Top 10 Organizations Receiving Most U.S. Patents:
1 (3,248) International Business Machines
2 (1,934) Matsushita Electric Industrial
3 (1,805) Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
4 (1,775) Hewlett-Packard Development
5 (1,760) Micron Technology
6 (1,604) Samsung Electronics
7 (1,601) Intel Corporation
8 (1,514) Hitachi
9 (1,310) Toshiba
10 (1,305) Sony
[repare-se na nacionalidade original das empresas que recebem as patentes nos Estados Unidos...]