USPC Patent Quality Benchmark Study
Rank of Top 25 USPC by IPQ® Score 2011
Ocean Tomo, the Intellectual Capital Merchant Banc™ firm, undertook a study of current patent quality and historical trends among the 430 US Patent Classes as defined by the USPTO. The Ocean Tomo Patent Quality Study provides a meaningful benchmark for those studying patent quality among the 430 US Patent Classes as defined by the USPTO. The study identifies Nanotechnology (class 977) as the number one technology class for patent quality, with the highest current average IPQ® score. The quality of this sector reinforces the USPTO’s recent addition of nanotechnology as a designated class. An average IPQ score of 126.6 is equivalent to the top 20% of all US rated patents. The top 25 technology classes are directionally significant, having an average IPQ score above 120 puts each among the top 30% of all rated patents.
The study was performed using the Ocean Tomo PatentRatings® system, the first market-validated software platform for objectively assessing patent quality, relative value, and competitive trends for patents, patent portfolios, companies, and technology sectors.The Ocean Tomo PatentRatings® System uses a patented method of patent quality valuation, (USP 6,556,992 7,657,476 and 7,716,226 and other US and foreign patents pending) that is statistically based to calculate the relative quality of all patents issued by the U.S. Patent Office since 1976 using more than 50 independent and objective factors that are correlated to patent quality.
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|
Rank |
USPC1 |
Description2 |
Avg. IPQ® Score3 |
|
1 |
977 | Nanotechnology | 126.5 |
|
2 |
607 | Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application | 126.3 |
|
3 |
365 | Static information storage and retrieval | 126.1 |
|
4 |
178 | Telegraphy | 124.6 |
|
5 |
326 | Electronic digital logic circuitry | 122.8 |
|
6 |
725 | Interactive video distribution systems | 122.7 |
|
7 |
438 | Semiconductor device manufacturing: process | 121.9 |
|
8 |
347 | Incremental printing of symbolic information | 121.4 |
|
9 |
623 | Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or aids and accessories therefor | 119.9 |
|
10 |
606 | Surgery | 118.8 |
|
11 |
711 | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory | 118.7 |
|
12 |
358 | Facsimile and static presentation processing | 118.4 |
|
13 |
712 | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: processing architectures and instruction processing (e.g., processors) | 118.3 |
|
13 |
51 | Abrasive tool making process, material, or composition | 118.3 |
|
15 |
463 | Amusement devices: games | 118.1 |
|
16 |
257 | Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diodes) | 118.0 |
|
17 |
399 | Electrophotography | 117.9 |
|
18 |
380 | Cryptography | 117.4 |
|
19 |
713 | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support | 117.3 |
|
20 |
710 | Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/output | 116.9 |
|
21 |
705 | Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination | 116.6 |
|
21 |
704 | Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression | 116.6 |
|
23 |
507 | Earth boring, well treating, and oil field chemistry | 116.3 |
|
23 |
709 | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomputer data transferring | 116.3 |
|
25 |
382 | Image analysis | 115.6 |
1. USPC: United States Patent Classification System, a system for organizing all U.S. patent documents and many other technical documents based on common subject
matter. Classes with patent count below 10 are excluded from this analysis. Based on 423 discrete US patent classes (technologies per USPTO) with average patent count
of approximately 15K per class.
2 . Description: a detailed description of the subject matter that must be in a patent document in order for the document to be properly classified in the USPC system.
3 . Avg IPQ® Score: Average IPQ 2011 issued & in-force US patents within designated USPC group through 6/28/2011. The IPQ Score is the output from Ocean Tomo’s
PatentRatings® system, uses 50 independent and objective factors that are correlated to patent quality, where 100 is a median quality above 100 indicates above average
quality relative to all issued US patents.
Data Source: Ocean Tomo PatentRatings
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All data accessible through OceanTomo.com/ratings was prepared by Ocean Tomo based on proprietary algorithms and other statistical information provided by PatentRatings, LLC. All scores, ratings and ranks are statistical in nature and are based on publicly available data. They are not based on, nor do they consider any legal opinions or other professional opinions, advice or other information (public or otherwise) that may have bearing on the subject matter of the analysis. No direct statistical correlation has been established between IPQ scores and "fair market value," royalty rates, validity, enforceability or infringement and IPQ scores should not be relied upon to prove or establish the existence or probability of such facts. No direct statistical correlation has been established between Relevance scores and patentability or materiality, and Relevance scores should not be relied upon to prove, establish or support any opinion of the materiality or patentability of one patent in view of another. Some of the information and services provided by this website may be covered by one or more of the following U.S. patents: 6,556,992; 7,657,476; 7,716,226; and other patents pending. Copyright 2001-2010 PatentRatings, LLC. Copyright 2011 Ocean Tomo, LLC. All rights reserved.
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