113,700
Patents 1994
165,921
Inventors
12,641
Companies

Top Inventors 1994

RankNamePatentsCompany
1 Peter J. Wilk 46 Percardia
2 Ryoichi Kaneko 43 Seikosha Co.
3 Terry M. Haber 40 Habley Medical Technology
#4 Cornelis P. VandenBerg 40 Yoder Brother
#5 Shunpei Yamazaki 39 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#6 Clark B. Foster 37 Habley Medical Technology
#7 William H. Smedley 35 Habley Medical Technology
#8 Donald E. Weder 35 Southpac Trust International
#9 George Spector 32 Unknown
#10 David T. Green 32 United States Surgical

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Top Companies 1994

RankCompanyPatents
1 IBM 1,363
2 Unknown 1,193
3 Canon 1,180
#4 Fujitsu Limited 1,174
#5 Mitsubishi Electric 1,065
#6 Sumitomo Electric Industries 1,045
#7 Hitachi 1,045
#8 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 1,016
#9 GE 1,006
#10 Motorola 959

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Top Cities 1994

RankCityPatents
1 Tokyo, JP 9,317
#6 Yokohama, JP 6,362
#11 Osaka, JP 2,489
#13 Kawasaki, JP 1,952
#16 San Jose, CA 1,406
#17 Houston, TX 1,404
#18 Saitama, JP 1,273
#21 Rochester, NY 1,265
#22 Kyoto, JP 1,162
#25 Austin, TX 1,115

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