Thomson Reuters Names the World's Top 100 Most Innovative
Organizations for 2012
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The IP &
Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world's leading provider
of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today
announced its 2012 Top 100 Global Innovators list, honoring
100 corporations and institutions around the world that are at the
heart of innovation as measured by a series of proprietary
patent-related metrics. The full report is available at
http://www.top100innovators.com.
Financial analysis of the acknowledged companies gives credence
to their significance in that these organizations outperformed the
S&P 500 by three percent in their market cap weighted revenue
(15 percent versus 12 percent). This year's winners also added
124,214 new jobs over their prior year employment figures.
"Innovation is the foundation for economic prosperity and
technological advancement," said David
Brown, managing director, Thomson Reuters IP Solutions. "Our
Top 100 Global Innovator methodology demonstrates the insight that
can be gleaned from the analysis of patent data and confirms the
fact that companies focused on innovating drive growth and
financial success."
The Thomson Reuters 2012 Top 100 Global Innovators, in
alphabetical order, are:
3M
Company
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Eaton
Corporation
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Advanced
Micro Devices
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EMC
Corporation
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Alcatel-Lucent
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Emerson
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Altera
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Ericsson
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Analog
Devices
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European
Aeronautic Defence and Space Company
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Apple
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Exxon
Mobil
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Arkema
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FANUC
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AT&T
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Ford
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Avaya
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FUJIFILM
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Boeing
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Fujitsu
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Brother
Industries
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General
Electric
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Canon
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Goodyear
Tire & Rubber
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Chevron
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Google
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CNRS, The
French National Center for Scientific Research
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Hewlett-Packard
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Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
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Hitachi
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Corning
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Honda
Motor Company
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Delphi
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Honeywell
International
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Denso
Corporation
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IBM
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Dow
Chemical Company
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IFP
Energies Nouvelles
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DuPont
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Intel
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|
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Jatco
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Ricoh
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John
Deere
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Roche
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Korea
Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
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Rockwell
Automation
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Korea
Electronics Technology Institute
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Saint-Gobain
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Korea
Research Institute of Chemical Technology
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Samsung
Electronics
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LG
Electronics
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SanDisk
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Lockheed
Martin
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Sandvik
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L'Oreal
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Scania
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LSI
Corporation
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Seagate
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LSIS
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Seiko
Epson
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Marvell
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Sharp
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Michelin
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Shin-Etsu
Chemical
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Micron
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Siemens
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Microsoft
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Snecma
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Mitsubishi
Electric
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Solvay
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Mitsubishi
Heavy Industries
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Sony
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Monsanto
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STMicroelectronics
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Motorola
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Symantec
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NEC
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TDK
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Nike
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TE
Connectivity
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Nippon
Steel & Sumitomo Metal
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Texas
Instruments
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Nitto
Denko
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Thales
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NTT
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Toshiba
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Olympus
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Toyota
Motor Corporation
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Panasonic
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U.S.
Department of the Army
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Pohang
University of Science and Technology
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U.S.
Department of the Navy
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Procter
& Gamble
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United
Technologies
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Qualcomm
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Valeo
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Raytheon
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Xerox
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Renault
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Xilinx
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Academic Institutions & Government Entities
For
the first time, academic institutions and government entities made
the list. The two 2012 university recipients are both from
South Korea: Pohang University of
Science and Technology and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and
Technology. "The addition of South Korean academic institutions
confirms the role government can play in encouraging innovation, as
well as the longer-term potential for corporations and academia to
collaborate in bringing new ideas to fruition," said Mr. Brown.
The two government entities that made the list are from the
U.S.: the Departments of the Army and the Navy, respectively.
Research shows that the U.S. government has invested heavily in
innovation, especially as related to matters of national
security.
Molecule-Based vs. Technology-Based
The Top 100
methodology, by virtue of its criteria, favors fast-moving,
hyper-competitive industries such as computer hardware and
semiconductors, where product lifecycles are short and advancements
in technology are demanded by users. These technology-based
industries grew by 18 percent and 29 percent, respectively.
"That is not to say, however, that other industries are not
also innovating," said Mr. Brown. "R&D spend in
pharmaceutical/chemical-focused industries is among the top in the
world. Many organizations in these sectors are extremely
innovative, yet they adhere to a different innovation model."
Global Distribution
The U.S. continues to lead in the
number of organizations it has on the list, with 47 this year.
Asia has the next highest, with
32, comprising 25 from Japan and 7
from South Korea. There was a 75
percent increase in representation from South Korea over the prior year; the new
entrants included two from academia and two scientific research
centers. Europe has 21 honorees,
with the largest representation coming from France (13). Year over year there are a larger
number of recipients from the U.S. and Asia, and fewer from Europe.
Industry Breakout
The semiconductor and electrical
components industry continued to lead in 2012, with 18
representative companies, 29 percent more than in 2011. Computer
hardware was the next most prolific industry, with 13 companies in
this category. Other notable changes include a 133 percent increase
in representation by the automotive industry (from three awardees
in 2011 to seven in 2012) and a 40 percent increase in
representation from transportation equipment manufacturing.
Methodology
The Thomson Reuters 2012 Top 100 Global
Innovator methodology is based on four principle criteria:
overall patent volume, patent grant success rate, global reach of
the portfolio and patent influence as evidenced by citations. The
peer-reviewed methodology was executed using the Thomson Reuters
Derwent World Patents Index® (DWPI), Derwent Patents
Citations Indexâ„¢, Quadrilateral Patent Indexâ„¢, and Thomson
Innovation®, the IP and intelligence collaboration
platform. Comparative financial analysis was done using the Thomson
Reuters Advanced Analytics for Deal-Making platform.
For more information on the Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global
Innovator program and to download the full report, go to
http://www.top100innovators.com.
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