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OTIS ELEVATOR CO

Overview
  • Total Patents
    13,391
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    372
  • Filing trend
    ⇧ 56.0%
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OTIS ELEVATOR CO has a total of 13,391 patent applications. It increased the IP activity by 56.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 1892. It filed its patents most often in United States, China and EPO (European Patent Office). Its main competitors in its focus markets packaging and shipping, electrical machinery and energy and consumer goods are KONE CORP, INVENTIO AG and THYSSENKRUPP ELEVATOR AG.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing OTIS ELEVATOR COs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Fargo Richard N 379
#2 Wesson John P 252
#3 Marvin Daryl J 240
#4 Piech Zbigniew 233
#5 Bittar Joseph 211
#6 Hsu Arthur 199
#7 Simcik Paul A 190
#8 Ericson Richard J 186
#9 Veronesi William A 165
#10 Scoville Bradley Armand 159

Latest patents

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