Unleashed: 9 Most Innovative Companies In The World

4. Sony Corp
2014 patent grants: 3,224
Sales: $66.6 billion

Sony Corporation is the electronics business unit and the parent company of the Sony Group. It primarily conducts strategic business planning of the group, research and development (R&D), planning, designing and marketing for electronics products. Sony is one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world.

Sony is among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders and third-largest television manufacturer in the world, after Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics.

5. Microsoft
2014 patent grants: 2,829
Sales: $91.5 billion

Microsoft aims to make the internet of things applicable to the day-to-day business activities by offering a range of products that include customized windows operating system meant to collect and analyze data.

The company helps to give a different and combined approach allowing industries to invest and gain, store and process data. In fiscal 2014, Microsoft spent nearly $11.4 billion on R&D, a substantial increase from the year before, when it spent roughly $10.4 billion.

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