187,047
Patents 2003
273,478
Inventors
18,594
Companies

Top Inventors 2003

RankNamePatentsCompany
1 Shunpei Yamazaki 158 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
2 Kia Silverbrook 112 Silverbrook Research Pty
3 Donald E. Weder 106 Southpac Trust International
#4 Warren M. Farnworth 72 Micron
#5 Leonard Forbes 71 Micron
#6 Salman Akram 70 Micron
#7 Bhanwar Singh 63 AMD
#8 Gurtej S. Sandhu 60 Micron
#9 Ravi Kumar Arimilli 58 IBM
#10 Jun Koyama 56 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory

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Top Companies 2003

RankCompanyPatents
1 IBM 3,455
2 Fujitsu Limited 2,199
3 Sumitomo Electric Industries 2,177
#4 Canon 2,081
#5 Hitachi 1,942
#6 Micron 1,739
#7 Sony 1,716
#8 Intel 1,714
#9 Unknown 1,691
#10 Samsung 1,584

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Top Cities 2003

RankCityPatents
1 Tokyo, JP 16,076
#6 Yokohama, JP 10,181
#11 San Jose, CA 4,955
#12 Osaka, JP 4,083
#14 Kawasaki, JP 3,384
#17 Austin, TX 3,184
#18 San Diego, CA 2,897
#19 Taipei, TW 2,306
#26 Sunnyvale, CA 2,156
#27 Seoul, KR 2,067

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