The Patent Board


Rank	Company	Change

1	Leviton Mfg Co Inc

2	Illinois Tool Works

3	Matsushita Electric Industrial

4	Rockwell Automation Inc

5	Sumitomo Electric Industries

6	Schneider SA

7	General Electric Co

8	3M Co

9	FCI

10	Eaton Corp

Compiled with data through 1/1/2008
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DuPont o como hacer rentable la ciencia [DuPont or how to make science profitable]

Some inventions cause a furor. One of these was Nylon, announced in 1938 as a material that was "as fine as a spider's web but more elastic than any other commonly used natural fiber." It began as a toothbrush, but two years later the famous nylon stockings were introduced. Other inventions surround our daily life, hidden among paintings and plastic components for computers, cell phones or skate wheels. What do Teflon pans, Lycra clothes, air conditioning, supermarket refrigerators, Corian sinks or Nomex fiber that protect against fire and are made in Asturias (Spain) have in common? All came from the minds of DuPont scientists, the second chemical company of the world and the first in patents.