INNOVATION & INVENTION: patent growth in China

Stacy OlkowskiSenior Product Manager

Thomson Reuters

AGENDA

• Patents are cool

• Global trends

• Defining APAC

• China growth

• A quick example

PatentsIncredibly illuminating data points.

Claims are

like recipes

in a

cookbook

The magic

number:

70%

Analysis of

fielded data

for insight.

Data mining

is like a

crystal ball.

Extremely valuable technical information.

Patents are more than just technical documents

Story + Visualizations =

Trends & Insight

Content =

something to investigate

Search + Data =

beginning of a story

Content + Analysis =

interesting story

Insight =

answer market & business questions

Since 1970 . . . Global growth in IP

0

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

1,200,000

1,400,000

1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

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asic

s

The number of records doubled from 2000 - 2010

1,431,602

DWPI Basic Volumes 1970 - 2010

Defining Asia Pacific . . . in terms of patent data

China

Republic of

Korea

India

Singapore

Philippines

Taiwan

Australia

New

Zealand

Japan

Vietnam

Malaysia

Thailand:

1984

#1st

Who

really

benefits?

12.5%

Innovation in China: fears, challenges, stats

Playing

catch-up

Worth the

expense?

Quality vs. quantity: grants and applications

China is #1 for patent applications

1 Output

Patent subsidies help

2 Enticing innovation

Approximately 40% become granted patents

3 Quality

Quantity: domestic vs foreign applicants –subsidy began in 2003

QUICK ANALYSIS: a Chinese application about the “Medical Uses of Chewing Gum”

We expand . . . And gather all of the forward citations of the app

and corresponding family.

Start with a

highly-cited

Chinese

application:

CN1330516A

We find an interesting Chinese app. . .

What’s the market for this like?

Is there competition in this space?

Who might want to license?

By analyzing the forward citations, we find others interested in this invention.

Facts:

Wrigley’s initial application WO2000035298: published in 2000

Cited 139 times

There is a lot of recent interest in this invention.

13

74% of citations to this application are from the last 4 years

Who is interested in this Mars Wrigley invention?

Pfizer accounts for almost half of the citations, followed by Cadbury.

Why is “Big Pharma” citing “Big Gum”?

• We see that this gum is for medical use so it makes sense that Pfizer, a large pharmaceutical, shows interest.

On this landscape map, we find activities of both pharmaceutical and candy companies

But let’s go a bit broader . . what is the landscape like for “chewing gum with medical indications”?

For this we do a classification search:

We find

12,270 records

2772 INPADOC families

3581 DWPI families

= Lots of activity, many filings in multiple countries

Top companies:

Potential Global Market for Medical Gum

TOWARD THE FUTURE . . . • Growth will

continue

• Quality will improve

• Expansion is next

QUESTIONS?

THANK YOU!