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SubscribeJanuary 14, 2008 10:58 AM
2007 patent leaders
Posted by Benjamin J. Romano
U.S. patent database producer IFI Patent Intelligence today released a ranking of the top patent recipients in 2007. Microsoft ranked sixth, with 1,637 patents received last year, up 12 percent from 2006. Microsoft was one of a handful of companies -- the minority of the top 25 -- to increase the number it received.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued 157,284 "utility patents" last year, down 9.5 percent from 2006, which was a record year.
Here's the top 10 list:
IBM, 3,148
Samsung, 2,725Canon, 1,987
Panasonic, 1,941
Intel, 1,865
Microsoft, 1,637
Toshiba, 1,549
Sony, 1,481
Micron Technology, 1,476
Hewlett-Packard, 1,470
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