Thomson Reuters Patents – Key Insights and Stats

Thomson Reuters has a total of 1675 patents globally, out of which 685 have been granted. Of these 1675 patents, more than 39% patents are active. United States of America is where Thomson Reuters has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Australia and Europe, it has generated an annual revenue of $6.25 billion in the year 2021. Parallelly, USA seems to be the main focused R&D centre.

Thomson Reuters was founded in the year 2008. The purchase of the British business Reuters Group by Thomson Corporation in April 2008 resulted in the formation of Thomson Reuters. Company is a worldwide media corporation based in Canada and the United States. As of February 2022, Thomson Reuters has a market cap of $47.82 Billion.

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

How many patents does the founder and the CEO of Thomson Reuters have?

How many patents does Thomson Reuters have?

Thomson Reuters has a total of 1675 patents globally. These patents belong to 1097 unique patent families. Out of 1675 patents, 659 patents are active.

How many Thomson Reuters patents are Alive/Dead?

Worldwide Patents

Thomson Reuters Worldwide Legal Trends

Patent Families

Thomson Reuters patent portfolio

How Many Patents did Thomson Reuters File Every Year?

Thomson Reuters 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 GrantThomson Reuters Applications FiledThomson Reuters Patents Granted
20117829
20127039
20137232
20146834
20154422
20165957
20177757
20186555
20196238
20202131
20211224
20224

How Many Patents did Thomson Reuters File in Different Countries?

Thomson Reuters Worldwide Filing in Top 10 Countries

Countries in which Thomson Reuters Filed Patents

CountryPatents
United States Of America472
Australia208
Europe169
Canada131
United Kingdom73
Japan60
Hong Kong (S.A.R.)42
Germany41
New Zealand36
China33
Singapore27
India26
Argentina23
Spain18
Brazil16
Austria12
Korea (South)8
Luxembourg7
Denmark6
Taiwan6
Sweden3
Mexico3
Italy3
Russia2
Netherlands2
France2
South Africa2
Poland1
Philippines1
Hungary1
Switzerland1
Portugal1
Belgium1

 

Where are Research Centers of Thomson Reuters Patents Located?

Thomson Reuters R&D Centres

10 Best Thomson Reuters Patents

US5339392A is the most popular patent in the Thomson Reuters portfolio. It has received 1153 citations so far from companies like World Trade Centers Association, Taligent, and IBM.

Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Thomson Reuters:

Publication NumberCitation Count
US5339392A1153
US5727165A1030
US5802518A804
US5864871A772
US5557798A664
US5537586A487
US4750135A485
US5497317A481
US4917090A431
US5819271A417

Which Companies are using Thomson Reuters Patents to Advance their Research?

If patents or patents from a particular technology area of a company receive a lot of citations, it implies that the technology is being followed and incrementally innovated by the citing companies. It also indicates that citing companies are working on similar and closely related technologies.

The top citing companies in the Thomson Reuters patent portfolio are IBM, Microsoft, and Salesforce.

List of the top forward citing Companies –

CompanyNumber of Patents
IBM127
Microsoft118
Salesforce63
Bank Of America56
Google38
BNY Mellon27
Intuit27
Rockwell Automation Technologies26
SAP21
Nuance Communications20

Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Thomson Reuters Patents

Top Thomson Reuters Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications

Patent NumberCount of Rejected Applications
US20120150888A129
US9779386B220
US5339392A17
US20090228476A115
US7809695B214
US5987432A13
US7085755B212
US20030149653A111
US6098034A10
US20120036125A110
US20120278336A110
US7941431B29
US9436665B29
US9704129B29
US7003719B19

Thomson Reuters is a global media and information company that specialises in delivering important data from the financial, legal, risk, accounting, intellectual property, science, and media industries.

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What are Thomson Reuters’s key innovation segments?

What Technologies are Covered by Thomson Reuters?

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

R&D Focus: How Thomson Reuters search focus changed over the years?

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