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United Technologies Corporation (UTC) Raytheon Company Patent Portfolio Analysis

June 2019

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Introduction Raytheon Company and United Technologies Corporation (UTC) have entered into an agreement to merge in an all-

stock deal. The merger of Raytheon, a leading defence company, and United Technologies, a leading aerospace

company, will offer a complementary portfolio of platform-agnostic aerospace and defence technologies. The

combined company, which will be named Raytheon Technologies Corporation, will offer expanded technology and

R&D capabilities to deliver innovative and cost-effective solutions to customers. The combination excludes Otis and

Carrier, which are expected to be separated from United Technologies in the beginning of 2020.

For this report, we have analyzed a total of 37,135 currently active published patent applications in the United

Technologies Corporation portfolio and 11,750 in the Raytheon portfolio. Unless otherwise stated, the report

displays numbers for published patent applications. For this analysis, we have not included the patents assigned to

Otis and Carrier as these entities are expected to be separated from United Technologies. The analytics are

presented in the various charts and tables that follow. These include the following,

United Technologies Corporation. Raytheon

• Portfolio Summary • Portfolio Summary

• Published Applications – Growth • Published Applications – Growth

• Key Geographies • Key Geographies

• Evolution of the Top CPC Codes • Evolution of the Top CPC Codes

• Top CPC codes • Top CPC codes

• Top technologies covered by the high-quality patents • Top technologies covered by the high-quality patents • Select Key Patents in the Portfolio

• Comparison of UTC and Raytheon portfolios across technology categories

Insights • There’s a continued upward trend in UTC’s published applications till 2016. In 2017, the activity slowed down

but regained momentum in 2018 when UTC obtained 6688 published applications.

• The U.S. is the favored filing destination for UTC, accounting for more than half of its active published applications. The other significant jurisdictions where UTC has sought patent coverage include the European Patent Office, Canada and China.

• Gas turbines and aerospace-related technologies are the focus of UTC's patent coverage with over half of its portfolio addressing these areas.

• UTC's high-quality patents cover areas such as functions supporting engines/pumps, and emission reduction in

aeronautics or air transport.

• There is a continuous upward trend for Raytheon’s published active with 2018 being the year where it garnered

its maximum number of 1351 published applications.

• The U.S. is the favored filing destination for Raytheon, the other significant jurisdictions where Raytheon has sought patent coverage include the European Patent Office, Israel and Japan.

• Semiconductor devices, antenna arrays, use of electromagnetic waves and passive homing systems are the

main areas of Raytheon’s patent coverage.

• Raytheon's high-quality patents cover areas such as systems using reflection or re-radiation of waves and

detecting the presence, distance or velocity of object using reflection or reradiation of radio waves.

References 1. United Technologies.

2. Raytheon.



https://www.utc.com/en/news/2019/06/09/raytheon-and-united-technologies-aerospace-businesses-to-combine-in-merger-of-equals

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raytheon



United Technologies Corporation.

Published Applications – Summary

Published Applications – Growth

(Applications)





Key Geographies

Evolution of Technologies - CPC Code Analysis





Published Applications - Top CPC Codes CPC Code Description # Applications

F05D 2220/32 in gas turbines 3359

Y02T 50/671 Measures to reduce the propulsor weight 1854

F02K 3/06 with front fan 1569

Y02T 50/672 using composites 1495

F02C 7/36 Power transmission arrangements between the different shafts of the gas turbine plant, or between the gas-turbine plant and the power user

1469

Y02T 50/676 Blades cooling 1379

Y02T 50/675 Enabling an increased combustion temperature by cooling 1291

F01D 9/041 using blades 1242

F02C 3/04 having a turbine driving a compressor 1191

Y02T 50/673 Improving the blades aerodynamics 1164

F01D 5/187 Convection cooling 1114

F05D 2260/40311 of the epicyclical, planetary or differential type 1064

F01D 25/12 Cooling 1056

F01D 25/24 Casings; Casing parts, e.g. diaphragms, casing fastenings 1017

F05D 2220/36 specially adapted for the fan of turbofan engines 988

F02C 7/32 Arrangement, mounting, or driving, of auxiliaries 892

F01D 5/147 Construction, i.e. structural features, e.g. of weight-saving hollow blades

877

F23R 3/002 Wall structures 862

F05D 2260/202 by film cooling 855

F01D 5/288 Protective coatings for blades 782





High Quality* Patents - Top Sub-technologies Covered (*High Quality ~ Relecura Star Rating 3 or more on a scale of 5)

Sub-technologies Relecura Star Rating

3 3.5 4 4.5

Features, components, details and accessories for gas turbine plants and air intakes for jet propulsion plants

223 27 7 2

Functions supporting engines/pumps 206 22 4 2

Emission reduction in aeronautics or air transport 216 23 6 1

Blades, Heating, heat-insulating, cooling or anti-vibration means on the blades for pumps

174 11 3 0

Components, details, or accessories for non-positive display pumps

186 17 4 2

Applications of engines/pumps 124 10 1 0

Components of engines/pumps 162 7 4 1

Manufacturing engines/pumps 79 8 2 1

Stators 99 7 2 0

Details, component, accessories of elastic fluid pumps 78 4 1 0

Metal working 84 11 1 2

Preventing or minimizing internal leakage of working-fluid

68 2 2 0

Geometry of engines/pumps 79 5 0 0

Gas turbine plants using combustion products 93 12 2 0

Ducted gas turbine plants with ducted fans 108 16 5 0

Materials for engines/pumps 48 3 2 0

Continuous combustion chambers using liquid or gaseous fuel

64 5 1 0

Controlling gas turbine plants and jet propulsion plants

42 7 1 0

Jet propulsion plants based of the form or arrangement of the jet pipe or nozzle

68 8 1 0

Controlling engines/pumps 34 4 0 0





Raytheon Company

Published Applications – Summary

Published Applications – Growth

(Applications)





Key Geographies

Evolution of Technologies - CPC Code Analysis





Published Applications - Top CPC Codes CPC Code Description # Applications

H01L 2924/0002 Semiconductor devices-Connecting/disconnecting semiconductor bodies

269

H01Q 21/0087 Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing antenna arrays

176

F41G 7/2293 using electromagnetic waves other than radio waves 168

H04N 5/33 Transforming infra-red radiation 168

H01Q 21/0025 Modular arrays 165

F41G 7/2253 Passive homing systems, i.e. comprising a receiver and do not requiring an active illumination of the target

114

H01Q 1/02 Arrangements for de-icing; Arrangements for drying-out; Arrangements for cooling; Arrangements for preventing corrosion

114

F42B 15/01 Arrangements thereon for guidance or control 113

H01L 23/66 High-frequency adaptations 112

H01Q 13/085 Slot-line radiating ends 109

H01Q 21/061 Two dimensional planar arrays 109

H01Q 3/26 varying the relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elements; varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture

108

G01S 13/87 Combinations of radar systems, e.g. primary radar and secondary radar

105

H01Q 21/064 using horn or slot aerials 101

H01L 29/2003 Nitride compounds 100

H01Q 1/42 Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome

100

H01Q 21/065 Patch antenna array 100

H01S 3/1643 YAG 88

H01Q 3/46 Active lenses or reflecting arrays 83

G01S 7/032 Constructional details for solid-state radar subsystems 81





High Quality* Patents - Top Sub-technologies Covered (*High Quality ~ Relecura Star Rating 3 or more on a scale of 5)

Sub-technologies Relecura Star Rating

3 3.5 4 4.5

Details of the systems using reflection or reradiation of waves

35 2 0 0

Detecting the presence, distance or velocity of object using reflection or reradiation of radio waves

29 2 1 0

Aerial structural details 17 2 3 0

Aerial arrays 16 9 5 0

Hardware or software aspects of TV signals 10 3 0 0

Varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern radiated from an aerial

12 3 4 0

Connecting/disconnecting semiconductor bodies 15 2 0 0

Details of semiconductor devices 16 2 0 0

Manufacturing or treatment of ICs and semiconductor devices

7 0 0 0

Other optical devices 14 0 0 0

Lasers using IR, visible and UV waves 20 2 0 0

Direction control systems for self-propelled missiles 10 1 0 0

Arrangements, apparatus, circuits or systems for digital transmission

48 17 7 4

Function specific digital computer 28 9 3 1

Arrangements on projectiles or missiles for stabilizing, steering, range reducing, increasing or fall-retarding

4 0 0 0

Multiple semiconductor or solid-state devices components formed on a common substrate

3 1 1 0

Architecture for network security 53 14 7 4

Data switching networks 27 12 4 1

Reading or recognizing printed or written characters 21 5 0 0

Direction-finders using infrasonic, sonic, ultrasonic, EM wave or particle emission

11 0 0 0





Select Key Patents in the Portfolio Publication Number

Title Star Rating # Forward Citations

US8863279B2 System and method for malware detection 4.5 274

US9654495B2 System and method of analyzing web addresses

4.5 184

US7562708B2 Method and apparatus for capture and sequester of carbon dioxide and extraction of energy from large land masses during and after extraction of hydrocarbon fuels or contaminants using energy and critical fluids

4.5 122

US6947985B2 Filtering techniques for managing access to internet sites or other software applications

4.5 191

US8352535B2 Method and system for managing confidential information

4.5 142

US9325074B2 Coaxial waveguide antenna 4.5 181

US9571908B2 Extendable synchronous low power telemetry system for distributed sensors

4.0 149

US9070964B1 Methods and apparatus for volumetric coverage with image beam super-elements

4.0 104

US7996465B2 Incident command system 4.0 134

US8290943B2 Geographical information display system and method

4.0 164





UTC and Raytheon Comparison – Break-up by Technology Categories (# Applications given for color-coded categories)





UTC and Raytheon Comparison – Break-up by Technology Categories

(# Applications given for color-coded categories)





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