Here's the patent list ranked by number of patents per billion $ of market capitalization.
Notice who ranks at the top! ;)
Rank Company # of Patents MarketCap(B) Pat per B$
12 ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1,055 5.37 196.4
17 EASTMAN KODAK CO 876 12.46 70.30
2 NEC CORP JP 2,034 29.644 68.61
7 MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 1,306 21.571 60.54
3 CANON K K JP 1,897 32.738 57.94
8 TOSHIBA CORP JP 1,264 23.1 54.71
10 FUJITSU LTD JP 1,169 29.07 40.21
13 HITACHI LTD JP 1,046 29.5 35.45
9 MOTOROLA INC 1,203 46.3 25.98
5 LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC 1,415 59.73 23.68
6 SONY CORP JP 1,394 68.8 20.26
14 MITSUBISHI DENKI K K JP 1,037 53.3 19.45
11 MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND 1,150 60.54 18.99
1 INTERNATIONAL BUS MACH 2,922 163.9 17.82
18 PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NA 839 50.29 16.68
16 HEWLETT-PACKARD CO 904 62.8 14.39
15 SIEMENS AG DE 932 79.85 11.67
4 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO 1,442 191.2 7.541
19 INTEL CORP 797 222.1 3.588
20 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 790 442.8 1.784
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