                   TOP PATENTING ORGANIZATIONS             Page 1 of 2

                        Calendar Year 1994





This report lists the organizations receiving the most patents for

invention (i.e., utility patents) during the 1994 CALENDAR year.



In 1994, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) received

more patents than any other organization and the most patents ever

granted in one year to a non-Federal organization.  The

corporation's 1,298 patents for 1994 surpassed the 1,251 patents

granted to the U.S. Government during the period.  This marks the

first time in five years that a non-Federal organization has

received the most patents for a year. In addition, for the second

straight year, IBM received more patents than any other non-Federal

organization.



Following IBM and the Federal Government, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

received 1,096 patents in 1994 while Hitachi, Ltd, General Electric

Company, Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, and Toshiba Corporation

are grouped together with slightly less than 1,000 patents each.



U.S. corporations continued to be active in patenting in 1994.  As

in 1993, four of the top ten non-Federal patenting organizations

are U.S. corporations.  However, only two of the top five are U.S.

corporations in 1994 as compared to three of the top five in 1993.



NEC Corporation joins the top eleven patenting organizations for

1994 while Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd drops off the list (to

sixteenth position).  Other organizations on the list remain

unchanged from 1993 except for their relative positions. Eastman

Kodak Company drops from fifth to ninth position and Motorola, Inc.

drops from ninth to tenth position.



A complete listing of the top eleven organizations receiving

utility patents during 1994 is shown below.



   Rank    (Rank        Organization                            # Patents

 in 1994  in 1993)



    1       (2)    International Business Machines Corporation      1,298

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

    3       (4)    Canon Kabushiki Kaisha                           1,096

    4       (8)    Hitachi, Ltd.                                      976

    5       (6)    General Electric Company                           970

            (7)    Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha                  970

    7       (3)    Toshiba Corporation                                968

    8      (12)    NEC Corporation                                    897

    9       (5)    Eastman Kodak Company                              888

   10       (9)    Motorola Inc.                                      837

   11      (10)    Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.           771



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  (1-27-95)













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