Businesses With Most Patents in 2003
April 16th, 2004|
PreliminaryRank in 2003*
|
Preliminary# Patents in 2003*
|
Organization*
|
(Final Rank in 2002)
|
(Final Number of Patents in 2002)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
3,415
|
International Business Machines Corporation |
(1)
|
(3,288)
|
|
2
|
1,992
|
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha |
(2)
|
(1,893)
|
|
3
|
1,893
|
Hitachi, Ltd. |
(5)
|
(1,601)
|
|
4
|
1,786
|
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. |
(6)
|
(1,544)
|
|
5
|
1,759
|
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. |
(9)
|
(1,385)
|
|
6
|
1,707
|
Micron Technology, Inc. |
(3)
|
(1,833)
|
|
7
|
1,592
|
Intel Corporation |
(15)
|
(1,077)
|
|
8
|
1,353
|
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. |
(16)
|
(842)
|
|
9
|
1,313
|
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
(11)
|
(1328)
|
|
10
|
1,311
|
Sony Corporation |
(7)
|
(1,434)
|
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