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MERCK & CO INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    44,045
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    230,033
About

MERCK & CO INC has a total of 44,045 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1922. It filed its patents most often in United States, Canada and EPO (European Patent Office). Its main competitors in its focus markets organic fine chemistry, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology are ERBA CARLO SPA, ELAN PHARM INC and PHARMACIA SPA.

Patent filings in countries

World map showing MERCK & CO INCs patent filings in countries
# Country Total Patents
#1 United States 7,526
#2 Canada 5,583
#3 EPO (European Patent Office) 3,122
#4 United Kingdom 2,972
#5 WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) 2,210
#6 Australia 2,209
#7 Japan 1,738
#8 France 1,653
#9 Switzerland 1,423
#10 Germany 1,371
#11 Denmark 1,028
#12 Spain 1,005
#13 South Africa 907
#14 Ireland 858
#15 Israel 701
#16 Brazil 683
#17 China 682
#18 Austria 657
#19 Norway 608
#20 Sweden 565
#21 Finland 542
#22 New Zealand 470
#23 Netherlands 379
#24 Belgium 345
#25 Argentina 332
#26 Portugal 322
#27 Hungary 249
#28 Greece 243
#29 Mexico 225
#30 Republic of Korea 214
#31 Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) 208
#32 Poland 196
#33 Czechia 193
#34 Taiwan 189
#35 Slovakia 179
#36 Hong Kong 161
#37 Italy 140
#38 Bulgaria 128
#39 Cyprus 115
#40 Croatia 107
#41 Romania 102
#42 Peru 101
#43 Ukraine 95
#44 EAPO (Eurasian Patent Organization) 86
#45 Russian Federation 83
#46 Iceland 81
#47 Philippines 76
#48 Latvia 74
#49 Dominican Republic 71
#50 Czechoslovakia 62
#51 Colombia 58
#52 Ecuador 55
#53 Singapore 46
#54 USSR (Union of Socialist Soviet Republics) 46
#55 Estonia 45
#56 Egypt 45
#57 Morocco 39
#58 Malaysia 38
#59 Luxembourg 36
#60 African Intellectual Property Organization 34
#61 Kenya 29
#62 Zambia 29
#63 Costa Rica 26
#64 German Democratic Republic 26
#65 Slovenia 26
#66 Algeria 23
#67 Serbia 21
#68 Chile 20
#69 Malta 19
#70 Indonesia 16
#71 Georgia 14
#72 El Salvador 13
#73 Lithuania 12
#74 Saudi Arabia 11
#75 Nicaragua 9
#76 Zimbabwe 9
#77 Tunisia 8
#78 Jordan 5
#79 Panama 5
#80 Honduras 3
#81 India 3
#82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
#83 Montenegro 2
#84 Uruguay 2
#85 Gulf Cooperation Council 1

Patent filings per year

Chart showing MERCK & CO INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Patchett Arthur A 593
#2 Hartman George D 580
#3 Sletzinger Meyer 543
#4 Shen Tsung-Ying 532
#5 Maccoss Malcolm 469
#6 Baldwin John J 460
#7 Mills Sander G 406
#8 Tolman Richard L 394
#9 Sarett Lewis H 358
#10 Claremon David A 358

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