CambridgeIP Patent Research Identifies Top Tech Company on UK's Alternative Investment Market (AIM)
Novel research by CambridgeIP focusing on patenting activities of AIM-listed companies reveals a fuel cell developer, University technology transfer office and acoustic wave sensor technology company are the Top 3 AIM companies by patent outputs.
Cambridge, United Kingdom (PRWEB) November 18, 2008 -- CambridgeIP Ltd today announced the publication of its online "Patent-based Analysis of the Technology Activities of IP-intensive AIM-listed Companies": providing a unique patent-based perspective on technology-intensive companies (see www.cambridgeip.com/reports/AIM). CambridgeIP identified 68 patent-intensive companies in industries ranging from clean tech, to biotech to communications.
The top ranking company by number of patents published and patents filed was Imperial Innovations, the technology transfer arm of Imperial College, University of London. It was followed closely by IDA Tech (a US-based fuel cells manufacturer) and Transense Technologies (a developer of surface acoustic wave sensors). However, when measured by total number of patent citations (a measure of the industry impact of a company's technology), IDA Tech was ranked number one by a wide margin, with 451 total patent citations. IDA Tech was also ranked first by the number of US Patents, while Transense was ranked first by number of Chinese-registered patents.
CambridgeIP's CEO Ilian Iliev set the context of the research: "CambridgeIP's seeks to uncover the high-performers in technology-intensive industries, and help participants in the technology economy understand their patent landscape. As markets adapt to the impact of the current financial crisis both entrepreneurs and investors will seek to identify and nurture core value in technology enterprises. Patents are an underused 'hard' measure of a company's intangible assets that can help technology companies communicate value to investors and clients - while keeping their R&D investment secure. At the same time, it is increasingly important to use sophisticated measures of patent quality to deal with inflation in patent numbers in recent years in some technology sectors".
The Alternative Investments Market (AIM) is an important location for innovative businesses to seek growth funding. Since its launch in 1995 over 2,500 businesses from the UK and internationally have raised in excess of £34bln. Recent years have seen a diverse range of technology-intensive businesses access growth funding on AIM: from the UK and abroad.
About CambridgeIP:
CambridgeIP is a provider of actionable Intellectual Property (IP)-based intelligence to the technology community. The company has a proprietary platform enabling efficient handling, real time analysis and online display of large patent (and other structured data) datasets, unique analytics, and highly granular focus at the level of individual technology, inventor or organisation. CambridgeIP's Online Reports provide a unique on-demand source of information to technology companies and their service providers. Visit www.cambridgeip.com for more.
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