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Appendix 1

PCT applications filed in different technologies (2003 to 2008)

A) PCT Applications (2003-2008)

Table 4.1 Growth of patents in different subject area at USPTO ( 2003 to 2008)

Source: Compilation of data from Delphion database

S.No Assignee Country Industry 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

1 FORD MOTOR CO - HQ USA Automotive 22 25 18 43 46 50

2 TOYOTA MOTOR CORP - HQ Japan Automotive 184 378 737 1042 1623 1123

3 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD - HQ Japan Automotive 274 309 308 276 247 155

4 CUMMINS ENGINE CO INC - HQ USA Automotive 31 22 17 69 115 63

5 GENERAL MOTORS CORP - HQ USA Automotive 108 166 328 309 216 95

6 RENAULT - HQ France Automotive 96 155 259 273 343 323

7 GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO - HQ USA Automotive 2 2 0 0 4 2

8 Toyota Industries Japan Automotive 65 71 104 49 89 37

9 NISSAN MOTOR CO LTD - HQ Japan Automotive 121 181 285 164 145 92

10 EATON CORP - HQ USA Automotive 59 86 115 99 135 61

11 FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD - HQ Japan Automotive/Aerospace 0 3 11 22 7 0

12 IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC -HQ UK Chemical 8 29 21 12 31 16

13 DUPONT (NEMOURS E I & CO) - HQ USA Chemical 693 727 848 721 980 312

14 DOW CHEMICAL CO - HQ USA Chemical 383 445 401 400 641 375

15 NORSK HYDRO AS - HQ Norway Chemical 44 26 34 38 31 13

16 PPG INDUSTRIES INC - HQ USA Chemical 121 103 133 117 165 68

17 SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO LTD - HQ Japan Chemical 170 181 191 205 273 283

18 CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS INC - HQ Switzerland Chemical 13 16 18 15 12 42

19 EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO - HQ USA Chemical 62 85 133 116 175 41

20 NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD - HQ Japan Chemical 37 43 61 34 64 41

21 UBE INDUSTRIES LTD - HQ Japan Chemical 45 54 61 60 75 48

22 HENKEL KGAA - HQ Germany Chemical 278 221 319 245 397 151

23 ROHM & HAAS CO - HQ USA Chemical 0 0 0 0 0 4

24 JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC - HQ UK Chemical 63 57 40 26 41 15

25 AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC - HQ USA Chemical 21 23 4 11 20 13

26 LUBRIZOL CORP (THE) - HQ USA Chemical 72 66 78 65 86 38

27 SHOWA DENKO - HQ Japan Chemical 127 194 283 187 142 87

28 ASAHI KASEI CORP - HQ Japan Chemical 111 112 133 104 120 68

29 KAO CORP - HQ Japan Chemical 68 66 73 118 134 86

30 TORAY INDUSTRIES INC - HQ Japan Chemical 92 68 96 117 138 87

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31 DAINIPPON INK & CHEMICALS INC - HQ Japan Chemical 52 66 67 83 83 54

32 CLARIANT LTD - HQ Switzerland Chemical 124 114 98 93 106 71

33 JAPAN SYNTHETIC RUBBER CO LTD - HQ Japan Chemical 57 94 146 82 100 93

34 AGFA GEVAERT GROUP NV - HQ Belgium Chemical 46 6 35 98 70 26

35 RHODIA SA - HQ France Chemical 221 222 145 68 39 51

36 WACKER CHEMIE - HQ Germany Chemical 53 62 90 84 90 48

37 DAINIPPON SUMITOMO PHARMA CO LTD -HQ Japan Chemical 49 36 38 40 21 21

38 MITSUI & CO LTD - HQ Japan Chemical 81 93 111 125 138 64

39 E ON AG - HQ\DEGUSSA - FRANKFURT (SIS ID 109185) Germany Chemical 308 261 228 209 121 84

40 NIPPON KAYAKU CO LTD - HQ Japan Chemical 35 49 57 58 60 26

41 BASF AG - HQ Germany Chemical 964 936 952 1133 943 473

42 3M CO - HQ USA Conglomerates 727 890 824 867 1023 440

43 PROCTER & GAMBLE CO - HQ USA Conglomerates 567 772 755 736 928 406

44 SK GLOBAL CO LTD - HQ South Korea Conglomerates 45 94 138 77 60 51

45 XEROX CORP - HQ USA Electronics 15 10 7 19 14 4

46 PHILIPS ELECTRONICS KONINKLIJKE - HQ Netherlands Electronics 3861 3489 3705 3532 2938 1231

47 HITACHI LTD - HQ Japan Electronics 384 539 524 505 555 291

48 TOSHIBA CORP - HQ Japan Electronics 274 297 355 259 292 232

49 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC - HQ USA Electronics 26 46 292 347 522 368

50 SONY CORP - HQ Japan Electronics 1179 1127 849 918 985 463

51 MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD - HQ\EPCOS - GERMANY (554657) Germany Electronics 1506 2038 2555 2258 1940 924

52 SANYO ELECTRIC CO LTD - HQ Japan Electronics 119 131 92 92 113 75

53 THALES GROUP - HQ France Electronics 162 141 173 131 184 99

54 SAMSUNG GROUP - HQ South Korea Electronics 550 501 262 544 675 511

55 NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORP - HQ USA Electronics 6 2 11 7 22 11

56 HONEYWELL INTL INC - HQ USA Electronics 719 692 759 789 731 298

57 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO - HQ USA Electronics 612 680 552 714 818 293

58 STMICROELECTRONICS - HQ Switzerland Electronics 52 33 80 113 42 16

59 ABB ASEA BROWN BOVERI LTD - HQ Switzerland Electronics 220 259 292 291 350 182

60 AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC - HQ USA Electronics 42 141 158 71 45 10

61 LAM RESEARCH CORP USA Electronics 85 108 130 134 162 75

62 TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD - HQ USA Electronics 168 245 189 156 145 215

63 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP - HQ USA Medical Devices 569 609 627 555 738 263

64 STRYKER CORP - HQ USA Medical Devices 35 28 52 83 103 39

65 MEDTRONIC INC - HQ USA Medical Device 666 639 500 601 1031 326

66 ST JUDE MEDICAL INC - HQ USA Medical Devices 37 54 84 116 177 44

67 C R BARD INC - HQ USA Medical Devices 85 79 62 112 123 48

68 SYNTHES-STRATEC INC - HQ Switzerland Medical Devices 67 50 76 72 50 28

69 ZIMMER HOLDINGS INC - HQ USA Medical Devices 26 17 23 69 57 37

70 GAMBRO LUNDIA AB Sweden Medical Devices 46 52 45 33 20 5

71 SIEMENS AG - HQ Germany Telecom 2117 2394 2570 2586 3095 1543

72 NOKIA GROUP - HQ Finland Telecom 891 1148 1172 1089 1654 742

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73 ALCATEL - HQ France Telecom 112 55 175 390 796 393

74 BT GROUP PLC - HQ UK Telecom 61 59 62 67 120 86

75 KOREA TELECOM CORP - HQ South Korea Telecom 11 67 92 57 28 28

76 NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP-HQ Japan Telecom 140 228 177 211 277 227

77 FRANCE TELECOM - HQ France Telecom 190 251 262 419 473 168

78 AMGEN INC - HQ USA Biotech 131 85 128 139 147 91

79 APPLERA CORP - HQ USA Biotech 40 18 36 41 26 40

80 BIOGEN IDEC INC - HQ USA Biotech 67 65 73 77 65 40

81 BIOMERIEUX SA - HQ France Biotech 42 61 34 23 32 30

82 CAMBRIDGE ANTIBODY TECH GROUP PLC-HQ UK Biotech 3 6 4 11 6 0

83 CELL GENESYS INC USA Biotech 13 17 11 4 9 9

84 CEPHALON INC - HQ USA Biotech 12 40 16 21 37 8

85 CHR HANSEN A/S - HQ Denmark Biotech 18 19 20 13 4 12

86 CV THERAPEUTICS INC - HQ USA Biotech 0 0 0 0 1 0

87 GENZYME CORP - HQ USA Biotech 96 72 65 43 61 31

88 IMCLONE SYSTEMS INC - HQ USA Biotech 9 19 12 2 13 6

89 INCYTE GENOMICS INC - HQ USA Biotech 146 59 36 12 30 1

90 NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INC - HQ USA Biotech 5 16 13 5 2 0

91 SERONO INTERNATIONAL SA - HQ Switzerland Biotech 99 96 85 80 49 11

92 SMITH & NEPHEW PLC - HQ UK Biotech 55 51 66 68 85 71

93 AKZO NOBEL NV - HQ Netherlands Chem / Pharma 205 192 149 120 137 65

94 ALTANA AG - HQ Germany Chem / Pharma 63 107 114 69 34 7

95 BAYER AG - HQ Germany Chem / Pharma 921 948 972 699 771 392

96 DAIICHI Pharma CO LTD - HQ Japan Chem / Pharma 83 94 82 79 79 59

97 DSM NV - HQ Netherlands Chem / Pharma 225 210 217 270 320 207

98 KISSEI Pharma CO LTD - HQ Japan Chem / Pharma 21 14 28 21 3 11

99 LONZA GROUP LTD - HQ Switzerland Chem / Pharma 36 27 34 20 17 14

100 L'OREAL SA - HQ France Chem / Pharma 150 96 131 121 199 73

101 MERCK KGAA - HQ Germany Chem / Pharma 298 324 323 249 205 88

102 MITSUBISHI WELPHARMA CORP - HQ Japan Chem / Pharma 15 22 25 16 9 3

103 NOVO NORDISK A/S - HQ Denmark Chem / Pharma 232 310 343 236 285 165

104 RANBAXY LABORATORIES LTD - HQ India Chem / Pharma 5 12 8 7 7 15

105 SCHWARZ PHARMA AG - HQ Germany Chem / Pharma 131 82 51 42 58 29

106 ABBOTT LABORATORIES - HQ USA Pharma 256 188 193 334 604 173

107 ACTELION PharmaS LTD - HQ Switzerland Pharma 14 37 30 29 49 20

108 ALLERGAN INC - HQ USA Pharma 54 106 155 97 165 46

109 AMYLIN PharmaS INC - HQ USA Pharma 21 8 18 25 21 8

110 ASTELLAS PHARMA INC - HQ\FUJISAWA PHARMACEUT CO Japan Pharma 122 91 90 53 37 24

111 ASTRAZENECA PLC - HQ UK Pharma 294 374 315 378 390 213

112 BARR PharmaS INC - HQ USA Pharma 27 25 17 20 27 10

113 BAUSCH & LOMB INC - HQ USA Pharma 66 86 93 93 123 42

114 BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC - HQ USA Pharma 121 103 58 33 65 93

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115 BEAUFOUR IPSEN INTERNATIONAL - HQ France Pharma 2 2 9 2 8 4

116 BEIERSDORF AG - HQ Germany Pharma 124 88 94 56 103 68

117 BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM GMBH - HQ Germany Pharma 86 71 92 60 60 108

118 BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO - HQ USA Pharma 299 246 243 200 201 92

119 CELGENE CORP - HQ USA Pharma 61 57 39 30 40 10

120 EISAI CO LTD - HQ Japan Pharma 80 94 102 122 61 47

121 ELAN CORP - HQ Ireland Pharma 77 67 68 88 34 12

122 ELI LILLY & CO - HQ USA Pharma 148 165 165 94 94 29

123 EXELIXIS INC - HQ USA Pharma 123 98 59 51 15 10

124 GILEAD SCIENCES - HQ USA Pharma 31 60 39 22 57 17

125 GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC - HQ UK Pharma 1 11 8 14 3 1

126 INTERMUNE INC - HQ USA Pharma 7 38 11 21 4 7

127 JOHNSON & JOHNSON - HQ USA Pharma 604 725 927 735 947 355

128 KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO LTD - HQ Japan Pharma 70 77 78 63 76 42

129 LUNDBECK H A/S - HQ Denmark Pharma 39 43 24 14 23 21

130 MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD - HQ Japan Pharma 26 24 13 19 28 14

131 MERCK & CO INC - HQ USA Pharma 660 723 672 622 556 244

132 MILLENNIUM PharmaS INC - HQ USA Pharma 30 27 22 16 19 9

133 MYLAN LABORATORIES INC - HQ USA Pharma 2 2 6 8 2 28

134 NIPPON SHINYAKU CO LTD - HQ Japan Pharma 9 14 14 6 10 7

135 NOVARTIS INTERNATIONAL AG - HQ Switzerland Pharma 551 571 499 595 670 200

136 ONO PHARMACEUT CO LTD - HQ Japan Pharma 35 54 35 26 18 5

137 ORION CORP - HQ Finland Pharma 18 22 29 21 5 4

138 OSI PharmaS INC - HQ USA Pharma 2 28 45 23 14 20

139 PFIZER INC - HQ USA Pharma 965 810 575 391 317 112

140 REGENERON PHARMACEUTIC INC - HQ USA Pharma 13 28 20 21 16 6

141 ROCHE HOLDING LTD - HQ Switzerland Pharma 417 526 579 504 595 352

142 SANOFI AVENTIS - HQ France Pharma 259 279 269 204 209 128

143 SANTEN Pharma CO LTD - HQ Japan Pharma 19 31 25 13 15 22

144 SCHERING PLOUGH CORP - HQ USA Pharma 121 141 123 186 297 127

145 SEPRACOR INC - HQ USA Pharma 21 10 23 11 10 11

146 SHIONOGI & CO LTD - HQ Japan Pharma 34 38 45 38 38 26

147 SHIRE PharmaS GROUP PLC - HQ UK Pharma 44 37 15 19 21 4

148 TAISHO Pharma CO LTD - HQ Japan Pharma 6 6 10 9 0 0

149 TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD - HQ Japan Pharma 189 153 150 138 149 81

150 TANABE SEIYAKU CO LTD - HQ Japan Pharma 26 42 44 27 22 17

151 TEVA Pharma INDUST LTD - HQ Israel Pharma 134 176 203 243 230 103

152 UCB SA - HQ Belgium Pharma 131 82 51 42 58 29

153 VERTEX PharmaS INC - HQ USA Pharma 51 90 63 81 81 42

154 WYETH - HQ USA Pharma 205 262 313 272 358 135

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B) US Applications (2003-2008)


1 FORD MOTOR CO - HQ USA Automotive 59 48 40 39 43 2

2 TOYOTA MOTOR CORP - HQ Japan Automotive 294 404 554 718 564 306

3 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD - HQ Japan Automotive 551 696 851 779 820 599

4 CUMMINS ENGINE CO INC - HQ USA Automotive 0 0 0 0 0 0







11 FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD - HQ Japan Automotive/Aerospace Div. 0 0 0 0 0 1

12 IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC -HQ UK Chemical 7 14 14 1 2 0

13 DUPONT (NEMOURS E I & CO) - HQ USA Chemical 74 143 201 247 314 331

14 DOW CHEMICAL CO - HQ USA Chemical 76 26 32 13 33 37

15 NORSK HYDRO AS - HQ Norway Chemical 5 1 5 2 3 0

16 PPG INDUSTRIES INC - HQ USA Chemical 9 5 5 24 87 48

17 SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO LTD - HQ Japan Chemical 150 181 215 159 136 114

18 CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS INC - HQ Switzerland Chemical 0 5 2 0 0 0

19 EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO - HQ USA Chemical 8 4 4 14 55 41

20 NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD - HQ Japan Chemical 25 24 31 29 7 9

21 UBE INDUSTRIES LTD - HQ Japan Chemical 35 39 34 16 18 11

22 HENKEL KGAA - HQ Germany Chemical 30 10 54 26 36 40

23 ROHM & HAAS CO - HQ USA Chemical 0 0 2 3 0 5

24 JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC - HQ UK Chemical 6 5 12 15 9 6

25 AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC - HQ USA Chemical 6 5 4 2 86 54

26 LUBRIZOL CORP (THE) - HQ USA Chemical 18 24 24 29 18 14

27 SHOWA DENKO - HQ Japan Chemical 88 100 174 118 43 46

28 ASAHI KASEI CORP - HQ Japan Chemical 20 28 73 38 26 23


30 TORAY INDUSTRIES INC - HQ Japan Chemical 52 43 48 47 23 12

31 DAINIPPON INK & CHEMICALS INC - HQ Japan Chemical 24 17 29 17 0 0

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32 CLARIANT LTD - HQ Switzerland Chemical 56 65 59 44 45 33

33 JAPAN SYNTHETIC RUBBER CO LTD - HQ Japan Chemical 63 95 82 59 34 15



36 WACKER CHEMIE - HQ Germany Chemical 55 43 84 70 66 21

37 DAINIPPON SUMITOMO PHARMA CO LTD -HQ Japan Chemical 0 7 10 9 3 4

38 MITSUI & CO LTD - HQ Japan Chemical 57 73 80 76 40 5




42 3M CO - HQ USA Conglomerates 526 508 488 628 484 204


44 SK GLOBAL CO LTD - HQ South Korea Conglomerates 12 19 52 32 9 7

45 HYUNDAI MOBIS - HQ South Korea Conglomerates 60 46 51 22 19 16


47 PHILIPS ELECTRONICS KONINKLIJKE - HQ Netherlands Electronics 1291 1531 1814 1333 284 35


49 TOSHIBA CORP - HQ Japan Electronics 1173 1518 1708 1993 2197 2195

50 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC - HQ USA Electronics 280 319 547 677 759 390


52 MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD - HQ Japan Electronics 1312 1942 2300 1631 1049 604



55 SAMSUNG GROUP Korea Electronics 2449 3322 4951 7352 7814 5335











66 MEDTRONIC INC - HQ USA Medical Devices 310 356 315 360 355 143


68 C R BARD INC - HQ USA Medical D 3 17 21 24 23 31




72 SIEMENS AG - HQ Germany Telecom 441 771 776 601 341 292

73 NOKIA GROUP - HQ Finland Telecom 574 907 831 938 830 299

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74 ALCATEL - HQ France Telecom 184 151 279 292 402 123

75 BT GROUP PLC - HQ UK Telecom 12 18 19 19 18 0

76 KOREA TELECOM CORP - HQ South Korea Telecom 0 0 0 0 0 0

77 NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP-HQ Japan Telecom 34 61 60 33 19 11

78 FRANCE TELECOM - HQ France Telecom 57 85 99 94 63 25



81 BIOGEN IDEC INC USA Biotech 17 23 33 44 33 17













94 AKZO NOBEL NV - HQ Netherlands Chem / Pharma 36 65 82 72 45 5

95 ALTANA AG - HQ Germany Chem / Pharma 25 42 38 15 5 2

96 BAYER AG - HQ Germany Chem / Pharma 85 154 194 148 97 134

97 DAIICHI Pharma CO LTD - HQ Japan Chem / Pharma 30 48 34 32 13 14

98 DSM NV - HQ Netherlands Chem / Pharma 42 25 47 29 36 25

99 KISSEI Pharma CO LTD - HQ Japan Chem / Pharma 4 11 14 11 5 4

100 LONZA GROUP LTD - HQ Switzerland Chem / Pharma 8 6 14 5 5 2

101 L'OREAL SA - HQ France Chem / Pharma 261 207 260 225 186 102

102 MERCK KGAA - HQ Germany Chem / Pharma 66 27 53 35 23 8

103 MITSUBISHI WELPHARMA CORP - HQ Japan Chem / Pharma 7 9 13 3 3 2

104 NOVO NORDISK A/S - HQ Denmark Chem / Pharma 68 83 176 209 119 75

105 RANBAXY LABORATORIES LTD - HQ India Chem / Pharma 2 2 6 3 1 0

106 SCHWARZ PHARMA AG - HQ Germany Chem / Pharma 25 35 31 24 12 9

107 ABBOTT LABORATORIES - HQ USA Pharma 21 26 28 103 190 161

108 ACTELION PharmaS LTD - HQ Switzerland Pharma 2 7 6 11 9 3

109 ALLERGAN INC - HQ USA Pharma 60 114 85 107 111 98

110 AMYLIN PharmaS INC - HQ USA Pharma 1 2 9 13 5 7

111 ASTELLAS PHARMA INC - HQ\FUJISAWA PHARMACEUT CO Japan Pharma 59 71 57 48 28 15

112 ASTRAZENECA PLC - HQ UK Pharma 137 156 168 210 170 99

113 BARR PharmaS INC - HQ USA Pharma 0 0 0 0 0 0

114 BAUSCH & LOMB INC - HQ USA Pharma 15 10 61 36 17 3

115 BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC - HQ USA Pharma 35 18 20 24 94 46

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116 BEAUFOUR IPSEN INTERNATIONAL - HQ France Pharma 0 0 0 2 1 4

117 BEIERSDORF AG - HQ Germany Pharma 35 101 39 22 7 8

118 BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM GMBH - HQ Germany Pharma 242 222 293 143 56 74

119 BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO - HQ USA Pharma 19 26 26 120 176 105

120 CELGENE CORP - HQ USA Pharma 5 13 12 12 9 23

121 EISAI CO LTD - HQ Japan Pharma 31 46 54 57 25 22

122 ELAN CORP - HQ Ireland Pharma 44 28 26 47 39 28

123 ELI LILLY & CO - HQ USA Pharma 41 46 51 8 5 1

124 EXELIXIS INC - HQ USA Pharma 6 19 21 8 11 3

125 GILEAD SCIENCES - HQ USA Pharma 22 19 27 14 11 15

126 GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC - HQ UK Pharma 201 179 187 195 176 154

127 INTERMUNE INC - HQ USA Pharma 1 2 0 2 2 3

128 JOHNSON & JOHNSON - HQ USA Pharma 6 3 15 5 1 0

129 KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO LTD - HQ Japan Pharma 59 79 68 53 27 26

130 LUNDBECK H A/S - HQ Denmark Pharma 27 31 18 15 11 18

131 MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD - HQ Japan Pharma 7 6 5 7 0 1

132 MERCK & CO INC - HQ USA Pharma 25 17 21 8 4 3

133 MILLENNIUM PharmaS INC - HQ USA Pharma 102 65 68 46 45 22

134 MYLAN LABORATORIES INC - HQ USA Pharma 1 2 2 2 7 3

135 NIPPON SHINYAKU CO LTD - HQ Japan Pharma 0 0 4 2 2 2

136 NOVARTIS INTERNATIONAL AG - HQ Switzerland Pharma 3 15 29 64 40 42

137 ONO PHARMACEUT CO LTD - HQ Japan Pharma 17 23 22 16 11 6

138 ORION CORP - HQ Finland Pharma 4 4 1 2 1 0

139 OSI PharmaS INC - HQ USA Pharma 6 4 0 0 2 4

140 PFIZER INC - HQ USA Pharma 343 409 208 129 103 67

141 REGENERON PHARMACEUTIC INC - HQ USA Pharma 0 2 1 2 5 14

142 ROCHE HOLDING LTD - HQ Switzerland Pharma 57 42 72 108 105 81

143 SANOFI AVENTIS - HQ France Pharma 3 0 33 56 90 104

144 SANTEN Pharma CO LTD - HQ Japan Pharma 8 10 8 7 6 0

145 SCHERING PLOUGH CORP - HQ USA Pharma 11 9 5 10 12 12

146 SEPRACOR INC - HQ USA Pharma 19 19 14 11 9 13

147 SHIONOGI & CO LTD - HQ Japan Pharma 13 9 6 9 5 3

148 SHIRE PharmaS GROUP PLC - HQ UK Pharma 3 5 5 7 8 40

149 TAISHO Pharma CO LTD – HQ Japan Pharma 9 6 6 3 4 5

150 TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD – HQ Japan Pharma 110 85 110 79 76 55

151 TANABE SEIYAKU CO LTD – HQ Japan Pharma 6 9 7 12 12 4

152 TEVA Pharma INDUST LTD - HQ Israel Pharma 18 15 21 32 16 19

153 UCB SA – HQ Belgium Pharma 10 5 11 19 8 4

154 VERTEX PharmaS INC – HQ USA Pharma 9 10 3 8 6 9

155 WYETH – HQ USA Pharma 178 183 210 283 266 203

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C) EP Applications (2003-2008)


1 FORD MOTOR CO USA Automotive 283 189 154 133 160 41

2 TOYOTA MOTOR CORP Japan Automotive 628 770 798 1024 825 163

3 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD Japan Automotive 724 664 568 476 401 340

4 CUMMINS ENGINE CO INC USA Automotive 39 20 12 23 12 2







11 FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD - HQ Japan Automotive/Aerospace Div. 117 103 48 51 32 23

12 IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC –HQ UK Chemical 6 16 12 15 5 0

13 DUPONT (NEMOURS E I & CO) – HQ USA Chemical 512 476 536 546 293 16

14 DOW CHEMICAL CO – HQ USA Chemical 294 293 289 290 206 61

15 NORSK HYDRO AS – HQ Norway Chemical 45 22 29 56 30 22

16 PPG INDUSTRIES INC – HQ USA Chemical 80 51 67 72 37 0

17 SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO LTD – HQ Japan Chemical 193 176 146 160 112 20

18 CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS INC – HQ Switzerland Chemical 5 3 5 1 22 0

19 EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO – HQ USA Chemical 52 67 93 120 42 0

20 NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD – HQ Japan Chemical 45 56 43 35 23 2

21 UBE INDUSTRIES LTD – HQ Japan Chemical 56 60 37 38 26 0

22 HENKEL KGAA – HQ Germany Chemical 183 163 226 244 204 25

23 ROHM & HAAS CO – HQ USA Chemical 5 6 20 12 25 61

24 JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC – HQ UK Chemical 36 34 30 20 21 0

25 AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC – HQ USA Chemical 144 147 118 107 110 64

26 LUBRIZOL CORP (THE) – HQ USA Chemical 55 48 45 48 30 0

27 SHOWA DENKO – HQ Japan Chemical 96 133 87 100 63 4

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28 ASAHI KASEI CORP – HQ Japan Chemical 121 132 143 110 59 0


30 TORAY INDUSTRIES INC – HQ Japan Chemical 110 102 112 109 63 0

31 DAINIPPON INK & CHEMICALS INC – HQ Japan Chemical 85 67 56 61 35 0

32 CLARIANT LTD – HQ Switzerland Chemical 147 142 126 114 78 29

33 JAPAN SYNTHETIC RUBBER CO LTD – HQ Japan Chemical 114 151 117 72 39 11



36 WACKER CHEMIE – HQ Germany Chemical 94 93 110 92 89 23

37 DAINIPPON SUMITOMO PHARMA CO LTD –HQ Japan Chemical 52 33 30 32 6 0

38 MITSUI & CO LTD – HQ Japan Chemical 136 137 129 117 78 2




42 3M CO – HQ USA Conglomerates 563 656 502 552 326 0


44 SK GLOBAL CO LTD – HQ South Korea Conglomerates 28 49 45 58 17 2

45 HYUNDAI MOBIS – HQ South Korea Conglomerates


47 PHILIPS ELECTRONICS KONINKLIJKE – HQ Netherlands Electronics 2777 2486 2352 1792 972 0


49 TOSHIBA CORP – HQ Japan Electronics 724 776 733 499 505 224

50 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC – HQ USA Electronics 333 170 165 185 59 9


52 MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD - HQ\EPCOS - GERMANY (554657) Japan Electronics 2469 2514 1849 1306 808 135



55 SAMSUNG GROUP - HQ South Korea Electronics 1614 2263 2702 2812 2724 1226











66 MEDTRONIC INC - HQ USA Medical Devices 381 418 285 302 275 6


68 C R BARD INC - HQ USA Medical Devices 67 63 37 67 34 3


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72 SIEMENS AG - HQ Germany Telecommunications 2653 2645 2549 2827 2133 477

73 NOKIA GROUP - HQ Finland Telecommunications 882 872 860 940 729 8

74 ALCATEL - HQ France Telecommunications 893 967 915 759 607 64

75 BT GROUP PLC - HQ UK Telecommunications 27 35 46 122 135 0

76 KOREA TELECOM CORP - HQ South Korea Telecommunications 6 15 24 24 13 0

77 NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP-HQ Japan Telecommunications 541 516 425 465 296 72

78 FRANCE TELECOM - HQ France Telecommunications 205 287 223 260 203 35



81 BIOGEN IDEC INC - HQ USA Biotech 56 50 40 29 16 0













94 AKZO NOBEL NV - HQ Netherlands Chem/Pharma 156 125 124 132 69 6

95 ALTANA AG - HQ Germany Chem/Pharma 45 59 71 21 13 1

96 BAYER AG - HQ Germany Chem/Pharma 797 726 619 574 503 65

97 DAIICHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD - HQ Japan Chem/Pharma 62 75 53 60 26 2

98 DSM NV - HQ Netherlands Chem/Pharma 181 179 168 216 142 3

99 KISSEI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD - HQ Japan Chem/Pharma 25 13 20 18 1 0

100 LONZA GROUP LTD - HQ Switzerland Chem/Pharma 23 32 26 18 17 0

101 L'OREAL SA - HQ France Chem/Pharma 384 411 462 310 279 112

102 MERCK KGAA - HQ Germany Chem/Pharma 288 308 254 220 134 4

103 MITSUBISHI WELPHARMA CORP - HQ Japan Chem/Pharma 21 13 21 11 5 0

104 NOVO NORDISK A/S - HQ Denmark Chem/Pharma 178 204 198 179 117 0

105 RANBAXY LABORATORIES LTD - HQ India Chem/Pharma 1 2 1 1 6 2

106 SCHWARZ PHARMA AG - HQ Germany Chem/Pharma 82 54 40 35 29 0

107 ABBOTT LABORATORIES - HQ USA Chem/Pharma 148 115 110 185 119 1

108 ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD - HQ Switzerland Chem/Pharma 6 23 14 14 14 0

109 ALLERGAN INC - HQ USA Chem/Pharma 31 54 74 39 44 0

110 AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC - HQ USA Chem/Pharma 14 3 12 13 6 0

111 ASTELLAS PHARMA INC - HQ\FUJISAWA PHARMACEUT CO Japan Chem/Pharma 115 80 57 48 23 0

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112 ASTRAZENECA PLC - HQ UK Chem/Pharma 223 266 229 291 155 0

113 BARR PHARMACEUTICALS INC - HQ USA Chem/Pharma 9 14 6 11 14 0

114 BAUSCH & LOMB INC - HQ USA Chem/Pharma 43 60 42 31 31 1

115 BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC - HQ USA Chem/Pharma 67 53 34 27 25 0

116 BEAUFOUR IPSEN INTERNATIONAL - HQ France Chem/Pharma 0 2 0 0 1 0

117 BEIERSDORF AG - HQ Germany Chem/Pharma 186 162 139 106 96 48

118 BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM GMBH - HQ Germany Chem/Pharma 60 50 45 31 132 4

119 BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO - HQ USA Chem/Pharma 232 176 123 125 61 1

120 CELGENE CORP - HQ USA Chem/Pharma 55 45 27 22 7 0

121 EISAI CO LTD - HQ Japan Chem/Pharma 83 66 81 98 29 0

122 ELAN CORP - HQ Ireland Chem/Pharma 50 39 28 48 18 0

123 ELI LILLY & CO - HQ USA Chem/Pharma 108 111 97 64 32 0

124 EXELIXIS INC - HQ USA Chem/Pharma 55 54 35 19 4 0

125 GILEAD SCIENCES - HQ USA Chem/Pharma 15 29 20 15 12 0

126 GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC - HQ UK Chem/Pharma 597 535 429 528 433 236

127 INTERMUNE INC - HQ USA Chem/Pharma 3 4 0 0 0 0

128 JOHNSON & JOHNSON - HQ USA Chem/Pharma 887 963 980 1007 752 276

129 KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO LTD - HQ Japan Chem/Pharma 89 86 66 65 19 3

130 LUNDBECK H A/S - HQ Denmark Chem/Pharma 16 31 15 22 8 1

131 MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD - HQ Japan Chem/Pharma 28 21 15 12 8 1

132 MERCK & CO INC - HQ USA Chem/Pharma 626 629 504 479 244 5

133 MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC - HQ USA Chem/Pharma 18 23 11 10 7 0

134 MYLAN LABORATORIES INC - HQ USA Chem/Pharma 2 1 4 4 0 0

135 NIPPON SHINYAKU CO LTD - HQ Japan Chem/Pharma 12 16 10 3 9 0

136 NOVARTIS INTERNATIONAL AG - HQ Switzerland Chem/Pharma 427 402 299 463 276 10

137 ONO PHARMACEUT CO LTD - HQ Japan Chem/Pharma 43 68 28 24 7 0

138 ORION CORP - HQ Finland Chem/Pharma 44 53 78 54 14 0

139 OSI PHARMACEUTICALS INC - HQ USA Chem/Pharma 2 14 22 17 7 0

140 PFIZER INC - HQ USA Chem/Pharma 643 438 298 230 61 1

141 REGENERON PHARMACEUTIC INC - HQ USA Chem/Pharma 8 7 8 7 3 0

142 ROCHE HOLDING LTD - HQ Switzerland Chem/Pharma 446 522 530 548 392 31

143 SANOFI AVENTIS - HQ France Chem/Pharma 217 221 212 172 101 0

144 SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD - HQ Japan Chem/Pharma 19 21 9 20 4 0

145 SCHERING PLOUGH CORP - HQ USA Chem/Pharma 92 87 84 141 87 4

146 SEPRACOR INC - HQ USA Chem/Pharma 6 5 7 6 4 0

147 SHIONOGI & CO LTD - HQ Japan Chem/Pharma 23 24 27 39 18 1

148 SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS GROUP PLC - HQ UK Chem/Pharma 23 28 14 12 6 1

149 TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD - HQ Japan Chem/Pharma 34 36 34 18 24 12

150 TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD - HQ Japan Chem/Pharma 179 161 119 120 58 1

151 TANABE SEIYAKU CO LTD - HQ Japan Chem/Pharma 30 39 35 38 24 1

152 TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUST LTD - HQ Israel Chem/Pharma 97 119 121 157 105 20

153 UCB SA - HQ Belgium Chem/Pharma 82 54 40 35 29 1

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154 VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC USA Chem/Pharma 39 50 35 50 34 0

155 WYETH USA Chem/Pharma 171 168 160 178 94 1

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Appendix 2

Analysis of abstracted literature by CAS over a period of 100 years (1907-2007)

Year

Total Abstracts in the year

Journal articles Patents Books

Patent Equivalents

1907 11,847 7,994 3,853 0 -

1908 15,169 11,414 3,658 97 -

1909 15,459 11,455 3,806 198 -

1910 17,545 13,006 3,754 785 -

1911 21,682 15,892 5,014 776 -

1912 23,194 15,740 6,919 535 -

1913 26,630 19,025 6,946 659 -

1914 25,115 16,468 7,920 727 -

1915 18,981 12,200 6,159 622 -

1916 16,108 10,519 5,265 324 -

1917 15,945 10,921 4,680 344 -

1918 13,881 9,283 4,074 524 -

1919 15,240 10,957 3,741 542 -

1920 19,326 13,619 4,432 1,275 -

1921 20,451 15,211 4,265 975 -

1922 24,098 18,070 5,142 886 -

1923 25,315 19,507 4,749 1,059 -

1924 26,643 20,523 5,084 1,036 -

1925 27,097 20,951 5,475 671 -

1926 30,238 23,103 6,099 1036 -

1927 33,491 25,037 7,872 582 -

1928 39,135 28,153 9,936 1,046 -

1929 48,293 29,082 17,867 1,344 -

1930 55,146 32,731 21,246 1,169 -

1931 52,728 32,278 18,904 1,546 -

1932 59,461 37,403 20,678 1,380 -

1933 66,153 36,139 28,051 1,963 -

1934 61,570 38,371 21,824 1,375 -

1935 63,413 42,593 19,241 1,579 -

1936 64,572 41,927 20,836 1,809 -

1937 64,735 44,032 19,006 1,697 -

1938 66,928 45,917 19,515 1,496 -

1939 67,108 45,414 19,893 1,801 -

1940 53,680 40,626 11,635 1,421 -

1941 54,094 35,588 17,176 1,330 -

1942 45,646 30,479 14,334 833 -

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1943 43,669 30,523 11,473 1,673 -

1944 43,700 30,440 11,494 1,766 -

1945 33,672 22,824 9,357 1,491 -

1946 39,578 29,943 8,810 825 -

1947 39,288 30,461 7,925 902 -

1948 43,996 35,867 7,002 1,127 -

1949 53,441 40,612 11,390 1,439 -

1950 59,098 47,496 10,063 1,539 -

1951 63,033 50,657 10,417 1,959 -

1952 70,147 56,419 12,185 1,543 -

1953 75,091 61,273 11,906 1,912 -

1954 80,615 67,606 11,083 1,926 -

1955 86,322 74,664 9,926 1,732 -

1956 92,396 78,009 12,350 2,037 -

1957 1,02,525 84,205 16,822 1,498 -

1958 1,18,930 95,736 21,920 1,274 -

1959 1,27,196 98,680 26,760 1,756 -

1960 1,34,255 1,04,484 27,675 2,096 -

1961 1,46,893 1,18,337 26,249 2,307 7,609

1962 1,69,351 1,40,168 26,467 2,716 5,787

1963 1,71,404 1,41,016 26,240 4,148 8,400

1964 1,89,993 1,61,489 26,422 2,082 13,375

1965 1,97,083 1,65,770 29,225 2,088 19,312

1966 2,20,303 1,81,715 35,031 3,557 28,940

1967 2,42,527 2,02,684 36,797 3,046 26,766

1968 2,32,508 1,98,035 31,720 2,753 19,180

1969 2,52,320 2,10,344 39,424 2,252 33,026

1970 2,76,674 2,30,902 43,044 2,728 33,068

1971 3,08,976 2,62,127 43,405 3,444 41,129

1972 3,34,426 2,80,143 51,179 3,104 44,622

1973 3,21,005 2,69,711 48,683 2,611 35,544

1974 3,33,624 2,72,235 58,436 2,953 42,039

1975 3,92,234 3,17,472 58,471 6,291 62,311

1976 3,90,905 3,17,985 67,176 5,744 67,603

1977 4,10,137 3,48,059 55,441 6,637 68,088

1978 4,28,342 3,63,195 57,343 7,804 70,217

1979 4,36,887 3,70,771 58,738 7,378 78,854

1980 4,75,739 4,07,342 61,998 6,399 72,937

1981 4,50,587 3,37,973 71,180 5,434 98,739

1982 4,57,789 3,81,257 70,774 5,758 99,658

1983 4,51,753 3,71,389 74,948 5,416 95,811

1984 4,60,569 3,80,692 73,907 5,970 1,11,239

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1985 4,57,931 3,80,091 73,073 4,767 98,781

1986 4,74,429 3,84,141 85,767 4,521 1,04,453

1987 4,76,178 3,86,466 85,219 4,493 1,02,419

1988 4,74,545 3,89,685 80,795 4,065 1,03,583

1989 4,89,191 3,97,158 88,099 3,934 1,12,437

1990 4,89,517 3,94,945 91,082 3,490 1,18,113

1991 5,53,051 4,53,640 95,526 3,885 1,33,666

1992 5,32,437 4,30,247 98,505 3,685 1,35,831

1993 5,51,405 4,48,733 99,411 3,261 1,35,837

1994 6,53,055 5,42,511 1,07,226 3,318 1,22,752

1995 6,87,789 5,62,955 1,21,214 3,620 1,26,459

1996 7,06,269 5,79,107 1,21,682 5,480 1,41,374

1997 7,16,564 5,85,530 1,25,883 5,151 1,30,892

1998 6,81,008 5,59,009 1,17,815 4,184 1,49,646

1999 7,20,545 5,91,092 1,25,393 4,060 1,64,863

2000 7,25,195 5,73,469 1,46,590 5,136 1,73,600

2001 7,55,915 6,06,680 1,44,498 4,737 2,00,913

2002 8,03,453 6,30,453 1,67,882 5,214 2,79,648

2003 8,14,381 6,46,912 1,64,344 3,125 3,45,678

2004 8,65,066 6,85,796 1,73,669 5,601 3,93,876

2005 9,81,096 7,37,480 2,44,575 9,041 3,67,440

2006 10,16,669 7,63,840 2,48,247 4,582 5,89,721

2007 10,86,941 8,16,778 2,65,637 4,526 6,35,831

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Appendix 3

Different Patent Databases having Country Coverage

Country Treaty ISO Code WPI INPADOC EDOC APIPAT CA

Search

Other

Databases

Albania AL

Argentina AR 1975- 1973-

ARIPO AP 1984-

Armenia AM

Australia AU 1963-

1960,

1982-

1973- 1973- 1967-

Austria EPO AT[OE] 1975- 1969- 1971- 1967-

Azerbaijan AZ

Barbados BB[BD]

Belarus BY

Belgium EPO BE 1963- 1964- 1964- 1964- 1967- CLAIMS:

1950-1979

Benin OAPI BJ[DA]

Brazil BR 1976- 1973- 1976-

Bulgaria BG 1973-

Burkina

Faso

OAPI BF[HV,

UV]

Cameroon OAPI CM[KA]

Canada CA 1963- 1970- 1970- 1964- 1967-

Central

African

Republic

OAPI CF[ZF]

Chad OAPI TD[TS]

China CN 1985- 1985- CHINAPATS

:

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1985-

Congo OAPI CG[GF]

Cuba CU 1974-

Cyprus CY 1975-

Czech

Republic

CZ 1993- 1993-

Czechoslov

akia

CS 1975-

1992

1973-

1992

1967-

Denmark EPO DK 1974- 1968- 1967-

Egypt EG[ET] 1976-

Estonia EE

Europe EP 1978- 1978- 1978- 1978- 1979- EPAT:

1978-

EPOIS:

1978-

PATOSEP:

1978-

European

patents:19

78-

PHARMSEA

RCH: 1985-

Finland FI[SF] 1974- 1968- 1967-

France EPO FR 1963- 1968- 1968- 1964- 1967- FPAT:

1969-

CLAIMS:

1950-1979

PHARMSEA

RCH: 1961-

1973,

1985-

Gabon OAPI GA

Georgia GE

GDR DD[DL](E 1963- 1973- 1983- 1967- PATDD:

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G) 1982-

FRG EPO DE[DT](D

S,GE)

1963- 1967- 1968- 1964- 1967- PATDPA:

1968-

PATOSDE:

1968-

CLAIMS:

1950-1979

PHARMSEA

RCH: 1992-

Greece EPO GR 1977-

Guinea OAPI GW

Hong Kong HK 1976-

Hungary HU 1975- 1973- 1967-

Iceland IS

India IN 1975- 1967-

Ireland EPO IE[EI] 1963-

1969

1995-

1973-

Israel IL 1975- 1968- 1967-

Italy EPO IT 1966-

1969

1977-

1973- 1967-

1974

ITALPAT:

1983-

Ivory Coast OAPI CI

Japan JP(J#)[JA] 1963- 1973- 1973- 1968- 1967- JAPIO:

1976-

PATOLIS:

1955-

Kazakhstan KZ

Kenya ARIPO KE 1975-

Korea,

North

KP[KN]

Korea,

South

KR[KS] 1986- 1978-

Kyrgyzstan KG

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Latvia LV

Lesotho LS

Liberia ARIPO LR

Liechtenste

in

EPO LI

Lithuania LT

Luxembour

g

EPO LU 1984- 1960- 1961-

Macedonia

(former

Yugoslav

Republic

MK

Madagasca

r

MG[MD]

Malawi ARIPO MW 1973-

Mali OAPI ML[MJ]

Malaysia MY 1953-

Malta MT 1967-

Mauritania OAPI MR[MT]

Mexico MX 1995- 1981-

Moldova MD

Monaco EPO MC 1975-

Mongolia MN[MO] 1972-

Netherland

s

EPO NL 1963- 1964- 1965- 1964- 1967- CLAIMS:

1950-1979

New

Zealand

NZ 1992- 1978-

Niger OAPI NE

Norway NO 1974- 1968- 1967-

OAPI OA 1964-

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PCT WO(WP) 1978- 1978- 1978- 1978- 1979- PCTPAT:

1978-

PATOSWO:

1983

PHARMSEA

RCH: 1992-

Philippines PH[RP] 1994- 1975-

Poland PL[PO] 1973- 1967-

Portugal EPO PT 1974- 1976-

Romania RO [RU] 1975- 1973- 1967-

Russia RU 1993- 1993-

Senegal OAPI SN

Singapore SG 1995- 1983-

Slovakia SK 1993-

Slovenia SI 1994-

South

Africa

ZA(SA) 1963- 1971- 1964- 1968-

Spain EPO ES 1983- 1968- 1967-

Sri Lanka LK[CL]

Sudan ARIPO SD

Swaziland ARIPO SZ

Sweden EPO SE[SW] 1974- 1968- 1973- 1967-

Switzerland EPO CH (SW) 1963- 1969- 1968- 1967-

Taiwan TW 1993-

Tajikistan TJ

Trinidad &

Tobago

TT

Togo OAPI TG[TO]

Turkey TR 1973-

Turkmenist TM

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an

Uganda ARIPO UG

Ukraine UA

United

Kingdom

EPO GB(BR) 1963- 1969- 1968- 1964- 1967- CLAIMS:

1950-1979

PHARMSEA

RCH: 1992-

United

States

US 1963- 1968- 1969- 1964- 1967- CLAIMS:

1950-

USPatents:

1970-

LEXPAT:

1975-

PATFULL:

1975-

USPATFULL

: 1975-

PHARMSEA

RCH: 1985-

USSR SU(RU) 1963- 1972- 1983- 1967-

Uzbekistan UZ

Vietnam VN 1984-

Yugoslavia YU 1973-

Zambia ARIPO ZM[ZB] 1968-

Zimbabwe ARIPO ZW[RH] 1980-

(Source : Kirk Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology 1993)

(http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/kirk/articles/patesimm.a01/sce 13.htm)

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Appendix 4

Ranking of Assignee with patent grant year-wise by USPTO in chemical sciences 1977 to 2006

Source : USPTO 2007) Black = Patent Granted and Red = patent Application

Assignee Pre 1993 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Abbott Laboratories 637 816

91 99

99 113

82 234

130 133

159 112

122 101

122 109

106 82

105 71

93 50

82 31

46 14

41 3

53 0

Akzo Nobel NV 0 24

0 40

18 80

53 106

34 74

80 110

98 97

109 82

89 94

84 118

89 77

105 41

70 5

54 0

43 0

American Cynamid Co. 2058 2262

111 119

126 103

17 174

100 46

102 78

103 60

105 67

63 39

64 6

31 0

10 0

3 0

1 0

0 0

Asahi Kasei Kosyo Kobunshiki Kaisha

744 842

54 26

49 37

27 41

27 41

24 75

48 56

56 52

62 70

54 67

72 66

52 23

48 01

35 0

30 0

B.P. Goodrich & Co. 758 825

47 18

28 14

11 17

13 10

10 18

13 9

15 15

12 3

14 0

6 1

3 1

0 0

1 0

0 0

BASF Aktiengeselschaft 4154 4682

344 322

309 327

296 381

315 358

273 471

395 500

404 488

502 473

473 460

463 426

376 195

336 48

225 3

269 0

BASF Corporation 264 390

81 59

58 68

66 138

86 86

77 101

90 62

79 57

75 65

55 56

79 44

52 24

39 09

37 04

25 0

Bayer Aktiengesdl Schaft

6475 7127

426 349

334 341

321 386

316 401

345 375

371 269

329 340

287 322

348 410

385 400

329 130

316 32

163 4

141 0

Boehringer Nammiehm Gmbh

533 644

47 52

56 63

55 67

48 54

59 32

69 9

38 2

12 2

5 0

0 0

2 0

1 0

0 0

0 0

Ciba Speciality Chemicals Corporation

0 4

0 8

0 5

0 37

0 119

21 188

163 170

180 103

152 136

113 149

141 147

121 79

95 34

86 4

111 0

Ciba-Geigy Corporation 4873 5369

319 280

290 304

264 272

267 41

232 01

15 0

03 0

02 0

00 0

02 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

Colgate Palmolive Co. 760 842

44 54

45 80

64 89

64 89

65 99

95 65

118 76

81 83

83 79

106 89

80 42

28 7

15 0

14 1

Daikin Industries Ltd 354 412

40 23

24 29

19 44

21 35

31 45

48 51

33 60

37 47

57 51

54 56

41 16

58 8

37 1

24 0

Degusa Akleingesd Schaft

576 672

57 50

60 48

48 57

48 57

43 62

58 31

47 41

18 63

34 174

84 116

100 64

115 16

85 8

87 0

Dow Chemical Company 4472 304 247 205 170 144 161 132 124 158 115 42 25 10 8

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5521 242 205 206 158 142 120 131 117 55 17 2 1 0 0

E.I. Du Pont 5045 5791

476 391

399 377

387 381

338 335

286 364

355 301

313 307

298 350

307 336

283 290

312 250

284 106

216 32

313 1

Eastman Chemical Co. 1 25

1 76

61 83

88 113

66 62

75 89

57 120

101 98

110 98

103 72

89 52

73 33

51 13

33 2

27 0

Eastman Kodac Company

3093 3804

445 342

374 313

349 297

306 470

309 404

431 408

400 282

341 289

298 329

275 260

312 200

239 80

132 23

198 01

Eli Lilly & Co 1363 1509

74 149

67 151

138 380

241 101

221 209

172 156

183 109

159 96

113 93

115 82

87 50

59 7

48 1

53 0

Exxon Chemicals Patents Inc.

394 375

110 135

111 104

102 94

102 94

111 159

118 81

106 36

107 3

65 0

5 0

4 0

2 0

0 0

0 0

Exxon Research Co. 2743 2928

105 94

116 83

78 90

66 71

64 110

97 110

118 61

99 8

66 1

8 0

1 0

1 0

0 0

0 0

Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd. 3648 4306

392 300

347 296

302 282

295 278

225 296

245 211

235 236

241 352

246 336

273 370

298 290

394 104

244 28

301 01

Fujisava Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

516 550

47 26

37 33

18 36

31 24

35 24

24 29

21 42

25 39

40 26

45 15

21 7

16 1

16 0

3 0

Fujitsu Ltd 407 528

68 92

67 95

83 125

85 95

83 110

94 108

100 82

109 103

85 118

105 110

113 104

127 47

108 11

95 01

Genenteces Corporation

140 215

40 48

28 83

28 208

43 39

82 76

133 71

53 50

77 84

64 149

68 55

71 18

62 7

70 2

146 0

General Electri Co. 4420 4916

301 299

295 319

280 298

299 247

227 239

227 254

236 294

209 341

303 354

382 332

329 220

239 59

210 15

230 0

Godrej D Searle & Co. 452 595

92 75

56 88

63 56

63 56

75 44

59 47

61 50

61 53

39 43

74 38

76 17

27 7

17 1

23 0

Henkel KGAA 947 1088

93 114

93 114

95 83

101 103

66 84

79 61

80 84

49 67

84 54

67 48

59 21

59 21

26 2

40 8

Hoechst Aktingeselschaft

3677 4258

331 305

308 344

287 476

327 214

339 199

314 39

147 13

82 5

18 4

18 2

8 0

1 0

2 0

0 0

Hoffmann- LA Roche Inc 1595 1760

84 84

81 116

101 96

104 58

78 63

71 56

69 64

61 82

77 93

73 78

81 73

62 33

51 6

77 03

Imperial Chemical Industries PLC

2279 2591

206 84

113 64

81 73

56 48

50 37

54 33

38 32

36 21

34 16

25 21

17 2

14 0

12 0

7 0

Inficon Tech co & others 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 44 107 151 189 174 189

Kao Kobunshiki Kaisha CKAO Corporation

372 499

61 56

65 69

57 101

57 101

87 97

108 95

84 58

68 85

76 113

82 96

71 45

80 17

72 0

76 0

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Kimberly Clark Worldwide Inc

0 1

0 2

0 11

0 72

0 108

60 164

102 114

95 134

128 212

129 197

140 140

192 55

150 12

125 01

102 0

L’oreal S.A. 591 696

58 50

43 96

47 193

90 170

148 215

146 153

199 236

168 225

201 123

226 119

163 50

88 23

79 0

102 0

Merck & Co Inc 2156 2514

211 127

159 155

119 163

122 143

159 223

176 206

212 177

176 160

181 144

171 80

127 59

57 12

61 2

78 0

Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing co

2063 2544

271 307

291 361

336 464

335 331

365 190

310 23

216 5

21 1

10 2

3 0

4 1

3 0

1 0

0 0

Mitsubishi Denki Kabushi Ki Kaisha

618 828

140 93

100 105

99 110

84 98

76 121

86 102

112 122

102 138

145 120

158 70

133 22

40 8

21 2

26 1

Mitsubishi Gas-Chemical Co.

416 490

43 42

47 39

45 39

33 52

33 45

43 44

60 47

37 42

47 49

40 47

43 33

35 19

25 3

44 0

Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals Inc.

739 938

132 95

99 80

76 36

76 36

69 7

43 0

2 0

2 0

0 0

0 0

0 1

0 0

1 0

0 0

Mobil Oil Corporation 3277 3684

230 187

235 181

162 113

143 44

80 55

58 60

60 39

61 3

44 0

9 0

2 1

3 0

3 0

0 0

Monsanto co Inc. 2057 2222

99 81

73 80

71 114

77 75

95 82

69 54

80 51

76 15

62 8

08 4

10 1

5 0

4 0

01 0

Nalco Chemical Company

619 701

53 71

63 48

66 47

29 34

34 31

31 35

32 34

38 26

37 4

29 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

NGK Industries Ltd. 358 460

68 30

36 36

32 50

39 54

40 72

46 71

63 64

61 49

49 64

74 87

64 34

59 14

43 1

54 0

Novo Nordisk A/S 47 129

37 49

45 70

28 145

55 71

95 146

122 128

160 79

133 41

81 36

34 19

35 10

16 2

22 0

16 0

Pfizer Inc 1207 1345

64 81

72 113

75 113

81 73

99 129

114 97

109 220

151 218

172 194

182 174

192 150

162 55

161 14

135 0

Phillips Petroleum co. 2888 3166

183 111

136 89

96 116

80 50

63 60

63 102

60 78

103 63

68 21

69 13

45 18

15 1

9 1

11 0

Procter Gamble Company

1350 1566

116 184

144 249

174 357

247 421

306 423

348 286

412 338

348 366

316 366

298 290

308 130

292 48

202 16

178 01

Rohm & Hass Co. 823 1033

114 121

123 100

115 100

95 57

62 73

69 83

81 91

76 85

93 94

71 91

80 70

83 13

55 2

74 1

Sandoz Ltd 845 928

45 45

40 63

41 76

83 16

52 8

20 0

10 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

Schering Akteingesel Schaft

676 760

37 44

30 45

45 65

30 38

42 33

52 45

43 35

54 46

33 34

26 36

40 29

36 6

31 3

45 1

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Shell Oil co 2508 2764

185 143

159 130

118 121

92 135

99 112

125 95

110 82

93 60

88 80

48 68

52 45

71 22

44 1

66 0

Shin Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.

663 904

161 127

150 150

128 133

122 192

88 82

90 104

91 101

102 147

118 165

124 143

120 106

153 47

103 5

93 0

Siemens Aktiengesel schaft

922 1034

65 69

65 69

70 76

51 96

61 158

106 131

134 114

143 53

100 53

66 42

49 16

34 4

32 0

12 0

Smithkline Beecham Corp.

37 61

16 19

7 39

20 66

20 66

66 243

94 215

176 212

192 138

242 129

194 100

115 39

69 8

41 6

72 0

Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd.

1649 1911

143 146

160 177

134 148

132 135

117 136

138 129

125 159

139 161

159 191

175 162

167 90

142 26

105 10

96 0

Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd.

841 1004

90 82

66 88

92 82

92 82

75 67

69 46

76 93

70 64

101 48

63 40

45 9

38 1

18 1

10 0

TDK Corporation 186 236

30 30

20 46

30 36

43 41

37 44

41 72

44 83

64 89

66 78

58 46

71 49

63 37

39 4

605 1

Teijin Ltd 473 551

51 32

37 52

40 50

32 32

43 31

34 41

35 51

38 43

48 59

51 34

43 11

35 2

17 0

12 0

Toray Industries Inc 481 548

39 47

36 44

35 40

29 59

56 60

40 61

52 67

58 50

60 48

60 40

51 19

40 3

26 1

24 0

Toshiba Corporation 1157 1391

140 106

101 136

119 158

118 181

117 200

165 196

182 164

200 168

190 182

172 158

153 141

166 114

132 18

203 2

Union Carbide Corporation

2147 2147

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

Warner-Lambert Co. 1046 1163

82 76

66 88

69 89

59 34

76 55

51 89

74 79

77 62

73 76

60 79

60 47

57 26

63 3

53 0

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Appendix 5

Company ( Assignee) wise patent filing statistics ( 1997 to 2007) (Source: CA Database)

Assignee Country Total publ Patents

Patent 1907-07 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Alchimia AU CH 56 27 25 0 2 2 1 1 3 4 4 1 2 5

Vegenics AU CH 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Merck Fross CA CH 1461 464 219 18 19 12 29 29 15 16 21 19 14 27

Methyl gene CA CH 146 55 34 0 0 1 2 4 2 1 4 5 6 8

Nova Chemicals CA CH 3330 257 183 12 12 14 24 17 10 18 19 13 25 27

Ciba Speciality Chemicals CH CH 32436 18428 2111 275 242 203 187 167 189 194 180 152 163 159

Lonza CH IN 2203 1725 333 35 39 39 47 39 26 30 21 20 28 9

Hoffman-La-Roche CH PH 22135 8908 1895 105 96 107 125 140 165 149 197 238 227 296

Novartis CH PH 12513 3196 2544 166 222 210 215 182 187 232 237 238 250 405

Syngerta CH Swit CH 2927 1788 1078 1 2 2 1 118 144 179 147 108 148 228

China Petroleum CN CH 35170 7480 4043 84 102 89 104 168 303 576 361 551 658 1047

Sinopharm CN PH 32 32 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 5

BASF DE CH 35008 27581 10615 965 984 949 951 1019 944 913 910 935 960 1085

Bayer DE CH 54983 40100 8187 721 669 666 715 794 916 933 759 769 631 614

Henkel DE CH 13886 11826 3821 409 412 488 343 374 299 288 272 264 302 370

Wacker DE CH 4524 3587 1102 67 80 104 109 123 108 104 96 71 131 109

Boehringer DE PH 12417 6318 1814 161 179 106 93 102 158 178 174 241 206 216

Rhodia Chemie FR CH 1030 1008 978 0 74 127 120 130 115 124 94 92 87 15

Total Raffinge FR CH 607 399 143 14 12 14 11 5 16 6 1 14 20 30

Arkema FR CH 1116 946 415 3 1 3 6 2 10 6 7 55 67 96

Nicox FR CH 153 112 76 2 4 4 8 5 10 13 8 6 4 12

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L'Oreal FR CN 5768 4950 3715 154 178 158 251 261 375 310 406 405 310 310

IISc IN 14520 96 52 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 6 8 18 11

IIT IN 32082 402 228 3 4 4 5 2 13 10 14 53 63 57

Madras University IN 9439 10 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 8

Pune University IN 3909 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3

Arvind IN CH 111 27 15 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 2

Bicon IN CH 184 133 100 4 1 0 2 7 7 0 17 26 13 10

Cipla IN CH 277 219 148 1 1 2 2 8 9 9 27 43 26 22

Dr Reddy's Lab IN CH 1257 392 259 12 1 3 3 2 5 10 15 90 63 100

Gharda Chemicals IN CH 46 35 26 0 0 2 2 2 5 1 2 0 4 8

Godrej IN CH 90 64 45 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 10 13 14

Hikal IN CH 21 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3

Jubilant Organosys IN CH 148 105 76 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 15 21 27

Ranbaxi IN CH 1190 853 637 4 6 7 23 30 30 53 106 137 128 113

Tata Chemicals IN CH 1102 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

United Phosphorus IN CH 55 51 36 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 6 10 7 4

Ajanta Pharma IN PH 44 36 30 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 2 14 6 1

Aurobindo Pharma IN PH 242 154 98 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 4 7 27 52

Dabar Pharma IN PH 189 107 96 0 0 3 5 11 10 17 10 19 8 13

IPCA IN PH 127 92 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 18 15 20

Lupin IN PH 311 211 136 3 7 6 4 6 8 6 15 23 26 32

Macleods IN PH 30 21 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6

Orchid IN PH 385 292 219 1 0 6 11 8 11 24 39 25 28 66

RCF IN PH 18 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Southern Petrochemicals IN PH 36 20 7 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0

Sun Pharma IN PH 215 183 143 0 2 2 1 5 8 21 19 56 19 10

Torrent IN PH 196 110 60 1 0 1 1 2 6 5 7 10 9 18

Watson Pharma IN PH 51 43 26 0 0 2 2 5 1 8 4 3 0 2

Asahi Kasei JP CH 8343 7541 5274 158 100 106 70 116 532 1050 881 685 776 800

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Dai Nippon Ink (DIC) JP CH 14495 13558 5514 448 374 417 353 489 641 654 608 559 498 473

Fijustu ltd JP CH 36050 31436 12193 558 469 674 1044 1154 1081 1329 1602 810 1576 1896

Idemitsu Kosan co. Ltd. JP CH 12707 10875 3825 296 282 315 404 396 368 301 373 390 308 392

Ihara Chemicals Co JP CH 1266 1099 208 22 15 23 22 17 12 16 15 29 9 28

Kao Corporation JP CH 23481 20400 9106 919 811 751 785 776 722 633 825 868 919 1097

Mitsubishi Chemicals JP CH 26774 24519 11300 1118 1270 1130 1250 1172 1105 1097 1040 836 649 633

Mitsui Norin K.K. Chemicals JP CH 45490 41032 13758 1215 1257 1350 1456 1326 1256 1212 1406 1260 1108 912

Nippon Chemicals Industries Co. Ltd JP CH 15529 14210 4962 491 543 647 604 696 495 283 301 290 343 269

Nippon Group JP CH 226013 178776 64806 6061 6061 6409 7117 6832 6385 5995 5436 4869 4902 5038

Nissan Chemical industries JP CH 4653 4119 1124 86 86 117 92 121 89 90 108 113 86 106

Nissan Group JP CH 19840 17899 9870 275 275 388 506 591 725 878 1246 1511 1690 1722

Shin Etsu JP CH 14340 13821 6759 84 95 82 99 118 138 125 149 137 158 187

Showa Denko KK JP CH 12847 12073 3545 286 293 241 226 349 318 313 310 312 367 530

Suitomo Chemicals Co. Ltd. JP CH 33022 29369 8850 670 652 627 741 831 856 1045 990 721 928 789

Taiho JP CH 2813 1673 628 60 46 59 66 83 79 63 43 44 46 39

Takeda Pharma JP CH 3313 1128 226 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 65 78 74

Teijin Chemicals JP CH 23287 22131 6686 562 489 501 658 633 695 668 739 574 614 553

Teijin Group JP CH 23914 22194 6710 562 491 501 658 633 695 673 742 579 618 558

Toray Industries JP CH 35132 33691 13432 1109 969 1207 1276 1208 1430 1332 1384 1098 1092 1327

Ube Group JP CH 21707 10793 3718 350 321 351 354 340 352 323 332 302 344 349

Ube Industries JP CH 11105 9935 3290 331 304 331 325 308 305 263 295 261 278 289

Astellas JP PH 1205 307 187 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 1 49 80 50

Chugai JP PH 5633 3043 994 73 83 100 79 103 149 87 105 88 62 65

Dai Ichi Sankyo JP PH 707 268 65 1 0 2 2 1 2 4 7 3 5 38

Dai Noppon Sumitoma JP PH 27801 24817 14029 547 511 799 1002 1037 1360 1376 1796 1684 1923 1994

Eisai JP PH 5570 2651 900 43 49 74 65 82 87 93 82 90 120 115

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Mitsubishi Pharma JP PH 1072 439 285 0 0 1 6 35 58 53 50 32 27 23

Shionogi JP PH 10819 3881 685 53 59 67 79 77 56 47 45 66 71 65

Amore Pacific KR CH 1005 853 477 0 6 21 0 1 31 69 58 67 83 141

Cheil Industries KR CH 3288 2813 1795 113 132 221 173 143 157 147 150 121 141 297

Hanwha KR CH 470 385 276 13 22 74 16 18 27 17 22 12 26 29

Hyosung KR CH 1810 1404 1042 1 13 102 76 70 79 105 80 128 150 238

KCC Co. Ltd. KR CH 242 202 138 0 0 0 2 0 5 16 10 16 50 39

LG Chan KR CH 5917 5375 3159 125 206 301 226 186 191 162 207 264 448 843

Namhae KR CH 33 18 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1

National Plastic KR CH 9364 53 19 1 0 0 0 4 5 2 0 1 1 5

SK Chemicals KR CH 739 664 524 0 5 49 55 26 32 48 60 64 98 87

Akzo Noble NL CH 8564 4060 1583 127 152 160 153 184 172 162 121 108 112 132

Crucell NL CH 351 161 147 5 6 7 11 21 23 15 12 18 18 11

DSM NL CH 9122 2890 1862 126 154 120 147 159 149 153 181 190 251 232

Keygene NV NL CH 100 54 42 1 1 0 8 4 1 3 2 4 3 15

Synthon BV NL CH 156 137 99 0 1 1 3 7 13 20 11 13 11 19

Unilever NV NL CH 14661 7211 2755 197 176 172 221 334 281 320 307 282 280 185

BOC UK CH 2081 1337 656 60 75 56 49 48 51 53 36 63 81 84

ICI UK CH 28963 20964 514 82 84 76 75 54 38 21 19 27 21 17

Johnson Matthey UK CH 2034 1051 376 6 20 46 28 26 33 44 53 45 36 39

Shell UK CH 28783 17188 2118 236 207 167 191 219 127 146 176 185 220 244

Astra Zeneca UK PH 7622 2323 1811 1 0 2 132 224 194 204 253 227 255 319

Glaxo UK PH 36139 9143 5052

Wyeth USA US 9863 2052 1187 5 0 4 1 3 132 161 212 204 252 213

Dupont US CH 67201 40371 7443 492 560 642 686 672 694 721 704 631 812 829

Eastman Chemicals US CH 2637 1500 1087 104 115 120 127 118 90 60 49 69 116 119

Exxon mobil US CH 37873 24376 3396 338 377 369 320 346 290 265 277 188 273 327

GE US CH 51454 27892 7774 399 352 375 530 632 789 730 679 808 980 1500

Lubrizol US CH 2300 1801 470 38 42 37 39 53 45 47 39 42 55 33

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Lyondell US CH 297 186 78 4 1 10 10 - - - 1 16 13 23

Rohm and Hass US CH 9451 6275 1461 99 117 89 99 221 156 125 133 160 140 122

Abbott US PH 15996 4959 1535 120 136 145 165 138 168 109 88 101 135 230

Allergan US PH 2046 1227 637 30 29 18 43 46 63 53 52 108 91 104

Amgen US PH 5549 5489 2961 256 263 263 207 210 185 209 207 272 405 484

Amylin Pharma US PH 446 116 70 4 7 4 9 3 1 2 4 11 14 11

Bush and Lomb US PH 1257 809 335 9 9 18 24 22 23 29 23 32 61 85

Baxter US PH 3820 1563 500 35 43 40 39 62 60 70 49 43 26 33

Biogen Idec US PH 1686 471 471 11 19 19 23 37 26 21 32 24 49 37

Bristol Myers US PH 67298 4326 1907 98 143 127 126 144 257 347 189 146 165 165

Celgene US PH 407 169 115 7 7 10 4 8 5 9 16 19 21 9

Cephalon Inc US PH 678 179 179 16 10 7 7 12 14 4 13 17 12 5

Eli Lilly US PH 1652 5230 1590 197 297 187 168 180 140 120 71 102 68 60

Genentech US PH 7593 1428 842 45 67 80 92 94 87 57 73 69 100 78

Johnson & Johnson US PH 5826 1986 766 51 64 48 55 73 94 83 77 65 66 90

Merck & co. US PH 47790 16776 5322 445 541 490 445 534 509 477 504 458 467 452

Pfizer US PH 20813 6231 2316 126 125 171 200 244 236 231 285 304 212 182

Proctor & Gamble US PH 16583 11325 5635 534 675 589 637 637 490 444 345 390 393 501

Vertex US PH 1305 543 407 15 21 21 22 32 42 35 40 60 50 69

Dow Chemicals USA CH 28906 17662 1149 183 213 175 194 231 92 28 5 5 7 13

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