Unleashed: 9 Most Innovative Companies In The World

2. Samsung Electronics
 2014 patent grants: 4,952
Sales: $195.7 billion

Samsung as we all know is a leader in South Korea, with more than $27 billion in income from continuing operations of 2013. In spite of the decline in the Samsung’s Smartphone market, it still stands as the largest Smartphone maker in the world.

Its sales accounted to 25 pct of the global market as of the second quarter of 2014, according to International Data Corporation. In the first half of 2014, the company’s information technology and mobile communications segment alone accounted for 57.4 pct of the company’s sales.

Apart from manufacturing handsets and other devices Samsung Electronics also excels in making monitors, digital cameras, washing machines, and more.

3. Canon Inc
 2014 patent grants: 4,055
 Sales: $30.9 billion

Canon is a Japanese multinational corporation specialized in the manufacture of imaging and optical products, including cameras, camcorders, photocopiers, steppers, computer printers and medical equipment.

On the company’s website, Canon characterizes its strategy as a “relentless pursuit of innovation.” The tactic is primarily one of diversification, both in terms of geographical presence, and technology.

On June 13, 2014, Canon announced it had acquired Danish IP Surveillance VMS software company Milestone Systems. Milestone provides open platform software to allow video management from various vendors in a single interface; therefore the company will operate as a separate entity.

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