CANON #2 ON U.S. PATENTS & TRADEMARKS

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Canon Captures Number Two Position on U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Top 10 Rankings for 2005;
 Canon Celebrates Its 14th Consecutive Year as One of the Top Three Patent-Receiving Organizations
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SUCCESS, N.Y. — Jan. , 2006 — Underscoring its commitment to
pioneering information and imaging technologies and innovations that
revolutionize workstyles and lifestyles, Canon Inc. today announced
that it has captured the number two position on the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office’s Top 10 Rankings for 2005.
In 2005, Canon received
1,828 patents(1), rising one position from its 2004 third-place
ranking. Canon has been one of the top three patent-receiving
organizations for the past 14 consecutive years, and number two for the
total number of patents received in the past 10 years. Canon spends
nearly eight percent of its yearly sales on research and development,
allowing the company to constantly be a leading innovator in many
consumer and business markets.
“Canon has a long heritage of imaging
excellence and innovation that has helped us earn the trust of
customers around the world,” said Joe Adachi, president and chief
executive officer, Canon U.S.A., Inc. “With that heritage as our
foundation, Canon leads the market in bringing quality and original
digital imaging technology to a broad range of consumers, businesses
and industries.”
Canon’s heritage of innovation extends back to the
company’s founding in the 1930’s. Canon released the first 35mm camera
in 1936 and the first Single-Lens Reflex (SLR) camera in 1959. In
addition, Canon’s AE-1 (1976), which was the first SLR with a built-in
microprocessor, was the best selling 35mm SLR camera in history. Also,
in the mid-1970’s, Canon’s innovative Bubble Jet printing technology
was born in the Canon Labs.
From the original laser-based copier to
the networking and digitalization of the workplace to today’s shift to
color documents, Canon has set the standard for digital imaging in
departmental, workgroup environments and high-end production
applications. Canon entered the business machines industry in the
1960s, and went on to achieve world-class status for its technological
innovations. In 1968, Canon introduced a plain-paper copying machine.
Canon also further improved electrophotography technologies to create
the full-color copying machine family – the CLC Series – and the
award-winning imageRUNNER Series of networked digital MFPs, both
benchmarks for imaging innovation.
About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon
U.S.A., Inc. delivers consumer, business-to-business, and industrial
imaging solutions. The Company is listed as one of Fortune’s Most
Admired Companies in America and is rated #35 on the BusinessWeek list
of “Top 100 Brands.” Its parent company Canon Inc. is a top patent
holder of technology, ranking second overall in the U.S. in 2005, with
global revenues of $33.3 billion.
(1) The patent counts are
preliminary and are subject to correction. The final listing should be
available from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in April 2006.

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January 31, 2006 at 11:13 AM