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Rank
Company
1
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS MACHINES CORP
3,453
2
NEC
CORP JP
1,966
3
CANON
K K JP
1,877
4
MICRON
TECHNOLOGY INC
1,643
5
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD KR
1,451
6
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD JP
1,447
7
SONY CORP JP
1,392
8
HITACHI LTD JP
1,283
9
MITSUBISHI DENK K K JP
1,210
10
FUJITSU
LTD JP
1,208
11
TOSHIBA CORP JP
1,176
12
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC
1,119
13
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
1,112
14
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC
1,090
15
HEWLETT-PACKARD CO
982
16
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP
882
17
SIEMENS AG DE
817
18
INTEL CORP
811
19
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC
806
20
MOTOROLA
785
21
XEROX
722
22
EASTMAN KODAK CO
719
23
BOSCH, ROBERT GMBH DE
705
24
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP TW
596
25
HONDA MOTOR CO LTD JP
587
26
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO LTD JP
586
27
SHARP K K JP
562
28
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO LTD KR
534
29
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO TW
532
30
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON SE
507
31
SEIKO EPSON CORP JP
503
32
BASF AG DE
489
33
NORTEL
NETWORKS CORP CA
484
34
DENSO CORP JP
475
35
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO
449
36
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO LTD TW
441
37
APPLIED MATERIALS INC
438
38
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC
437
39
DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG DE
436
40
CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF REGENTS
434
41
PROCTOR & GAMBLE CO THE
428
42
MICROSOFT CORP
397
43
RICOH CO LTD JP
374
44
BAYER AG DE
373
45
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KOGYO K K JP
370
46
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC
363
47
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP
359
48
DU PONT DE NEMOURS, E I & CO
342
49
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES INC
339
50
YAZAKI CORP JP
338
51
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC
334
52
U S OF AMERICA NAVY SECRETARY OF
324
53
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO LTD JP
320
List of Top 53 Companies by Rank for 2001
Ranked by number of patents
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January 10, 2002
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Companies
Receiving Most U.S. Patents in 2001
Wilmington, DE – Congratulations to IBM Corporation who received 76% more U.S.
patents in 2001 than any company in the world. IBM Corporation received 3,453 U.S.
patents or 18% more patents than in 2000 followed by NEC Corporation of Japan who
received 1,966 patents according to the current edition of the Patent Intelligence and
Technology Report (PITR).
Of the 10 highest ranking companies receiving U.S. patents in 2001 only IBM
Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc. are based in the USA. Micron Technology,
Inc. received 1,643 US patents in 2001 moving from seventh place in 2000 to fourth
place in 2001. All counts in the Patent Information and Technology Report are based upon multiple assigned records of all
Utility and Statutory Patents.
IBM Corporation received most of its patents for software related inventions and
inventions in areas such as networked information processing, data storage and
microelectronics.
Complete information concerning over 1,800 companies worldwide who received 10 or
more U.S. patents in 2001 will be found in the Patent Intelligence and Technology Report
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Business.
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