Muchiu (Henry) Chang, PhD. Cantab.

henry.chang212@gmail.comDecember 29, 2015

Directory of Canadian US Patent Holders -The latest Competitive Intelligence (CI) and

intellectual Ecosystem of Canada

Figure 1, Global US patent holding

Figure 2, US patent holding in major economy entities in the world

• The charges for the use of IP caused $7 billions of foreign trade deficit, about 12.5% of the total foreign trade deficit ($56 billions);

• The foreign trade deficit in the charges for the use of IP wiped out all the surplus made from the efforts of Computer and information services and R&D;

• Knowledge-based is not good enough;• Patent CI can help to improve the IP export.

The Impact of Intellectual Property (IP) on 2013 Canadian Foreign Trade

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2013 Statistics** of the US Trade Balance with Canada in the Charges for the Use of IP

(in US$millions)

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• The US had US$9105 of trade surplus over Canada in the charges for the use of IP;

• This is the third largest IP trade suprplus, only next to European Union (US$31772) and Ireland (US$12279);.

* Source: US Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Table 2.3. U.S. Trade in Services, by Country or Affiliation and by Type of Service

Database of Canadian US Patent Holdersand Competitive Intelligence (CI)

• Synchronized with USPTO patent database to provide “no-older-than-7-day” information about Canada’s patent competitive advantage in the US market;

• Until December 29, 2015, there are 5949 Canadian US patents owners (2670 of them are in Ontario) tracked by this database;

• This database tracks information about who they are, where they are, what they patented and if they are getting stronger or weaker;

• Provided synergy on economic related issues.

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Canadian Patent Landscape in the US Market

• Ontario is the largest US patent hub province; Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo CMA, Markham, Drummondville are the top US patent hosting geographical areas in Canada respectively (normalized by population).

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If you need the latest intelligence regarding:• the names of over 5000 Canadian US patent owners in all business sectors and from coast to coast; and• their detailed patent strengths and trends of these Canadian companies in the US market, please feel free to contact:

Dr. Muchiu (Henry) Chang henry.chang212@gmail.com +1-416-828-5676

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Figure 3, Annual Patent Statistics by Provinces

Figure 4, US Patent Statistics by Geographical Areas