Press Release: AMD Ranks Fifth Among
U.S. Companies In U.S. Patents Awarded
Posted By
Van Smith
Date: January 22, 2002
SUNNYVALE,
CA-JANUARY 22, 2002 - AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced it ranked 14th in
the world among companies receiving patents awarded by the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office in 2001, and for the second consecutive year, fifth in patents
earned among U.S. based companies.
"For AMD to continue its upward trajectory, we must sustain our passion for
constantly finding new and better ways to do things," said Bill Siegle, chief
scientist at AMD. "Our business is driven by innovation, and the ultimate
innovation index is patents awarded by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office."
For the fourth year in a row, AMD ranked among the top 25 companies in the
number of new U.S. patents received. Numbers released earlier in January by IFI
CLAIMS Patent Services show that AMD earned 1090 patents last year, breaking the
1000 patent barrier for the 2nd consecutive year.
"Buyers of electronic devices often take improvements in performance for
granted, and speak of 'Moore's Law' as if it were a naturally occurring
phenomenon," said Nathan Brookwood, principal analyst for Insight 64, a
Saratoga, CA.-based market research and consulting organization. "In reality, it
takes massive investments of financial and intellectual resources to move the
industry forward. Patents serve as useful barometer to gauge the effectiveness
of a company's efforts with regard to the innovation that our modern society
requires and our economic system rewards."
"Our current patent portfolio is a roughly equal mix of process and
manufacturing patents on the one hand, and product design patents on the other,"
said Siegle. "Not only are we very excited about the products going out our
doors today, our research and development results show our continuing commitment
to performance and productivity improvement as well."
For a complete list of the top 25 U.S. patent recipients for the past three
years, refer to the attached chart.
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networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in
the United States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard &
Poor's 500 company, produces microprocessors, flash memory devices, and support
circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and
based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $3.9 billion in 2001. (NYSE:
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U.S. Patents 1999-2001
(source: IFIClaims)
1999
No. |
Company |
Patents |
1 |
IBM |
2,789 |
2 |
NEC |
1,853 |
3 |
Canon |
1,800 |
4 |
Samsung |
1,544 |
5 |
Sony |
1,429 |
6 |
Fujitsu |
1,231 |
7 |
Toshiba |
1,225 |
8 |
Motorola |
1,207 |
9 |
Lucent |
1,156 |
10 |
Mitsubishi |
1,089 |
11 |
Matsushita |
1,065 |
12 |
Hitachi |
1,020 |
13 |
Kodak |
993 |
14 |
Micron |
934 |
15 |
Philips |
866 |
16 |
HP |
855 |
17 |
AMD |
825 |
18 |
Intel |
735 |
19 |
Siemens AG |
731 |
20 |
GE |
700 |
21 |
Xerox |
671 |
22 |
Texas Inst |
604 |
23 |
Sharp |
566 |
24 |
Sun Microsys |
565 |
25 |
Proctor & Gamble |
551 |
2000
No. |
Company |
Patents |
1 |
IBM |
2,922 |
2 |
NEC |
2,034 |
3 |
Canon |
1,897 |
4 |
Samsung |
1,442 |
5 |
Lucent |
1,415 |
6 |
Sony |
1,394 |
7 |
Micron |
1,306 |
8 |
Toshiba |
1,264 |
9 |
Motorola |
1,203 |
10 |
Fujitsu |
1,169 |
11 |
Matsushita |
1,150 |
12 |
AMD |
1,055 |
13 |
Hitachi |
1,046 |
14 |
Mitsubishi |
1,037 |
15 |
Siemens AG |
932 |
16 |
HP |
904 |
17 |
Kodak |
876 |
18 |
Philips |
839 |
19 |
Intel |
797 |
20 |
GE |
790 |
21 |
Texas Inst |
692 |
22 |
Sharp |
619 |
23 |
Xerox |
577 |
24 |
Bosch |
550 |
25 |
Fuji Photo |
549 |
2001
No. |
Company |
Patents |
1 |
IBM |
3,453 |
2 |
NEC |
1,966 |
3 |
Canon |
1,877 |
4 |
Micron |
1,643 |
5 |
Samsung |
1,451 |
6 |
Matsushita |
1,447 |
7 |
Sony |
1,392 |
8 |
Hitachi |
1,283 |
9 |
Mitsubishi |
1,210 |
10 |
Fujitsu |
1,208 |
11 |
Toshiba |
1,176 |
12 |
Lucent |
1,119 |
13 |
GE |
1,112 |
14 |
AMD |
1,090 |
15 |
HP |
982 |
16 |
Philips |
882 |
17 |
Siemens AG |
817 |
18 |
Intel |
811 |
19 |
Texas Inst |
806 |
20 |
Motorola |
785 |
21 |
Xerox |
722 |
22 |
Kodak |
719 |
23 |
Bosch |
705 |
24 |
United Microelec |
596 |
25 |
Honda |
87 |
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