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Japanese Co's Lead List of Firms Receiving Patents in U.S. (CAJ, MC, HIT, IBM, HPQ, INTC, MU)

by: Steven Towns January 17, 2006 | about stocks: CAJ / HIT / HPQ / IBM / INTC / MC / MU    
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently released their annual list of the top-10 private sector patent recipients for the 2005 calendar year. International Business Machine (IBM) held on to the top spot by a wide margin over number two Canon (CAJ). Japan had the largest number of firms (5) followed by the U.S. (4). South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. moved up a spot into the number five position. See below for the entire list and a link.

1. IBM 2,941
2. Canon 1,828
3. Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) 1,797
4. Matsushita Electric Industrial (MC) 1,688
5. Samsung Electronics 1,641
6. Micron Technology 1,561
7. Intel Corp. (INTC) 1,549
8. Hitachi (HIT) 1,271
9. Toshiba Corp. 1,258
10. Fujitsu Limited 1,154

Source and link to data release: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Home Page

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    Jan 17 09:39 AM
    I found out from researching the Japanese business press that Sony (SNE) held the number 10 spot in 2004 and subsequently fell out of the top 10 in 2005. IBM has been first for the past thirteen-years. Samsung has moved up from number nine in 2003, to number six in 2004 and number five in '05.
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