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<col width="150"></col> <col width="337"></col> <col width="118"></col> <col width="74"></col> <col width="109"></col> <tbody> <tr height="17"> <td width="15" height="17"><strong>Rank</strong></td> <td width="337"><strong>Group</strong></td> <td width="118"><strong>Number of Patents</strong></td> <td width="74"><strong>Continent</strong></td> <td width="109"><strong>Country</strong></td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>1</strong></td> <td>HITACHI LTD</td> <td align="right">137036</td> <td>Asia</td> <td>Japan</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>2</strong></td> <td>RICOH CO LTD</td> <td align="right">60803</td> <td>Asia</td> <td>Japan</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>3</strong></td> <td>NEC CORPORATION</td> <td align="right">59092</td> <td>Asia</td> <td>Japan</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>4</strong></td> <td>FUJITSU LIMITED</td> <td align="right">48012</td> <td>Asia</td> <td>Japan</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>5</strong></td> <td>SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION</td> <td align="right">46489</td> <td>Asia</td> <td>Japan</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>6</strong></td> <td>TOSHIBA CORPORATION</td> <td align="right">32113</td> <td>Asia</td> <td>Japan</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>7</strong></td> <td>HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.</td> <td align="right">25687</td> <td>Asia</td> <td>South korea</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>8</strong></td> <td>HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY</td> <td align="right">16790</td> <td>America</td> <td>United states</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>9</strong></td> <td>MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC</td> <td align="right">14834</td> <td>America</td> <td>United states</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>10</strong></td> <td>INTEL CORP</td> <td align="right">13697</td> <td>America</td> <td>United states</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>11</strong></td> <td>MICROSOFT CORP</td> <td align="right">11301</td> <td>America</td> <td>United states</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>12</strong></td> <td>ALCATEL-LUCENT S.A.</td> <td align="right">10803</td> <td>Europe</td> <td>France</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>13</strong></td> <td>BROTHER INDUSTRIES LTD</td> <td align="right">10572</td> <td>Asia</td> <td>Japan</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>14</strong></td> <td>MOTOROLA INC</td> <td align="right">10500</td> <td>America</td> <td>United states</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>15</strong></td> <td>INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG</td> <td align="right">9679</td> <td>Europe</td> <td>Germany</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>16</strong></td> <td>MURATA MANUFACTURING CO. LIMITED</td> <td align="right">8067</td> <td>Asia</td> <td>Japan</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>17</strong></td> <td>ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC</td> <td align="right">7263</td> <td>America</td> <td>United states</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>18</strong></td> <td>TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED</td> <td align="right">7204</td> <td>Asia</td> <td>Taiwan</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>19</strong></td> <td>TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON</td> <td align="right">7034</td> <td>Europe</td> <td>Sweden</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>20</strong></td> <td>XEROX CORP</td> <td align="right">6158</td> <td>America</td> <td>United states</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>21</strong></td> <td>SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC</td> <td align="right">5832</td> <td>America</td> <td>United states</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>22</strong></td> <td>TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC</td> <td align="right">5180</td> <td>America</td> <td>United states</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>23</strong></td> <td>DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG CO LTD</td> <td align="right">5109</td> <td>Asia</td> <td>Japan</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>24</strong></td> <td>UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION</td> <td align="right">4807</td> <td>Asia</td> <td>Taiwan</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>25</strong></td> <td>TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED</td> <td align="right">4309</td> <td>Asia</td> <td>Japan</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>26</strong></td> <td>ROHM COMPANY LIMITED</td> <td align="right">4307</td> <td>Asia</td> <td>Japan</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>27</strong></td> <td>LSI CORPORATION</td> <td align="right">4246</td> <td>America</td> <td>United states</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>28</strong></td> <td>APPLIED MATERIALS INC</td> <td align="right">4110</td> <td>America</td> <td>United states</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>29</strong></td> <td>CISCO SYSTEMS INC</td> <td align="right">3919</td> <td>America</td> <td>United states</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>30</strong></td> <td>NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED</td> <td align="right">3587</td> <td>America</td> <td>Canada</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17"><strong>31 Erreur de traitement dans la version béta</strong></td> <td>INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP - IBM</td> <td>n.a.</td> <td>America</td> <td>United states</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>32</strong></td> <td>INVENTEC CORPORATION</td> <td align="right">2901</td> <td>Asia</td> <td>Taiwan</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>33</strong></td> <td>NIDEC CORPORATION</td> <td align="right">2635</td> <td>Asia</td> <td>Japan</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>34</strong></td> <td>ADVANTEST CORPORATION</td> <td align="right">2350</td> <td>Asia</td> <td>Japan</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>35</strong></td> <td>TYCO ELECTRONICS LTD.</td> <td align="right">2102</td> <td>America</td> <td>Bermuda</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>36</strong></td> <td>OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO LTD</td> <td align="right">2053</td> <td>Asia</td> <td>Japan</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>37</strong></td> <td>NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORP</td> <td align="right">2042</td> <td>America</td> <td>United states</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>38</strong></td> <td>QUALCOMM INC</td> <td align="right">1924</td> <td>America</td> <td>United states</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>39</strong></td> <td>SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO.,LTD.</td> <td align="right">1734</td> <td>Asia</td> <td>Japan</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>40</strong></td> <td>STMICROELECTRONICS N.V.</td> <td align="right">1725</td> <td>Europe</td> <td>Netherlands</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>41</strong></td> <td>ZTE CORP.</td> <td align="right">1666</td> <td>Asia</td> <td>China</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>42</strong></td> <td>MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LIMITED</td> <td align="right">1660</td> <td>Asia</td> <td>Taiwan</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>43</strong></td> <td>FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.</td> <td align="right">1530</td> <td>America</td> <td>United states</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>44</strong></td> <td>XILINX INC</td> <td align="right">1529</td> <td>America</td> <td>United states</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>45</strong></td> <td>EMC CORP</td> <td align="right">1520</td> <td>America</td> <td>United states</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>46</strong></td> <td>LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL INC</td> <td align="right">1483</td> <td>America</td> <td>United states</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>47</strong></td> <td>NOKIA OYJ</td> <td align="right">1462</td> <td>Europe</td> <td>Finland</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>48</strong></td> <td>NCR CORP</td> <td align="right">1445</td> <td>America</td> <td>United states</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>49</strong></td> <td>LENOVO GROUP LIMITED</td> <td align="right">1423</td> <td>Asia</td> <td>Hong kong</td> </tr> <tr height="17"> <td height="17" align="right"><strong>50</strong></td> <td>RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED</td> <td align="right">1407</td> <td>America</td> <td>Canada</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div><span class="article_separator"> </span> </div> <div class="cleared"></div> </div> <div class="cleared"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cleared"></div> <div class="art-Footer"> <div class="art-Footer-inner"> <div class="art-Footer-text"> <p>© Corporate Invention Board 2009 - 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