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Ocean Tomo PatentRatings Report

Published on 2/2/2010

About Ocean Tomo PatentRatings®

The Ocean Tomo PatentRatings¨ System uses a patented (USP 6,556,992 and other US and foreign patents pending) method to calculate the relative quality of all patents issued by the USPTO since 1976 on the basis of more than 50 independent and objective factors. The IPQ® score represents a numerical measure of patent quality and value with a median score of 100 for US issued patents. The PatentRatings® System recalculates IPQ¨ scores on a monthly basis.

This Week's Featured Industry: Telecommunication Services

This week's PatentRatings® feature looks at the Telecommunication Services Industry, including top patents owned by Level 3 Communications LLC and Nippon Telegraph & Telephone. The five companies and law firms listed below were selected based on the number of patents issued within the past 12 months, multiplied by the average IPQ® score of those patents. AT&T, Inc. takes the top position in the Telecommunication Services Industry this week with 440 patents and IPQ® score of 109.9. Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. followed with 275 patents and IPQ® score of 110.8. Sprint Nextel Corp. rounded up the top 3 with IPQ® score of 101.5 and 146 patents.

Top 10 Recent Issued Patents: Telecommunication Services

Patent Number IPQ Company**
07623528 190.1 Level 3 Communications LLC
Method and system for optimizing routing of data packets
07627680 189.7 Cricket Communications, Inc.
Method and system for mediating interactive services over a wireless communications network
07640431 182.2 Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.
Method and apparatus for digital watermarking
07643404 178.8 AT&T Corp.
MIMO OFDM system
07616747 174.6 Verizon Services Corp.
Telephone network control system and method
07613456 171.3 AT&T Mobility II, LLC
System and method for automatic registration notification for over-the-air activation
07626978 171.1 AT&T Mobility II, LLC
Method for diverting an ISUP talkpath to an IP talkpath
07616623 168.3 AT&T Corp.
Technique for providing intelligent features for calls in a communications network independent of network architecture
07634446 167.6 Sprint Communications Company L.P.
Method and system for providing prepaid data service
07630353 164.4 AT&T Corp.
Method and apparatus for QoS improvement with packet voice transmission over wireless LANs
  1. Industries defined by the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) was developed by MSCI and Standard & Poor’s (S&P). The GICS structure consists of 10 sectors, 24 industry groups, 68 industries and 154 sub-industries with over 37,000 companies. Telecommunication Services Industry is composed of integrated, diversified & wireless telecommunication services, and carriers.
  2. The IPQ® score represents a numerical measure of patent quality and value with a median score of 100 for US issued patents.
  3. Company names have been normalized by Ocean Tomo PatentRatings based on the patent's current Assignee as recorded at the USPTO.
  4. One Year = trailing 12 months as of 5th January, 2010. "Recently Issued" includes patents issued in the 10 weeks leading up to 5th January, 2010.
All data accessible through PatentRatings.com was prepared by Ocean Tomo PatentRatings, who is solely responsible for its content. All scores, ratings and ranks are statistical in nature and are based on publicly available data. They are not based on, nor do they consider any legal opinions or other professional opinions, advice or other information (public or otherwise) that may have bearing on the subject matter of the analysis. No direct statistical correlation has been established between IPQ scores and Òfair market value,Ó royalty rates, validity, enforceability or infringement and IPQ scores should not be relied upon to prove or establish the existence or probability of such facts. No direct statistical correlation has been established between Relevance scores and patentability or materiality, and Relevance scores should not be relied upon to prove, establish or support any opinion of the materiality or patentability of one patent in view of another.

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