"In recognition of World Intellectual Property Day on April 26, 2007, Thomson Scientific reviews the massive increase in technology innovations developed globally over the past ten years (1997-2006), highlighting tri-lateral inventions or inventions that have been filed in the U.S., Europe and Japan.......Key Study Findings:
* Inventions relating to semiconductors, telecommunications and computing
experience huge growth rates of 75%, 86% and 172% respectively since 1997;
* Japan can be credited with the current state of today’s high-tech market, holding the majority share of tri-lateral inventions across all technologies in 2006;
* Samsung is the top patent assignee in tri-lateral inventions for 2006:
* Samsung and Denso lead the way in diversified multinationals in terms of
tri-lateral inventions in 2006."