AMD Emerges as Technology Powerhouse in U. S. Patent Ranking
--AMD fifth among all U.S. companies in 2000 on U.S. Patent Office list--
SUNNYVALE, CA --
3/19/2001 --
AMD today announced
that it ranked fifth among U.S. based companies and 12th in the world
for companies receiving patents awarded by the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office in 2000.
"By the world's most widely accepted innovation index,
patents awarded by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, AMD is emerging
as a technology powerhouse," said Hector Ruiz, AMD president and chief
operating officer.
For the third year in a row, AMD ranked among the top
25 companies in the number of new U.S. patents received. Each year AMD
has moved up on the list. In 1998 AMD ranked 24th in patents earned
and 17th in 1999.
"AMD received 1,055 U.S. patents last year," said Ruiz.
"AMD innovations in both product design and process technology contribute
directly to our ability to deliver leading-edge solutions to customers.
We think there's a strong connection between AMD innovations, our continued
success, and the number of awards won by our microprocessors and flash
memory devices in recent years."
"Our rise on the patents list shows our growing status
as a technology leader," said Ruiz. "There are many great companies
who rank as top patent recipients. However, most of these corporations
have revenues that far surpass those of AMD. The truth is that, in terms
of patents awarded, we're standing shoulder to shoulder with the world's
leading companies."
For a complete list of the top 25 U.S. patent recipients
for the past three years, refer to the attached chart.
U.S. Patents 1998-2000 (source: IFIClaims)
|
1998
|
|
1999
|
|
2000
|
| |
Company |
No. Patents |
Company |
No. Patents |
Company |
No. Patents |
| 1 |
IBM |
2,682 |
IBM |
2,789 |
IBM |
2,922 |
| 2 |
Canon |
1,934 |
NEC |
1,853 |
NEC |
2,034 |
| 3 |
NEC |
1,632 |
Canon |
1,800 |
Canon |
1,897 |
| 4 |
Motorola |
1,428 |
Samsung |
1,544 |
Samsung |
1,442 |
| 5 |
Sony |
1,321 |
Sony |
1,429 |
Lucent |
1,415 |
| 6 |
Samsung |
1,306 |
Fujitsu |
1,231 |
Sony |
1,394 |
| 7 |
Fujitsu |
1,205 |
Toshiba
|
1,225 |
Micron |
1,306 |
| 8 |
Toshiba |
1,194 |
Motorola |
1,207 |
Toshiba |
1,264 |
| 9 |
Kodak |
1,125 |
Lucent
|
1,156 |
Motorola |
1,203 |
| 10 |
Mitsubishi |
1,120 |
Mitsubishi |
1,089 |
Fujitsu |
1,169
|
| 11 |
Hitachi |
1,107 |
Matsushita |
1,065 |
Matsushita |
1,150 |
| 12 |
Matsushita |
1,058 |
Hitachi |
1,020 |
AMD |
1,055 |
| 13 |
Lucent |
930 |
Kodak |
993 |
Hitachi |
1,046 |
| 14 |
Philips |
845 |
Micron |
934 |
Mitsubishi |
1,037 |
| 15 |
HP |
811 |
Philips |
866 |
Siemens AG |
932 |
| 16 |
Xerox |
769 |
HP |
855 |
HP |
904 |
| 17 |
GE |
729 |
AMD |
825 |
Kodak |
876 |
| 18 |
Intel |
705 |
Intel |
735 |
Philips |
839 |
| 19 |
Siemens AG |
631 |
Siemens AG |
731 |
Intel |
797 |
| 20 |
Texas Inst |
618 |
GE |
700 |
GE |
790 |
| 21 |
Sharp |
611 |
Xerox |
671 |
Texas Inst |
692 |
| 22 |
Micron |
580 |
Texas Inst |
604 |
Sharp |
619 |
| 23 |
Nikon |
580 |
Sharp |
566 |
Xerox |
577 |
| 24 |
AMD |
557 |
Sun Microsys |
565 |
Bosch |
550 |
| 24 |
MN Mining |
557 |
Proctor & Gamble |
551 |
Fuji Photo |
549 |
