Top Patent-Holder List Released
IFI Patent Intelligence unveiled its annual compilation of the world's top-ranked U.S. patent holders for 2007, according to intellectual property policy blogger Peter Zura. The report shows that most of the top 25 companies attained fewer grants in 2007 than in 2006, with several exceptions including Samsung (up 11 percent); Microsoft (up 12 percent); and Nokia (up 14 percent).
“While 2007 didn’t bring any marked improvements in terms of reducing America’s backlog of patents pending, it wasn’t far off the annual average of the past seven years either,” said Darlene Slaughter, general manager of IFI. “Although the total number of patents issued is down from 2006’s record high, it did beat 2005’s relatively low showing."
"The List" Top 10
1. IBM - 3,148
2. Samsung - 2,725
3 Cannon - 1,987
4. Matsushita - 1,941
5. Intel Corp. - 1,865
6. Microsoft - 1,637
7. Toshiba - 1,549
8. Sony - 1,481
9. Micron Technology - 1,476
10. Hewlett-Packard - 1,470
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