Patentee Name Harmonisation - ecoom.be
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product). Appendix 5 contains the top 200 patentees based on the original patentee names<br />
<strong>be</strong>fore name cleaning and harmonization.<br />
Table 32: Top 25 patentees <strong>be</strong>fore name cleaning and harmonization<br />
RANK ORIGINAL PATENTEE NAME PAT PAT PAT CUM PAT PAT<br />
CUM PCT EPO USPTO<br />
1 CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 31649 31649 0.98% 11293 20356<br />
2 SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 30452 62101 1.93% 23276 7176<br />
3 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES<br />
CORPORATION<br />
28469 90570 2.82% 2393 26076<br />
4 MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 25594 116164 3.61% 12576 13018<br />
5 SONY CORPORATION 23620 139784 4.35% 9358 14262<br />
6 NEC CORPORATION 23468 163252 5.08% 7272 16196<br />
7 KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA 23277 186529 5.80% 8677 14600<br />
8 HITACHI, LTD. 22226 208755 6.49% 7845 14381<br />
9 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 19117 227872 7.09% 7762 11355<br />
10 EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 18847 246719 7.67% 7672 11175<br />
11 MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 18445 265164 8.25% 5053 13392<br />
12 FUJITSU LIMITED 18310 283474 8.82% 6756 11554<br />
13 ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 16870 300344 9.34% 11304 5566<br />
14 BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 16855 317199 9.87% 11883 4972<br />
15 MOTOROLA, INC. 15758 332957 10.36% 4043 11715<br />
16 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 14411 347368 10.80% 12374 2037<br />
17 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 13561 360929 11.23% 3559 10002<br />
18 FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD. 12652 373581 11.62% 4830 7822<br />
19 XEROX CORPORATION 12104 385685 12.00% 4104 8000<br />
20 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS<br />
MACHINESCORPORATION<br />
11178 396863 12.34% 11178<br />
21 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 11018 407881 12.69% 3529 7489<br />
22 SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA 10584 418465 13.02% 4057 6527<br />
23 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 10353 428818 13.34% 2962 7391<br />
24 BAYER AG 10053 438871 13.65% 9763 290<br />
25 MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING<br />
COMPANY<br />
9740 448611 13.95% 5508 4232<br />
Table 33 contains the top 25 patentees based on the harmonized names. Appendix 6 contains<br />
the top 200 patentees based on the harmonized names.<br />
Table 33: Top 25 patentees after name cleaning and harmonization<br />
RANK HARMONIZED NAME PAT PAT PAT CUM PAT PAT<br />
CUM PCT EPO USPTO<br />
1 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES<br />
CORPORATION<br />
41173 41173 1.28 13575 27598<br />
2 CANON 31741 72914 2.27 11304 20437<br />
3 SIEMENS 30770 103684 3.22 23398 7372<br />
4 MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL COMPANY 26379 130063 4.05 12811 13568<br />
5 SONY CORPORATION 23665 153728 4.78 9358 14307<br />
6 NEC CORPORATION 23508 177236 5.51 7273 16235<br />
7 TOSHIBA 23344 200580 6.24 8696 14648<br />
8 HITACHI 22754 223334 6.95 7934 14820<br />
9 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 19620 242954 7.56 7762 11858<br />
10 EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 18863 261817 8.14 7672 11191<br />
11 FUJITSU 18575 280392 8.72 6756 11819<br />
12 MITSUBISHI DENKI 18513 298905 9.30 5053 13460<br />
13 BASF 18499 317404 9.87 12532 5967<br />
14 MOTOROLA 17294 334698 10.41 4401 12893<br />
15 BAYER 17220 351918 10.95 11341 5879<br />
16 ROBERT BOSCH 17052 368970 11.48 11359 5693<br />
17 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY 14897 383867 11.94 3842 11055<br />
18 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS 14550 398417 12.39 12374 2176<br />
19 FUJI PHOTO FILM COMPANY 12985 411402 12.80 4936 8049<br />
20 E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY 12252 423654 13.18 6727 5525<br />
21 XEROX CORPORATION 12111 435765 13.55 4104 8007<br />
22 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 12024 447789 13.93 3747 8277<br />
23 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY 11862 459651 14.30 7301 4561<br />
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