Following up on the annual Patent Totals of 1999,
MicroPatent LLC, announced that it has completed an analysis
ranking the most innovative companies of the 20th Century,
indicating those that have received the most U.S. patents
during the last 100 years.
Despite IBM's impressive lead in recent years, General Electric
ranked 1st for the 20th century analysis with 50,837 patents.
For a review of our January 3rd release and a listing of the top
10 US patent holders of the 20th century, simply visit our site at
http://www.micropat.com/0/new_century9809.html.
Lynn Tellefsen
Director of Marketing
MicroPatent
http://www.micropat.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-piug-l@tecc.co.uk [mailto:owner-piug-l@tecc.co.uk]On Behalf
Of Bill Murray
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 8:19 AM
To: piug-l@derwent.tecc.co.uk
Subject: FWD: Top patenting companies announced by IFI
Non-member submission from [Ificlaims@aol.com]
According to the IFI Patent Intelligence and Technology Report
2000, IBM Corporation leads in number of U.S. patents.
IBM Corporation continues with top honors in 1999 by receiving
2,789 US patents or 37% more than the next company who is NEC
Corporation receiving 1,853 patents. Only three US corporations
namely IBM, Lucent Technologies and Motorola appeared in the top
10 companies receiving US patents in 1999.
To review our press release and a listing of the top 53 companies
receiving US patents in 1999, please visit our web site at
www.ificlaims.com.
Harry M. Allcock
Vice President
IFI CLAIMS Patent Services
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