U.S. CLEAN ENERGY PATENTS Clean Energy Patent Growth Index Victor A. Cardona © 2012 Heslin Rothenberg Farley

U.S. CLEAN ENERGY PATENTSClean Energy Patent Growth Index

Victor A. Cardona

http://www.cleanenergypatentgrowthindex.com© 2012 Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

LES Clean TechCommittee

• Green Jobs

• Energy Security

• Climate Change

Why Clean Energy?

© 2012 Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

InnovationNew and Not Obvious standard -- Advance of technology

Time and Effort devoted to patents

R & D programsLegal

Why Patents?


Inventions, embodied in patents, are a major driver of long-term regional economicperformance, especially if the patents are of higher quality. In recent decades, patenting

is associated with higher productivity growth, lower unemployment rates, and the creation ofmore publicly-traded companies. The effect of patents on growth is roughly equal to that ofhaving a highly educated workforce. A low-patenting metro area could gain $4,300 more per

worker over a decade’s time, if it became a high-patenting metro area

Patenting Prosperity: Invention and Economic Performance in the United States and its Metropolitan Areas Brookings Institution, February 1, 2013

Fuel Cells

Wind Power

Solar Power

Hybrid/ElectricVehicles

Tide/Ocean Wave Power

Biofuels / BiomassPower

Hydroelectric Power

Geothermal Power

Other Clean Energy Technologies

Technologies in the CEPGI


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All Sectors Patents by Quarter2002 - 2012

FUEL CELLS Wind

Solar HYBRID/ELECTRIC

TIDAL/WAVE BIO FUELS

Hydro Geo

Other


Honda Motor Co., Ltd. / Honda Giken Kogyo KKGeneral Motors Corp. / GM GTO, Inc.

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaGeneral Electric Company

Samsung SDI / Samsung Elecs. / Samsung TechwinNissan Motor Co., Ltd.

Ford Global Techs., LLC / Ford Motor Co.UTC Power Corporation/UTC Fuel Cells

Ballard Power Sys. Corp. / Ballard Power Sys. AGVestas Wind Systems A/S

Siemens AG / Siemens Power GenerationHyundai Motor Company

Panasonic CorporationCanon Kabushiki Kaisha

Wobben, Aloys (as owner of Enercon GmbH)Mitsubishi Companies

Delphi Technologies, Inc.Hitachi, Ltd.

Plug Power Inc.Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Daimler AG / Daimler Chrysler AG

IdaTech, LLCKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Sony Corporation / Sony Int'l EuropeE. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Bloom Energy Corporation f/k/a Ion America

Denso Corp.Sharp Kabushiki KaishaApplied Materials, Inc.

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75 Top 25 Clean EnergyPatent Assignees

2002-2012

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2011

2012


General Electric Company

Samsung SDI / Samsung Elecs. / Samsung Techwin

General Motors Corp. / GM GTO, Inc.

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. / Honda Giken Kogyo KK

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Siemens AG / Siemens Power Generation

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Top 10 Clean EnergyPatent Assignees

2011





Samsung SDI / Samsung Elecs. / Samsung Techwin

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. / Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Mitsubishi Companies


Siemens Companies

Hyundai Motor Company

Ford Global Techs., LLC / Ford Motor Co.

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Top 10 Clean EnergyPatent Assignees

2012


U.S.48%

Japan26%

Germany7%

Korea5%

Taiwan2%

Canada2%

Denmark2%France

1%Great Britain

1%

Other5%

Clean Energy PatentsGeographic Distribution

2002-2012


Michigan20%

California19%

New York14%

Connecticut5% Texas

4%

Illinois4%

Massachusetts3%

Florida3%

New Jersey2%

Other26%

Clean Energy PatentsGeographic Distribution

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Clean Energy Patents for Top Countries2002-2012

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Canada


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Clean Energy Patents for Top European Countries2002-2012

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Denmark

France

Great Britain

Spain

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Switzerland


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Clean Energy Patents for Top States2002-2012

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California

New York

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Fuel Cell Patents by Quarter2002 - 2012



Honda Motor Co., Ltd.


Samsung SDI Co., Ltd; Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

UTC Power Corporation/UTC Fuel Cells


Ballard Power Systems Corp. / Bal-lard Power Systems AG

Panasonic Corp.

Plug Power Inc.

Delphi Technologies, Inc.

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Top 10Fuel Cell EnergyPatent Assignees

2002-2012

2002-2008

2009

2010

2011

2012



United States44%

Japan33%

Korea7%

Germany6%

Canada2%

Taiwan2%

France2%Great Britain

1%

Other3%

Fuel Cell PatentsGeographic Distribution

2002-2012


Michigan31%

California12%

Connecticut10% New York

10%

Texas4%

Illinois4%

Massachusetts3%

Oregon3%

New Jersey2%

Other20%

U.S. Fuel Cell PatentsGeographic Distribution

2002-2012


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Fuel Cell Patents by Top Countries2002-2012

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Japan

Korea

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Wind Patents by Quarter2002 - 2012




Wobben, Aloys (as owner of En-ercon GmbH)

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Siemens Aktiengasellschaft

Nordex Energy GmbH

Repower Systems AG

Gamesa

LM Glasfiber A/S

Hitachi, Ltd.

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2002-2012

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2011

2012



United States50%

Germany17%

Denmark10%

Japan8%

Spain3%

Canada2%

Taiwan2%

Great Britain1%

Other8%

Wind PatentsGeographic Distribution

2002-2012


New York46%

California11%

Texas5%

Massachusetts3%

Illinois3%

Pennsylvania2%

Florida2%

New Jersey2%

Virginia2%

Other5%

U.S. Wind PatentsGeographic Distribution

2002-2012


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Ford Global Techs., LLC / Ford Motor Co.

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

General Motors Corp. / GM Global Tech. Ops.

Hyundai Motor Company


Denso Corp.

Aisin AW Co., Ltd.

Tesla Motors, Inc.

Hitachi, Ltd.

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Patent Assignees2002-2012

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2012



Japan43%

United States42%

Korea6%

Germany3%

France1%China

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Other3%

Hybrid/Electric Vehicle PatentsGeographic Distribution

2002-2012



Michigan57%

California14%

New York5%

Ohio4%

Illinois3%

Florida2%

Colorado2%

Other14%

U.S. HEV PatentsGeographic Distribution

2002-2012



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Hybrid/Electric Vehicle Patents by Top Countries2002-2012

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Solar Patents by Quarter2002 - 2012


Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha

Applied Materials, Inc.

Sunpower Corp.

The Boeing Company

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Samsung SDI Co., Ltd / Samsung Elecs. Co. Ltd.


Emcore Corporation

Konarka Technologies, Inc.

Solopower, Inc.

LG

Rabinowitz, Mario

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Top 10 Solar EnergyPatent Assignees

2002-2012

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2011

2012



United States55%

Japan19%

Germany6%

Taiwan5%

Korea4%

France1%

Canada1%

Other8%

Solar PatentsGeographic Distribution

2002-2012



United States59%

Japan10%

Taiwan8%

Korea6%

Germany6%

China1%

France1%

Other8%


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United States56%

Japan14%

Taiwan8%

Korea6%

Germany6%

Canada1%

France1%

Other8%


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California41%

New York6%

Massachusetts6% Illinois

5%Delaware

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Michigan4%

Colorado4%

Other31%

U.S. Solar PatentsGeographic Distribution

2002-2012



California41%

New York7%

Delaware5%

Colorado5%

Massachusetts5%

Texas4%

Ohio3%

Other30%


2012



California48%

New York8%

Delaware5%

Massachusetts4%

Michigan4%

Illinois4%

Colorado3%

Other24%


2011


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Solar Patents for Top States and Countries2002-2012

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Taiwan

Korea

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Indirect vs. Direct Thermal by Quarter2002 - 2011

Direct ThermalPolynomial (Direct Ther-mal)


The Boeing Company

Rabinowitz, Mario

UTC Power Corporation/UTC Fuel Cells

Fu Zhun Precision Indus.; Foxconn Tech

Schott AG

The Sun Trust, L.L.C.

Akamatsu, Norio

Los Angeles Advisory Services, Inc.

Midwest Research Institute

Prueitt, Melvin L.

USA as represented by NASA

University of Puerto Rico

Niedermeyer; William P.

Queen's University at Kingston

Yangpichit, Pitaya

Atomic En. Council-Inst. of Nuclear En.

Tsao, Jason

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc.

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2002-2011

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Direct

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1. first generation (e.g., silicon based) PV2. second generation (e.g., thin film) PV3. third generation (dye-sensitized, quantum dots, nano-modified, organic) PV 4. PV enhancement (e.g., multi-junction, CPV, anti-reflective coatings)5. Enabling technologies (e.g., racking systems, power conversion, heat sinks, bypass diodes, sun tracking)6. PV applications (e.g., use of PV technology in a product)

Solar PV Subsectors



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1st GenPolynomial (1st Gen)2nd GenPolynomial (2nd Gen)



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PV EnhancementPolynomial (PV Enhancement)Enabling TechPolynomial (Enabling Tech)



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Hybrid Systems Patents by Quarter2002 - 2011


Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha

Sunpower Corp.



Samsung SDI Co., Ltd / Samsung Elec. Co. Ltd.

The Boeing Company




Rabinowitz, Mario

Emcore Corporation / Emcore Solar Power, Inc.

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2002-2011

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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.


Miasole

Sunpower Corp.

Atomic Energy Council-Institute of Nuclear Energy


LG Electronics / LG Chem

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Top PhotovoltaicPatent Assignees

2011


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