From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,13b8c77901b6c143,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-01-30 06:58:45 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: nntp.gmd.de!news.rwth-aachen.de!uni-paderborn.de!news.sni.de!aquila.sni-usa.com!noc.near.net!paperboy.wellfleet.com!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!gatech!udel!news.mathworks.com!uunet!world!srctran From: srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian) Subject: 1994 US software patent statistics Message-ID: Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 14:58:45 GMT Date: 1995-01-30T14:58:45+00:00 List-Id: The following has absolutely nothing to do with Ada, including the U.S. Army/Navy/Air Force statistic. Sad but true. Greg Aharonian ==================== 1994 US SOFTWARE PATENT STATISTICS The Internet Patent News Service has finished its analysis of US software patents issued in 1994, with a final total of 4569 patents, pushing the total software patent count since 1970 over 15,000. Anyone of the following figures can be freely cited in your publication, as long as credit is given to the news service. "Hot" topics for software patenting include object oriented programming, interactive television, networking, health care and automobiles. Software patents were issued in the following categories (with 1994 counts - some patents counted in more than one category). 623 Image processing 532 Networks/communications 448 Operating systems 374 Process/numerical control 337 Graphics 292 Medical / health care 241 Engineering 232 Automobiles / transportation 223 Graphical user interface 211 Signal processing 173 Database 166 Computer aided software engineering 162 Security / encryption 149 CAE / Circuit Design 147 Financial / management 151 Office automation 129 CAD / Computer aided design 121 Word processing 119 Physics 103 Navigation 95 Speech recognition/synthesis 92 Robotics 89 Neural networks 88 Distributed processing 86 Pattern recognition 78 Compression 78 Artificial intelligence 71 Biology 70 Music 67 Natural language analysis 66 Numerical analysis 62 Character recognition 57 Multiprocessing 56 Algorithms 51 Chemistry 49 Object oriented programming 48 Games 47 Geophysical 47 Fuzzy logic 38 Simulation 34 Vision 33 Education 28 Parallel programming 26 Virtual reality 8 Spreadsheets 6 Biotechnology along with the following corporate software patent assignees (* = Japanese): 396 IBM 189 *Hitachi 107 DEC 107 Xerox & Fuji Xerox 107 *Toshiba 97 Hewlett-Packard 82 *Fujitsu 70 *Canon Kabushiki Kaisha 68 Motorola 68 *Matsushita Electric Industrial 65 *Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha 61 ATT Bell Laboratories 50 General Electric 49 *Ricoh 39 Eastman Kodak 39 *Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 36 U.S. Navy / Army / Air Force 36 *Fanuc 35 Sun Microsystem 34 Intel 32 *NEC 30 *Yamaha 30 *Honda 27 *Brother Kyogo Kabushiki Kaisha 27 Texas Instruments 24 Bell Communications Research 23 Sony 22 Hughes Aircraft 21 Microsoft 21 Ford Motor 20 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 20 Samsung Electronics 20 Apple Computer 19 Honeywell 17 *Fuji Photo Film 17 *Casio Computer 16 Westinghouse Electric 16 Unisys 15 Schlumberger Technology 14 *Zexel 14 *Pioneer Electronic 13 E.I. Du Pont de Nemours 13 VLSI Technology 13 Pitney Bowes 13 *Dainippon Screen Manufacturing 13 *Konica 13 *Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha 13 Rockwell International 12 Compaq Computer 12 *Nissan Motor 12 France Telecom In 1995, the flood continues, with an all-time high of 125 software patents issued in the first week of January. My prediction is 5500 software patents in 1995, giving a two year total of 10,000 software patents, for an industry where the last original software idea was published ten years ago. ******** Source Translation & Optimization has just released a report detailing over a dozen statistical views of the problems of prior art for US software patents. The report, titled "Demographics of US Software Patents: Foundation for Software Prior Art Planning" is available from STO for $100. ******** For more information and questions on the 1994 software patent statistics, please contact us. To subscribe to the Internet Patent News Service, a free daily newsletter, send 'help' in the body of a message to our Internet address at: patents@world.std.com or call us. Gregory Aharonian - Editor Internet Patent News Service patents@world.std.com Source Translation & Optimization P.O. Box 404 Belmont, MA 02178 617-489-3727