2004
- 3248 patents to IBM
- 1934 patents to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
- 1805 patents to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- 1775 patents to Hewlett-Packard
- 1760 patents to Micron Technology
- 1604 patents to Samsung Electronics Co.
- 1601 patents to Intel Corporation
- 1514 patents to Hitachi, Ltd.
- 1310 patents to Toshiba Corporation
- 1305 patents to Sony Corporation
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