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HONORING THE WORLD LEADERSIN INNOVATIONFINDINGS AND METHODOLOGY2012


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2 THOMSON REUTERS 2012 TOP 100 GLOBAL INNOVATORS

INNOVATION IS THE SPEcIFIc INSTRUMENT OFENTREPRENEURSHIP. THE AcT THAT ENDOWS RESOURcES

WITH A NEW cAPAcITY TO cREATE WEALTH.-Peter Drucker

Management Expert, Author and Teacher

$1.05 BILLION

$4.5 BILLION

$12.5 BILLION


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INNOVATIONis the ornerstone oe onomi growth and su ess, or both the

ompanies that innovate and the ountriesthat en ourage it. Innovation an also be the

ompetitive lever that gives one ompany therights and o ensive positioning over another inthe er e environment in whi h they operate.

The numbers speak or themselves: $1.05 billion $4.5 billion $12.5 billion

The last 18 months have unders ored just howimportant it is to innovateand to prote t thoseinventions via intelle tual property rights. Withpatent evaluations o more than $1 billion, thetele ommuni ations industry witnessed rsthandhow lu rative (or ostly) it an be when you hold(or dont hold) the rights to an invention riti al tothe evolution o a te hnology area.

Daily news headlines ontinue to eature thelatest on the Apple v. Samsung patent battle

(whi h resulted in a jury granting Apple $1.05billion in a patent in ringement verdi t inAugust 2012). Nortel sold its 6,000-do umentpatent port olio or$4.5 billion to Ro kstarconsortium, a group omprising ompaniessu h as Apple, Mi roso t, RIM, and others (June2011). And, Google pur hased Motorola Mobility

or the astounding sum o $12.5 billion (May2011). Granted, not all patent ases are o thismagnitude, but the a t that three re ent onestopped the $1 billion mark is a eat in and o itsel .

Patents are nally being re ogni ed as a viableasset lass with revenue-generating potential

ar ex eeding other sour es. This on ept hasalso rea hed those who tea h e onomi s andare shaping uture generations understandingo what is needed to ex el in the 21st entury,as eviden ed by Prin eton University Presspublishing the textbook: Innovation, Intelle tualProperty, and E onomi Growth (by christineGreenhalgh and Mark Rogers).

This begs the question: What onstitutesinnovation? How is it that some ompanies

are so su ess ul and others limp along? Whatseparates the leaders rom the ollowers?

Henry Ford gave us a glimpse o what thatdi eren e is when he said, I I had asked my

ustomers what they wanted, they would havesaid a aster horse. His de an e to buildingwhat the ustomer said they wanted aptures theessen e o the innovative organi ation. Innovatorsare on the utting edge o their elds. Theyre not just reating what produ t development says the

ustomer wants (whi h is important but not thebe all and end all), but theyre setting our uture

ourse. Theyre telling us what we need, even

though we may not reali e it at the moment. This uture ourse is se ured through theprote tion o inventions via intelle tual propertyrights. companies that invest in R&D, prote ttheir inventions (lo ally and globally) andare re ogni ed by others as having oundingte hnology are those who are paving the way orour uture. They are the leaders in innovation.

The se ond annual Thomson Reuters 2012Top 100 Global Innovators analysis and reportdemonstrates the power ul insights that anbe gleaned rom studying patent in ormationand measures innovation rom an unbiased ands ienti perspe tive.

Patent a tivity has always been an indi ator oinnovation. However, innovation omprises mu hmore than mere patent ling volume. This awarda knowledges innovation in its multidimensional

orm. Being re ogni ed as a Top 100 GlobalInnovator is a prestigious distin tion. It on rmsan organi ations ommitment to progressinginnovation globally, to the prote tion o ideas and

to the ommer iali ation o inventions. The Thomson Reuters 2012 Top 100 GlobalInnovators are the world leaders in innovation.

[Note: at time of publication, Apple acquired fullownership of more than 1,000 of the patents it jointly owned through Rockstar as part of the Nortelacquisition, but Apple didnt have sole ownership whichit needed for offensive positioning (November 2012).]


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The methodology used to determine the 2012Top 100 Global Innovators was developed byThomson Reuters and approved by severalleading IP- entri organi ations. While the nalmethodology is proprietary, we re ogni e theneed or a deeper explanation o how the listwas ompiled.

The ollowing is a loser look at the data used

and how it was al ulated and analy ed.Thomson Reuters Derwent World PatentsIndex (DWPISM), Derwent Patents citationIndexTM, Quadrilateral Patent Index, andThomson Innovation, the IP intelligen e and

ollaboration plat orm, were utili ed in ourresear h and analysis. comparative analysiswas done using the Thomson Reuters Advan edAnalyti s plat orm, the single sour e or nan ialpro essionals to turn in ormation into a tion.

The riteria or the Thomson Reuters Top 100Global Innovator award are:

1:SUCCESSPatenting an invention through one or morepatent o es is expensive. Not all patentappli ations pass through the examinationpro ess and are granted. The su ess metrimeasures the ratio o published appli ations(those patents whi h are led and publi lypublished by the patent o e but not yetgranted) to granted patents over the most re entthree years.

2: GLOBALProte ting an invention in major world markets isan indi ation o the signi ant value a ompanypla es on its intelle tual property. The numbero innovative patents that have quadrilateralpatents in their patent amilies, a ording to theThomson Reuters Quadrilateral Patent Index,was al ulated to reate a ratio that shows whi h

ompanies pla e a high value on their port olios

in major world markets. The quadrilateral patentauthorities omprise the chinese Patent O e,the European Patent O e, the Japanese PatentO e, and the United States Patent & TrademarkO e.

3: INFLUENCEThe impa t o an invention down the line

an be determined by looking at how o ten itis subsequently ited by other ompanies intheir inventions. Through the Thomson ReutersDerwent Patents citation Index database,we ounted itations to ea h organi ationspatents over the most re ent ve years, ex ludingsel - itations, and put a weighted value on thismeasurement o 50 per ent.

4: VOLUMEThis award o uses on ompanies that areresponsible or generating a si eable amounto innovation. All organi ations with 100 ormore innovative patents rom the most re entthree years were in luded in our analysis.An innovative patent is de ned as the rstpubli ation in a patent do ument o a new

te hnology, drug, business pro ess, et . In DWPI,these are alled basi patents. DWPI providesa re ord o patents published by nearly 50patent issuing authorities worldwide to enablea omprehensive pi ture o the innovationlands ape. Subsequent lings or the sameinvention are re orded as equivalents in DWPIand ollated in patent amilies and, or thisanalysis, were not in luded.

METHODOLOGY

I I had asked my customers what they wanted,they would have said a aster horse.

-Henry Ford, on the essence of the innovative organization


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The Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovatorompanies are world leaders o innovation

and e onomi growth. Their infuen e andontributions, both nationally and internationally,annot be underestimated. As stated by a

2012 U.S. Department o commer e report:Innovation is the key driver o ompetitiveness,wage and job growth, and longterm e onomigrowth. 1

Using our proprietary data and analysis tools,oupled with the expertise o our IP Servi es

team, we on rmed the value the Top 100Global Innovators deliver to their shareholders,employees and the nations in whi h they reside:

The Top 100 Global Innovators outper ormedthe S&P 500 in terms o market apitali edweighted revenue by three per ent (15per ent versus 12 per ent)

The Top 100 Global Innovators outper ormedthe S&P 500 in market apitali ed weightedR&D spend by our per ent (11 per ent versusseven per ent)

The publi ly-traded Top 100 Global Innovatororgani ations had a 15 per ent in rease in

umulative sto k value omparing the end o2011 to mid-O tober 2012

The Top 100 Global Innovator organi ationsadded 124,214 new jobs year over year

Other key ndings (explored in more detail laterin this report) in lude:

Universities were part o the list or the rsttime in 2012, with two making the Top 100,both rom South Korea

Government agen ies made the list orthe rst time in 2012, represented by theU.S. Department o the Army and the U.S.

Department o the Navy There was a 133 per ent in rease inautomotive industry representation year overyear (7 in 2012 versus just 3 in 2011)

These points unders ore the signi an e orre ipients o being a Thomson Reuters Top 100Global Innovator. This designation proves that

ompanies that invest in innovation and prote tand en or e their intelle tual assets are morelikely to ontribute to e onomi growth, bothwithin their organi ations and the nations inwhi h they reside.

KEY FINDINGS & EcONOMIcINFLUENcE

1 http://www. ommer e.gov/sites/de ault/ les/do uments/2012/january/ ompetes_010511_0.pd

Undoubtedly the capability to innovate and to bring innovationsuccess ully to market will be a crucial determinant o the globalcompetitiveness o nations over the coming decade. There is growingawareness among policymakers that innovative activity is the maindriver o economic progress and well-being as well as a potential actorin meeting global challenges in domains such as the environment andhealth.

-OECD paper on Innovation and Growth


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INTRODUcING THE THOMSON REUTERS

2012 TOP 100 GLOBAL INNOVATORSCOMPANY COUNTRY INDUSTRY3M Company USA Chemical

Advanced Micro Devices USA Semiconductor & Electronic Components

Alcatel-Lucent France Telecommunication & Equipment

Altera* USA Semiconductor & Electronic Components

Analog Devices USA Semiconductor & Electronic Components

Apple USA Telecommunication & Equipment

Arkema France Chemical

AT&T* USA Telecommunication & Equipment

Avaya USA Telecommunication & Equipment

Boeing USA Aerospace

Brother Industries Japan Computer Hardware

Canon Japan Computer Hardware

Chevron USA Chemical

CNRS, The French National Center orScientifc Research

France Scientifc Research

Commissariat lEnergie Atomique France Scientifc Research

Corning USA Semiconductor & Electronic Components

Delphi* USA Automotive

Denso Corporation Japan Transportation Equipment

Dow Chemical Company USA Chemical

DuPont USA Chemical

Eaton Corporation USA Electrical Products

EMC Corporation* USA Computer Hardware

Emerson USA Machinery

Ericsson Sweden Telecommunication & Equipment

European Aeronautic De ence and SpaceCompany France Aerospace

Exxon Mobil USA Petroleum

FANUC Japan Electrical Products

Ford* USA Automotive

FUJIFILM* Japan Machinery

Fujitsu Japan Computer Hardware

General Electric USA Consumer Products

Goodyear Tire & Rubber USA Industrial

Google* USAMedia/ Internet Search & Navigation

Systems

*New to the Top 100 list for 2012

Never be orein history hasinnovationo ered promise

o so much toso many in soshort a time.

-Bill Gates, Microsoft


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COMPANY COUNTRY INDUSTRYHewlett-Packard USA Computer Hardware

Hitachi Japan Computer Hardware

Honda Motor Company Japan Automotive

Honeywell International USA Electrical Products

IBM USA Computer Hardware

IFP Energies Nouvelles France Scientifc Research

Intel USA Semiconductor & Electronic ComponentsJatco* Japan Automotive

John Deere* USA Machinery

Korea Advanced Institute o Science andTechnology*

S. Korea Colleges & Universities

Korea Electronics Technology Institute* S. Korea Scientifc Research

Korea Research Institute o ChemicalTechnology*

S. Korea Scientifc Research

LG Electronics S. Korea Consumer Products

Lockheed Martin* USA Transportation Equipment

L'Oral France Consumer Products

LSI Corporation USA Semiconductor & Electronic Components

LSIS S. Korea Semiconductor & Electronic Components

Marvell* USA Semiconductor & Electronic Components

Michelin France Industrial

Micron USA Semiconductor & Electronic Components

Microso t USA Computer So tware

Mitsubishi Electric Japan Machinery

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries* Japan Machinery

Monsanto* USA Agriculture & Forestry

Motorola USA Telecommunication & Equipment

NEC Japan Computer Hardware

Nike* USA Consumer Products

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal* Japan Primary Metals

Nitto Denko Japan Chemical

NTT Japan Telecommunication & Equipment

Olympus Japan Healthcare Products

Panasonic Japan Consumer Products

Pohang University o Science andTechnology*

S. Korea Colleges & Universities

Procter & Gamble USA Consumer Products

THE 2012 TOP 100 GLOBAL INNOVATORS



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COMPANY COUNTRY INDUSTRYQualcomm USA Semiconductor & Electronic Components

Raytheon USA Transportation Equipment

Renault* France Automotive

Ricoh* Japan Computer Hardware

Roche Switzerland Pharmaceuticals

Rockwell Automation USA Electrical Products

Saint-Gobain France IndustrialSamsung Electronics S. Korea Semiconductor & Electronic Components

SanDisk USA Semiconductor & Electronic Components

Sandvik Sweden Machinery

Scania Sweden Transportation Equipment

Seagate* USA Computer Hardware

Seiko Epson Japan Computer Hardware

Sharp Japan Semiconductor & Electronic Components

Shin-Etsu Chemical Japan Chemical

Siemens Germany Electrical Products

Snecma France Transportation EquipmentSolvay Belgium Chemical

Sony Japan Consumer Products

STMicroelectronics* Switzerland Semiconductor & Electronic Components

Symantec USA Computer So tware

TDK* Japan Semiconductor & Electronic Components

TE Connectivity Switzerland Semiconductor & Electronic Components

Texas Instruments* USA Semiconductor & Electronic Components

Thales* France Transportation Equipment

Toshiba Japan Computer Hardware

Toyota Motor Corporation Japan AutomotiveU.S. Department o the Army* USA U.S. Federal Government Agencies

U.S. Department o the Navy* USA U.S. Federal Government Agencies

United Technologies USA Transportation Equipment

Valeo* France Automotive

Xerox USA Computer Hardware

Xilinx* USA Semiconductor & Electronic Components

THE TOP 100 GLOBAL INNOVATORS



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GEOGRAPHIc BREAKOUT

Thomson Reuters 2012 Top 100 Global Innovatorompanies span the globe. The largest

per entage is rom North Ameri a, spe i allythe U.S., with 47 per ent. Asia a ounts or 32per ent and Europe or 21 per ent. A breakout othe Top 100 ompanies by ountry is in Figure 1. In Asia, Japan leads with 25 per ent o therepresentation. It has representative ompaniesin 10 o the 21 industries, the most prevalent owhi h is computer Hardware. The only otherAsian nation to make the 2012 list is SouthKorea, with 7 per ent o the overall ompanies/organi ations. That is a 75 per ent in rease inrepresentation there year over year, with our newentrants, two o whi h are universities and two owhi h are s ienti resear h enters. There are not any ompanies rom china againthis year. This is not ompletely unexpe ted, aschinese innovators tend to have a more national

o us on the prote tion o their inventions. Assu h, they s ore lower on the Global metri .As a point o omparison, innovators rom theUnited States prote t nearly 50 per ent o theirinventions internationally (outside o the U.S.);however in china that number is just six per ent.Although china leads the world in patent volume,

its inventions have not been marketed globally.As china expands the prote tion o its inventions,an indi ator o their global signi an e, we expe tto see chinese ompanies/institutions make andin rease in number on the list.

A ross Europe there are ve nations with oneor more ompanies in the top 100 list. Fran eis the innovation leader with 13 organi ationsspread a ross nine o the 21 industries, an 18per ent in rease over 2011. Fran e ontinues tobe the nation with the most s ienti resear h

enters. This years group - IFP EnergiesNouvelles; cNRS, the Fren h National center orS ienti Resear h; and commissariat lnergieatomique - are proving to be quite innovative andinfuential in driving uture te hnology. Germany, Lie htenstein, Sweden and theNetherlands all dropped in their representationon the list, two dropping o the list ompletely(Lie htenstein and the Netherlands). That is notto say that innovation slowed in these ountries.To the ontrary, several 2011 Top 100 GlobalInnovators a tually in reased their level oinnovation year over year, however not enough toover ome some o the new entrants.


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GEOGRAPHIc DISTRIBUTION OF 2012 TOP 100 GLOBAL INNOVATORSFIGURE 1

U.S.

JAPAN

FRANcE

SOUTH KOREA

SWEDEN

SWITzERLAND

BELGIUM

GERMANY

2012 vs 2011 TOP 100 GLOBAL INNOVATORS GEOGRAPHIc DISTRIBUTIONFIGURE 1A

COUNTRY 2012 PERCENTAGE 2011 PERCENTAGE

Belgium 1% 0%

Fran e 13% 11%

Germany 1% 4%

Japan 25% 27%

Lie htenstein 0% 1%

Netherlands 0% 4%

South Korea 7% 4%

Sweden 3% 6%

Swit erland 3% 3%

USA 47% 40%

Source: Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI)


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INDUSTRY BREAKOUTExpe tedly, manu a turing-based industries

ontinue to top the 2012 list as these

organi ations typi ally o us on reating andprote ting new produ ts via intelle tual propertyrights.. The patent gives its holder a ompetitiveadvantage: the right to ex lude others romthe invention or a period o up to 20 years (in

most jurisdi tions). Ideas in and o themselvesmay be brilliant, but it is the putting o that

idea into a tion and prote ting it that an turnon epts into ash. A ull list o the industries andrepresentation a ross the 100 organi ations isshown in Figure 2.

INDUSTRY REPRESENTATION OF THOMSON REUTERS 2012 TOP 100 GLOBAL INNOVATORSFIGURE 2

SEMIcONDUcTORS & ELEcTRIcALcOMPONENTS

cOMPUTER HARDWARE

cHEMIcAL

AUTOMOTIVE

cONSUMER PRODUcTS

TELEcOMMUNIcATIONS

TRANSPORTATION

MAcHINERY

ELEcTRIcAL PRODUcTS

ScIENTIFIc RESEARcH

INDUSTRIAL

AEROSPAcE

cOLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES

cOMPUTER SOFTWARE

GOVERNMENT AGENcIES

AGRIcULTURE & FORESTRY

HEALTHcARE

MEDIA/INTERNET

PETROLEUM

PHARMAcEUTIcALS

PRIMARY METALS



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2012 vs 2011 TOP 100 GLOBAL INNOVATORS INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIONFIGURE 2A

INDUSTRY 2012 PERCENTAGE 2011 PERCENTAGE

Aerospa e 2% 3%

Agri ulture & Forestry 1% 0%

Automotive 7% 3%

chemi al 8% 13%colleges/Universities 2% 0%

computer Hardware 13% 11%

computer So tware 2% 4%

consumer Produ ts 7% 9%

Ele tri al Produ ts 5% 6%

Government Agen ies 2% 0%

Health are 1% 4%

Industrial 3% 6%

Ma hinery 6% 8%Media/Internet 1% 0%

Petroleum 1% 2%

Pharma euti als 1% 2%

Primary Metals 1% 0%

S ienti Resear h 5% 3%

Semi ondu tors & Ele troni components 18% 0%

Tele ommuni ations 7% 7%

Transportation 7% 5%


An idea in and o itsel may be brilliant. But it is theputting o that idea into action and protecting it thatcan turn concepts into cash.

-David Brown, Managing Director, IP Solutions, Thomson Reuters


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The most prevalent industry within the Top 100list is Semi ondu tor & Ele troni components

or the se ond year in a row; 18 o the 100ompanies are rom this se tor, a 29 per ent

in rease over 2011. The our new entrants inthis area spe iali e in analog and logi devi es.Twelve, or 67 per ent, o the 18 are rom the U.S.;the remaining six are evenly split between Japan,

South Korea and Swit erland. Semi ondu torsare a riti al omponent o many items useddaily, rom smart phones, to omputers andautomobiles to morethe growth here refe ts just how essential they are to li e in the 21st

entury. Figure 3 shows the geographidistribution o these ompanies.

THOMSON REUTERS TOP 100 GLOBAL INNOVATORS DISTRIBUTION:SEMIcONDUcTOR & ELEcTRONIc cOMPONENTSFIGURE 3

U.S.

JAPAN

SWITzERLAND

SOUTH KOREA



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THOMSON REUTERS TOP 100 GLOBAL INNOVATORS DISTRIBUTION:cOMPUTER HARDWAREFIGURE 4

The next most prevalent industry a ross theTop 100 organi ations is computer Hardware,with 13 per ent o the Top 100 residing in this

ategory. The in rease in this ategory is due tothe explosive growth in the need to manage and

store big data. Eight (or 53 per ent) o the 13are rom Japan, the remaining are rom the U.S.Figure 4 shows the geographi distribution ocomputer Hardware ompanies.

JAPAN

USA



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FIGURE 5

INDUSTRY BREAKOUT - NORTH AMERIcA:UNITED STATES

Industry breakouts or the U.S., Europe andJapan are shown in the next series o gures.In the US, the leading industry representedis Semi ondu tor & Ele troni components,

omprising 12 per ent o the overall list, ollowedby computer Hardware, with ve ompaniesor ve per ent o the overall list. The U.S. hasrepresentation in 16 o the 21 industries or 2012.


cOMPUTER HARDWARE

cHEMIcAL

TELEcOMMUNIcATIONS

cONSUMER PRODUcTS

ELEcTRIcAL PRODUcTS

TRANSPORTATION

AUTOMOTIVE

cOMPUTER SOFTWARE

GOVERNMENT AGENcIES

MAcHINERY

AEROSPAcE

AGRIcULTURE & FORESTRY

INDUSTRIAL

MEDIA/INTERNET

PETROLEUM



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FIGURE 6

INDUSTRY BREAKOUT - EUROPE:BELGIUM, FRANcE, GERMANY, SWEDEN, SWITzERLAND

For Europe, the top two industries aretransportation equipment (three per ent ooverall list total) and s ienti resear h enters(also with three per ent o the overall list).In 2011, Europe led the world in Ma hineryManu a turing; this year, there is just one su h

manu a turer on the list rom Europe. Thesigni ant de rease in this area is predominantlyattributed to the a t that housing starts havebeen mu h lower over the past ew years due toe onomi onditions, whi h impa ted innovationo su h equipments.

ScIENTIFIc RESEARcH

TRANSPORTATION

AUTOMOTIVE

cHEMIcAL

INDUSTRIAL


AEROSPAcE

cONSUMER PRODUcTS

ELEcTRIcAL PRODUcTS

MAcHINERY

PHARMAcEUTIcALS

TELEcOMMUNIcATIONS



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FIGURE 7

INDUSTRY BREAKOUT - ASIA:JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA

In Asia, the predominant industry is computerHardware, omprising 25 per ent o theregions overall representation, ollowed bySemi ondu tor & Ele troni components at

13 per ent. Asia leads the world in omputerhardware manu a turing with 62 per ent o the

ompanies rom this region.

cOMPUTER HARDWARE


AUTOMOTIVE

cONSUMER PRODUcTS

MAcHINERY

cHEMIcAL

cOLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

ScIENTIFIc RESEARcH

ELEcTRIcAL PRODUcTS

HEALTHcARE PRODUcTS

PRIMARY METALS

TELEcOMMUNIcATIONS

TRANSPORTATION



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MOST INNOVATIVE PHARMAcEUTIcAL

ORGANIzATIONSAs mentioned in this report, the Top 100 GlobalInnovator methodology tends to avor ast-pa ed,high-te h industries, where the iterative nature oinnovation o urs more requently due to shorterprodu t li e y les and demand or new eaturesand un tionality. That is not to say, however, thatinnovation is only taking pla e in te hnology-

o used organi ations.

Mole ule- o used ompanies, su h aspharma euti als, are also extremely innovative.However, it is harder or them to make the listdue to ewer patent lings and the a t that manyinventions do not s ore highly on the Globalmetri , whi h is the prote tion o an inventionwith the USPTO, EPO, JPO and SIPO.

Given these a tors, we are announ ing thetop our pharma euti al innovators in 2012,a ording to our metri s. They are:

Roche (2012 Top 100 Global Innovator)AbbottBayerBristol Myers Squibb

Beyond Ro he, these three additionalpharma euti al ompanies met the 100+ uniqueinvention threshold or 2012 but did not s orehighly enough a ross other areas to be named aTop 100 Global Innovator.


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cONcLUSION

Intelle tual property is mu h more than a seto rights enabling de ensive posturing or the

reedom to ex lude. Patents are the asset lasso the 21st entury with the potential to generaterevenue, trans orm e onomies and ontribute togrowth.

The Thomson Reuters 2012 Top 100 GlobalInnovators are the world leaders in innovation.

Some are expe ted ompanies on the list; othersare new entrants that represent the utureevolution o our world. All have one thing in

ommon: those who innovate, and prote t theirinventions with IP rights, have greater han es

or long-term su ess than those who dont.

A shi t witnessed by this years honoree listshows innovation migrating into se torsthat previously didnt ompete alongside

orporations. The 2012 Top 100 GlobalInnovators provide proo o the ollaborativenature o innovationopen innovationand howuniversities, government agen ies and s ientiresear h enters are be oming more riti alplayers in the innovation pro ess.

We also see how ompanies/industries that just a ew years ago were on the brink odemise have re-invented themselves to remain

ompetitive and also address environmental andso ietal needs. case in point: the automotiveindustry. Ford Motor company made the list

or the rst time this year, alongside six otherautomotive ompanies. Fords dedi ation to

alternative-powered vehi les and ommitmentto innovation on the part o its leadershipinfuen ed the inventions its bringing to marketand prote ting with IP.

All o the 2012 re ipients instill a ulture oinnovation within their organi ations andinvest in R&D to keep the inventive pro essalive. cEOs o some o this years organi ationsexplain their perspe tives on innovation onthe top100innovators. om website. Theirorgani ations stand out rom others in that theyen ourage idea generation and the inventionpro ess. They have established systems or

vetting their innovation unnels and determiningwhi h ideas are worthy o prote tion. Theyrigorously monitor prior art and the ompetitivelands ape, and prose ute the best-o -the-bestin terms o on ept generation.

But, that is just the beginning. The Top100 Global Innovator ompanies also lookat innovation through a global lens. Theydetermine the market potential o an inventionand a tively seek prote tion or it around theworld. Their strategi rationale may di er, butthey are one in the same when it omes toseeking and apitali ing on the global potentialo their inventions.

Finally, they are viewed by their peers,ompetitors, and others as making an impa t ul

di eren e. Their inventions are o tentimessigni antly ited by others and are seen as

ounding te hnologies in their respe tive areas.

Thomson Reuters ongratulates and thanks the2012 Top 100 Global Innovators or the spirit oinnovation they oster in their organi ations and

their adheren e to IP systems and the prote tiono intelle tual rights.


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