Annual report by Clarivate Analytics identifying Top 100
Global Innovators shows the continuous trend of Asia solidifying its stronghold as the global
innovation hub
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Asia has
widened its lead in global innovation according to the Derwent
Top 100 Global Innovators 2018-19 report published today
by Clarivate Analytics, the global leader in providing trusted
insights and analytics to accelerate discovery. Utilizing
proprietary Derwent patent data, tools and technology, this
annual report identifies and celebrates the world's most innovative
organizations who successfully develop valuable patented inventions
that also have strong commercialization potential based on
originality, market reach, and opportunities for spin-off
inventions.
Now in its eighth year, Derwent Top 100 Global Innovators
utilizes editorially enhanced, authoritative and accurate patent
data from Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) and Derwent
Patent Citations Index (DPCI) to track innovation based on four
indicators:
- Volume: The organization must have had at least 100
inventions protected by a granted patent in the past five
years.
- Success: There must be a high ratio of success in
obtaining patent grants.
- Globalization: The organization must maintain
globalization or international breadth of patent filings across
Europe, China, Japan,
and the U.S.
- Impacts: The organization's innovations must have an
impact by being highly cited externally by other
organizations.
"By focusing on developing high-quality innovation and
cutting-edge technologies, the Derwent Top 100 Global
Innovators are leading the way in creating compelling solutions
to both current and future challenges. They understand that
intellectual property is the bridge connecting innovation to
economic growth and we are proud to acknowledge their contributions
to enriching our future," said Dan
Videtto, President, Derwent at Clarivate Analytics.
Following last year's trend, the epicenter of global innovation
continues to shift from west to east. Asia leads the Top 100 list with 48
companies, while the United States
follows with 33 companies and Europe with 19. This year's report also
features seven companies appearing for the first time: BYD, Cisco,
JFE Steel, Kaspersky Lab, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Quanta
Computer, and Xiaomi.
The analysis determined three key trends among this year's
Derwent Top 100 Global Innovators:
- Continued focus on high impact innovation:
The nature
of innovation has shifted to focus on higher quality inventions
with wider potential markets and greater potential to be leveraged
for future development. Inventions that have multiple granted
patents and have been highly cited by later published inventions
fall into this category.
- China continues to pick up
momentum:
Mainland China's drive to
transform its economy from manufacturing to knowledge-based has
increased the number of Chinese companies appearing on the Top 100
Global list.
- Hot technology:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Fifth generation (5G) mobile
telecommunications are two rapidly growing sectors. Thirty-one
companies identified in this year's Top 100 Global Innovators list
have AI inventions as a major part of their portfolios and
innovations from the Top 100 hi-technology sectors in 5G have
climbed to over 900 patent families in 2018.
Bob Stembridge, Patent Analyst
at Clarivate Analytics and report contributor, said, "Tracking
patent activity gives a detailed picture of an organization's
commitment to innovation through analyzing its inventions with
potential for commercialization. This year's findings show that
leading organizations continue to differentiate themselves through
a laser-focus on high-value and high-impact innovation and a full
embrace of emerging technologies."
Industry Sector and Regional Snapshot:
The Derwent Top 100 Global Innovators 2018-19 are
from three continents and 12 countries/regions namely, Japan, the U.S., France, Germany, the
Netherlands, South Korea,
Sweden, and Switzerland have been represented on the list
since the report was first published in 2011. These regions are
joined by Taiwan for the sixth
consecutive year, Mainland China for the fourth time and
Finland for the third year.
Russia joined the list for the
first time this year with the inclusion of the software company,
Kaspersky Lab.
Representation among the different industry sectors is
remarkably stable this year. The Hardware & Electronics
industries lead the way with 35 organizations – just one more than
last year. Other notable changes in industry representation include
the number of Aerospace & Defense organizations doubling from 3
to 6 and minor decreases in the number of Chemicals &
Cosmetics, Pharmaceuticals and Oil, Gas & Energy
representatives.
Additional findings and the full list of the Derwent Top 100
Global Innovators 2018-19 can be found here:
www.clarivate.com/top100innovators
About Derwent
Derwent powers the innovation lifecycle
from idea to commercialization – with trusted patent data,
applications and services including Derwent Innovation, Derwent
World Patent Index, Derwent Patent Citation Index and Derwent Data
Analyzer. We build solutions for inventors, patent attorneys and
licensing specialists at start-ups and the largest global
innovators, legal professionals at the leading intellectual
property practices, and patent examiners at more than 40 patent
offices. Our solutions are used to monitor technology trends and
competitive landscapes, inform FTO opinions, prosecute patents,
monetize and license assets and support litigation
activities.
About Clarivate Analytics
Clarivate™ Analytics is the
global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to
accelerate the pace of innovation. Building on a heritage going
back more than a century and a half, we have built some of the most
trusted brands across the innovation lifecycle, including the Web
of Science, Cortellis, Derwent, CompuMark, MarkMonitor and
Techstreet. Today, Clarivate Analytics is a new and independent
company on a bold entrepreneurial mission, to help our clients
radically reduce the time from new ideas to life-changing
innovations. For more information, please visit
clarivate.com.
Media Contacts:
Jessica
Stanek – North America
jessica.stanek@clarivate.com
Sofia Nogués – Europe
Sofia.nogues@clarivate.com
Zhihong (Jack) Wan – Asia-Pacific
Zhihong.Wan@clarivate.com
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