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The USPTO will no longer release an annual list of top 10 organizations receiving the most U.S. patents. The 2006 data will be available in April 2007, in the annual “Patenting by Organizations” report on the agency's web site (http://www.uspto.gov). This report profiles U.S. patents granted to U.S. and international organizations receiving 40 or more patents each year.
Source: http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/notices/ceasingpatentslist.htm
The following is a list of the top ten recipients of patents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in the year indicated:
==2005==
# 2941 patents to IBM, headquartered in Armonk, New York
#1828 patents to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, headquartered in Tokyo
#1797 patents to Hewlett-Packard, headquartered in Palo Alto, California
#1688 patents to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., headquartered in Kadoma, Japan
#1641 patents to Samsung Electronics Co., headquartered in Daegu, Korea
#1561 patents to Micron Technology, headquartered in Boise, Idaho
#1549 patents to Intel Corporation, headquartered in Santa Clara, California
#1271 patents to Hitachi, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo
#1258 patents to Toshiba Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo
#1154 patents to Fujitsu Limited, headquartered in Tokyo
==2004==
#3248 patents to IBM, headquartered in Armonk, New York
#1934 patents to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., headquartered in Kadoma, Japan
#1805 patents to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, headquartered in Tokyo
#1775 patents to Hewlett-Packard, headquartered in Palo Alto, California
#1760 patents to Micron Technology, headquartered in Boise, Idaho
#1604 patents to Samsung Electronics Co., headquartered in Daegu, Korea
#1601 patents to Intel Corporation, headquartered in Santa Clara, California
#1514 patents to Hitachi, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo
#1310 patents to Toshiba Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo
#1305 patents to Sony Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo
==2003==
#3415 patents to IBM, headquartered in Armonk, New York
#1992 patents to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, headquartered in Tokyo
#1893 patents to Hitachi, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo
#1786 patents to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., headquartered in Kadoma, Japan
#1759 patents to Hewlett-Packard, headquartered in Palo Alto, California
#1707 patents to Micron Technology, headquartered in Boise, Idaho
#1592 patents to Intel Corporation, headquartered in Santa Clara, California
#1353 patents to Royal Philips Electronics, headquartered in Amsterdam
#1313 patents to Samsung Electronics Co., headquartered in Daegu, Korea
#1311 patents to Sony Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo
==2002==
#IBM
#Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
#Micron Technology
#NEC Corporation
#Hitachi, Ltd.
#Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
#Sony Corporation
#General Electric Company
#Hewlett-Packard
#Mitsubishi Denki K.K.
==2001==
#IBM
#NEC Corporation
#Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
#Micron Technology
#Samsung Electronics
#Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
#Sony Corporation
#Hitachi, Ltd.
#Mitsubishi Denki K.K
#Fujitsu, headquartered in Tokyo
==2000==
#IBM
#NEC Corporation
#Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
#Samsung Electronics
#Lucent Technologies
#Sony Corporation
#Micron Technology
#Toshiba
#Motorola
#Fujitsu
==1999==
#IBM
#NEC Corporation
#Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
#Samsung Electronics
#Sony Corporation
#Toshiba
#Fujitsu
#Motorola
#Lucent Technologies
#Mitsubishi Denki K.K.
==1998==
#IBM
#Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
#NEC Corporation
#Motorola
#Sony Corporation
#Samsung Electronics
#Fujitsu
#Toshiba
#Eastman Kodak Co.
#Hitachi, Ltd.
==1997==
#IBM
#Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
#NEC Corporation
#Motorola
#Fujitsu
#Hitachi, Ltd.
#Mitsubishi Denki K.K
#Toshiba
#Sony Corporation
#Eastman Kodak Co.

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★ United States Patent & Trademark Office Statistics