO examiners approx 83,914 times to block patent applications of 6957 assignees. The companies facing these rejections include tech giants like Google, Microsoft, and Intel to niche players like RedHat, and Oracle. For the analysis, we used 35 U.S.C. 102
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