FTT, ATK take biggest leaps up; Boeing continues lead, Omnitek Partners debuts

FTT, ATK take biggest leaps up; Boeing continues lead, Omnitek Partners debuts
7/27/2010 10:53:35 AM

The latest Aerospace & Defense Patent Scorecard™ was released today and has ranked 45 of the top Aerospace & Defense companies according to the relative strengths of their patent portfolios as measured by Technology Strength™. The Patent Scorecard™ provides an overall assessment of a company’s recent intellectual property quality and quantity at a broad industry level. The Patent Board tracks seventeen industry scorecards and also creates customized scorecards that provide insight with leading performance indicators for an entire portfolio and its closest competitors, scalable at the technology or business unit level. The Aerospace & Defense industry as a whole see improvements in most of The Patent Board indicators, most notably a 10% increase in patent volume this period, a slight 2% improvement in Industry Impact™ - a quality indicator, and an 18% increase in Science Strength™ demonstrating more attention on core research as an industry.

Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. (FTT) (Jupiter, Florida, USA) continues to move up the Aerospace & Defense Patent Scorecard. This quarterFTT moves up three positions to rank 13^th with a 29% increase in patent volume and a 32% increase in Industry Impact™ score which is now over 50% of the industry average. FTT specializes in gas turbines, propulsion components, turbomachinery, systems, and engineering for aircraft, space, industrial, and clean power generation. In addition, FTT developed the world's first miniature turbofan for small aircraft that was designed for both high power and high fuel efficiency.

Alliant Technsystems, Inc. (ATK) (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) has a 26% increase patent volume and a 37% in Research Intensity which is well above the industry average – scoring 1.66. ATK manufactures solid-propulsion rocket motors, force protection systems, laser warning systems, and strategic and defense missiles. ATK also builds motors for unmanned space launch vehicles such as the Trident II and the Delta II along with supplying ammunition to the U.S. and its allies. According to ATK, the U.S. government accounts for more than 60% of their revenue.

For the complete press release please email: cwren@patentboard.com