United States Patent and Trademark Office released the annual list of top 10 organizations receiving most US patents. United States Patent and Trademark Office liberada a lista anual das 10 principais organizações que recebem mais E.U. patentes. IBM is still in the lead. A IBM está ainda na liderança. Overall Japanese corporations dominates the top 10 list. Corporações globais japonês domina a lista top 10.


Top 10 Private Sector Patent Recipients for the 2005 Calendar Year Top 10 do Setor Privado Patente Beneficiários para o ano civil de 2005
Preliminary Rank in 2005 Anteprojecto Rank em 2005 Preliminary Number of Patents in 2005 Anteprojecto número de patentes em 2005 Organization Organização (Final Rank in 2004) (Final Rank em 2004) (Final Number of Patents in 2004) (Final número de patentes em 2004)
1
2,941 2.941
International Business Machines Corporation A International Business Machines Corporation
(1)

(3,248) (3248)

2
1,828 1.828
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
(3)
(1,805) (1805)
3
1,797* 1.797 *
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP * Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP *
(4)
(1,775) (1775)
4
1,688 1.688
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
(2)
(1,934) (1934)
5
1,641 1.641
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
(6)
(1,604) (1604)
6
1,561 1.561
Micron Technology, Inc. Micron Technology, Inc.
(5)
(1,760) (1760)
7
1,549 1.549
Intel Corporation Intel Corporation
(7)
(1,601) (1601)
8
1,271 1.271
Hitachi, Ltd Hitachi, Ltd.
(8)
(1,513) (1513)
9
1,258 1.258
Toshiba Corporation Toshiba Corporation
(9)
(1,311) (1311)
10
1,154 1.154
Fujitsu Limited Fujitsu Limited
(11)
(1,296) (1296)

Source: Fonte: USPTO

Is US losing the innovator’s mantle to Japan? E.U. está perdendo o inovador do manto para o Japão?