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. (continued) Page 2 of 2 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 Technology Assessment and Forecast data base (1-25-96) ------------------ 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