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Nokia & Samsung move up the top 10 rank November 18, 2008 According to The Patent Board’s Telecommunications Patent Scorecard™ published in The Wall Street Journal, Nokia Group reclaims third position while Samsung continues to rise in rank Read more . . .  IBM maintains lead, Oracle jumps into top 10 November 11, 2008 The Information Technology industry as a whole increased their patenting by 7%, and many of the Top 10 companies had an increase in patents granted with IBM (Armonk, New York, USA), Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Washington, USA) and Oracle Corporation (Redwood City, California, USA) leading in increased patents granted while Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) and Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California, USA) both ticked down in their patents granted. Sun Microsystems had a 13% increase in Research Intensity™ - and the third best score in that indicator behind Microsoft and Oracle - which indicates that the company’s technology is closer to basic research than its competitors. Read more . . . Halliburton maintains their lead, GE breaks into the top 10 Energy & Environmental for the first time November 04, 2008 Halliburton Company (Houston, Texas, USA) and Royal Dutch Shell (The Hague, The Netherlands) maintain the top two spots in the Energy & Environmental scorecard, while Schlumberger Limited (Houston, Texas, USA) moves up in rank to third. Halliburton remained at the top due to an Industry Impact™ over three-times that of the industry average --- however, they show decreases in all indicators. Shell increased an already high Industry Impact™ which is now five-times the industry average and improved Science Strength™ to the point that they rank first in the industry. Schlumberger had increases in patents granted, Research Intensity™ and Science Strength™ scores. Halliburton and Shell both have impressive Industry Impact™ scores –much of it is due to building upon their own internal innovations. Read more . . . |
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