The Department of Commerce's United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today the 2005 top 10 global private sector patent recipients. Listed below are the 10 corporations receiving the most U.S. patents for inventions in 2005, along with their 2004 ranking.
"America's technological and economic strength is the result of its tremendous ingenuity," said Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property Jon Dudas. "The USPTO has taken and will continue to take aggressive steps that will enhance quality and improve productivity to ensure that U.S. intellectual property protection remains the best in the world, protecting American innovation and sustaining economic growth."
Top 10 private sector patent recipients for the 2005 calendar year
International Business Machines Corporation Preliminary Rank in 2005: 1 Preliminary # Patents in 2005: 2,941 Final Rank in 2004: 1 Final Number of Patents in 2004: 3.248
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Preliminary Rank in 2005: 2 Preliminary # Patents in 2005: 1,828 Final Rank in 2004: 3 Final Number of Patents in 2004: 1,805
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. * Preliminary Rank in 2005: 3 Preliminary # Patents in 2005: 1,797 * Final Rank in 2004: 4 Final Number of Patents in 2004: 1,775
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Preliminary Rank in 2005: 4 Preliminary # Patents in 2005: 1,688 Final Rank in 2004: 2 Final Number of Patents in 2004: 1,934
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Preliminary Rank in 2005: 5 Preliminary # Patents in 2005: 1,641 Final Rank in 2004: 6 Final Number of Patents in 2004: 1,604
Micron Technology Inc. Preliminary Rank in 2005: 6 Preliminary # Patents in 2005: 1,561 Final Rank in 2004: 5 Final Number of Patents in 2004: 1,601
Intel Corp. Preliminary Rank in 2005: 7 Preliminary # Patents in 2005: 1,549 Final Rank in 2004: 7 Final Number of Patents in 2004: 1,513
Hitachi, Ltd. Preliminary Rank in 2005: 8 Preliminary # Patents in 2005: 1,271 Final Rank in 2004: 8 Final Number of Patents in 2004: 1,893
Toshiba Corp. Preliminary Rank in 2005: 9 Preliminary # Patents in 2005: 1,258 Final Rank in 2004: 9 Final Number of Patents in 2004: 1,311
Fujitsu Ltd. Preliminary Rank in 2005: 10 Preliminary # Patents in 2005: 1,154 Final Rank in 2004: 11 Final Number of Patents in 2004: 1,296
* Calendar year counts for 2005 for Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. include seven patents issued to Hewlett-Packard Company.
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