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２００８年度の米国特許取得ランキング

Rank	Company Name	2008 Patents
1	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP	4186
2	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD KR	3515
3	CANON K K JP	2114
4	MICROSOFT CORP	2030
5	INTEL CORP	1776
6	MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD JP 1	1745
7	TOSHIBA CORP JP	1609
8	FUJITSU LTD JP	1494
9	SONY CORP JP	1485
10	HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO L P *	1424 *
11	HITACHI LTD JP	1313
12	MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC	1250
13	SEIKO EPSON CORP JP	1229
14	GENERAL ELECTRIC CO	912
15	FUJIFILM CORP JP	869
16	RICOH CO LTD JP	857
17	INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG DE	814
18	LG ELECTRONICS INC KR	805
19	TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC	757
20	HONDA MOTOR CO LTD JP	747
21	SIEMENS AG DE	724
22	HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO LTD TW	719
23	DENSO CORP JP	708
24	CISCO TECHNOLOGY INC	704
25	BROADCOM CORP	643
26	HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC	619
27	NOKIA AB OY FI	608
27	SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY LTD AU	608
29	SHARP K K JP	603
30	NEC CORP JP	547
31	BROADCOM CORPXEROX CORP	529
32	LG PHILIPS LCD CO LTD KR 2	524
33	RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP JP	513
34	SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC	509
35	KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N V NL	497
（IFI Patent Intelligence, a Wolters Kluwer Health business, released）