This is interesting!
AMD had 825 patents in 1999 - more than much larger companies like Intel and Sun Micro!
I'm sure we'll be seeing these patents being used in upcoming products.
Congrats to AMD engineers for all those patents!
Glancing at the list, AMD is one of, if not the smallest companies, but they had 825 patents.
Thanks to the yahoo thread for the link.
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List of Top 53 Companies by Rank for 1999
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RANK COMPANY NO. PATS.
1 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP 2,789
2 NEC CORP JP 1,853
3 CANON K K JP 1,800
4 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD KR 1,544
5 SONY CORP JP 1,429
6 FUJITSU LTD JP 1,231
7 TOSHIBA CORP JP 1,225
8 MOTOROLA INC 1,207
9 LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC 1,156
10 MITSUBISHI DENKI K K JP 1,089
11 MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD JP 1,065
12 HITACHI LTD JP 1,020
13 EASTMAN KODAK CO 993
14 MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 934
15 PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP 866
16 HEWLETT-PACKARD CO 855
17 ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 825
18 INTEL CORP 735
19 SIEMENS AG DE 731
20 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 700
21 XEROX CORP 671
22 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC 604
23 SHARP K K JP 566
24 SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC 565
25 PROCTER & GAMBLE CO THE
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