In 2018, Vale S.A. filed 22 patent families, of which 17 are pending to be granted. The timeline is based on data provided by PatentSight. The largest number of patents were filed in 2002 with 43 total filings. Of those filings, 38 patent families have since gone inactive while one family filed that year is still waiting on full protection as of the 28th of May 2020. Currently the company owns a total of 206 active patent families.
Vale S.A. is a Brazilian mining corporation and hydroelectricity producer.
Number of Vale S.A. patent families* worldwide by filing year from 1998 to 2019, by legal status
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* A patent family is defined as a group of patent documents all of which have the same set of priorities. I.e., it is a group of patent documents that protect the same invention across authorities.
** The 'In force' category covers patent families that have been granted and are active.
*** As it usually takes 18 months after first filing for a patent to get published, the data for 2018 and 2019 is subject to change.
The owner of a patent includes all patents owned by a company and its subsidiaries (by at least 50%) based on comprehensive research on corporate structures, M&A, Spin-offs, company names changes, patent transactions. PatentSight also tracks former names of companies and subsidiaries, ongoing mergers and acquisitions, acquisitions of the past, reassignments, companies that have the same applicant, and transliterations by patent offices.
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LexisNexis PatentSight. (May 28, 2020). Number of Vale S.A. patent families* worldwide by filing year from 1998 to 2019, by legal status [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117894/number-of-vale-sa-patent-filings-globally/
LexisNexis PatentSight. "Number of Vale S.A. patent families* worldwide by filing year from 1998 to 2019, by legal status." Chart. May 28, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117894/number-of-vale-sa-patent-filings-globally/
LexisNexis PatentSight. (2020). Number of Vale S.A. patent families* worldwide by filing year from 1998 to 2019, by legal status. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117894/number-of-vale-sa-patent-filings-globally/
LexisNexis PatentSight. "Number of Vale S.A. Patent Families* Worldwide by Filing Year from 1998 to 2019, by Legal Status." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117894/number-of-vale-sa-patent-filings-globally/
LexisNexis PatentSight, Number of Vale S.A. patent families* worldwide by filing year from 1998 to 2019, by legal status Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117894/number-of-vale-sa-patent-filings-globally/ (last visited July 23, 2024)
Number of Vale S.A. patent families* worldwide by filing year from 1998 to 2019, by legal status [Graph], LexisNexis PatentSight, May 28, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117894/number-of-vale-sa-patent-filings-globally/