IFI Patent Intelligence Report - 2008

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IFI Patent Intelligence, a Wolters Kluwer Health business, has released an annual compilation of the world’s top-ranked U.S.-patent companies, which suggests America’s longstanding dominance of new U.S. patents may be slipping. According to IFI’s analysis, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a total of 157,774 utility patents in calendar year 2008, up slightly over 2007’s total of 157,284.

Although IBM still tops the list and is ahead by a relatively wide margin, the scales of patent-quantity supremacy may be shifting away from corporate America in favor of companies overseas, especially to those in Asia. As part of its analysis, IFI looked at 2008 utility patents assigned to companies separate from those owned by individuals. It found that American companies captured only 49 percent of U.S. patents granted to companies compared to 50 percent in 2007. In addition, the U.S. holds only four — less than half — of the top 10 slots, down from five the prior year. American firms also hold only 12 positions in the top 35, which collectively generated 26 percent of all the utility patents granted in 2008.

IFI’s list of 2008’s Top 35performers is posted on its website, www.ificlaims.com, and follows:

Rank

Company Name

2008 Patents

1

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP

4186

2

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD KR

3515

3

CANON K K JP

2114

4

MICROSOFT CORP

2030

5

INTEL CORP

1776

6

MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD JP 1

1745

7

TOSHIBA CORP JP

1609

8

FUJITSU LTD JP

1494

9

SONY CORP JP

1485

10

HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO L P *

1424 *

11

HITACHI LTD JP

1313

12

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC

1250

13

SEIKO EPSON CORP JP

1229

14

GENERAL ELECTRIC CO

912

15

FUJIFILM CORP JP

869

16

RICOH CO LTD JP

857

17

INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG DE

814

18

LG ELECTRONICS INC KR

805

19

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC

757

20

HONDA MOTOR CO LTD JP

747

21

SIEMENS AG DE

724

22

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO LTD TW

719

23

DENSO CORP JP

708

24

CISCO TECHNOLOGY INC

704

25

BROADCOM CORP

643

26

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC

619

27

NOKIA AB OY FI

608

SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY LTD AU

608

29

SHARP K K JP

603

30

NEC CORP JP

547

31

BROADCOM CORPXEROX CORP

529

32

LG PHILIPS LCD CO LTD KR 2

524

33

RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP JP

513

34

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC

509

35

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N V NL

497

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