In 2009, when worked for the Region of Peel government, Canada, we successfully used patent mapping to identify 20 US patent intensive companies as the potential employers for highly educated immigrants. Following this initiative, we have created and been maintaining a Canadian patent competitive intelligence (CI) database to track the latest patent competence of over 3600 Canadian entities on a weekly basis. Through our work with Region of Peel from 2010 to 2012, this database shows that it can provide no-older-than-7-day intelligence for long-term strategic research/planning and short-term tactics. This is also the first attempt in Canada to use patent landscape as a regional economic strength indicator, a baseline for policy harmonization and policy performance evaluation.

1. Canadian Competitive Intelligence
Database
Muchiu (Henry) Chang, PhD. Cantab.
henry.chang212@gmail.com
June 12, 2012

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Our CI database
• Synchronized with USPTO patent database to
provide up-to-date information about Canada’s
competitive advantage;
• Included information of 3733 Canadian
companies/organizations having US patents
granted from Jan. 1, 2004 to June 12, 2012;
• Provided synergies and intelligence in strategic
planning for economic development, immigration,
new immigrant employment and human resource.

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Canadian Patent Landscape
in the US Market
• Ontario is the largest US patent hub province;
• In Ontario, Waterloo, GTA and Ottawa are the top
3 US patent hosting geographical areas;
• GTA is decreasing in US patent gaining, while
Waterloo’s US patent gaining grows steadily.

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If you need detailed patent landscape intelligence of
Canada or any specific Canadian geographical
area, please contact us at:
Dr. Muchiu (Henry) Chang
henry.chang212@gmail.com
+1-416-828-5676

5. Figure 1, Annual Patent Statistics by Provinces

6. Figure 2, US Patent Statistics by Geographical Areas

7. Figure 3, Top 3 Ontario Geographical Areas in US Patent Holding

8. Figure 4, Annual Patent Statistics of Sectors of the top 22 GTA Potential Employers