Telecom and technology companies filed many international patents...
Telecom and technology companies filed many international patents last year at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). A record number of patent applications were filed under the international patent system, WIPO said. The largest proportion dealt with telecom (10.5…
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percent), followed by information technology (10.1 percent). Telecom filings rose the second fastest in the technology area, with 15.5 percent growth last year. Matsushita of Japan took first place, with 2,100 applications, beating Dutch multinational Philips Electronics, which had 2,041. Siemens was third with 1,644, and Huawei Technologies moved up 9 places to fourth with 1,365 applications. Microsoft jumped 38 places to eighth with 845 filings. Motorola had 824, Nokia 822. The number of patent filing rose 4.7 percent last year to 156,100.