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IBM连续19年获得专利数最多;微软是另外一个排名前十的美国公司

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IBM wins most patents for 19th straight year; Microsoft only other U.S. company in top 10

IBM连续19年获得专利数最多;微软是另外一个排名前十的美国公司

Microsoft is the only other U.S. company to make the top 10 list of patent winners, according to IFI Claims Patent Services

根据美国商业专利资料库(IFI Claims Patent Services)的数据，微软是除IBM之外仅存的在前十位的美国公司。

By Ann Bednarz, Network World

来自Ann Bednarz, Network World

January 11, 2012 10:44 AM ET

2012年1月11日, 10:44 AM

IBM retained its patent crown for 2011, topping the list of patent winners for the 19th year in a row. The only other U.S. company to make the top 10, Microsoft fell from third place to sixth place, according to data from IFI Claims Patent Services.

2011年，IBM继续保有其专利之冠，连续19年保持在专利获得名单中的榜首位置。唯一的在前十名中的美国公司微软，从第三位下降到第六位，以上数据来自美国商业专利资料库。

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Big Blue secured 6,180 patents last year, up nearly 5% from 5,896 in 2010. Samsung Electronics was the second most prolific patent winner, with 4,894 patents received in 2011, followed by Canon (2,821), Panasonic (2,559), Toshiba (2,483), Microsoft (2,311), Sony (2,286), Seiko Epson (1,533), Hon Hai Precision Industry (1,514), and Hitachi (1,465).

蓝色巨人去年获得了6180份专利，相比2010年的5896分增长5%。三星电子以4894份位居第二，下面是佳能(2821)，松下(2599)，东芝(2483)，微软(2311)，索尼(2286)，爱普生(1533)，鴻海科技(1514)，日历(1465)。

HP (1,308) and Intel (1,244) fell out of the top 10 and landed 14th and 16th, respectively, in IFI's list of the top 50 U.S. patent assignees.

在前五十名专利获得列表中，惠普(1308)和英特尔(1244)分别从前十掉出到14和16位置。

According to IFI's count, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued 224,505 utility patents in 2011, which is 2% more patents than were issued in 2010. While the total number of patents grants grew, there appears to be a slowing of patent growth among individual companies, IFI notes. Among the companies on its top 50 list, 16 produced fewer patents in 2011 than they did in 2010, including Cisco, HP, Intel, Microsoft and Oracle. By comparison, only one of 2010's top 50 companies received fewer than the prior year.

根据IFI的统计，2011年美国专利和商标局发出了224505个实用新型专利，比2010年增长2%。IFI提到，虽然总的专利补助数量有所增长，但是对公司来说专利增长放缓。在排名前50的公司中，16个公司获得的专利数少于2010年，包括思科、惠普、英特尔和甲骨文。作为对比，在2010年时的前50家企业中只有一家比上年同期更少。

"Global companies, and especially Asian ones, are collecting U.S patents at a dizzying pace, and now Asian firms hold eight of the top 10 slots in the 2011 ranking," said Mike Baycroft, CEO of IFI CLAIMS Patent Services, in a statement. "This isn't to say that U.S. companies have lost their verve for patent production, as their patent portfolios are also growing. It seems that Asian companies have apparently made it a higher priority."

美国商业专利资料库的CEO Mike Baycroft在一份声明中说:"跨国公司，特别是来自亚洲的公司，正在以令人眩目的速度获得美国专利，现在亚洲公司持有了2011年前十排名中的8个位置。这并不是说美国公司已经失去了他们专利生产的能力，他们的专利组合也在增长。只是看起来亚洲公司把申请专利放在了更高的优先级上。"

Asian firms account for 25 of the top 50 U.S. patent-grant recipients in IFI's ranking, and U.S. firms captured 17 slots.

有25个亚洲公司进入了前50。美国公司有17个。

Other trends of note:

此外，值得一提的是：

* Apple moved up in the rankings to No. 39 (676 patents) after breaking into the top 50 for the first time in last year's list, when it debuted at No. 46.

* 苹果公司的排名上升到第39名(676个专利)，打破了去年该公司第一次进入前50时的第46名的成绩。

* The wireless/mobile communications industry showed strong gains in patent grants, with Broadcom at No. 17 (1,164), Qualcomm at No. 26 (923) and Research in Motion at No. 40 (663)

* 无线/移动通信行业显示出在专利授权上的强势增长，如博通(Broadcom，17名，1164)、高通(26名，923)和RIM(40名，663)

* While IBM was granted more patents than Samsung, the pace of applications filed by Samsung is accelerating. Samsung's published pre-grant applications in 2011 numbered more than 5,600, compared to less than 5,000 for IBM.

* 在IBM获得了比三星更多专利的同时，三星申请专利的脚步也正在加速。三星已公布的预批专利申请数在2011年是超过了5600件，而IBM只有不到5000件。

Ann Bednarz covers IT careers, outsourcing and Internet culture for Network World. Follow Ann on Twitter at @annbednarz and check out her blog, Occupational Hazards. Her e-mail address is abednarz@nww.com.

Ann Bednarz, 关注IT职业发展，外包和互联网文化。Twitter: @annbednarz，博客:Occupational Hazards。她的E-mail地址是abednarz@nww.com.

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