             TOP PATENTING ORGANIZATIONS                   Page 1 of 2

                 Calendar Year 1995



This report lists the organizations receiving the most patents for

invention (i.e., utility patents) during the 1995 CALENDAR year.



In 1995, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) received

1,383 patents, more than any other organization.  IBM again set a

new record for the most patents ever granted in one year to a non-Federal

organization.  This marks the second straight year in which

IBM has received more patents than any other organization, and the

third straight year in which IBM has received more patents than any

other non-Federal organization.  Canon Kabushiki Kaisha's 1,087

patents ranked second among organizations receiving patents for the

year.  The U.S. Government dropped to 3rd place with 1,026 patents. 

Rounding out the top five patenting organizations were Motorola,

Inc.with 1,012 patents and NEC Corporation with 1,005 patents.



Once again, two U.S. corporations are included among the top five

patenting organizations for 1995 and four U.S. organizations are

included among the top eleven organizations receiving patents

during the year.  All other organizations among the top eleven are

Japanese corporations. The other U.S. corporations among the top

eleven patenting organizations for 1995 are Eastman Kodak Company

(772 patents) and General Electric Company (758 patents), which are

ranked tenth and eleventh, respectively.



The identities of the top eleven patenting organizations remain

unchanged for 1995.  Among U.S. corporations, Motorola jumped from

tenth to fourth place while General Electric dropped from fifth to

eleventh place.  Kodak dropped from ninth to tenth place.  Among

Japanese corporations, NEC rose from eighth to fifth place while

Hitachi dropped from fourth to eighth place.  Matsushita rose from

eleventh to ninth place.



A complete listing of the top eleven organizations receiving

utility patents in 1995 is shown below.



1995    1995                                         ( Rank  )  (# Patents)

Rank  # Patents  Organization                        (in 1994)  ( in 1994 )

----  ---------  --------------------------          ---------  ----------

  1     1,383    International Business Machines Corp  (1)       (1,298)

  2     1,087    Canon Kabushiki Kaisha                (3)       (1,096)

  3     1,026    U.S. GOVERNMENT                       (2)       (1,251)

  4     1,012    Motorola Inc.                        (10)         (837)

  5     1,005    NEC Corporation                       (8)         (897)

  6       973    Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha     (6)         (972)

  7       969    Toshiba Corporation                   (7)         (968)

  8       910    Hitachi, Ltd.                         (4)         (976)

  9       854    Matsushita Electric Indus. Co., Ltd. (11)         (771)

 10       772    Eastman Kodak Company                 (9)         (888)

 11       758    General Electric Company              (5)         (970)



Please Note:

Patent information included in the report reflects patent ownership at 

patent grant and does not include changes in ownership which occur after 

the patent grant.  Where more than one assignee (owner) exists, patents 

are attributed to the first-named assignee.

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No attempt has been made to combine data based on subsidiary 

relationships.  However, where possible, spelling variations and 

variations based on name changes have been merged into a single name 

(e.g., ESSO to EXXON).  While every effort is made to accurately identify 

all organizational entities and report data by a single organization name,

achievement of a totally clean record is not expected, particularly in 

view of the variations which occur in many corporate identifications.

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SOURCE:   U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

          Technology Assessment and Forecast data base  (1-25-96)











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