Article: PANASONIC CLEAR LEADER IN QUANTITY, QUALITY OF PATENTS: REPORT.

TOKYO, Oct 14 Asia Pulse - Panasonic Corp. (TSE:6752) dwarfed other companies in terms of the number and merits of its patents registered in Japan as of March 31, a report released Tuesday by Patent Result Co. shows.

The consumer electronics giant's dominance stemmed from the fact that it held not only the highest number of patents, but also a number of crucial patents, such as those related to semiconductors and text editing technology for word processing software.

According to the Tokyo patent research firm's rankings of patent assets, Panasonic claimed the top spot with 986,917 points. Patent Result assigned points to individual patents by taking into ...

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