ktMINE contributes to each issue of IAM magazine with statistics which identify the top assignors and assignees of patents as recorded at the US Patent and Trademark Office.
Read the full articles by Jack Ellis of IAM:
Semiconductor sector upheaval reflected in last year’s US patent assignment stats
By a huge margin, Freescale Semiconductor was assigned more assets than any other entity during 2015, with its 26,002 patents dwarfing second-placed Globalfoundries Inc.’s 14,791. According to ktMINE analyst Megan Rourke, this is accounted for by Citibank’s release of collateralised Freescale patents in preparation for the latter’s $11.8 billion merger with the Netherlands’ NXP Semiconductors.
Intellectual Ventures, LG, Nokia and Samsung among 2015’s most active patent dealmakers
ktMINE analyst Megan Rourke has pointed out a few interesting trends. Nokia Corporation tops the assignor list with 409 discrete assignments during last year. According to Rourke, this is likely to reflect the company’s movement of a large portion of its US patent portfolio to its new Finland-based, R&D and IP monetisation-focused subsidiary Nokia Technologies Oy.
