CANON INC. CORPORATE SUMMARY
(As of December 31, 2008)
COMMON STOCK PRICE RANGE*
(Yen)
| High | Low | |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | ¥2,800 | 1,447 |
| 2000 | 3,747 | 2,267 |
| 2001 | 3,553 | 2,100 |
| 2002 | 3,500 | 2,413 |
| 2003 | 4,140 | 2,607 |
| 2004 | 3,880 | 3,273 |
| 2005 | 4,780 | 3,460 |
| 2006 | 6,780 | 4,567 |
| 2007 | 7,450 | 5,190 |
| 2008 | ¥5,820 | 2,215 |
- * On July 1, 2006 Canon Inc. effected a 3-for-2 split of its common shares. The figures for years prior to 2006 have been adjusted to reflect the stock split.
PATENT ROYALTY INCOME
(Millions of yen)
(Thousands of U.S. dollars)
| Patent royalty income | Ratio of patent royalty income to expense (%) |
|
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 15,771 | 5,292 |
| 2000 | 15,798 | 4,908 |
| 2001 | 24,231 | 4,127 |
| 2002 | 20,239 | 1,949 |
| 2003 | 21,690 | 1,275 |
| 2004 | 22,357 | 227 |
| 2005 | 20,924 | 1,381 |
| 2006 | 28,069 | 189 |
| 2007 | 30,709 | 948 |
| 2008 | ¥25,180 | 2,251 |
| $ 276,703 |
TOP 10 CORPORATIONS RECEIVING U.S. PATENTS 1999-2008(Source: United States Patent and Trademark Office)
| Rank | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company | No. | Company | No. | Company | No. | |
| 1 | IBM | 2,756 | IBM | 2,886 | IBM | 3,411 |
| 2 | NEC | 1,842 | NEC | 2,021 | NEC | 1,953 |
| 3 | Canon | 1,795 | Canon | 1,890 | Canon | 1,877 |
| 4 | Samsung Electronics | 1,545 | Samsung Electronics | 1,441 | Micron Technology | 1,643 |
| 5 | Sony | 1,410 | Lucent Technologies | 1,411 | Samsung Electronics | 1,450 |
| 6 | Toshiba | 1,200 | Sony | 1,385 | Matsushita Electric | 1,440 |
| 7 | Fujitsu | 1,192 | Micron Technology | 1,304 | Sony | 1,363 |
| 8 | Motorola | 1,192 | Toshiba | 1,232 | Hitachi | 1,271 |
| 9 | Lucent Technologies | 1,152 | Motorola | 1,196 | Mitsubishi Electric | 1,184 |
| 10 | Mitsubishi Electric | 1,054 | Fujitsu | 1,147 | Fujitsu | 1,166 |
| Rank | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company | No. | Company | No. | Company | No. | |
| 1 | IBM | 3,288 | IBM | 3,415 | IBM | 3,248 |
| 2 | Canon | 1,893 | Canon | 1,992 | Matsushita Electric | 1,934 |
| 3 | Micron Technology | 1,833 | Hitachi | 1,893 | Canon | 1,805 |
| 4 | NEC | 1,821 | Matsushita Electric | 1,774 | Hewlett-Packard | 1,775 |
| 5 | Hitachi | 1,602 | Micron Technology | 1,707 | Micron Technology | 1,760 |
| 6 | Matsushita Electric | 1,544 | Intel | 1,592 | Samsung Electronics | 1,604 |
| 7 | Sony | 1,434 | Royal Philips Electronics | 1,353 | Intel | 1,601 |
| 8 | General Electric | 1,416 | Samsung Electronics | 1,313 | Hitachi | 1,513 |
| 9 | Hewlett -Packard |
1,385 | Sony | 1,311 | Toshiba | 1,311 |
| 10 | Mitsubishi Electric | 1,373 | Fujitsu | 1,302 | Sony | 1,305 |
| Rank | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company | No. | Company | No. | Company | No. | |
| 1 | IBM | 2,941 | IBM | 3,621 | IBM | 3,125 |
| 2 | Canon | 1,828 | Samsung Electronics | 2,451 | Samsung Electronics | 2,723 |
| 3 | Hewlett -Packard |
1,797 | Canon | 2,367 | Canon | 1,983 |
| 4 | Matsushita Electric | 1,688 | Matsushita Electric | 2,229 | Matsushita Electric | 1,910 |
| 5 | Samsung Electronics | 1,641 | Hewlett-Packard | 2,099 | Intel | 1,864 |
| 6 | Micron Technology | 1,561 | Intel | 1,959 | Microsoft | 1,637 |
| 7 | Intel | 1,549 | Sony | 1,771 | Toshiba | 1,519 |
| 8 | Hitachi | 1,271 | Hitachi | 1,732 | Micron Technology | 1,476 |
| 9 | Toshiba | 1,258 | Toshiba | 1,672 | Hewlett -Packard |
1,466 |
| 10 | Fujitsu | 1,154 | Micron Technology | 1,610 | Sony | 1,454 |
| rank | 2008* | |
|---|---|---|
| Company | No. | |
| 1 | IBM | 4,164 |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics | 3,518 |
| 3 | Canon | 2,114 |
| 4 | Microsoft | 2,027 |
| 5 | Intel | 1,777 |
| 6 | Panasonic | 1,737 |
| 7 | Toshiba | 1,614 |
| 8 | Sony | 1,499 |
| 9 | Fujitsu | 1,493 |
| 10 | Hewlett-Packard | 1,420 |
- * Based on weekly patent counts issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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