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PFIZER

Overview
  • Total Patents
    41,648
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    376
  • Filing trend
    ⇩ 14.0%
About

PFIZER has a total of 41,648 patent applications. It decreased the IP activity by 14.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 1954. It filed its patents most often in United States, Canada and EPO (European Patent Office). Its main competitors in its focus markets pharmaceuticals, organic fine chemistry and biotechnology are TEREVANS INK, BAYER PHARMACEUTICALS CORP and KYORIN SEIYAKU KK.

Patent filings in countries

World map showing PFIZERs patent filings in countries
# Country Total Patents
#1 United States 5,369
#2 Canada 2,089
#3 EPO (European Patent Office) 1,695
#4 Australia 1,635
#5 Japan 1,511
#6 Israel 1,508
#7 South Africa 1,167
#8 WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) 1,089
#9 Republic of Korea 1,018
#10 Finland 1,014
#11 Brazil 985
#12 China 942
#13 Argentina 903
#14 Norway 896
#15 Mexico 887
#16 Hungary 881
#17 New Zealand 824
#18 Ireland 815
#19 Denmark 812
#20 Spain 709
#21 Taiwan 696
#22 Portugal 653
#23 Poland 650
#24 Philippines 552
#25 Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) 551
#26 France 537
#27 United Kingdom 495
#28 Germany 484
#29 Netherlands 418
#30 Peru 374
#31 Greece 363
#32 German Democratic Republic 346
#33 African Regional Industrial Property Organization 345
#34 Sweden 339
#35 Uruguay 339
#36 Czechoslovakia 332
#37 Switzerland 318
#38 Hong Kong 304
#39 USSR (Union of Socialist Soviet Republics) 297
#40 Morocco 294
#41 Russian Federation 285
#42 Tunisia 275
#43 Austria 274
#44 Czechia 274
#45 Belgium 264
#46 Singapore 261
#47 Bulgaria 255
#48 Egypt 253
#49 Colombia 241
#50 India 233
#51 Panama 209
#52 Italy 199
#53 Malaysia 193
#54 African Intellectual Property Organization 193
#55 Dominican Republic 187
#56 Romania 182
#57 Iceland 179
#58 Slovakia 163
#59 Ukraine 161
#60 EAPO (Eurasian Patent Organization) 155
#61 Ecuador 152
#62 Croatia 137
#63 Costa Rica 133
#64 Luxembourg 125
#65 Guatemala 103
#66 El Salvador 99
#67 Cuba 90
#68 Serbia 85
#69 Algeria 82
#70 Georgia 82
#71 Chile 81
#72 Honduras 81
#73 Indonesia 76
#74 Nicaragua 58
#75 Kenya 51
#76 Slovenia 44
#77 Estonia 43
#78 Turkey 39
#79 Latvia 36
#80 Montenegro 31
#81 Republic of Moldova 30
#82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 23
#83 Saudi Arabia 23
#84 Zambia 18
#85 Cyprus 15
#86 Zimbabwe 14
#87 Malawi 12
#88 Jordan 6
#89 Lithuania 4
#90 Gulf Cooperation Council 3

Patent filings per year

Chart showing PFIZERs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Verhoest Patrick Robert 452
#2 Marfat Anthony 401
#3 Bunnage Mark Edward 356
#4 Richardson Kenneth 346
#5 Hepworth David 337
#6 Stobie Alan 324
#7 Ito Fumitaka 284
#8 Brodney Michael Aaron 276
#9 Mathias John Paul 272
#10 Cross Peter Edward 266

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