U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Information Products Division
Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) Branch

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country), Breakout By Organization
Count of 1997 - 2001 Utility Patent Grants By Calendar Year of Grant

[Explanation of Data]

Rank Ordered Listing of Organizations Receiving 100 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Originating From

ALL FOREIGN REGIONS

(patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor)
 
First-Named Assignee 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total
~Individually Owned Patent 4729 6122 6106 6289 6517 29763
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1355 1893 1778 1851 1821 8698
NEC CORPORATION 1095 1627 1840 2006 1942 8510
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 560 1252 1462 1391 1398 6063
SONY CORPORATION 779 1217 1251 1182 1145 5574
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 846 1147 1185 1216 1134 5528
FUJITSU LIMITED 883 1166 1158 1118 1127 5452
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 745 1021 1030 1116 1404 5316
HITACHI, LTD 898 1084 1003 1026 1256 5267
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 891 1080 1053 1010 1184 5218
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 437 593 663 831 761 3285
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 462 702 728 674 679 3245
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 466 547 539 542 583 2677
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 394 557 518 582 523 2574
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 263 344 414 543 696 2260
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 340 386 452 445 547 2170
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 272 397 409 498 472 2048
NIKON CORPORATION 475 562 340 249 249 1875
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 315 376 382 391 343 1807
BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 352 374 338 296 350 1710
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 211 387 402 341 328 1669
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 220 351 338 321 381 1611
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 149 173 265 430 579 1596
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 204 278 280 365 465 1592
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 106 190 353 445 489 1583
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 127 214 290 384 527 1542
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 158 304 365 333 303 1463
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 154 211 242 294 532 1433
YAZAKI CORP. 225 271 294 293 331 1414
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 150 217 268 302 320 1257
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 213 276 221 278 253 1241
DENSO CORPORATION 7 124 303 366 423 1223
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 164 251 239 251 286 1191
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 151 270 277 232 234 1164
L'OREAL S.A. 164 178 253 220 265 1080
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 182 277 247 188 153 1047
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 148 208 262 224 187 1029
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 138 164 208 251 260 1021
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 112 214 228 218 247 1019
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 153 218 204 198 220 993
DAEWOO ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD. 215 319 272 120 54 980
LG SEMICON CO., LTD. 119 235 310 254 42 960
HOECHST AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 353 324 151 80 18 926
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 66 118 199 222 298 903
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 86 318 424 828
YAMAHA CORPORATION 138 197 206 141 114 796
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 171 158 162 136 156 783
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 76 99 150 192 262 779
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 97 127 184 155 209 772
NIPPONDENSO CO., LTD. 310 306 99 33 19 767
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 9 20 77 297 353 756
KONICA CORPORATION 125 166 159 152 148 750
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED 123 145 135 149 166 718
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., CO. 122 132 143 154 152 703
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 113 140 127 171 136 687
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 85 95 134 160 172 646
INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE 86 141 102 159 154 642
NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION 0 0 69 279 293 641
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 110 141 139 130 120 640
TDK CORPORATION 74 83 104 160 215 636
DAIMLER-BENZ AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 159 241 174 36 17 627
NOVO NORDISK A/S 95 111 168 134 87 595
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 37 97 133 137 152 556
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 96 112 95 116 132 551
ALCATEL THOMSON FAISCEAUX HERTZIENS 0 0 54 219 276 549
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 73 116 136 110 109 544
CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS CORPORATION 19 145 157 136 83 540
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 57 107 143 117 113 537
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 79 92 121 115 129 536
SHIN ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 97 96 96 111 128 528
KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (KAO CORPORATION) 107 129 98 82 93 509
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 58 120 130 124 72 504
VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 53 119 107 120 102 501
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 113 172 112 69 32 498
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD. 71 126 98 104 92 491
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 105 103 88 81 103 480
FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD. 76 102 86 113 94 471
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 73 77 92 110 113 465
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION 88 113 105 79 67 452
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 76 123 108 80 63 450
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 61 103 86 105 87 442
NOKIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS OY 44 91 112 103 92 442
TOYODA JIDOSHOKKI SEISAKUSHO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 43 78 86 110 125 442
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS S.A. 85 117 114 82 38 436
NORTHERN TELECOM LIMITED 55 166 168 31 6 426
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 0 4 51 143 228 426
ZENECA LIMITED 67 105 109 77 68 426
BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION 60 77 85 88 112 422
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 49 59 70 95 148 421
HYUNDAI MOTOR CO., LTD. 72 92 93 60 99 416
FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 91 87 110 72 53 413
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 0 14 85 149 164 412
WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP. 22 57 104 101 117 401
MOTOROLA, INC. 59 95 90 82 70 396
TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. 74 72 79 69 102 396
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 79 88 81 62 83 393
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 75 110 68 77 56 386
AKZO NOBEL NV 68 77 93 82 65 385
HENKEL KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT AUF AKTIEN(HENKEL KGAA) 68 85 80 54 92 379
XEROX CORPORATION 70 79 77 67 81 374
NSK LIMITED 67 60 58 70 116 371
MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG 61 99 56 74 77 367
NATIONAL SCIENCE COUNCIL 60 85 73 65 78 361
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 54 74 79 84 69 360
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 63 77 79 79 62 360
EBARA CORPORATION, NIKKISO CO., LTD. 54 73 77 74 78 356
NIPPON STEEL CORP. 88 94 67 56 51 356
SANSHIN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 58 83 69 83 63 356
KOMATSU LTD. 33 74 79 69 100 355
MITSUI CHEMICALS, INCORPORATED 0 42 107 98 108 355
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 66 88 58 67 76 355
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 36 71 79 67 92 345
ADVANTEST CORP. 40 78 73 68 85 344
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 55 76 57 71 82 341
SAMSUNG DISPLAY DEVICES CO., LTD. 43 84 74 67 72 340
AGENCY OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 73 71 57 70 65 336
SHIMANO INC. 34 62 78 80 82 336
ASEA BROWN BOVERI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 42 94 66 63 70 335
MITA INDUSTRIAL COMPANY LTD. 73 154 76 29 2 334
L'AIR LIQUIDE, SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE 34 41 69 71 118 333
KAWASAKI STEEL CORPORATION 70 59 63 58 82 332
MATSUSHITA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 24 54 72 89 84 323
UNISIA JECS CORPORATION 66 63 59 63 64 315
TORAY INDUSTRIES INC. 62 48 60 70 72 312
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD. 47 64 67 52 80 310
CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD. 29 42 69 77 84 301
MANNESMANN AG 47 59 65 68 61 300
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION 62 66 54 63 54 299
TOYODA GOSEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 52 75 67 55 49 298
CHARTERED SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING PTE LTD 27 34 38 70 124 293
DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LIMITED 51 59 43 60 79 292
WHITAKER CORPORATION 58 63 61 81 22 285
NESTEC, S.A. 42 53 75 50 62 282
VALMET CORP. 54 63 61 48 52 278
SHELL OIL COMPANY 42 65 69 59 41 276
THOMSON-CSF 52 66 67 46 45 276
SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD. 37 65 78 43 51 274
ASAHI KASEI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 27 50 60 69 66 272
ELF ATOCHEM S.A. 45 61 69 63 33 271
SANDVIK AKTIEBOLAG 32 41 73 54 70 270
LUCAS INDUSTRIES PUBLIC LTD. COMPANY 52 55 50 44 66 267
FANUC LTD. 50 70 49 44 53 266
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 37 48 57 63 60 265
VOITH SULZER PAPIERMASCHINEN GMBH 37 71 67 63 26 264
KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED 39 47 49 61 67 263
NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD. 29 43 49 70 70 261
KOBE STEEL LTD. 42 64 54 49 46 255
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM PLC 33 37 57 63 64 254
HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. 52 47 58 46 49 252
NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD. 22 44 64 54 68 252
DAICEL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. 35 54 54 53 53 249
CHISSO CORPORATION 37 49 43 42 77 248
AJINOMOTO COMPANY INCORPORATED 37 53 51 46 59 246
AISIN AW CO., LTD. 25 77 64 47 32 245
AKTIEBOLAGET ASTRA 46 56 56 54 33 245
MITSUBISHI GAS-CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC. 33 47 65 43 51 239
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 24 44 57 58 53 236
YKK CORPORATION 48 46 59 40 41 234
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 31 35 40 55 70 231
NORITSU KOKI CO., LTD. 46 79 53 36 17 231
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 26 38 52 45 66 227
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 0 0 42 185 227
RHONE-POULENC CHIMIE 70 80 48 16 11 225
WACKER-CHEMIE GMBH 38 30 40 43 74 225
IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC 49 57 42 37 38 223
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 12 60 98 52 222
TRW OCCUPANY RESTRAINT SYSTEMS GMBH & CO., KG 14 43 58 49 56 220
DOW CORNING TORAY SILICONE COMPANY LIMITED 35 40 65 31 48 219
SHOWA DENKO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 29 32 37 51 70 219
DEGUSSA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 48 62 49 21 38 218
FRANCE TELECOM 36 62 49 38 33 218
ALCATEL N. V. 68 99 38 9 3 217
TEIJIN LIMITED 47 37 37 43 53 217
EXEDY CORPORATION 22 32 75 50 36 215
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 32 65 59 34 24 214
CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION 192 15 3 3 0 213
INSTITUT PASTEUR 30 42 51 43 47 213
SMS SCHLOEMANN-SIEMAG AG 20 27 46 68 52 213
SOCIETE NATIONALE D'ETUDE ET DE CONSTRUCTION DE MOTEURS D'AVIATION "S.N.E.C.M.A." 35 39 44 45 49 212
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 26 41 53 40 51 211
HUELS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 35 53 55 49 19 211
NOVARTIS AG (FORMERLY SANDOZ LTD.) 4 15 58 61 72 210
SCHERING AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 40 43 36 57 33 209
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 16 51 56 46 39 208
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 37 40 32 43 54 206
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 1 22 75 108 206
BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM G.M.B.H. 60 80 42 16 7 205
SOCIETE NATIONALE INDUSTRIELLE AEROSPATIALE 42 61 39 31 32 205
BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD. 23 57 37 43 44 204
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 39 52 55 37 20 203
MOSEL VITELIC, INCORPORATED 15 31 37 63 57 203
NTN CORPORATION 32 46 36 45 44 203
DEUTSCHE THOMSON-BRANDT GMBH 25 38 48 43 48 202
KYOCERA CORPORATION 33 36 37 50 46 202
HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 37 39 29 60 36 201
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION 43 36 40 35 46 200
MOLEX INCORPORATED 34 27 37 55 46 199
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 19 37 38 39 65 198
CLARIANT GMBH 0 14 54 69 59 196
PORSCHE AG 39 25 47 37 48 196
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 20 31 49 44 49 193
DSM N.V. 19 33 29 56 55 192
TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO K.K. 40 46 30 33 42 191
FICHTEL + SACHS AG 68 74 40 8 0 190
M.A.N. ROLAND DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 37 53 38 36 23 187
MANNESMANN SACHS AG 0 5 39 85 57 186
ZEXEL CORPORATION 42 37 68 25 13 185
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY 20 40 53 40 31 184
KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 29 44 41 35 35 184
RHONE-POULENC RORER, S.A. 58 50 36 22 18 184
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE IN HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 24 38 36 40 46 184
PFIZER INC. 23 37 33 40 49 182
PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHLAMPEN MBH 23 35 28 38 57 181
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 22 33 45 48 30 178
TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. 21 35 35 42 45 178
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 25 48 29 27 48 177
ROLLS-ROYCE PLC 33 26 35 43 40 177
SANDEN CORPORATION 20 28 41 50 38 177
KURARAY CO., LTD. 23 42 35 36 40 176
LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH 21 40 33 37 45 176
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION 4 26 45 50 51 176
KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD 43 36 39 22 35 175
COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH 18 25 36 37 58 174
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 51 42 49 16 16 174
SHIMADZU CORPORATION 29 35 37 39 34 174
KOYO SEIKO COMPANY, LTD. 14 36 38 41 43 172
SALOMON S.A. 21 26 51 35 38 171
ANDO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 22 31 38 44 35 170
G.D. SOCIETA PER AZIONI 26 45 23 39 36 169
MERCK SHARP & DOHME LIMITED 48 26 30 40 25 169
HITACHI KOKI COMPANY, LIMITED 38 40 30 29 31 168
NISSHINBO INDUSTRIES, INC. 18 30 36 45 39 168
SANKYO SEIKI MFG. CO., LTD. 41 35 31 26 34 167
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SA 21 37 48 31 30 167
SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 19 27 30 54 36 166
MITSUBISHI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 57 58 32 14 4 165
ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG 15 34 29 35 52 165
DAIWA SEIKO INC 40 36 33 33 19 161
MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION 30 41 28 25 37 161
AGFA-GEVAERT, AG 39 49 53 13 6 160
NKK CORPORATION 34 41 30 34 21 160
IDEMITSU KOSAN COMPANY LIMITED 22 27 39 39 32 159
MANNESMANN VDO AG 0 0 12 52 94 158
MEDTRONIC INC. 10 38 27 46 36 157
NTT MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK INC. 25 49 32 33 18 157
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 8 18 40 43 48 157
MINEBEA KABUSHIKI-KAISHA (MINEBEA CO., LTD) 11 39 22 38 46 156
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 65 55 29 4 3 156
W. SCHLAFHORST AG & CO. 29 33 37 25 32 156
COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION 18 40 41 27 29 155
DEGUSSA-HUELS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 17 57 81 155
KANEKA CORPORATION 1 11 22 38 83 155
OMRON CORPORATION 21 52 26 25 29 153
MITSUI PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. 76 57 10 8 1 152
SEGA ENTERPRISES, LTD. 18 33 40 21 39 151
CARL ZEISS STIFTUNG 26 33 34 25 32 150
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 18 26 32 39 33 148
SAINT-GOBAIN VITRAGE 22 32 34 31 29 148
SAMSUNG AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES, LTD. 30 49 34 23 12 148
VALEO S.A. 23 53 15 22 35 148
ADIR ET COMPAGNIE 46 28 22 27 24 147
FUJISAWA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. 35 25 21 26 40 147
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 18 46 29 18 35 146
HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD. 24 18 38 26 39 145
IDEMITSU PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY LTD. 16 28 26 32 43 145
UNI-CHARM CORPORATION 24 28 20 28 45 145
JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA N.V. 42 27 21 28 26 144
OKIDATA CORPORATION 5 16 39 50 33 143
HITACHI METALS LTD. 22 43 30 22 24 141
TOYO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 22 27 29 27 36 141
HOYA CORPORATION 14 19 36 34 37 140
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA 27 31 31 23 28 140
NIDEK CO., LTD. 17 21 25 39 37 139
ASEA BROWN BOVERI AB 22 16 35 26 39 138
BP CHEMICALS LIMITED 24 34 27 25 28 138
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH 0 0 23 42 73 138
THE BOC GROUP PLC 35 28 34 23 18 138
BEIERSDORF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 19 31 33 29 25 137
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA 29 17 38 25 28 137
TOSHIBA MACHINE CO., LTD. 25 26 35 25 26 137
FUTABA DENSHI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 21 43 26 26 20 136
NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. 15 33 34 31 23 136
TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD. 14 29 31 27 35 136
TOSOH CORPORATION 21 28 32 30 24 135
GOLDSTAR COMPANY, LTD. 84 34 13 1 2 134
ITT AUTOMOTIVE EUROPE GMBH 49 49 29 5 2 134
YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD. 17 21 25 39 32 134
EUROCOPTER FRANCE S.A. 12 19 23 46 33 133
INA WALZLAGER SCHAEFFLER OHG 0 10 27 41 55 133
KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD. 23 30 22 30 28 133
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS - ACER INCORPORATED 0 5 49 58 21 133
NCR CORPORATION 18 26 34 23 31 132
NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD. 10 5 35 38 44 132
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO 22 21 28 30 30 131
NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD. 35 34 27 19 16 131
UNITED SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 2 34 68 27 131
AB VOLVO 23 27 25 35 20 130
KOKUSAI DENSHIN DENWA KABUSHIKI KAISHA 18 29 42 25 16 130
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 3 31 96 130
FRAMATOME CONNECTORS INTERNATIONAL S.A. 23 16 28 32 30 129
TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 18 19 22 29 41 129
SHISEIDO CO., LTD. 19 31 27 27 24 128
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 0 0 0 10 117 127
ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED 18 21 18 31 38 126
YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. 14 29 36 24 23 126
AUSIMONT S.P.A. 29 17 26 22 31 125
CARL FREUDENBERG 25 14 27 30 28 124
UBE INDUSTRIES LTD. 24 26 30 22 22 124
EXXON CHEMICALS PATENTS INC. 21 29 27 20 26 123
INTEL CORPORATION 19 34 25 28 17 123
VOITH SULZER PAPIERTECHNIK PATENT GMBH 0 0 3 21 99 123
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 10 35 21 25 31 122
ISHIKAWAJIMA-HARIMA HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 15 20 29 33 25 122
KONAMI CO., LTD. 13 16 19 33 41 122
JAPAN TOBACCO INC. 15 25 18 39 24 121
YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM 19 23 30 20 29 121
KOMATSU ELECTRONIC METALS CO., LTD. 7 23 60 18 12 120
MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS INC. 72 44 2 2 0 120
NOVARTIS CORPORATION 14 57 23 19 7 120
SMC CORPORATION 20 16 26 19 39 120
TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO. 14 18 27 28 33 120
HAYASHIBARA BIOCHEMICAL LABORATORIES INCORPORATED 18 28 39 17 17 119
BRITISH TECHNOLOGY GROUP LIMITED 61 50 5 2 0 118
SOLVAY (SOCIETE ANONYME) 22 22 21 22 31 118
MURATA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 15 21 22 32 27 117
SEXTANT AVIONIQUE 33 27 13 26 18 117
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 8 16 27 28 37 116
DAIMLER-BENZ AEROSPACE AIRBUS GMBH 26 53 28 3 5 115
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIC (CNRS) 18 16 27 19 33 113
AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY 14 26 30 21 21 112
DANIELI & CO. OFFICINE MECCANICHE SPA 14 26 30 17 25 112
SANKYO COMPANY LIMITED 38 25 24 16 9 112
ASMO CO., LTD. 4 23 25 29 30 111
COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ESTABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN-MICHELIN & CIE 12 24 33 23 19 111
ERICSSON, INC. 35 37 18 13 8 111
HOECHST SCHERING AGREVO GMBH 13 27 29 16 26 111
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 6 20 17 34 34 111
NIPPON ZEON CO., LTD. 17 24 21 29 20 111
SUNTORY LTD. 15 20 27 22 26 110
NIPPON OIL COMPANY LTD. 29 37 24 17 2 109
EISAI CO., LTD. 35 25 16 11 20 107
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 0 0 11 52 43 106
HITACHI MAXELL, LTD. 21 16 28 24 17 106
HUSKY INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEMS LIMITED 10 21 13 31 31 106
SCHOTT GLASWERKE 9 14 22 28 33 106
TEMIC TELEFUNKEN MICROELECTRONIC GMBH 14 26 25 29 12 106
AKTIEBOLAGET ELECTROLUX 16 24 25 20 20 105
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 12 10 16 28 38 104
KABUSHIKI KAISHA SHINKAWA 14 23 26 24 17 104
WORLDWIDE SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 0 0 6 61 37 104
BRAUN A.G. 34 26 22 15 6 103
BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 4 15 26 58 103
FOCKE & CO. 16 14 27 26 20 103
MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V 13 22 32 20 16 103
MUSTEK SYSTEMS, INC. 0 11 36 32 24 103
SIEMENS CANADA LTD. 0 3 37 26 37 103
ACER PERIPHERALS, INC. 12 17 19 33 21 102
BULL S.A. 21 26 21 15 19 102
KIORITZ CORPORATION 11 15 33 29 14 102
KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY 11 15 21 28 27 102
TAKATA CORPORATION 5 10 13 26 48 102
BEHR GMBH & CO. 16 25 22 16 22 101
SMC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 14 15 21 23 28 101
TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 15 28 23 14 21 101
KANEGAFUCHI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 29 35 19 13 4 100
KUBOTA CORPORATION 20 19 23 23 15 100
SANOFI, S.A. 32 31 25 10 2 100



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