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The Commonwealth @ Tuesday October 20, 2015
This week USPTO granted 21 utility, design, and plant patents to Kentucky-based inventors. This is the work of 34 named inventors from 15 Commonwealth municipalities. These numbers are based on the Way Better Count method of tracking patents and inventors.
As of October 20, 2015, the year to date Way Better Count of all patents granted to Kentucky-based inventors or companies shows 411 patents granted to Kentucky inventors and 19 patents identified titleholders (assignees) who worked with inventors from the Commonwealth. Of the entities granted patents, 8 identified their location as being in Kentucky.
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Official Count
| Patents by Type | Count |
|---|---|
| Total Utility | 12 |
| Chemical | 3 |
| Electrical | 2 |
| Mechanical | 7 |
| Design | 2 |
| Plant | 0 |
| Life Sciences | 4 |
| A: Human Necessities | 1 |
| B: Operations & Transport | 1 |
| C: Chemistry & Metallurgy | 2 |
| D: Textiles & Paper | 0 |
| E: Fixed Constructions | 0 |
| F: Mechanical Engineering | 2 |
| G: Physics | 4 |
| H: Electricity | 2 |
Official State Ranking
| Rank | State | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 918 |
| 2 | Texas | 218 |
| 3 | New York | 192 |
| 4 | Washington | 152 |
| 5 | Massachusetts | 128 |
| 27 | Kansas | 15 |
| 28 | Kentucky | 14 |
| 29 | New Hampshire | 13 |
Way Better Ranking
| Rank | State | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 1070 |
| 2 | Texas | 265 |
| 3 | New York | 257 |
| 4 | Massachusetts | 195 |
| 5 | Washington | 182 |
| 25 | Iowa | 22 |
| 26 | Kentucky | 21 |
| 27 | Kansas | 19 |
Way Better Count
| Patents by Type | Count |
|---|---|
| Total Utility | 19 |
| Chemical | 5 |
| Electrical | 6 |
| Mechanical | 8 |
| Design | 2 |
| Plant | 0 |
| Life Sciences | 8 |
| A: Human Necessities | 3 |
| B: Operations & Transport | 1 |
| C: Chemistry & Metallurgy | 3 |
| D: Textiles & Paper | 0 |
| E: Fixed Constructions | 0 |
| F: Mechanical Engineering | 2 |
| G: Physics | 6 |
| H: Electricity | 4 |
Official count and ranking are based on the First-Named Inventor on the patent. The Way Better count and ranking are based on all inventors on the patent.
Cooperative Patent Classification Perspective
CPC to USPC Domain Harmonization
| Official Count | Way Better Count | CPC Section | Chemical | Electrical | Mechanical | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | A: Human Necessities | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | B: Operations & Transport | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 3 | C: Chemistry & Metallurgy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | D: Textiles & Paper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | E: Fixed Constructions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | F: Mechanical Engineering | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 6 | G: Physics | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | 4 | H: Electricity | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | 19 | Total | 10 | 9 | 13 | 32 |
This Week's Patent Activity
An overview of this week's patent grants to Kentucky-based inventors, companies and other entities based in Kentucky; and patents granted to entities outside Kentucky where an inventor from the Commonwealth was identified on the patent.
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Kentucky Companies & Universities — October 20, 2015
Companies & Universities — October 20, 2015
Kentucky-based companies receiving patents this week as identified in the Assignee data on the patent.
Assignee Location Patents Advanced Cancer Therapeutics, LLC Louisville 1 Jerry M. Miniard Fort Mitchell 1 Lexmark International, Inc. Lexington 1 Mazak Corporation Florence 1 PREDICTIVE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE, LLC Louisville 1 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Erlanger 1 University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. Louisville 1 WHITE DRIVE PRODUCTS, INC. Hopkinsville 2 Total 9 -
US Companies & Universities — This Week
Firms In Other States — October 20, 2015
Patents granted to out-of-state companies, or other organizations, with Kentucky inventors identified on the patent.
Assignee Location Patents Bank of America Corporation Charlotte, NC 1 Caleb Lee Cobane Baltimore, MD 1 Cook Medical Technologies LLC Bloomington, IN 1 Corning Incorporated Corning, NY 1 General Electric Company Schenectady, NY 1 International Business Machines Corporation Armonk, NY 2 Intrexon Corporation Blacksburg, VA 1 PPG Industries Ohio, Inc. Cleveland, OH 1 The Procter & Gamble Company Cincinnati, OH 1 Valentine Research, Inc. Cincinnati, OH 1 Total 11 -
Global Collaboration
Innovation Kentucky @ Tuesday October 20, 2015
Global Collaboration
Global collaboration identifies the Countries and entities Kentucky inventors collaborated with. These counts use the Way Better approach counting all non-US inventors and all non-US patent owners (assignees) where a Kentucky inventor is identified on the patent.
Country Inventors Entities Canada 1 Denmark 2 Hungary 1 Israel 3 There were no foreign assignees for Kentucky inventors this week. Foreign 0.0% 0.0% All 0.0% 0.1% View this week's global indicators for all patents granted by USPTO and the rankings of the top non-foreign patent grantees.
Global Assignees This Week
The foreign assignees (companies and universities) that Kentucky inventors are collaborating with.
Country Assignee Location Canada 1 Denmark 2 Hungary 1 Israel 3 There were no foreign assignees for Kentucky inventors this week. Foreign 0.0% 0.0% All 0.0% 0.1% -
Kentucky's Independent Inventors
Independent Inventors — October 20, 2015
Independent inventors are individuals or groups of people that file patents that are not assigned to a company or other entity. The patents owned by independent inventors are often used as the basis for new business creation or may be licensed to other firms. Patents awarded to independent inventors can also be associated with larger companies and assigned to those firms after the patent is granted. Inventor names in bold indicate the first-named inventor shown on the patent.
Inventor Location Patents Winston Newman Owensboro 1 James Bradley Etherton Shepherdsville 1 Total 2 Patents received by Independent Inventors appear on the list of Kentucky Local Luminaries.
Location, Location, Location
The Geography & Topology of Innovation
Where does innovation take place in Kentucky? Who do these inventors, scientists, scholars and technologists earning patents this week work for? Who do Kentucky businesses collaborate with around the globe? In today's information-based innovation economy global co-inventorship and cross-border collaboration is increasingly important.
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Inventor Box Score
Inventors — October 20, 2015
Inventors are grouped into two groups — First-Named Inventors and Inventors. The first-named inventor determines the state to which USPTO assigns a patent. The Way Better indicator of inventive activity in a state looks at all inventors in the state regardless of the order of the placement of their name on the patent. An important element of this view is to to look at where the team of collaboators come from in the US and around the globe. The number of co-inventors outside of the state make up the "cross-border inventorship" metrics and are reflected on the Collaboration Maps.
Role Count In-State Inventors: First Named Inventors 14 Total Inventors 34 Out-of-State Co-Inventors: Other State Inventors 19 Non-US Inventors 7 -
Inventors By Kentucky Location — This Week
Where the Inventors Are in Kentucky — October 20, 2015
Location Inventors Patents Inventions (Claims) Burlington 1 1 48 Covington 1 1 28 Ekron 1 1 30 Florence 3 2 49 Georgetown 1 1 42 Harrodsburg 1 1 32 Hopkinsville 3 2 50 Lexington 8 7 282 Louisville 7 3 82 Owensboro 1 1 18 Paris 1 1 42 Shepherdsville 1 1 1 Union 3 3 134 Versailles 1 1 40 Winchester 1 1 42 -
Inventors By Kentucky Location — So Far This Year
Where the Inventors Are in Kentucky — October 20, 2015
Location Inventors Patents Inventions (Claims) Alexandria 2 2 25 Allen 1 1 20 Alvaton 2 2 34 Austin 2 2 28 Bardstown 2 2 32 Barlow 1 1 19 Beattyville 1 1 21 Bedford 1 1 16 Bellevue 9 9 182 Berea 2 1 12 Bimble 1 1 24 Boston 1 1 15 Bowling Green 13 8 143 Burlington 10 10 173 Cadiz 1 1 19 Calvert City 1 1 7 Campbellsburg 2 2 34 Cold Spring 5 5 47 Cold Springs 2 2 2 Corydon 1 1 18 Covington 3 3 40 Crestwood 9 9 138 Cynthiana 1 1 29 Danville 5 3 47 Dawson Springs 1 1 16 Dry Ridge 1 1 11 Edgewood 1 1 1 Elizabethtown 1 1 23 Erlanger 7 7 165 Fisherville 2 2 38 Flatwoods 1 1 19 Florence 13 13 245 Fort Mitchell 2 2 51 Fort Thomas 7 7 121 Fort Wright 2 2 34 Frankfort 2 2 29 Franklin 1 1 15 Ft. Mitchell 2 2 54 Ft. Thomas 3 3 72 Ft. Wright 2 2 2 Georgetown 21 20 267 Goshen 1 1 20 Greensburg 1 1 3 Hanson 1 1 21 Harrodsburg 3 3 20 Hebron 2 2 43 Henderson 7 7 143 Highland Heights 1 1 18 Hopkinsville 1 1 15 Independence 7 7 126 Jeffersonville 1 1 12 Kevil 1 1 26 Kuttawa 1 1 6 LaGrange 6 6 107 La Grange 5 5 154 Lancaster 1 1 18 Lawrenceburg 1 1 1 Lebanon Junction 3 3 72 Leitchfield 1 1 9 Lexington 166 98 1649 Lexington-Fayette 1 1 24 London 2 2 48 Louisa 1 1 16 Louisville 217 118 1920 Maceo 1 1 7 Midway 1 1 16 Mount Sterling 1 1 17 Mount Vernon 1 1 8 Mt. Vernon 2 2 48 Mt. Washington 2 2 103 Murray 1 1 20 New Haven 1 1 8 Newport 5 5 86 Nicholasville 15 15 242 Owensboro 4 3 24 Paducah 1 1 10 Paris 3 3 43 Park Hills 1 1 20 Petersburg 1 1 7 Pewee Valley 4 4 70 Prospect 26 25 415 Providence 1 1 21 Radcliff 1 1 15 Richmond 5 4 68 Sadieville 1 1 13 Scottsville 2 2 46 Shelbyville 2 2 49 Shepherdsville 2 2 39 Simpsonville 5 5 81 Somerset 1 1 1 Southgate 1 1 25 South Shore 1 1 43 Stamping Ground 1 1 5 Stanford 1 1 1 Stanton 1 1 16 Taylor Mill 7 7 133 Taylorsville 4 4 57 Union 17 14 252 Vanceburg 1 1 20 Versailles 7 7 103 Villa Hills 6 6 36 Vine Grove 1 1 19 Walton 6 5 109 Whitesville 1 1 7 Wilder 2 2 11 Wilmore 3 3 22 Winchester 8 4 34 Woodburn 2 2 13
Innovation Snapshot
A Look at This Week's Inventions
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US Patents Composite
US Patent Composite @ Tuesday October 20, 2015
Domain This Week Last Week % Change Last Year % Change Utility 6215 6216 -0.02 5962 4.24 Chemical 1171 1183 -1.01 1129 3.72 Electrical 3410 3366 1.31 3302 3.27 Mechanical 1634 1667 -1.98 1531 6.73 Design 525 525 0.00 500 5.00 Plant 21 14 50.00 32 -34.38 A: Human Necessities 666 737 -9.63 751 -11.32 B: Operations & Transport 726 708 2.54 652 11.35 C: Chemistry & Metallurgy 440 482 -8.71 479 -8.14 D: Textiles & Paper 29 20 45.00 24 20.83 E: Fixed Constructions 144 129 11.63 147 -2.04 F: Mechanical Engineering 413 397 4.03 353 17.00 G: Physics 1765 1731 1.96 1740 1.44 H: Electricity 2032 2012 0.99 1780 14.16 Explore the patents granted to Kentucky Inventors and Assignees.
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Kentucky Inventions — This Week
Kentucky Top Inventions This Week — October 20, 2015
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Kentucky Patents — So Far This Year
Kentucky Inventions So Far This Year