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?
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 Grant | CGI Applications Filed | CGI Patents Granted |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 6 | – |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | – |
| 2016 | – | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | – |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 |
How many CGI patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents
How Many Patents did CGI File in Different Countries?
Countries in which CGI Filed Patents
| Country | Patents |
| United States Of America | 74 |
| Europe | 8 |
| Australia | 3 |
| Germany | 3 |
| Russia | 2 |
| Poland | 2 |
| India | 2 |
| Canada | 2 |
| Austria | 2 |
| Netherlands | 1 |
| Spain | 1 |
Where are Research Centers of CGI Patents Located?
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 Number | Citation Count |
| US7231657B2 | 318 |
| US6606740B1 | 231 |
| US6532450B1 | 209 |
| US20040030697A1 | 204 |
| US7076475B2 | 170 |
| US20130262873A1 | 168 |
| US6754672B1 | 142 |
| US6708155B1 | 137 |
| US20040133487A1 | 137 |
| US20040010502A1 | 116 |
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 –
| Company | Number of Patent Applications that faced Rejection Citing CGI Patents | Number of Rejections (102 & 103) |
| IBM | 14 | 18 |
| Sap Se | 13 | 25 |
| Eversight | 12 | 30 |
| Accenture Global Services | 7 | 19 |
| Bank Of America | 7 | 19 |
| Mastercard | 6 | 17 |
| Collections Marketing Center | 6 | 15 |
| Microsoft | 4 | 8 |
| Tencent Technology | 4 | 11 |
| Oracle | 3 | 5 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on CGI Patents
Top CGI Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
| Patent Number | Count of Rejected Applications |
| US7231657B2 | 42 |
| US9424167B2 | 25 |
| US20130262873A1 | 16 |
| US20040148211A1 | 14 |
| US20040010502A1 | 10 |
| US20080158336A1 | 10 |
| US20040133487A1 | 8 |
| US9292830B2 | 8 |
| US7318046B1 | 7 |
| US20040030697A1 | 7 |
| US7096231B2 | 5 |
| US6912508B1 | 5 |
| US10713712B2 | 5 |
| US20030046194A1 | 4 |
| US6532450B1 | 4 |
What are CGI key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by CGI?
The chart below distributes patents filed by CGI