posted 02-08-2004 06:31 PM
I thought some of you might find this information interesting. Here are the top 10 companies that received U.S. patents in 2003. This will give you an idea of who's hot these days (as if we didn't already know huh?).For the 11th consecutive year, IBM was number one, receiving 3,415 patents--more than any other private sector organization, and 70% more than the next highest patent holder.
In 2003, the U.S. companies included on the list of top 10 patenting organizations are International Business Machines Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company (fifth), Micron Technology, Inc. (sixth), and Intel Corporation (seventh). This year marks the first year that Intel Corporation appears on the top 10 list. Intel Corporation increased its number of patents 48 percent over 2002, and Hewlett-Packard Company increased its patent grants 27 percent over its 2002 count.
The U.S. Government received 879 utility patents for the year, which would rank it 17th among the top patenting organizations for 2003.
1 - 3,415 International Business Machines Corporation
2 - 1,992 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
3 - 1,893 Hitachi, Ltd.
4 - 1,786 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
5 - 1,759 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
6 - 1,707 Micron Technology, Inc.
7 - 1,592 Intel Corporation
8 - 1,353 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
9 - 1,313 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
10 - 1,311 Sony Corporation
--- 879 U.S. GOVERNMENT
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