What Company Received the Most US Patents in 2007
Was it Cisco, Nokia, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, IBM, or Intel?
Additionally, how many patents do you think this company was granted in 2007? (under 500, 501-1000, 1001-2000, 2001-3000, or more than 3000)
Well, it is no surprise that the winner is IBM with 3148 patents granted in 2007; after all, IBM has been at the top of the list for 14 years. That is an average of over 8.5 patents per day... every day! Check out this list of corporate giants.
Interestingly, U.S. companies only hold 7 of the top 25 spots in the list.
Don't worry... I will have several similar posts directed specifically to companies in the golf industry very soon!
David Dawsey - The Golf Invention Attorney
PS - The source of this information was a press release titled "IFI Patent Intelligence Announces 2007’s Top U.S. Patent Assignees" found after some navigation of IFI's homepage because the link is too long!
Additionally, how many patents do you think this company was granted in 2007? (under 500, 501-1000, 1001-2000, 2001-3000, or more than 3000)
Well, it is no surprise that the winner is IBM with 3148 patents granted in 2007; after all, IBM has been at the top of the list for 14 years. That is an average of over 8.5 patents per day... every day! Check out this list of corporate giants.
1 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP - 3148
2 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD KR - 2725
3 CANON K K JP - 1987
4 MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD JP - 1941
5 INTEL CORP - 1865
6 MICROSOFT CORP - 1637
7 TOSHIBA CORP JP - 1549
8 SONY CORP JP - 1481
9 MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC - 1476
10 HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO L P - 1470
11 HITACHI LTD JP - 1397
12 FUJITSU LTD JP - 1315
13 SEIKO EPSON CORP JP - 1208
14 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO - 914
15 INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG DE - 856
16 DENSO CORP JP - 803
17 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC - 752
18 RICOH CO LTD JP - 728
19 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD JP - 719
20 SIEMENS AG DE - 700
(see the PS at the end of the post for a link to the entire list)
2 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD KR - 2725
3 CANON K K JP - 1987
4 MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD JP - 1941
5 INTEL CORP - 1865
6 MICROSOFT CORP - 1637
7 TOSHIBA CORP JP - 1549
8 SONY CORP JP - 1481
9 MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC - 1476
10 HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO L P - 1470
11 HITACHI LTD JP - 1397
12 FUJITSU LTD JP - 1315
13 SEIKO EPSON CORP JP - 1208
14 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO - 914
15 INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG DE - 856
16 DENSO CORP JP - 803
17 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC - 752
18 RICOH CO LTD JP - 728
19 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD JP - 719
20 SIEMENS AG DE - 700
(see the PS at the end of the post for a link to the entire list)
Interestingly, U.S. companies only hold 7 of the top 25 spots in the list.
Don't worry... I will have several similar posts directed specifically to companies in the golf industry very soon!
David Dawsey - The Golf Invention Attorney
PS - The source of this information was a press release titled "IFI Patent Intelligence Announces 2007’s Top U.S. Patent Assignees" found after some navigation of IFI's homepage because the link is too long!
Posted by David Dawsey PE Esq at 1/16/2008 12:00 AM 
Categories: Inventing in General, Inspirational, Competitive Intelligence, General Legal
Categories: Inventing in General, Inspirational, Competitive Intelligence, General Legal
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