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2009年度の米国特許登録取得ランキング

特許業務法人　原謙三国際特許事務所
平成２２年０１月１８日
（文責：新　井）

WILMINGTON, Del., (Jan. 12, 2010) — For the second straight year, foreign companies collectively captured a slight majority of new U.S. patents awarded to corporations by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). According to an annual corporate ranking released today by IFI Patent Intelligence (http://www.ificlaims.com/), part of Wolters Kluwer, U.S. corporations garnered 49 percent of all U.S. utility patents issued in 2009 with the remainder going to foreign firms. This is only the second time that foreign companies collectively received more U.S. patents than U.S.-based firms.

Rank	Company Name	2009 Patents
1	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP	4914
2	SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD KR	3611
3	MICROSOFT CORP	2906
4	CANON K K JP	2206
5	PANASONIC CORP JP (1)	1829
6	TOSHIBA CORP JP	1696
7	SONY CORP JP	1680
8	INTEL CORP	1537
9	SEIKO EPSON CORP JP	1330
10	HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO L P (2)	1273
11	FUJITSU LTD JP	1220
12	LG ELECTRONICS INC KR	1065
13	HITACHI LTD JP	1058
14	HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO LTD TW	995
15	RICOH CO LTD JP	988
16	GENERAL ELECTRIC CO	979
17	MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC	966
18	CISCO TECHNOLOGY INC	913
19	FUJIFILM CORP JP	880
20	HONDA MOTOR CO LTD JP	774
21	HDENSO CORP JP	745
22	SIEMENS AG DE	716
23	BROADCOM CORP	714
24	SHARP K K JP	657
25	HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC	655
26	TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC	652
27	NOKIA AB OY FI	648
28	XEROX CORP	624
29	INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG DE	605
30	LG DISPLAY CO LTD KR (3)	597
31	HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC KR	587
32	SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC	561
33	SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO LTD JP	545
34	BOEING CO THE	534
35	BROTHER KOGYO K K JP	532
35	MITSUBISHI DENKI K K JP	532
35	TOYOTA JIDOSHA K K JP	532
38	GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS INC	531
39	NEC CORP JP	526
40	KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N V NL	515
41	SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY LTD AU	474
42	BOSCH, ROBERT GMBH DE	467
43	AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I L P	444
44	SANYO ELECTRIC CO LTD JP	443
45	FUJI XEROX CO LTD JP	425
46	SAMSUNG SDI CO LTD KR	423
47	ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC	413
48	INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE TW	397
49	NEC ELECTRONICS CORP JP	391
50	HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B V	385