Patent landscape report on assistive devices for visually and hearing impaired persons
SUMMARY OF MAJOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES
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5.7 SUMMARY OF MAJOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT ENTITIESThe table below shows the top major not-for-profit entities within the vision and hearing impaired device landscape. The table has been sorted so that research institutes and universities that have been more active recently are placed higher up the table. The first key finding from this table is that all of the entities in this list (i.e. those with more than 7 patent families in the landscape) are based in Asia – specifically China, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan (Province of China) or India. The first not-for-profit entity in the landscape is ETRI (Electronics and Telecommunications research Institute) in South Korea with 72 patent families. The next highest entity appearing, having less than half the filings of ETRI is the Chinese Academy of Sciences with 31 patent families. Table 25 - Major Academic and Government Patent Applicants in the Assistive Devices and Technologies for Visually and Hearing Impaired Persons Landscape, Timeline of Activity (sorted for more recent activity) and Total Patent Families; Annotated for Geographic Location Key to country codes: CH: China, SK: South Korea, JA: Japan, TA: Taiwan Province of China, IN: India.
Interestingly, apart from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which is the national ‘think tank’ of China which provides research, advisory and appraisal services to the People ’s Republic of China, the remaining Chinese entities are all Universities. Overall, Chinese activity is particularly dominant, as well as being predominantly recent in comparison to other entities in the dataset. 5.8 MAJOR PATENT INVENTORSReviewing the inventor information of patent families in dataset, the following top inventor list was revealed. Understandably, inventors originating from the United States dominated this list which reiterates the United States’ dominance in this technology. Interestingly, inventors of Russian origin also appear prominently in this list. Russia was the fifth highest source of innovation in the dataset which indicates that much of their innovation is being produced by a much smaller pool of inventors, with most having multiple inventions published under their names. Innovation originating in other top countries such as Japan, China and Germany appear to be coming from a much broader pool of inventors. Table 26 - Top Patent Inventors from all Jurisdictions Appearing in the Dataset.
The following table highlights the top inventors appearing across the five broad technical categorizations in this report. Particular technical categories such as Vision enhancement, hearing enhancement and additional related technology all have stand out inventors that dominate these fields. One inventor to note, Robert J Greenberg (United States) is particularly noteworthy as he appears in multiple technical categories in the dataset as well as heading the list of top inventors shown above. Table 27 - Top Patent Inventors Appearing Across all Broad Technical Categorizations
5.9 KEY FINDINGS FROM COMMERCIAL ANALYSISThere are 38 large entities which have 100 or more patents associated with this technology. This comprises 26% of the total inventions in the dataset. Most large entities originate from developed countries with a smaller proportion originating from BRICS countries. The Unites States comprises just under half of all small entities in this technology field. Corporate entities comprise around 68% of the total inventions in this technology field. Academic and government entities comprise about 8%. The rest of the dataset is comprised of individuals not assigned to any known entity. Academic and government patent activity is increasing in this technology field where corporate patent activity has begun to recently decrease. Academic and government patent activity has a higher concentration in China, Russia Spain, Taiwan, Provence of China and South Korea. Corporate patent activity is highly concentrated in the United States and Japan. Academic and government entities appear to be favor vision related technology such as vision assistance, intraocular devices and general vision care technology Corporate entities have strong interest in voice or language recognition technology, speech processing technology, IP rights and digital management applications and general hearing assistance technology. Novartis (Switzerland), Panasonic (Japan), Siemens (Germany), Abbott Laboratories (United States) and Cochlear Limited (Australia) have the largest number of total inventions associated with this technology field (overall). In the Asia Pacific region; Panasonic (Japan), NEC (Japan) and Rion (Japan), Nidek (Japan) and NTT (Japan) are the most prominent in terms of total inventions. For the Americas; Novartis (Switzerland), Abbott (United States) and Valeant (Canada), Advanced Bionics (Switzerland) and Johnson & Johnson (United States) are the most prominent entities in terms of total inventions. For Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions; Siemens (Germany), Carl Zeiss (Germany), Essilor (France), Philips (Netherland) and Oticon (Denmark) are the most prominent entities in terms of total inventions. Medtronic (United States) and the American Staar Surgical Company Inc (United States) have the highest citations per invention representing a perceived high impact in this technology field. Asia Pacific originating entities appear to have a heightened interest in the more conceptual innovation in this technology such as voice or language recognition technology, speech processing or sound voice conversion to text video and IP rights, digital management and general technology associated with the Marrakesh treaty, i.e. technology facilitating access to published works. Entities originating from the Americas appear to focus more on the actual physical implant or device as well as having high interest in the actual hardware involved. Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) jurisdictions have a more varied technology portfolio covering aspects from all areas of this technology. A large proportion of not for profit entities (government and universities) are based in Asia – specifically China, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan (Province of China) or India. Inventors originating from the United States dominate this technology field, with Russian inventors also having strong representation. ANNEX A - BUSINESS DATA FOR MAJOR PORTFOLIOSPORTFOLIOSThis appendix contains reference information which captures a business snapshot of the major patent applicants (all tier 1 entities) from the patent landscape assessment. Included for each company are a summary of the nature and location of the business as well as publicly available information regarding the interests of the firm in vision and hearing impaired device technology. This information has not been aggregated across the corporations, and is intended as further reference information for the reader is terms of the commercial interests of the entities listed. Note that information on the research and commercial interests of the firms listed as major patent applicants could not be found for all entities. Where applicable, links are provided in the footnotes so that primary information can be obtained. Figure 58 Visual Analysis of Major Entities in the Assistive Devices And Technologies for Assistive Devices and Technologies for Visually and Hearing Impaired Persons Landscape 
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