PATENTING BY ORGANIZATIONS Top Patenting Organizations, Calendar Year 1993 This report lists the organizations receiving the most patents for invention (i.e., utility patents) during the 1993 CALENDAR year. The list is prepared from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) data base. Once again, the U.S. Government ranks first as the organization receiving the most patents for invention in 1993, receiving 1,165 patents. This total is 80 patents or 7 percent more than the total count for next highest ranking organization. Of the top non-Federal patenting organizations, International Business Machines Corporation ranks first as having received the most patents for invention in 1993. This marks the first time since 1985 that a U.S. corporation has ranked number one. Other U.S. organizations made a strong showing in 1993 as well, with three U.S. corporations ranked in the top five as having received the most patents for inventions. This contrasts sharply with the 1992 rankings when only one of the top five organizations was a U.S. corporation. The top ten non-Federal patenting organizations in 1993 include four U.S. corporations and six Japanese corporations. The organizations are unchanged from 1992 although Eastman Kodak Company has jumped from seventh to fourth position and several Japanese corporations have fallen slightly in the rankings. A complete listing of the top eleven organizations receiving utility patents during 1993 is shown below. Rank (Rank in 1992) Organization # Patents in 1993 1 (1) U.S. GOVERNMENT 1,165 2 (7) International Business Machines Corporation 1,085 3 (3) Toshiba Corporation 1,040 4 (2) Canon Kabushiki Kaisha 1,038 5 (8) Eastman Kodak Company 1,007 6 (6) General Electric Company 932 7 (4) Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha 926 8 (5) Hitachi, Ltd. 912 9 (9) Motorola Inc. 729 10 (11) Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. 712 11 (10) Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. 632 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 exists, patents are attributed to the first-named assignee. 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. __________________________________________________________________________ SOURCE: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (2-7-94) Technology Assessment and Forecast Program ------------------ Questions regarding this report should be directed to: (address updated 4/96) U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Office of Electronic Information Products Technology Assessment and Forecast Program PK3-Suite 441 Washington, DC 20231 tel (703) 306-2600 FAX (703) 306-2737