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Corporate Rankings Rankings of the groups’ invention by industrial sectors: Technology
Corporate Rankings Rankings of the groups’ invention by industrial sectors: Technology
Rankings of the groups’ invention by industrial sectors: Technology
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| Rank | Group | Number of Patents | Continent | Country |
| 1 | HITACHI LTD | 137036 | Asia | Japan |
| 2 | RICOH CO LTD | 60803 | Asia | Japan |
| 3 | NEC CORPORATION | 59092 | Asia | Japan |
| 4 | FUJITSU LIMITED | 48012 | Asia | Japan |
| 5 | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION | 46489 | Asia | Japan |
| 6 | TOSHIBA CORPORATION | 32113 | Asia | Japan |
| 7 | HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. | 25687 | Asia | South korea |
| 8 | HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY | 16790 | America | United states |
| 9 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC | 14834 | America | United states |
| 10 | INTEL CORP | 13697 | America | United states |
| 11 | MICROSOFT CORP | 11301 | America | United states |
| 12 | ALCATEL-LUCENT S.A. | 10803 | Europe | France |
| 13 | BROTHER INDUSTRIES LTD | 10572 | Asia | Japan |
| 14 | MOTOROLA INC | 10500 | America | United states |
| 15 | INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG | 9679 | Europe | Germany |
| 16 | MURATA MANUFACTURING CO. LIMITED | 8067 | Asia | Japan |
| 17 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC | 7263 | America | United states |
| 18 | TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED | 7204 | Asia | Taiwan |
| 19 | TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON | 7034 | Europe | Sweden |
| 20 | XEROX CORP | 6158 | America | United states |
| 21 | SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC | 5832 | America | United states |
| 22 | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC | 5180 | America | United states |
| 23 | DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG CO LTD | 5109 | Asia | Japan |
| 24 | UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION | 4807 | Asia | Taiwan |
| 25 | TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED | 4309 | Asia | Japan |
| 26 | ROHM COMPANY LIMITED | 4307 | Asia | Japan |
| 27 | LSI CORPORATION | 4246 | America | United states |
| 28 | APPLIED MATERIALS INC | 4110 | America | United states |
| 29 | CISCO SYSTEMS INC | 3919 | America | United states |
| 30 | NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED | 3587 | America | Canada |
| 31 Erreur de traitement dans la version béta | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP - IBM | n.a. | America | United states |
| 32 | INVENTEC CORPORATION | 2901 | Asia | Taiwan |
| 33 | NIDEC CORPORATION | 2635 | Asia | Japan |
| 34 | ADVANTEST CORPORATION | 2350 | Asia | Japan |
| 35 | TYCO ELECTRONICS LTD. | 2102 | America | Bermuda |
| 36 | OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO LTD | 2053 | Asia | Japan |
| 37 | NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORP | 2042 | America | United states |
| 38 | QUALCOMM INC | 1924 | America | United states |
| 39 | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO.,LTD. | 1734 | Asia | Japan |
| 40 | STMICROELECTRONICS N.V. | 1725 | Europe | Netherlands |
| 41 | ZTE CORP. | 1666 | Asia | China |
| 42 | MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LIMITED | 1660 | Asia | Taiwan |
| 43 | FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. | 1530 | America | United states |
| 44 | XILINX INC | 1529 | America | United states |
| 45 | EMC CORP | 1520 | America | United states |
| 46 | LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL INC | 1483 | America | United states |
| 47 | NOKIA OYJ | 1462 | Europe | Finland |
| 48 | NCR CORP | 1445 | America | United states |
| 49 | LENOVO GROUP LIMITED | 1423 | Asia | Hong kong |
| 50 | RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED | 1407 | America | Canada |