Top 20 Organizations Granted US Patents in 2010
Intellectual Property Owners Association of the US recently published "Top 300 Organizations Granted U.S. Patents in 2010". The following list comprises the top 20 patent owners in terms of the number of US patents granted in 2010, which is complied using data from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
Top 20 Patent Owners by Number of US Patents Granted in 2010
|
Rank |
Organization |
Patents |
|
1 |
International Business Machines Corp. |
5,866 |
|
2 |
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
4,518 |
|
3 |
Microsoft Corp. |
3,121 |
|
4 |
Hitachi, Ltd. |
2,852 |
|
5 |
Canon K.K. |
2,656 |
|
6 |
Panasonic Corp. |
2,536 |
|
7 |
Toshiba Corp. |
2,212 |
|
8 |
Sony Corp. |
2,130 |
|
9 |
Siemens Corp. |
1,743 |
|
10 |
Intel Corp. |
1,652 |
|
11 |
Fujitsu Ltd. |
1,646 |
|
12 |
Hewlett-Packard Co. |
1,596 |
|
13 |
General Electric Co. |
1,516 |
|
14 |
LG Electronics Inc. |
1,488 |
|
15 |
Seiko Epson Corp. |
1,438 |
|
16 |
NEC Corp. |
1,283 |
|
17 |
Oracle |
1,222 |
|
18 |
Ricoh Co., Ltd. |
1,198 |
|
19 |
Cisco Technology, Inc. |
1,114 |
|
20 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
1,074 |
