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T H O M S O N R E U T E R S

G L O B A L I N N O V AT O R STOP100

HONORING THE WORLD LEADERSIN INNOVATIONFINDINGS AND METHODOLOGY2011


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2 THOMSON REUTERS 2011 TOP 100 GLOBAL INNOVATORS

INNOVATION DISTINGUISHES

BETWEEN A LEADER AND AFOLLOWER.

-Steve Jobs, Apple, Inc.


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INNOVATION is the cornerstone oeconomic growth and success, or both thecompanies that innovate and the countries thatembrace them.

For the past several years, talk about innovationhas permeated news stories, corporate boardrooms and government orums. No wonder theterm innovation has become a buzz word o the21st century, especially as companies and nationsgrapple with a shiting global economy, nancialcrises o unprecedented proportions and a desire

to create the next era o opportunity or uturegenerations.

These actors, in conjunction with the awarenessat Thomson Reuters o the powerul insights thatcan be gleaned rom studying patent inormation,prompted us to seize the moment and developa program that measures innovation rom anunbiased and scientic perspective.

Patent activity has always been an indicator oinnovation. However, innovation comprises much

more than mere patent ling volume. As such, wedeveloped a range o metrics based on variousacets o innovation that relate to patenting andscience. The Thomson Reuters 2011 Top 100Global InnovatorsSM are companies that invent ona signicant scale; are working on developmentswhich are acknowledged as innovative by patentoces across the world, and by their peers; and,whose inventions are so important that they seekglobal protection or them.

This award acknowledges innovation in its purestorm. Being recognized as a Top 100 Global

Innovator is a prestigious distinction. It conrmsan organizations commitment to progressinginnovation globally, to the protection o ideas andto the commercialization o inventions.

Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators arethe world leaders in innovation.


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The methodology used to determine the 2011Top 100 Global Innovators was developed byThomson Reuters and approved by severalIP-savvy, external organizations. While the nalmethodology is proprietary, we recognize theneed or a deeper explanation o how the list wascompiled.

The ollowing is a closer look at the data used and

how it was calculated and analyzed. ThomsonReuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPISM),Derwent Patents Citation Index, QuadrilateralPatent Index, and Thomson Innovation, theIP intelligence and collaboration platorm, wereutilized in our research and analysis. Comparativeanalysis was done using the Thomson ReutersEikon platorm, the single source or nancialproessionals to turn inormation into action.

The criteria or the Top 100 Global Innovatoraward are:

1: SUCCESSPatenting an invention through one or morepatent oces is expensive. Not all patentapplications pass through the examinationprocess and are granted. The success metricmeasures the ratio o published applications(those patents which are led and publiclypublished by the patent oce but not yetgranted) to granted patents over the most recentthree years.

2: GLOBALProtecting an invention in major world markets isan indication o the signicant value a companyplaces on its intellectual property. The numbero innovative patents that have quadrilateralpatents in their patent amilies, according to theThomson Reuters Quadrilateral Patent Index,was calculated to create a ratio that shows whichcompanies place a high value on their portolios

in major world markets. The quadrilateral patentauthorities is comprised o the Chinese PatentOce, the European Patent Oce, the JapanesePatent Oce and the United States Patent andTrademark Oce.

3: INFLUENCEThe impact o an invention down the linecan be determined by looking at how oten itis subsequently cited by other companies intheir inventions. Through the Thomson ReutersDerwent Patents Citation Index database, wecounted citations to each organizations patents

over the most recent ve years, excludingsel-citations, and put a weighted value on thismeasurement o 50%.

4: VOLUMEThis award ocuses on companies that areresponsible or generating a sizeable amounto innovation. All organizations with 100 ormore innovative patents rom the most recentthree years were included in our analysis.An innovative patent is dened as the rstpublication in a patent document o a new

technology, drug, business process, etc. In DWPI,these are called basic patents. DWPI providesa record o patents published by nearly 50patent issuing authorities worldwide to enablea comprehensive picture o the innovationlandscape. Subsequent lings or the sameinvention are recorded as equivalents in DWPIand collated in patent amilies and, or thisanalysis, were not included.

METHODOLOGY

Innovation is the primary source o economic

growth, job creation and competitiveness in

todays global economy. An efciently operating

intellectual property system is critical to our

ability to spur innovation and bring new services

and products to the marketplace aster.

-Barack Obama, President, United States of America

on the America Invents Act


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Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovatorcompanies are truly the world leaders oinnovation and economic growth. A statementmade about the recently signed AmericaInvents Act can be applied globally with itsproclamation that Innovation is the primarysource o economic growth, job creation andcompetitiveness in todays global economy.An eciently operating intellectual property

system is critical to our ability to spur innovationand bring new services and products to themarketplace aster. For investors, patents arestrong indicators o market potential or newcompanies; and or inventors, they are oten vitalto attracting investment.1

Using our proprietary data and analysis tools,coupled with the expertise o our IP ConsultingServices team, we conrmed the value theTop 100 Global Innovators deliver to theirshareholders, employees and the nations in whichthey reside:

Top 100 Global Innovator companies addedover 400,000 new jobs in 2010, a greaterpercent increase over 2009 than wasexperienced by the S&P 500

The Market Cap Weighted Average revenueo the Top 100 Global Innovators increasedby 12.9 percent, more than ve percent morethan the S&P 500 or the same period (2010vs. 2009)

Top 100 Global Innovator companies morethan doubled the R&D spend o their S&P

500 counterparts 74.2 percent o the publicly-traded top 100

innovator companies had an increase in stockprice year over year

Other key ndings include:

The United States leads the world inSemiconductor & Electronic ComponentManuacturing

Asia leads the world in ComputerHardware Manuacturing and AutomotiveManuacturing

Europe leads the world in Machinery

Manuacturing and has more than hal o theTop 100 Global Innovators in this category inSweden

France leads the world in Scientic Researchand is the European nation with the mostcompanies represented in the list

These and other ndings are spelled out in moredetail later in this report.

These points underscore the value orrecipients o being a Thomson Reuters Top100 Global Innovator. This designation proves

that companies that invest in innovation, andprotect and enorce their intellectual assets, aresignicantly more likely to contribute to economicgrowth, both within their organizations and thenations in which they reside.

KEY FINDINGS & ECONOMICINFLUENCE

1 America Invents Act, commerce.gov, September 16, 2011


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INTRODUCING THE THOMSON REUTERS

TOP 100 GLOBAL INNOVATORSCOMPANY COUNTRY INDUSTRY

3M Company USA Chemical Manuacturing

ABB, Ltd. Switzerland Electrical Products Manuacturing

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. USASemiconductor & Electronic Component

Manuacturing

Airbus France Aerospace Manuacturing

Alcatel-Lucent FranceTelecommunication Equipment

Manuacturing

Alcon, Inc. USA Healthcare Product Manuacturing

Ala Laval Sweden Machinery Manuacturing

Analog Devices, Inc. USASemiconductor & Electronic Component

Manuacturing

Apple, Inc. USATelecommunication Equipment

Manuacturing

Applied Materials, Inc. USA Machinery Manuacturing

Arkema France Chemical Manuacturing

ASML Netherlands Machinery Manuacturing

Atlas Copco Sweden Machinery Manuacturing

Avaya, Inc. USA Telecommunication EquipmentManuacturing

BASF Germany Chemical Manuacturing

Bayer Germany Pharmaceutical Manuacturing

Boeing USA Aerospace Manuacturing

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company USA Pharmaceutical Manuacturing

Brother Industries, Ltd. Japan Computer Hardware Manuacturing

Canon Inc. Japan Computer Hardware Manuacturing

Cheil Industries, Inc. S. Korea Chemical Manuacturing

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. USA Chemical Manuacturing

CNRS, The French National Center or

Scientifc Research France Scientifc Research

Commissariat lnergie atomique France Scientifc Research

Corning Incorporated USASemiconductor & Electronic Component

Manuacturing

Daikin Industries, Ltd. Japan Industrial Manuacturing

Denso Corporation Japan Transportation Equipment Manuacturing

Dow Chemical Company USA Chemical Manuacturing

DuPont USA Chemical Manuacturing


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COMPANY COUNTRY INDUSTRY

Eaton Corporation USA Electrical Products Manuacturing

Ericsson SwedenTelecommunication Equipment

Manuacturing

Ethicon Inc. USA Healthcare Product Manuacturing

Exxon Mobil Corporation USA Petroleum Manuacturing

Fanuc Ltd. Japan Electrical Products Manuacturing

Fujitsu Limited Japan Computer Hardware Manuacturing

General Electric Company USA Consumer Products Manuacturing

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company USA Industrial Manuacturing

Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation USA Aerospace Manuacturing

Harris Corporation USATelecommunication Equipment

Manuacturing

Hewlett-Packard Company USA Computer Hardware Manuacturing

Hilti Corporation Liechtenstein Machinery Manuacturing

Hitachi, Ltd. Japan Computer Hardware Manuacturing

Homann La Roche USA Healthcare Product Manuacturing

Honda Motor Company Ltd. Japan Automotive Manuacturing

Honeywell International Inc. USA Electrical Products Manuacturing

IFP Energies Nouvelles France Scientifc Research

Intel Corporation USASemiconductor & Electronic Component

Manuacturing

International Business Machines

CorporationUSA Computer Hardware Manuacturing

Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd. JapanSemiconductor & Electronic Component

Manuacturing

Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. Japan Computer Sotware Manuacturing

LG Electronics Inc. S. Korea Consumer Products Manuacturing

L'Oral France Consumer Products Manuacturing

LS Industrial Systems S. KoreaSemiconductor & Electronic Component

Manuacturing

LSI Corporation USASemiconductor & Electronic Component

Manuacturing

Microsot Corporation USA Computer Sotware Manuacturing

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Japan Machinery Manuacturing

Motorola, Inc. USATelecommunication Equipment

Manuacturing

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Murata Manuacturing Co., Ltd. JapanSemiconductor & Electronic Component

Manuacturing

NCR Corporation USA Computer Hardware Manuacturing

NEC Corporation Japan Computer Hardware Manuacturing

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone

CorporationJapan

Telecommunication Equipment

Manuacturing

Nitto Denko Corporation Japan Chemical Manuacturing

Olympus Optical Japan Healthcare Product Manuacturing

Panasonic Corporation Japan Consumer Products Manuacturing

Philips Netherlands Consumer Products Manuacturing

Procter & Gamble Company USA Consumer Products Manuacturing

Qualcomm Incorporated USASemiconductor & Electronic Component

Manuacturing

Raytheon Company USA Transportation Equipment Manuacturing

Rhodia Operations France Chemical Manuacturing

Rockwell Automation, Inc. USA Electrical Products Manuacturing

Rohm and Haas Company USA Chemical Manuacturing

Rosemount Inc. USA Machinery Manuacturing

Royal Dutch Shell Netherlands Petroleum Manuacturing

Saint-Gobain France Industrial Manuacturing

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. S. KoreaSemiconductor & Electronic Component

Manuacturing

SanDisk Corporation USASemiconductor & Electronic Component

Manuacturing

Sandvik Intellectual Property AB Sweden Machinery Manuacturing

Scania Sweden Transportation Equipment Manuacturing

Seiko Epson Corporation Japan Computer Hardware Manuacturing

Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co.,

Ltd. Japan

Semiconductor & Electronic Component

Manuacturing

Sharp Corporation JapanSemiconductor & Electronic Component

Manuacturing

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. Japan Chemical Manuacturing

Siemens Germany Electrical Products Manuacturing

Snecma France Transportation Equipment Manuacturing

Societe De Technologie Michelin France Industrial Manuacturing

Sony Corporation Japan Consumer Products Manuacturing



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Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. Japan Transportation Equipment Manuacturing

Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. Japan Industrial Manuacturing

Symantec Corporation USA Computer Sotware Manuacturing

Synopsys, Inc. USA Computer Sotware Manuacturing

TE Connectivity SwitzerlandSemiconductor & Electronic Component

Manuacturing

Tetra Laval Switzerland Industrial Manuacturing

Toshiba Corporation Japan Computer Hardware Manuacturing

Toyota Motor Corporation Japan Automotive Manuacturing

Unilever Netherlands/UK Consumer Products Manuacturing

UOP LLC., a Honeywell Company USA Chemical Manuacturing

Volvo Sweden Automotive Manuacturing

Wacker Chemie Germany Chemical Manuacturing

Xerox Corporation USA Computer Hardware Manuacturing

Yamaha Corporation Japan Consumer Products Manuacturing

New ideas lie at the heart o innovation, but

ideas alone are not enough. Innovation requires

translating ideas into value-adding products

and services. . . . Bridging the gap between anidea and its benefcial result is the crucial step in

innovation. . . . Success will demand a greater

ability to quickly close the gap.

-Soumitra Dutta, author of Innovating at the Top2

2 McKinsey & Company, Optimizing or Innovation, Sept 2009



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GEOGRAPHIC BREAKOUT

Thomson Reuters 2011 Top 100 GlobalInnovator companies span the globe. Thelargest percentage is rom North America: 40%.Asia accounts or 31% o the most innovativecompanies in the world and Europe or 29%. Abreakout o the Top 100 companies by country isin Figure 1.

In Asia, Japan dominates with 27% o therepresentation. As a testament to Japans solidinnovation oundation, it has representativecompanies in 12 o the 16 industries. The onlyother Asian nation present is South Korea, with4% o the companies. The lack o companies romChina is noteworthy and underscores the act thatalthough China is leading the world in patentvolume, quantity does not equate to infuenceand quality.

There is much broader representation acrossEurope, with six European nations having oneor more companies in the Top 100 Innovatorslist. France is the innovation leader in Europe,with 11 organizations spread across a numbero industries. Interestingly, all o the ScienticResearch entities in the list are rom France: IFPEnergies Nouvelles; CNRS, the French NationalCenter or Scientic Research; and Commissariat lnergie Atomique. Given the geographicootprint o France, its representation in the Top100 Global Innovator list is impressive.

Another European surprise is the Principality oLiechtenstein. This country o approximately 62square miles (just over 160 square kilometers)and approximately 35,000 people is also hometo one o the most innovative companies in theworld: privately owned machine manuacturerHilti Corporation.


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INDUSTRY BREAKOUT

The industry breakouts or the Top 100 GlobalInnovator companies are shown in Figure 2.Manuacturing companies permeate the list,as compared to academic institutions, researchlaboratories or service-based organizations.The dominance o manuacturing is somewhatexpected, as it is these companies that inventnew products to bring to market and theyprotect them with patents.

The most prevalent industry within the Top 100list is Semiconductor & Electronic ComponentManuacturing; 14 o the 100 companiesare rom this sector. Fity percent o theseinnovation leaders are rom North America and43% are rom Asia. The remaining company isrom Europe. Figure 3 shows the geographicdistribution o these companies.

In the Chemical Manuacturing sphere, the UScontinues to lead with 46% o the companies,ollowed by Europe with 31% and Asia with 23%.

Figure 4 shows the geographic distribution othese companies.

The industry breakouts or the US, Europe andJapan are shown in Figures 5-7. In the US, theleading industry represented is Semiconductor& Electronic Component Manuacturing at 18%,ollowed by Chemical Manuacturing at 15%. TheUS leads the world in Semiconductor & ElectronicComponent Manuacturing with 50% o the Top100 Global Innovators. The US has representationin 14 o the 16 industries, the two not represented

are Automotive Manuacturing and ScienticResearch.

For Europe, the top two industries areMachinery Manuacturing at 17% and ChemicalManuacturing at 13%. Europe leads the world inMachinery Manuacturing; 63% o the Top 100Global Innovators in Machinery Manuacturingare in Europe, with more than hal o them inSweden.

In Asia, the predominant industry is ComputerHardware Manuacturing at 23% ollowed

by Semiconductor & Electronic ComponentManuacturing at 19%. Asia leads the world inComputer Hardware Manuacturing with 64% othe companies and in Automotive Manuacturingwith 67% o them.


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CONCLUSION

Intellectual property is the bridge that connectsinnovation with economic growth. Withoutit there may be creativity but it wont havesustained marketability.

The Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovatorcompanies are the world leaders in innovation.They exempliy the essence o innovation anddrive inventions or economic growth. They

encourage idea generation and the inventionprocess. They have established systems orvetting their innovation unnels and determiningwhich ideas are worthy o protection. Theyrigorously monitor prior art and the competitivelandscape, and prosecute the best-o-the-best interms o concept generation.

But, that is just the beginning. The Top 100Global Innovator companies also look atinnovation through a global lens. They determinethe market potential o an invention and activelyseek protection or it around the world. Theirstrategic rationale may dier, but they areone in the same when it comes to seeking andcapitalizing on the global potential o theirinventions.

Finally, they are viewed by their peers,competitors and others as making an impactuldierence. Their inventions are otentimessignicantly cited by others and are seen asounding technologies in their respective areas.

Thomson Reuters congratulates and thanksthe Top 100 Global Innovators or the spirit oinnovation they oster in their organizations andtheir adherence to IP systems and the protectiono intellectual rights.


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