247,728
Patents 2011
364,097
Inventors
22,517
Companies

Top Inventors 2011

RankNamePatentsCompany
1 Kia Silverbrook 760 Silverbrook Research Pty
2 Paul Lapstun 268 Silverbrook Research Pty
3 Shunpei Yamazaki 246 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#4 Hideo Ando 165 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#5 You Yoshioka 153 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#6 Ahmadreza (Reza) Rofougaran 141 Broadcom
#7 Scott H. Wittkopp 127 General Motors
#8 James M. Hart 126 General Motors
#9 Andrew W. Phillips 126 General Motors
#10 Lowell L. Wood, JR. 123 The Invention Science Fund I

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Top Companies 2011

RankCompanyPatents
1 Samsung 6,474
2 IBM 6,282
3 Sony 2,952
#4 Canon 2,910
#5 Panasonic 2,873
#6 Microsoft 2,605
#7 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 2,570
#8 LG 2,541
#9 Intel 1,658
#10 GE 1,636

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Top Cities 2011

RankCityPatents
1 Tokyo, JP 21,999
#6 Yokohama, JP 14,746
#11 San Jose, CA 8,464
#12 Seoul, KR 8,250
#13 Osaka, JP 6,287
#15 San Diego, CA 5,666
#16 Austin, TX 4,981
#17 San Francisco, CA 4,940
#18 Kawasaki, JP 4,414
#21 Taipei, TW 4,115

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