在2012年美國前50大專利擁有廠商排名中，Google公司以更多15項(xiàng)專利數(shù)險勝蘋果公司，雙方分別排名21與22。在排名前50大的美國專利贏家中，這兩家勢均力敵的移動競爭對手也是較2011年專利數(shù)增加最多的廠商。此外，IBM蟬聯(lián)專利冠軍，而臺灣則有鴻海與臺積電雙雙入榜。 Google在2012年的榜單上排名第21，從2011年排名第65首次進(jìn)入前50大，專利數(shù)年增率達(dá)170%。根據(jù)Fairview Research旗下IFI Claims Patent Services發(fā)布的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，這家搜尋引擎巨擘小贏蘋果15項(xiàng)專利。蘋果公司從2011排名第38進(jìn)步到2012年排名第22，專利數(shù)年成長68%。 這場競爭激烈的“專利戰(zhàn)”仍將持續(xù)。以目前未核準(zhǔn)前(pre-grant)的專利申請數(shù)(通常是未來專利數(shù)的最佳指針)來看，蘋果排名第17，遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超越Google第35位的排名。 在這場移動專利戰(zhàn)中，Google和蘋果，以及三星、微軟與HTC等公司，都被鎖定于世界各地的法律訴訟中。Google以126億美元收購摩托羅拉移動公司，很大一部份就在于取得其17,000項(xiàng)專利。 美國聯(lián)邦貿(mào)易委員會(FTC)經(jīng)過19個月的調(diào)查后，在今年初發(fā)布一項(xiàng)法院命令，要求Google履行摩托羅拉授權(quán)其產(chǎn)品組合中所有相關(guān)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)專利的承諾，同時移除目前爭議中的有關(guān)廣告案例的規(guī)定，雙方就反壟斷議題達(dá)成和解。 近幾年來，蘋果一直在加速創(chuàng)造專利的步伐。在2010年，它獲得了563項(xiàng)專利，排名第46，較2009年增加了94%。2011年，又取得了657項(xiàng)專利，排名第39。 “這些成長率令人印象深刻，并顯示這兩家公司相當(dāng)重視知識產(chǎn)權(quán)(IP)，”UBM TechInsights公司專業(yè)服務(wù)副總裁表示。 “由于這些公司在某些關(guān)鍵業(yè)務(wù)領(lǐng)域不同，過份強(qiáng)調(diào)彼此之間的專利數(shù)目差異并沒多大的意義，”McLean說，“關(guān)鍵在于觀察多年間的發(fā)展趨勢、分析重要的技術(shù)，以及衡量這些資產(chǎn)的品質(zhì)，以便利用這些專利來促進(jìn)未來業(yè)務(wù)發(fā)展”，他補(bǔ)充道。 本文授權(quán)編譯自EE Times，版權(quán)所有，謝絕轉(zhuǎn)載 本文下一頁：IBM蟬聯(lián)專利王　亞洲專利數(shù)居冠

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{pagination} IBM蟬聯(lián)專利王　亞洲專利數(shù)居冠 根據(jù)IFI估計，美國專利暨商標(biāo)辦公室(USPTO)在2012年共核發(fā)了253,155項(xiàng)專利，再度刷新年度專利數(shù)的最高記錄，同時也較2011年增加了13%。在2010年，USPTO核發(fā)的年度新專利數(shù)創(chuàng)下增加31%的最高年成長率。 在排名前50大的美國專利數(shù)擁有公司中，有41家的專利數(shù)都較去年持續(xù)增加，其中的32家甚至還達(dá)到了兩位數(shù)或更高的成長率。 位居榜首的IBM蟬聯(lián)20年專利冠軍，在2012年取得了創(chuàng)記錄的6,478項(xiàng)新專利，較2011年成長近5%。三星以5,081項(xiàng)專利居次，較去年成長4%，而佳能(Canon)則以3,174項(xiàng)排名第三，成長12%。 Sony 以33%的年成長率排名第四，松下(Panasonic)與微軟(Microsoft)分別排名第五與第六。鴻海在2011年時名列第九，2012年則以 2,013項(xiàng)專利進(jìn)步到第八。在2011年排名第11的通用電氣(General Electric)于2012年首次名列十大，名列第9。在2012年的前十大榜單中 共有三家美國公司中。 2012年專利數(shù) 成長較多的公司還包括阿爾卡特-朗訊(Alcatel-Lucent)、愛立信(Ericsson)和中國鴻富錦精密電子公司，均取得了較2011年更高 59%的專利數(shù)。這三家公司都在2012年時首次進(jìn)入前50大排行榜，分別排名第49、第48和第40。此外，Research In Motion (RIM)公司和臺積電(TSMC)都成長了49%(排名40)，其次是高通，成長40%。 另一方面，在前50大美國專利擁 有公司中，2011年排名第22的思科(Cisco)在2012年退步到第31；韓國海力士(SK Hynix Inc.)從排名25退至第43；德國英飛凌科技(Infineon Technologies)則從44退出前50大榜行榜至第61名，部份原因在于將其無線部門賣給了英特爾。此外，澳洲Silverbrook Research從排行31暴跌至第157名。 本文授權(quán)編譯自EE Times，版權(quán)所有，謝絕轉(zhuǎn)載 編譯：Susan Hong 參考英文原文：Google edges Apple in 2012 U.S. patent race，by Rick Merritt

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{pagination} Google edges Apple in 2012 U.S. patent race Rick Merritt SAN JOSE, Calif. – Google edged out Apple in a close race to win U.S. patents in 2012. The two mobile rivals also logged the biggest gains over 2011 of any other Top 50 U.S. patent winners. Google ranked 21st on the 2012 list, up from 65th in 2011. The search giant beat Apple by just 15 patents, logging an 170 percent gain, according to figures compiled by IFI Claims Patent Services, a division of Fairview Research. Apple jumped 68 percent moving from No. 38 in 2011 to No. 22 in 2012 rankings, it said. The stage is set for the close race to continue. In terms of pre-grant applications—a good indicator of future patent grants, Apple ranked No. 17, well ahead of Google at No. 35. Google and Apple, along with Samsung, Microsoft and HTC are locked in legal disputes around the world in a mobile patent war. Google acquired Motorola Mobility in August for $12.6 billion, in large part to acquire an estimated 17,000 patents. As a condition of ending a 19-month investigation of Google, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission executed a court order last week requiring Google honor all promises Motorola made to license standards-essential patents in its portfolio and drop pending cases where they were at issue. Apple has been accelerating its pace of producing patents for several years. In 2010 it won 563 patents to rank No. 46, up 94 percent from 2009. In 2011, it won 657 patents to rank 39th. “These growth rates are impressive and show the importance both companies put on intellectual property,” said Mike McLean, vice president of professional services for UBM TechInsights, a division of UBM LLC, the publisher of EE Times. “The difference in patent numbers at this magnitude isn't very meaningful given the differences between the companies in some key business areas,” McLean said. “The key points are the trends over multiple years, the breakdown across important technologies and the quality of resulting assets measured by the ability to use these patents to further the business,” he added. IBM tops, Asia again dominates The U.S. patent office issued 253,155 utility patents in 2012, the highest annual number on record and an increase of about 13 percent over 2011, IFI estimates. In 2010, the office made its largest increase of annual patent awards, 31 percent. All but nine companies in the top 50 saw an increase in patent production over last year. Among the gainers, 32 saw double-digit or better growth. “For the past five years, the world’s appetite for U.S. patents has been seemingly insatiable,” said Mike Baycroft, chief executive of IFI. For the twentieth year in a row, IBM was at the top of the list, receiving a record 6,478 utility patents in 2012, up nearly 5 percent from 2011. Samsung was second with 5,081, up nearly 4 percent, and Canon third with 3,174, up 12 percent. Sony comes in fourth with a gain of nearly 33 percent over 2011, and Panasonic and Microsoft are fifth and sixth, respectively. General Electric made it back into the top 10 at No. 9 up from 11th last year, putting three U.S. companies in the top 10. Among other big gainers this year, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson and Hong Fu Jin Precision all won 59 percent more patents than in 2011. All three companies made it into the top 50 for the first time this year, ranked at 49th, 48th and 40th respectively. Research in Motion, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. were both up by 49 percent, followed by Qualcomm up 40 percent. Among the biggest losers, Cisco dropped to No. 31 from No. 22, Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. fell to 43th from 25th and Germany’s Infineon Technologies declined to 61st from 44th, probably due in part to the sale of its wireless unit to Intel. Australia’s Silverbrook Research plummeted to 157th from 31st.