Foxconn leads Taiwan patent list.Taipei Taipei (tībā`), city (1995 est. pop. 2,632,863), N Taiwan, capital of Taiwan and provisional capital of the Republic of China. Taiwan's largest city, it is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the island. -- Foxconn Foxconn (富士康) is the trade name of the Taiwanese firm Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (Ltd.) (LSE: HHPD) (NASDAQ: HNHPF). Foxconn is one of the largest manufacturers of electronics and computer components worldwide, and mainly manufactures on filed more patent applications than any other business in Taiwan in 2005. Foxconn (foxconn.com), which also goes under the name Hon Hon abbr (= honourable, honorary) → en tÃtulos Hai Precision Industries, filed for 1,886 patents, nearly 1,000 more than runner-up Industrial Technology Research Institute (itri.org.tw). The EMS company received approval for 1,018 patents last year. It was the fourth consecutive year Foxconn was the top filer. Among companies headquartered abroad, Philips Electronics (philips.com) filed for the most patents in Taiwan, with 882 applications. Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics (SEC, Hangul:삼성전자; KSE: 005930, KSE: 005935, LSE: SMSN, LSE: SMSD) is a South Korean multinational corporation and the world's largest and leading electronics and information technology company. (samsung.com) was next, at 712 filings. |
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