Japanese Corporations Dominate US Patent Registrations in 2005; IBM Still in Lead
By Angsuman Chakraborty, Gaea News NetworkWednesday, January 11, 2006
United States Patent and Trademark Office released the annual list of top 10 organizations receiving most U.S. patents. IBM is still in the lead. Overall Japanese corporations dominates the top 10 list.
| Preliminary Rank in 2005 | Preliminary Number of Patents in 2005 | Organization | (Final Rank in 2004) | (Final Number of Patents in 2004) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
2,941
|
International Business Machines Corporation |
(1)
|
(3,248) |
| 2 |
1,828
|
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha |
(3)
|
(1,805)
|
| 3 |
1,797*
|
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. * |
(4)
|
(1,775)
|
| 4 |
1,688
|
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. |
(2)
|
(1,934)
|
| 5 |
1,641
|
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
(6)
|
(1,604)
|
| 6 |
1,561
|
Micron Technology, Inc. |
(5)
|
(1,760)
|
| 7 |
1,549
|
Intel Corporation |
(7)
|
(1,601)
|
| 8 |
1,271
|
Hitachi, Ltd |
(8)
|
(1,513)
|
| 9 |
1,258
|
Toshiba Corporation |
(9)
|
(1,311)
|
| 10 |
1,154
|
Fujitsu Limited |
(11)
|
(1,296)
|
Source: USPTO
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