ACPC 2011 Metrics Quality Control and Demonstrating Value to Management. Mark W. Lauroesch V.P. & General Intellectual Property Counsel

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1 ACPC 2011 Metrics Quality Control and Demonstrating Value to Management Mark W. Lauroesch V.P. & General Intellectual Property Counsel

2 Agenda Company Overview Overview of How Metrics Are Used at Corning Review and Comment on Actual Metrics Used 2

3 Corning Incorporated Founded: 1851 Headquarters: Corning, New York Employees: 24,000 worldwide 2009 Sales: $5.4 Billion A world leader in specialty glass and ceramics Create and make keystone components that enable high-tech systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecom and life sciences Sustained investment in R&D, more than 150 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, and a distinctive collaborative culture 3

4 Corning Market Segments Display Technologies Telecom Environmental Technologies Life Sciences Specialty Materials LCD Glass Substrates Glass Substrates for OLED and LTPS-LCD Optical Fiber & Cable Hardware & Equipment Coaxial Connectivity Products Emissions Control Products Light-duty gasoline vehicles Light-duty and heavy-duty diesel vehicles Stationary Cell Culture & Bioprocess Assay & High- Throughput Screening Genomics & Proteomics General Laboratory Products Display Optics & Components Semiconductor Optics & Components Aerospace & Defense Astronomy Optical Metrology Ophthalmic Telecom Components Specialty Glass 4

5 How Metrics Are Used Keep Management Informed and Correctly Influenced IP Dept. does lots Management doesn t want to or need to know about, but if left totally unsaid it won t be appreciated As a staff group we manage through influence and metrics can be persuasive: In getting cooperation by other staff groups and business management teams Justifying past and future IP spend Monitor and Motivate Quality Don t always see trends/problems without the data People self correct when they see metrics Provides some objective criteria for performance evaluation 5

6 Review and Comment on Metrics Used Used externally outside IP Department. 6

7 Corning Patent Application Filings First-filed applications

8 Average Pendencies for Invention Disclosures Pendency (Days) Review Time Hold Time Prep Time Total Pendency

9 Corning Granted Patents

10 Active Patents (4,398 WW) Foreign US S&T 157 CLS 82 CABL 77 H&E 500 Other 158 DT 130 CLS 96 S&T 621 CET 161 COF DT 281 Other 224 CET H&E 241 SM 265 COF As of 12/31/2009 CABL 371 SM 10

11 Pending Applications (XX,XXX Worldwide) Foreign US

12 Non-Disclosure Agreements Number of NDAs NDAs drafted NDAs completed NDA pending *Does Not Include Procurement NDAs 12

13 Executed Agreements (non-nda) No

14 Months to Resolution of Filed IP Suits (20XX-XX) Still pending Primarily handled by Gen. Legal Months Troll 1 Troll 2 Company A Company B Company C Company D Company E Company F Company G Company H Company I Company J Company K Company L Company M Company N XX months mean time to resolution (including two unresolved actions) Reached trial/hearing 14

15 New Investigations/Litigations By Year Business Number of Investigations

16 Review and Comment on Metrics Used Used internally in the IP Department. 16

17 Patent Applications/X$ R&D Spent Business 17

18 Number of Invention Disclosures Submitted per Employee Number of IDs Submitted per Employee No

19 Inside v. Outside Application Filing Ratio % Business 19

20 IP Spend per R&D Spend % (Nov) OVERALL Business Engineering Spend not included 20

21 Number of RCE s Filed 12/1/2009 thru 11/30/2010 Number Q4 Q3 Q2 Q1 21

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