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To: Money Maker (MM) who wrote (72)4/13/1999 8:58:00 PM
From: M CAHILL  Respond to of 497
 
Looks like SNE went from #9 in 1997 to #5 in 1998 in number of patents approved.

ifiplenum.com

List of Top 55 Companies by Rank for 1998

RANK COMPANY NO. PATS.

1 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP 2682
2 CANON K K JP 1934
3 NEC CORP JP 1632
4 MOTOROLA INC 1428
5 SONY CORP JP 1321
6 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD KR 1306
7 FUJITSU LTD JP 1205
8 TOSHIBA CORP JP 1194
9 EASTMAN KODAK CO 1125
10 MITSUBISHI DENKI K K JP 1120
11 HITACHI LTD JP 1107
12 MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD JP 1058
13 LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC 930
14 PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP 845
15 HEWLETT-PACKARD CO 811
16 XEROX CORP 769
17 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 729
18 INTEL CORP 705
19 SIEMENS AG DE 631
20 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC 618
21 SHARP K K JP 611
22 MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 580
NIKON CORP JP 580
24 ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 557
MINNESOTA MINING & MANUFACTURING CO 557
26 FUJI PHOTO FILM CO LTD JP 549
27 PROCTER & GAMBLE CO THE 456
28 SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC 427
29 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KOGYO K K JP 422
30 CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF REGENTS 419
31 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD JP 415
32 RICOH CO LTD JP 411
33 BASF AG DE 402
34 DU PONT DE NEMOURS, E I & CO 401
35 BAYER AG DE 385
36 BOSCH, ROBERT GMBH DE 353
37 U S OF AMERICA NAVY SECRETARY OF 345
38 MICROSOFT CORP 334
39 HOECHST AG DE 330
40 SEIKO EPSON CORP JP 322
41 DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CO LTD KR 320
42 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC 315
NIPPONDENSO CO LTD JP 315
44 GENERAL MOTORS CORP 306
MINOLTA CAMERA K K JP 306
46 YAZAKI CORP JP 292
47 OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO LTD JP 282
48 FUJI XEROX CO LTD JP 277
49 ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO K K JP 272
50 APPLE COMPUTER INC 256
51 SANYO ELECTRIC CO LTD JP 255
52 HUGHES ELECTRONICS 251
53 COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP 245
54 MEDTRONIC INC 242
55 LG SEMICON CO LTD KR 235

List of Top 55 Companies by Rank for 1997
RANK COMPANY NO. PATS.

1 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP 1742
2 CANON K K JP 1381
3 NEC CORP JP 1101
4 MOTOROLA INC 1065
5 MITSUBISHI DENKI K K JP 925
6 HITACHI LTD JP 922
7 FUJITSU LTD JP 909
8 TOSHIBA CORP JP 891
9 SONY CORP JP 867
10 EASTMAN KODAK CO 795
11 LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC 770
12 MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD JP 756
13 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 665
14 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC 610
15 XEROX CORP 607
16 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD KR 585
17 PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP 556
18 MINNESOTA MINING & MANUFACTURING CO 549
19 HEWLETT-PACKARD CO 532
20 NIKON CORP JP 479
21 FUJI PHOTO FILM CO LTD JP 476
22 SIEMENS AG DE 461
23 SHARP K K JP 428
24 PROCTER & GAMBLE CO THE 418
25 INTEL CORP 407
26 BAYER AG DE 357
HOECHST AG DE 357
28 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD JP 353
29 RICOH CO LTD JP 341
30 DU PONT DE NEMOURS, E I & CO 327
31 MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 320
32 NIPPONDENSO CO LTD JP 319
33 CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF REGENTS 304
34 U S OF AMERICA NAVY SECRETARY OF 300
35 GENERAL MOTORS CORP 279
36 BASF AG DE 275
37 BOSCH, ROBERT GMBH DE 273
38 ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 272
39 FORD MOTOR CO 266
40 CIBA-GEIGY CORP 240
41 YAZAKI CORP JP 239
42 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KOGYO K K JP 235
43 SEIKO EPSON CORP JP 233
44 LILLY, ELI AND CO 227
45 OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO LTD JP 215
46 DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CO LTD KR 213
47 CATERPILLAR INC 211
48 APPLE COMPUTER INC 206
HUGHES ELECTRONICS 206
50 AMP INCORPORATED/THE WHITAKER CORPORATION 199
MICROSOFT CORP 199
52 ABBOTT LABORATORIES 191
53 NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORP 190
54 FUJI XEROX CO LTD JP 184
55 SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD JP 179




To: Money Maker (MM) who wrote (72)4/15/1999 6:24:00 AM
From: Neil H  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 497
 
SNE should rise today.

The Tokyo market lost steam after a strong morning, when bank shares rose and Sony Corp.
(NYSE:SNE - news) issues soared after an announcement Wednesday that it will jointly develop
and market digital editing systems for TV broadcasting with International Business Machines.

Regards

Neil