Here is a Thomson-Reuters 2008 Global Innovation Study: Thomson Reuters Analysis of 2008 World Patent Activity Finds U.S. Market Infused with Asian Innovations http://science.thomsonreuters.com/press/2009/innovation_study/ Philadelphia, PA, USA â March 24, 2009 â The IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters released the results of its 2008 Global Innovation Study today, analyzing the leading innovators by key region over the last year. The study, which tracked the top ten innovators in China, Europe, Japan, Korea and the U.S. on the basis of total number of unique inventions issued in granted patents and published patent applications, found that 70 percent of top ten innovators in the U.S. were non-U.S. companies. In contrast, home region innovators dominate the Asian and European top ten lists Among the top innovators in the U.S. were â in order â Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Korea); International Business Machines Corp. (U.S.); Microsoft (U.S.); Toshiba (Japan); Canon (Japan); Fujitsu Ltd. (Japan); Sony Corp. (Japan); General Electric Co. (U.S.); Seiko Epson Corp. (Japan); and Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co. Ltd. (Taiwan). Among the Asian firms who have developed a large innovation footprint in the U.S., Samsung, Toshiba, Canon, Sony Corp. and Seiko Epson also rank among the top ten innovators in their home regions. The American companies among the U.S. top ten do not rank in the top ten of any other regions in this study. In Europe, just one of the top ten innovators was from outside Europe: Samsung Electronics Co. LTD (Korea), which was the third most innovative company there last year. The remaining nine of the top ten are all European businesses. No European companies were in the top ten in the U.S. or Asia. All the Asian regions studied show that Asian companies see the importance of their native markets in terms of innovation reinvestment. The top ten innovators in Japan, China and Korea are Japanese, Chinese and Korean organizations, respectively. The following charts show the breakout of the top ten innovators in each region. The data was compiled using the Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) database. DATA: TOP PATENTING COMPANIES Table 1: United States Top Innovators 2008# of records COMPANY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN 7404 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD Korea 6576 INT BUSINESS MACHINES CORP United States 2931 MICROSOFT CORP United States 2421 TOSHIBA KK Japan 2019 CANON KK Japan 1751 FUJITSU LTD Japan 1691 SONY CORP Japan 1523 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO United States 1291 SEIKO EPSON CORP Japan 1166 HON HAI PRECISION IND CO LTD Taiwan Table 2: Europe Top Innovators 2008 (Europe comprises the European Patent Office, in addition to these specific countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.) # of records COMPANY REGION OF ORIGIN 2753 SIEMENS AG Europe 2619 BOSCH GMBH ROBERT Europe 1475 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD Korea 1250 DAIMLER AG Europe 905 RENAULT SAS Europe 775 PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILES SA Europe 616 BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG Europe 607 ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG Europe 602 VOLKSWAGEN AG Europe 583 SCHAEFFLER KG Europe Table 3: Japan Top Innovators 2008# of records COMPANY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN 8234 MATSUSHITA DENKI SANGYO KK Japan 8061 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK Japan 6281 TOSHIBA KK Japan 6242 SEIKO EPSON CORP Japan 5156 CANON KK Japan 4022 SHARP KK Japan 3992 MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP Japan 3657 RICOH KK Japan 3398 SONY CORP Japan 3203 NEC CORP Japan Table 4: China Top Innovators 2008# of records COMPANY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN 3864 ZTE COMMUNICATION CO LTD China 2849 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD China 1727 UNIV ZHEJIANG China 1061 ZHONGXING COMMUNICATION CO LTD SHENZHE China 967 UNIV SHANGHAI JIAOTONG China 916 UNIV QINGHUA China 657 UNIV BEIJING AERONAUTICS & ASTRONAUTIC China 565 BIYADI CO LTD China 551 BYD CO LTD China 548 UNIV DONGHUA China Table 5: Korea Top Innovators 2008# of records COMPANY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN 6253 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD KR 4205 LG ELECTRONICS INC KR 2950 HYUNDAI MOTOR CO LTD KR 2180 HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC KR 2143 LG DISPLAY CO LTD KR 1194 DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORP KR 1082 SAMSUNG SDI CO LTD KR 745 DONGBU ELECTRONICS CO LTD KR 736 ELECTRONICS & TELECOM RES INST KR 572 SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO KR
To the jaded, jealous, ignorant loser: Your twisted views are subjective and your silly reply answers nothing. If I build a rocket I MUST incorporate elements the Chinese did 800 years ago but if I write a song I DON'T have to incorporate parts of other songs. Again, why is the 1812 Overture a brilliant piece of music as opposed to imitation given that it incorporates so much that Tchaikovsky didn't write?
The IEEE spans 150 countries and has the most members of any technical professional organization in the world. Let's take a look at where they say the United States stands in a few categories. Here's their patents scorecard on Aerospace & Defense. U.S. companies hold 13 of the top 20 ranks, to include #1. <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=2507659>
The IEEE spans 150 countries and has the most members of any technical professional organization in the world. Let's take a look at where they say the United States stands in a few categories. Here's their patents scorecard on Computer Software. U.S. companies hold 19 of the top 20 ranks, to include #1. <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=2507662>
The IEEE spans 150 countries and has the most members of any technical professional organization in the world. Let's take a look at where they say the United States stands in a few categories. Here's their patents scorecard on Computer Systems. U.S. companies hold 11 of the top 16 ranks, to include #1. <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=2507667>
The IEEE spans 150 countries and has the most members of any technical professional organization in the world. Let's take a look at where they say the United States stands in a few categories. Here's their patents scorecard on Medical Equipment/Instruments. U.S. companies hold 18 of the top 20 ranks, to include #1. <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=2507668>
The IEEE spans 150 countries and has the most members of any technical professional organization in the world. Let's take a look at where they say the United States stands in a few categories. Here's their patents scorecard on Semiconductor Manufacturing. U.S. companies hold 15 of the top 20 ranks, to include #1. <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=2507669>
The IEEE spans 150 countries and has the most members of any technical professional organization in the world. Let's take a look at where they say the United States stands in a few categories. Here's their patents scorecard on Telecom Equipment. U.S. companies hold 16 of the top 20 ranks, to include #1. <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=2507673>
The IEEE spans 150 countries and has the most members of any technical professional organization in the world. Let's take a look at where they say the United States stands in a few categories. Here's their patents scorecard on Universities/Education/Training. U.S. companies hold all 20 of the top 20 ranks. <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=2507676>