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United States Patent and Trademark Office The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that serves as the national patent office and trademark registration authority for the United States. The USPTO's headquarters are in Alex ...
(USPTO) issues an annual "Patenting by Organizations" report on the agency's web site. This report contains a ranked list of all US and international organizations which received 40 or more US
patent A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A ...
s in the year the report was issued. The following is a list of the top ten recipients of patents issued by the USPTO in the year indicated.


2015

# IBM, headquartered in
Armonk, New York Armonk is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of North Castle, located in Westchester County, New York, United States. The corporate headquarters of IBM are located in Armonk. Geography and climate As of the 2010 census, A ...
# Samsung Electronics Co., headquartered in Suwon, Korea # Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, headquartered in
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, Japan # QUALCOMM INC. # GOOGLE, INC. # Toshiba Corporation, headquartered in
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, Japan # Sony Corporation, headquartered in
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, Japan # LG ELECTRONICS INC., headquartered in
Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ...
, Korea # Intel Corporation, headquartered in
Santa Clara, California Santa Clara (; Spanish for " Saint Clare") is a city in Santa Clara County, California. The city's population was 127,647 at the 2020 census, making it the eighth-most populous city in the Bay Area. Located in the southern Bay Area, the cit ...
#
Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washingt ...
, headquartered in Redmond, Washington


2014

#7481 patents to IBM, headquartered in
Armonk, New York Armonk is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of North Castle, located in Westchester County, New York, United States. The corporate headquarters of IBM are located in Armonk. Geography and climate As of the 2010 census, A ...
#4936 patents to Samsung Electronics Co., headquartered in Suwon, Korea #4048 patents to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, headquartered in
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, Japan #3214 patents to Sony Corporation, headquartered in
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, Japan #2829 patents to
Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washingt ...
, headquartered in Redmond, Washington #2586 patents to QUALCOMM INC. #2566 patents to GOOGLE, INC. #2537 patents to Toshiba Corporation, headquartered in
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, Japan #2119 patents to LG ELECTRONICS INC., headquartered in
Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ...
, Korea #2079 patents to
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. formerly between 1935 and 2008 and the first incarnation of between 2008 and 2022, is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka. It was founded by Kōnosuke Matsushita in 1918 as a lightbulb s ...
, headquartered in
Kadoma, Osaka file:Kadoma City Hall.jpg, 270px, Kadoma City Hall is a Cities of Japan, city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 119,069 in 63029 households and a population density of 9700 persons per km². The total a ...
, Japan


2012

#6478 patents to IBM, headquartered in
Armonk, New York Armonk is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of North Castle, located in Westchester County, New York, United States. The corporate headquarters of IBM are located in Armonk. Geography and climate As of the 2010 census, A ...
#5043 patents to Samsung Electronics Co., headquartered in Suwon, Korea #3173 patents to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, headquartered in
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, Japan #3017 patents to Sony Corporation, headquartered in
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, Japan #2748 patents to
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. formerly between 1935 and 2008 and the first incarnation of between 2008 and 2022, is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka. It was founded by Kōnosuke Matsushita in 1918 as a lightbulb s ...
, headquartered in
Kadoma, Osaka file:Kadoma City Hall.jpg, 270px, Kadoma City Hall is a Cities of Japan, city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 119,069 in 63029 households and a population density of 9700 persons per km². The total a ...
, Japan #2610 patents to
Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washingt ...
, headquartered in Redmond, Washington, #2415 patents to Toshiba Corporation, headquartered in
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, Japan #1650 patents to General Electric Company, headquartered in
Schenectady, New York Schenectady () is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. As of the 2020 census, the city's population of 67,047 made it the state's ninth-largest city by population. The city is in eastern New Y ...
#1617 patents to LG ELECTRONICS INC., headquartered in
Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ...
, Korea #1527 patents to
Fujitsu Limited is a Japanese multinational information and communications technology equipment and services corporation, established in 1935 and headquartered in Tokyo. Fujitsu is the world's sixth-largest IT services provider by annual revenue, and the la ...
, headquartered in Tokyo


2011

#6148 patents to IBM, headquartered in
Armonk, New York Armonk is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of North Castle, located in Westchester County, New York, United States. The corporate headquarters of IBM are located in Armonk. Geography and climate As of the 2010 census, A ...
#4968 patents to Samsung Electronics Co., headquartered in Suwon, Korea #2818 patents to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, headquartered in
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, Japan #2533 patents to
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. formerly between 1935 and 2008 and the first incarnation of between 2008 and 2022, is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka. It was founded by Kōnosuke Matsushita in 1918 as a lightbulb s ...
, headquartered in
Kadoma, Osaka file:Kadoma City Hall.jpg, 270px, Kadoma City Hall is a Cities of Japan, city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 119,069 in 63029 households and a population density of 9700 persons per km². The total a ...
, Japan #2451 patents to Toshiba Corporation, headquartered in
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, Japan #2309 patents to
Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washingt ...
, headquartered in Redmond, Washington, #2265 patents to Sony Corporation, headquartered in
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, Japan #1525 patents to SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION #1455 patents to Hitachi, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo #1444 patents to General Electric Company, headquartered in
Schenectady, New York Schenectady () is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. As of the 2020 census, the city's population of 67,047 made it the state's ninth-largest city by population. The city is in eastern New Y ...


2010

#5866 patents to IBM, headquartered in
Armonk, New York Armonk is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of North Castle, located in Westchester County, New York, United States. The corporate headquarters of IBM are located in Armonk. Geography and climate As of the 2010 census, A ...
#4518 patents to Samsung Electronics Co., headquartered in Suwon, Korea #3086 patents to
Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washingt ...
, headquartered in Redmond, Washington, #2551 patents to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, headquartered in
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, Japan #2443 patents to
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. formerly between 1935 and 2008 and the first incarnation of between 2008 and 2022, is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka. It was founded by Kōnosuke Matsushita in 1918 as a lightbulb s ...
, headquartered in
Kadoma, Osaka file:Kadoma City Hall.jpg, 270px, Kadoma City Hall is a Cities of Japan, city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 119,069 in 63029 households and a population density of 9700 persons per km². The total a ...
, Japan #2212 patents to Toshiba Corporation, headquartered in
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, Japan #2130 patents to Sony Corporation, headquartered in
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, Japan #1652 patents to Intel Corporation, headquartered in
Santa Clara, California Santa Clara (; Spanish for " Saint Clare") is a city in Santa Clara County, California. The city's population was 127,647 at the 2020 census, making it the eighth-most populous city in the Bay Area. Located in the southern Bay Area, the cit ...
#1488 patents to LG ELECTRONICS INC., headquartered in
Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ...
, Korea #1480 patents to Hewlett-Packard, headquartered in
Palo Alto, California Palo Alto (; Spanish for "tall stick") is a charter city in the northwestern corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto. The city was es ...


2009

#4887 patents to IBM, headquartered in
Armonk, New York Armonk is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of North Castle, located in Westchester County, New York, United States. The corporate headquarters of IBM are located in Armonk. Geography and climate As of the 2010 census, A ...
#3592 patents to Samsung Electronics Co., headquartered in Daegu, Korea #2901 patents to
Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washingt ...
, headquartered in Redmond, Washington, #2200 patents to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, headquartered in
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, Japan #1759 patents to
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. formerly between 1935 and 2008 and the first incarnation of between 2008 and 2022, is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka. It was founded by Kōnosuke Matsushita in 1918 as a lightbulb s ...
, headquartered in
Kadoma, Osaka file:Kadoma City Hall.jpg, 270px, Kadoma City Hall is a Cities of Japan, city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 119,069 in 63029 households and a population density of 9700 persons per km². The total a ...
, Japan #1669 patents to Toshiba Corporation, headquartered in
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, Japan #1656 patents to Sony Corporation, headquartered in
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, Japan #1534 patents to Intel Corporation, headquartered in
Santa Clara, California Santa Clara (; Spanish for " Saint Clare") is a city in Santa Clara County, California. The city's population was 127,647 at the 2020 census, making it the eighth-most populous city in the Bay Area. Located in the southern Bay Area, the cit ...
#1328 patents to SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION #1269 patents to Hewlett-Packard, headquartered in
Palo Alto, California Palo Alto (; Spanish for "tall stick") is a charter city in the northwestern corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto. The city was es ...


2008

#4169 patents to IBM, headquartered in
Armonk, New York Armonk is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of North Castle, located in Westchester County, New York, United States. The corporate headquarters of IBM are located in Armonk. Geography and climate As of the 2010 census, A ...
#3502 patents to Samsung Electronics Co., headquartered in Daegu, Korea #2107 patents to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, headquartered in
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, Japan #2026 patents to
Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washingt ...
#1772 patents to Intel Corporation, headquartered in
Santa Clara, California Santa Clara (; Spanish for " Saint Clare") is a city in Santa Clara County, California. The city's population was 127,647 at the 2020 census, making it the eighth-most populous city in the Bay Area. Located in the southern Bay Area, the cit ...
#1575 patents to Toshiba Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo #1475 patents to
Fujitsu Limited is a Japanese multinational information and communications technology equipment and services corporation, established in 1935 and headquartered in Tokyo. Fujitsu is the world's sixth-largest IT services provider by annual revenue, and the la ...
, headquartered in Tokyo #1469 patents to
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. formerly between 1935 and 2008 and the first incarnation of between 2008 and 2022, is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka. It was founded by Kōnosuke Matsushita in 1918 as a lightbulb s ...
, headquartered in
Kadoma, Osaka file:Kadoma City Hall.jpg, 270px, Kadoma City Hall is a Cities of Japan, city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 119,069 in 63029 households and a population density of 9700 persons per km². The total a ...
, Japan #1461 patents to Sony Corporation #1422 patents to Hewlett-Packard, headquartered in
Palo Alto, California Palo Alto (; Spanish for "tall stick") is a charter city in the northwestern corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto. The city was es ...


2007

#3125 patents to IBM, headquartered in
Armonk, New York Armonk is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of North Castle, located in Westchester County, New York, United States. The corporate headquarters of IBM are located in Armonk. Geography and climate As of the 2010 census, A ...
, USA #2723 patents to Samsung Electronics Co., headquartered in Daegu, Korea #1983 patents to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan #1910 patents to
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. formerly between 1935 and 2008 and the first incarnation of between 2008 and 2022, is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka. It was founded by Kōnosuke Matsushita in 1918 as a lightbulb s ...
, headquartered in
Kadoma, Osaka file:Kadoma City Hall.jpg, 270px, Kadoma City Hall is a Cities of Japan, city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 119,069 in 63029 households and a population density of 9700 persons per km². The total a ...
, Japan #1864 patents to Intel Corporation, headquartered in
Santa Clara, California Santa Clara (; Spanish for " Saint Clare") is a city in Santa Clara County, California. The city's population was 127,647 at the 2020 census, making it the eighth-most populous city in the Bay Area. Located in the southern Bay Area, the cit ...
#1637 patents to
Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washingt ...
#1519 patents to Toshiba Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo #1476 patents to Micron Technology, headquartered in
Boise, Idaho Boise (, , ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho and is the county seat of Ada County. On the Boise River in southwestern Idaho, it is east of the Oregon border and north of the Nevada border. The downtown ar ...
#1466 patents to Hewlett-Packard, headquartered in
Palo Alto, California Palo Alto (; Spanish for "tall stick") is a charter city in the northwestern corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto. The city was es ...
#1455 patents to Sony Corporation


2006

#3621 patents to IBM, headquartered in
Armonk, New York Armonk is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of North Castle, located in Westchester County, New York, United States. The corporate headquarters of IBM are located in Armonk. Geography and climate As of the 2010 census, A ...
#2451 patents to Samsung Electronics Co., headquartered in Daegu, Korea #2366 patents to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan #2229 patents to
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. formerly between 1935 and 2008 and the first incarnation of between 2008 and 2022, is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka. It was founded by Kōnosuke Matsushita in 1918 as a lightbulb s ...
, headquartered in
Kadoma, Osaka file:Kadoma City Hall.jpg, 270px, Kadoma City Hall is a Cities of Japan, city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 119,069 in 63029 households and a population density of 9700 persons per km². The total a ...
, Japan #2099 patents to Hewlett-Packard, headquartered in
Palo Alto, California Palo Alto (; Spanish for "tall stick") is a charter city in the northwestern corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto. The city was es ...
#1959 patents to Intel Corporation, headquartered in
Santa Clara, California Santa Clara (; Spanish for " Saint Clare") is a city in Santa Clara County, California. The city's population was 127,647 at the 2020 census, making it the eighth-most populous city in the Bay Area. Located in the southern Bay Area, the cit ...
#1771 patents to Sony Corporation #1732 patents to Hitachi, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo #1672 patents to Toshiba Corporation, headquartered in
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
#1610 patents to Micron Technology, headquartered in
Boise, Idaho Boise (, , ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho and is the county seat of Ada County. On the Boise River in southwestern Idaho, it is east of the Oregon border and north of the Nevada border. The downtown ar ...
, USA


2005

#2941 patents to IBM, headquartered in
Armonk, New York Armonk is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of North Castle, located in Westchester County, New York, United States. The corporate headquarters of IBM are located in Armonk. Geography and climate As of the 2010 census, A ...
, USA #1828 patents to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, headquartered in
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, Japan #1797 patents to Hewlett-Packard, headquartered in
Palo Alto, California Palo Alto (; Spanish for "tall stick") is a charter city in the northwestern corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto. The city was es ...
, USA #1688 patents to
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. formerly between 1935 and 2008 and the first incarnation of between 2008 and 2022, is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka. It was founded by Kōnosuke Matsushita in 1918 as a lightbulb s ...
, headquartered in
Kadoma, Osaka file:Kadoma City Hall.jpg, 270px, Kadoma City Hall is a Cities of Japan, city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 119,069 in 63029 households and a population density of 9700 persons per km². The total a ...
, Japan #1641 patents to Samsung Electronics Co., headquartered in Daegu, Korea #1561 patents to Micron Technology, headquartered in
Boise, Idaho Boise (, , ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho and is the county seat of Ada County. On the Boise River in southwestern Idaho, it is east of the Oregon border and north of the Nevada border. The downtown ar ...
#1549 patents to Intel Corporation, headquartered in
Santa Clara, California Santa Clara (; Spanish for " Saint Clare") is a city in Santa Clara County, California. The city's population was 127,647 at the 2020 census, making it the eighth-most populous city in the Bay Area. Located in the southern Bay Area, the cit ...
#1271 patents to Hitachi, Ltd., headquartered in
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
#1258 patents to Toshiba Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo #1154 patents to
Fujitsu Limited is a Japanese multinational information and communications technology equipment and services corporation, established in 1935 and headquartered in Tokyo. Fujitsu is the world's sixth-largest IT services provider by annual revenue, and the la ...
, headquartered in Tokyo


2004

#3248 patents to IBM #1934 patents to
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. formerly between 1935 and 2008 and the first incarnation of between 2008 and 2022, is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka. It was founded by Kōnosuke Matsushita in 1918 as a lightbulb s ...
#1805 patents to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha #1775 patents to Hewlett-Packard #1760 patents to Micron Technology #1604 patents to Samsung Electronics Co. #1601 patents to Intel Corporation #1514 patents to Hitachi, Ltd. #1310 patents to Toshiba Corporation #1305 patents to Sony Corporation


2003

#3415 patents to IBM #1992 patents to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha #1893 patents to Hitachi, Ltd. #1786 patents to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. #1759 patents to Hewlett-Packard #1707 patents to Micron Technology #1592 patents to Intel Corporation #1353 patents to
Royal Philips Electronics Koninklijke Philips N.V. (), commonly shortened to Philips, is a Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891. Since 1997, it has been mostly headquartered in Amsterdam, though the Benelux headquarters is ...
#1313 patents to Samsung Electronics Co. #1311 patents to Sony Corporation


2002

#3288 patents to IBM #1893 patents to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha #1833 patents to Micron Technology #1821 patents to NEC Corporation #1601 patents to Hitachi, Ltd. #1544 patents to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. #1434 patents to Sony Corporation #1416 patents to General Electric Company #1373 patents to Mitsubishi Denki K.K. #1328 patents to
Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (, sometimes shortened to SEC and stylized as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational electronics corporation headquartered in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, South Korea. It is the pinnacle of the Samsung chaebol, a ...


2001

#3411 patents to IBM #1953 patents to NEC Corporation #1877 patents to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha #1643 patents to Micron Technology #1450 patents to
Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (, sometimes shortened to SEC and stylized as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational electronics corporation headquartered in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, South Korea. It is the pinnacle of the Samsung chaebol, a ...
#1440 patents to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. #1363 patents to Sony Corporation #1271 patents to Hitachi, Ltd. #1184 patents to Mitsubishi Denki K.K #1166 patents to Fujitsu, headquartered in
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...


2000

#2886 patents to IBM #2021 patents to NEC Corporation #1890 patents to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha #1441 patents to
Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (, sometimes shortened to SEC and stylized as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational electronics corporation headquartered in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, South Korea. It is the pinnacle of the Samsung chaebol, a ...
#1411 patents to
Lucent Technologies Lucent Technologies, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Murray Hill, New Jersey. It was established on September 30, 1996, through the divestiture of the former AT&T Technologies business u ...
#1385 patents to Sony Corporation #1304 patents to Micron Technology #1232 patents to
Toshiba , commonly known as Toshiba and stylized as TOSHIBA, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Its diversified products and services include power, industrial and social infrastructure systems, ...
#1196 patents to
Motorola Motorola, Inc. () was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, United States. After having lost $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009, the company split into two independent public companies, Motorol ...
#1147 patents to Fujitsu


1999

#2756 patents to IBM #1842 patents to NEC Corporation #1795 patents to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha #1545 patents to
Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (, sometimes shortened to SEC and stylized as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational electronics corporation headquartered in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, South Korea. It is the pinnacle of the Samsung chaebol, a ...
#1410 patents to Sony Corporation #1200 patents to
Toshiba , commonly known as Toshiba and stylized as TOSHIBA, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Its diversified products and services include power, industrial and social infrastructure systems, ...
#1192 patents to Fujitsu #1192 patents to
Motorola Motorola, Inc. () was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, United States. After having lost $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009, the company split into two independent public companies, Motorol ...
#1152 patents to
Lucent Technologies Lucent Technologies, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Murray Hill, New Jersey. It was established on September 30, 1996, through the divestiture of the former AT&T Technologies business u ...
#1054 patents to Mitsubishi Denki K.K.


1998

#2657 patents to IBM #1928 patents to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha #1627 patents to NEC Corporation #1406 patents to
Motorola Motorola, Inc. () was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, United States. After having lost $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009, the company split into two independent public companies, Motorol ...
#1316 patents to Sony Corporation #1304 patents to
Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (, sometimes shortened to SEC and stylized as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational electronics corporation headquartered in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, South Korea. It is the pinnacle of the Samsung chaebol, a ...
#1189 patents to Fujitsu #1170 patents to
Toshiba , commonly known as Toshiba and stylized as TOSHIBA, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Its diversified products and services include power, industrial and social infrastructure systems, ...
#1124 patents to Eastman Kodak Co. #1094 patents to Hitachi, Ltd.


1997

#1724 patents to IBM #1381 patents to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha #1095 patents to NEC Corporation #1058 patents to
Motorola Motorola, Inc. () was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, United States. After having lost $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009, the company split into two independent public companies, Motorol ...
#903 patents to Fujitsu #903 patents to Hitachi, Ltd. #892 patents to Mitsubishi Denki K.K #862 patents to
Toshiba , commonly known as Toshiba and stylized as TOSHIBA, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Its diversified products and services include power, industrial and social infrastructure systems, ...
#859 patents to Sony Corporation #795 patents to Eastman Kodak Co.


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"Patenting by Organizations: 1998"
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