157,741
Patents 2005
245,428
Inventors
17,328
Companies

Top Inventors 2005

RankNamePatentsCompany
1 Kia Silverbrook 231 Silverbrook Research Pty
2 Shunpei Yamazaki 149 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
3 Leonard Forbes 94 Micron
#4 Steven Teig 62 Cadence Design Systems
#5 Gurtej S. Sandhu 61 Micron
#6 Salman Akram 60 Micron
#7 Chang-Hwan Hwang 60 Samsung
#8 Paul Lapstun 58 Silverbrook Research Pty
#9 Mogens Nyegaard Olesen 56 Poulsen Roser A/S
#10 Warren M. Farnworth 53 Micron

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Top Companies 2005

RankCompanyPatents
1 IBM 2,981
2 Sumitomo Electric Industries 2,018
3 Samsung 2,002
#4 Fujitsu Limited 1,949
#5 Canon 1,867
#6 HP 1,812
#7 Intel 1,727
#8 Micron 1,596
#9 Sony 1,445
#10 Unknown 1,412

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Top Cities 2005

RankCityPatents
1 Tokyo, JP 13,630
#6 Yokohama, JP 8,737
#11 San Jose, CA 4,809
#12 Osaka, JP 3,738
#14 Austin, TX 2,917
#15 Kawasaki, JP 2,814
#18 San Diego, CA 2,596
#19 Seoul, KR 2,414
#20 Taipei, TW 2,125
#27 Sunnyvale, CA 1,798

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