Owners of the Most U.S. Patents

The Intellectual Property Owners Association has just released its annual report listing the organizations that received the most U.S. Patents in 2007.

Here are the top 10:

1. IBM - 3,127
2. Samsung - 2,723
3. Canon - 2,047
4. Matsushita Electric - 1,972
5. Intel - 1,864
6. Toshiba - 1,734
7. Microsoft - 1,662
8. Micron Technology - 1,484
9. Hewlett Packard - 1,470
10. Sony Corp. - 1,454