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The April 2011 study ranks the top three patent inventors across four technology sectors—wireless, biotech, industrials, and semiconductors—based on the average IPQ® score of each inventor’s 2010 issued and active U.S. utility patents within specified USPC classifications. Rankings use a minimum of five issues patents, with median IPQ® scores defined as 100 for context.","Ocean Tomo Patent Quality Inventor Study | April 2011  \n\n| Ocean Tomo Patent Quality Inventor Study\u003Cbr>April, 2011\u003Cbr>The U.S. has transitioned to an innovation based economy with intellectual property (IP) taking center stage. Eighty percent (80%) of company value is comprised of intangible assets, according to the Ocean Tomo Intangible Asset Market Value Study released earlier this year.\u003Cbr>One of the largest components of value, corporate intangibles can often be traced directly to the women and men responsible – the inventors holding the most significant patents. In order to recognize significant individual contributors, Ocean Tomo, the leading intellectual capital merchant banc™ firm, undertook a study of top patent inventors relative to the quality of their 2010 issued and in-force patents.\u003Cbr>The Ocean Tomo Patent Quality Inventor Study ranks the top three inventors within four technology sectors: wireless, biotech, industrials and semiconductors. Requiring only a minimum of five issues patents, the ranking is based on the average patent IPQ® score for each inventor’s 2010 issued and active U.S. patents within noted U.S. Patent Office Classifications. Ocean Tomo PatentRatings® IPQ scores objectively rate patent assets based on a proven statistical methodology, with a median score being 100. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Wireless (USPC 455, 370 & 375) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| In Wireless, the top rated inventor with 16 patents in USPC 455, 370 & 375 is John Christopher Harvey. These patents have an average IPQ score of 235.7 which puts his patents in the top 0.1% of the approximate 220,000, active US utility patents granted in 2010. He is followed by Joseph J. Kubler with 7 patents within the technology area and an average IPQ® score of 204.8. Completing the top three in this category is Naoko Iwami, with 6 patents and an average IPQ score of 195.8. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 1st Inventor1 | Avg. IPQ®\u003Cbr>Score2 | Patent Count3 Percentile4 Current Assignee(s)5 |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Harvey; John C 235.7 16 0. 1% Personalized Media Communications LLC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Kubler; Joseph J. 204.8 7 0. 3% Broadcom Corp. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Iwami; Naoko 195.8 6 0. 5% Hitachi Ltd. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| The top rated patent within the technology area for each of these three inventors include: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Patent Number6 IPQ® Score7 Rating8 Title9 Issue Date10 |  |  |  |  |  | Nominal\u003Cbr>Expiration Date11 | 1st Inventor1 |\n| 7848316 229.0 A+ Hierarchical data collection network supporting\u003Cbr>packetized voice communications among wireless terminals and telephones |  |  |  |  | 12/7/2010 10/5/2015 Kubler; Joseph J. |  |  |\n| 7738447 236.1 A+ Voice communication system and voice 6/15/2010 12/13/2014 Iwami; Naoko communication method |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 7747217 259.5 A+ Signal processing apparatus and methods 6/29/2010 6/29/2027 Harvey; John C. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Biotech (USPC: 435 & 436) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| In Biotech, Travis Mickle is the top rated inventor. The 16 patents that fall within USPC 435 and 436 have an average IPQ score of 185.1. This average lands his patents in the top 1% of all active US utility patents. James G. Metz ranks second within this technology area with an average IPQ for his 13 patents at 171.1. He is followed by Joseph A. 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