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CANON ANNUAL REPORT 2015
24
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Seeking to create a new
Canon, the Company
is reinforcing an R&D
structure spanning Japan,
the United States, and
Europe under the Three
Regional Headquarters
management system.
2015 Top Ten U.S. Patent Holders by Company
Qualcomm
CANON
Toshiba
Google
Sony
LG Electronics
Intel
Microsoft
IBM*
Samsung
Electronics
2,900
4,134
2,835
2,627
2,455
2,242
2,048
1,956
7,355
5,072
*IBM is an abbreviation for International Business Machines Corporation.
Source: Preliminary data released by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services, a U.S. research company
specialized in patent information
Driving new dye ink R&D with a database of over 10,000 dye varieties, Canon pursues molecular structures that improve dye ink durability (light sta-
bility) via original designs.