Where are the world's most innovative companies and what do they do?
Companies that make semiconductors and other electronic components
are collectively the most innovative industry, according to an analysis
of patents carried out by Thomson Reuters, an information-services
provider. Its "Top 100 Global Innovators" report
rates companies by the proportion of their patent applications that are
granted; the number of "quadrilateral" patents (those granted in China,
Europe, Japan and America); how often patents are cited by other
companies; and whether patents relate to new techniques or inventions or
are refinements of existing ones. This approach is intended to overcome
the limitations of using the number of patents filed or granted as a
measure of innovation.>>>More
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