Patentee Name Harmonisation - ecoom.be

APPENDIX 6: TOP 200 PATENTEES AFTER NAMe
CLEANING AND HARMONIZATION
The top 200 patentees based on the patentee names after name cleaning and harmonization.
The number of patents is the sum of all EPO patent applications published between 1978 and
2004 (based on the EPO ESPACE ACCESS product) and all USPTO granted patents published
between 1991 and 2003 (based on the USPTO Grant Red Book product).
RANK HARMONIZED PATENTEE NAME PAT PAT CUM PAT CUM PAT PAT
PCT EPO USPTO
1 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES
CORPORATION
41,173 41,173 1.28% 13,575 27,598
2 CANON 31,741 72,914 2.27% 11,304 20,437
3 SIEMENS 30,770 103,684 3.22% 23,398 7,372
4 MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL
COMPANY
26,379 130,063 4.05% 12,811 13,568
5 SONY CORPORATION 23,665 153,728 4.78% 9,358 14,307
6 NEC CORPORATION 23,508 177,236 5.51% 7,273 16,235
7 TOSHIBA 23,344 200,580 6.24% 8,696 14,648
8 HITACHI 22,754 223,334 6.95% 7,934 14,820
9 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 19,620 242,954 7.56% 7,762 11,858
10 EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 18,863 261,817 8.14% 7,672 11,191
11 FUJITSU 18,575 280,392 8.72% 6,756 11,819
12 MITSUBISHI DENKI 18,513 298,905 9.30% 5,053 13,460
13 BASF 18,499 317,404 9.87% 12,532 5,967
14 MOTOROLA 17,294 334,698 10.41% 4,401 12,893
15 BAYER 17,220 351,918 10.95% 11,341 5,879
16 ROBERT BOSCH 17,052 368,970 11.48% 11,359 5,693
17 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY 14,897 383,867 11.94% 3,842 11,055
18 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS 14,550 398,417 12.39% 12,374 2,176
19 FUJI PHOTO FILM COMPANY 12,985 411,402 12.80% 4,936 8,049
20 E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY 12,252 423,654 13.18% 6,727 5,525
21 XEROX CORPORATION 12,111 435,765 13.55% 4,104 8,007
22 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 12,024 447,789 13.93% 3,747 8,277
23 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY 11,862 459,651 14.30% 7,301 4,561
24 SHARP 10,880 470,531 14.64% 4,102 6,778
25 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS 10,801 481,332 14.97% 3,247 7,554
26 LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES 10,471 491,803 15.30% 3,408 7,063
27 MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING
COMPANY
9,893 501,696 15.60% 5,508 4,385
28 MICRON TECHNOLOGY 9,320 511,016 15.89% 339 8,981
29 HOECHST 8,806 519,822 16.17% 5,914 2,892
30 INTEL CORPORATION 8,560 528,382 16.43% 1,230 7,330
31 HONDA GIKEN KOGYO 8,264 536,646 16.69% 2,930 5,334
32 ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 8,024 544,670 16.94% 1,590 6,434
33 SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 7,942 552,612 17.19% 3,569 4,373
34 AT&T CORPORATION 7,641 560,253 17.43% 4,852 2,789
35 UNILEVER 7,574 567,827 17.66% 7,567 7
36 TOYOTA JIDOSHA 7,185 575,012 17.89% 3,542 3,643
37 U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 6,868 581,880 18.10% 6,868
38 ALCATEL 6,679 588,559 18.31% 4,898 1,781
39 CIBA-GEIGY 6,316 594,875 18.50% 4,109 2,207
40 PHILIPS ELECTRONICS 6,236 601,111 18.70% 6,231 5
41 STMICROELECTRONICS 6,224 607,335 18.89% 4,065 2,159
42 RICOH COMPANY 6,027 613,362 19.08% 1,164 4,863
43 SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES 5,968 619,330 19.26% 3,317 2,651
44 SUN MICROSYSTEMS 5,681 625,011 19.44% 2,077 3,604
45 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 5,607 630,618 19.61% 1,617 3,990
46 NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY 5,497 636,115 19.79% 2,500 2,997
47 L'OREAL 5,490 641,605 19.96% 3,314 2,176
48 THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY 5,292 646,897 20.12% 2,665 2,627
49 FORD MOTOR COMPANY 5,024 651,921 20.28% 2,483 2,541
50 NOKIA CORPORATION 4,956 656,877 20.43% 4,567 389
51 MERCK & COMPANY 4,821 661,698 20.58% 2,616 2,205
52 THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA
4,819 666,517 20.73% 1,534 3,285
53 INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES 4,793 671,310 20.88% 3,391 1,402
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