A study of Patent Thickets (1.31Mb) - UK Intellectual Property Office
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78 A Study <strong>of</strong> <strong>Patent</strong> <strong>Thickets</strong><br />
Industry<br />
2-digit SIC<br />
(2007 <strong>UK</strong><br />
classification)<br />
Number<br />
<strong>of</strong> firms<br />
Number <strong>of</strong><br />
patenters<br />
Share patenting<br />
2001-2009<br />
Land transport 49 53,264 57 0.11% 173<br />
Water transport 50 3,838 8 0.21% 20<br />
Air transport 51 3,533 8 0.23% 138<br />
Cargo handling & travel agencies 52 17,576 37 0.21% 111<br />
Post & telecomm 53 4,313 7 0.16% 53<br />
Publishing 58 65,015 209 0.32% 608<br />
Telecommunications 61 17,393 161 0.93% 2682<br />
Computer consulting 62 191,290 996 0.52% 4367<br />
Data processing, hosting 63 9,714 54 0.56% 77<br />
Banks and other financial services 64 44,921 75 0.17% 131<br />
Insurance 65 13,581 15 0.11% 50<br />
Securities 66 11,461 21 0.18% 204<br />
Real estate 68 130,182 84 0.06% 266<br />
Law and accounting 69 49,404 27 0.05% 189<br />
Management consulting 70 205,811 618 0.30% 4124<br />
Engineering services 71 48,517 272 0.56% 1626<br />
Number <strong>of</strong><br />
patents<br />
R&D services 72 10,291 1,168 11.35% 11214<br />
Advertising 73 25,454 78 0.31% 250<br />
Non-trading companies 74 20,529 304 1.48% 4727<br />
Other business activities 82 625,553 2,066 0.33% 9898<br />
Medical services 86 44,865 161 0.36% 923<br />
Other personal services 96 123,321 428 0.35% 1385<br />
Dormant 99 2,464 23 0.93% 1259<br />
Unknown 428,208 0 0.00% 408<br />
Total 3,262,720 15,123 0.46% 94,540<br />
Table 7.2: FAME Population <strong>of</strong> <strong>UK</strong> firms, by industry
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