184,421
Patents 2002
266,432
Inventors
18,242
Companies

Top Inventors 2002

RankNamePatentsCompany
1 Shunpei Yamazaki 134 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
2 Kia Silverbrook 122 Silverbrook Research Pty
3 Donald E. Weder 113 Southpac Trust International
#4 Salman Akram 90 Micron
#5 Ravi Kumar Arimilli 83 IBM
#6 Leonard Forbes 83 Micron
#7 Warren M. Farnworth 82 Micron
#8 Bin Yu 73 AMD
#9 David R. Hembree 62 Micron
#10 Gurtej S. Sandhu 61 Micron

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Top Companies 2002

RankCompanyPatents
1 IBM 3,336
2 Canon 1,978
3 Fujitsu Limited 1,976
#4 Micron 1,893
#5 Nec 1,859
#6 Sumitomo Electric Industries 1,841
#7 Sony 1,802
#8 Unknown 1,699
#9 GE 1,665
#10 Hitachi 1,665

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Top Cities 2002

RankCityPatents
1 Tokyo, JP 16,144
#6 Yokohama, JP 9,844
#11 San Jose, CA 4,580
#12 Osaka, JP 4,077
#14 Kawasaki, JP 3,299
#17 Austin, TX 3,066
#18 San Diego, CA 2,724
#19 Taipei, TW 2,127
#26 Saitama, JP 1,993
#29 Houston, TX 1,979

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