FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 31, 2012
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Contact: (518) 452-5600
Victor A. Cardona, Esq.
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HESLIN ROTHENBERG FARLEY & MESITI P.C. ANNOUNCES
CLEAN ENERGY PATENT GROWTH INDEX
RESULTS THROUGH 2nd QUARTER 2012
GRANTED PATENTS REACH NEW HIGH
TOYOTA REMAINS CHAMP DUE TO FUEL CELL AND HEV PATENTS
TOYOTA REMAINS CHAMP DUE TO FUEL CELL AND HEV PATENTS
FUEL CELL, SOLAR AND WIND PATENTS JUMP
US Leads-JAPAN Tops Others
CALIFORNIA LEADS STATES FOLLOWED BY NEW YORK
ALBANY, NY—Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C. is pleased to announce results for the second quarter
of 2012 for the Clean
Energy Patent Growth Index (CEPGI) by the firm’s Cleantech
Group.
The
CEPGI tracks the granting of patents in the Clean Energy sector and
monitors important technological breakthroughs in this field.
Victor Cardona,
Co-chair of the firm’s Cleantech Group stated, “we are pleased to
announce that the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index was again at record
levels in the second quarter, topping the previous high mark set in the
previous quarter. Wind, Solar, Hybrid/Electric
Vehicle, Biomass/Biofuel patents all reached new highs and Toyota held
onto the quarterly Clean Energy patent Crown for the second straight
quarter, after an absence since 2009. The US led all others on the
strength of California, New York and Michigan. Japan
led all other countries, followed by Germany.”
The Clean Energy Patent Growth Index (CEPGI) provides an
indication of the trend of innovative activity in the Clean Energy
sector since 2002 in the U.S., along with Leading Patent Owners and
Leading Country and State information. Results from
the second quarter of 2012 reveal the CEPGI to have a value of 786
granted U.S. patents which is the highest quarterly total since tracking
of the CEPGI began and the fourth consecutive record-breaking quarter.
This quarter tops the previous record set in
the 1st quarter of 2012 by 92 granted patents, along with being up 249
over the second quarter of last year. Quarterly results are illustrated
below:
Fuel
Cells again led the other components of the CEPGI in the second
quarter, but Solar technology patents continued to follow on its heels.
Fuel Cells patents were up
32 patents from the first quarter at 264 and were up 59 over a year
prior. Solar patents (188) continued to dominate the remaining
components of the CEPGI at 211, up 23 over the previous quarter and up
89 over the second quarter of 2011. Solar's closest
competitor, Wind (187), was up 30 patents over the second quarter and
up 74 patents relative to the same period last year. The surge by Solar
patents in the last two quarters comes after Solar and Wind were tied
in the fourth quarter of last year. Hybrid/Electric
Vehicle patents (65) rose 3 patents and were up 18 compared to the
second quarter of 2011 Biomass/Biofuel patents (36) were up 13 from the
first quarter of this year and almost doubled relative to the second
quarter of 2011. Hydroelectric patents (6) were
up one compared to the previous quarter while being up two compared to a
year prior.
After
a three year gap, Toyota took the quarterly Clean Energy Patent crown
for the second consecutive quarter in the second quarter of 2012 with 46
patents - down three
from the first quarter. Toyota’s patents were again primarily in Fuel
Cells at 32 with an assist from Hybrid/Electric Vehicle patents at 14.
GE trailed Toyota for the second quarter this year - this time by three
patents. Wind patents (39) led for GE followed
by Solar (2) and one each in Fuel Cells and Hybrid/Electric Vehicles.
GM jumped back to third place from fourth last quarter, and had 23 Fuel
Cell patents and 7 Hybrid/Electric Vehicle patents. Honda had three
less clean energy patents than GM in the second
quarter and one more than its own total in the first quarter. Honda
scored 20 Fuel Cell patents and 3 in Hybrid/Electric Vehicles. Samsung
followed with 21 Fuel Cells and 1 Solar patent. Vestas Wind Systems was
next with 20 Wind patents trailing GE for
the quarter by 19 in Wind. Mitsubishi and Siemens were also heavy in
Wind patents with 11 each. Mitsubhishi's total of 16 also included 2
Solar patents and one each in Fuel Cells and Hybrid/Electric Vehicles.
Siemens added 3 Fuel Cell patents to its Wind
total. Sanyo placed ninth for the second quarter with 5 Fuel Cell
patents and 7 in Solar. Ford rounded out the top ten with 6 Fuel Cell
and 5 Hybrid/Electric Vehicle patents.
Geographically, Japan again led non-U.S. holders of U.S. clean energy patents and individual U.S. states with 158, up 8 over the first quarter, and up 44 over the same quarter a year ago, to again claim the quarterly geographical clean energy patent crown. California was in second place for the third consecutive quarter at 95 clean energy patents, up 25 from the first quarter and up 30 compared to a year prior. Germany was again third with 62 clean energy patents, up 11 over the first quarter and 33 over the same quarter last year. New York and Michigan switched places from the first quarter with New York gaining 54 clean energy patents, up 7 over the previous quarter and up two over the same quarter a year before. Michigan had 52 clean energy patents which was up three over the first quarter and 14 relative to the second quarter of 2011. Korea and Denmark followed as in the first quarter with Korea trailing Michigan by four patents at 48 - up 3 and 7, respectively, compared to last quarter and the same time a year before. Denmark had 28 clean energy patents which was down four relative to last quarter while being up two compared to last year. Colorado reached a new quarterly high of 16 while Taiwan fell 13 from the first quarter to 15 and was up four compared to the same period a year ago. France, Spain and Texas rounded out the top ten with 13 clean energy patents and were closely followed by New Jersey (12), Massachusetts (12) and Canada (11). Oregon, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Connecticut all had 10 clean energy patents in the second quarter.
More detailed information regarding the CEPGI, including an analysis of each of the technology sectors and geographic breakdowns, is available at www.
