Portfolio Analysis

Index •  Introduction

•  Graphical Analysis

•  Technology Based Distribution

•  Priority Year Based Distribution

•  Application Year Based Distribution

•  Legal Status

•  Top Assignees Based Distribution

•  IPC Classification

•  IPC Class- Definitions

•  Top US Classification

•  US Class- Definitions

•  Jurisdiction Based Distribution

•  BlackBerry Licensing Details

•  References

Introduction

•  About Blackberry Ltd.

BlackBerry Limited, formerly known as Research In Motion Limited (RIM), is a Canadian telecommunication and wireless

equipment company best known to the general public as the developer of the BlackBerry brand of smartphones and tablets, but

also well known worldwide as a provider of secure and high reliability software for industrial applications and mobile device

management (MDM).

BlackBerry Limited designs, manufactures, and markets wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. The

Company provides platforms and solutions for access to email, phone, SMS messaging, Internet, and Intranet-based applications.

Graphical Analysis:- Technology Based Distribution

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING

TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATIO

N

TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATIO

N TRANSMISSION DATA

PROCESSING*

INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS

Patent Count 8547 7553 4734 2405 1550 502 464

0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000

NO

OF

PATE

NTS

TECHNOLOGY DOMAIN

Technology Domain

Observations:

1.  It is evident from the graph that maximum patents are filed in wireless communication network domain by blackberry and its subsidiaries followed by digital data

processing.

2.  Above mentioned technological domains majorly deals with the following application areas.

Healthcare, Government, Financial Services, smartphone, software, apps, accessories, tablets, security application, mobile phone, and pager

Note:- * Data processing for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial, supervisory or forecasting purposes

Graphical Analysis:- Priority Year Based Distribution

975

90 172 225

118 129 177 246 273

350

945

1131 1198 1106

902

1402

1686 1652 1731

843

153 21

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Before 1995

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

NO

. OF

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YEAR

Priority Year

Observations:

1.  It is evident from the graph that in last decade blackberry has started filing large number patents.

2.  Less number of applications have taken priority from the application filed in 2014.

Graphical Analysis:- Application Year Based Distribution

874

80 102222 154 129 129

204 254 299

885

11181204

1060902

1376

16611773 1837

938

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55

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Before1995

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

NOOFPA

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Applica1onYear

Observations:

1. Filing for patents by blackberry has exponentially raised from 2004. hence it is inferred that blackberry got actively involved in research activities since 2004.

Graphical Analysis:- Legal Status

13255

2276

Legal Status

Alive Dead

9559

3695

301 645

1329

Legal Status

Granted Pending Revoked Expired Lapsed

Observations:-

1.  It is evident from the above graph that about 85% of the patents are alive. Where maximum number of patents are granted.

2.  Maximum patents are lapsed from dead patents.

Graphical Analysis:- Top Assignees Based Distribution

BLACKBERRY QNX GIST BROCADES LEXICON CERTICOM Patent Count 12300 1537 799 498 295

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ASSIGNEE

Top Assignees

Observations:-

1. Above graph shows the patents assigned to blackberry and it’s subsidiaries.

2. Maximum patents holds by blackberry which was previously known as a RIM (Research In Motion) followed by the QXN which was the subsidiary of HARMAN.

Graphical Analysis:- IPC Classification

H04W G06F H04L H04M H04B G06Q G09G Patent Count 8547 7553 4734 2405 1550 502 464

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IPC CLASSIFICATION

IPC Classification

Observations:-

1. It is evident from the graph the maximum patents filed in H04W followed by G06F.

Definition:-

H ELECTRICITY

H04 ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE

H04W WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

IPC Class- Definitions

G PHYSICS G06 COMPUTING; CALCULATING; COUNTING G06F ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING

G PHYSICS G06 COMPUTING; CALCULATING; COUNTING G06Q DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

H ELECTRICITY H04 ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04B TRANSMISSION

H ELECTRICITY H04 ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04W WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

H ELECTRICITY H04 ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04M TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION

H ELECTRICITY H04 ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04L TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION

G PHYSICS G09 EDUCATING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS G09G ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION

Graphical Analysis:- Top US Classification

455 370 345 709 D14 715 713 726 375 381 Patent Count 1784 983 778 729 632 513 316 239 238 236

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US CLASS

US Classification

Observations:-

1.  It is evident from the above graph that maximum patents are filed under US Class 455.

2.  It is visible that blackberry and its subsidiaries are actively involved in filing design patents as 632 patents are fall under D14 class.

Definition:-

455 TELECOMMUNICATIONS

US Class- Definitions

455 TELECOMMUNICATIONS 370 MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATIONS 345 COMPUTER GRAPHICS PROCESSING

AND SELECTIVE VISUAL DISPLAY SYSTEMS

709 ELECTRICAL COMPUTERS AND DIGITAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS:

MULTICOMPUTER DATA TRANSFERRING

D14 RECORDING, COMMUNICATION, OR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL EQUIPMENT

715 DATA PROCESSING: PRESENTATION PROCESSING OF DOCUMENT, OPERATOR INTERFACE PROCESSING, AND SCREEN

SAVER DISPLAY PROCESSING

713 ELECTRICAL COMPUTERS AND DIGITAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS:

SUPPORT 726 INFORMATION SECURITY

375 PULSE OR DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS

381 ELECTRICAL AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND DEVICES

US EP CN CA WO GB NL JP AU IE Patent Count 8843 4471 650 369 334 255 149 52 50 50

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COUNTRY

Jurisdiction

Graphical Analysis:- Jurisdiction Based Distribution

Observations:

1. It is evident from the graph that 8843 patents have taken priority from the US applications followed by EP applications.

DE FR KR TW SE IN HK DK IT FI Patent Count 48 46 46 35 33 24 19 8 7 6

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BlackBerry Licensing Details

Sr. No. Title Deal Amount LINK

1 BlackBerry and Cisco Sign Broad Patent Cross-Licensing Agreement Confidential

http://press.blackberry.com/press/2015/BlackBerry_and_Cisco_Sign_Broad_Patent_Cross-Licensing_Agreement.html

2

Motorola and Research In Motion Announce Settlement and License Agreement NA

http://us.blackberry.com/files/pr/Form-6-K.PDF

References

•  Questel Orbit

•  Google.com

•  Wikipedia

•  Bloomberg.com

•  global.blackberry.com

•  us.blackberry.com

•  press.blackberry.com

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