TABLE 1
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Missing the starting gun: de alio entry order in new markets, inertia and real option capabilities
Marco S Giarratana
BACK TO ARTICLETable 1. Most cited firms in 380 (Cryptology) USPTO Patent Class, sample patents 1976–1992
| Firm | Citations (C) | Patents (P) | C/P |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | 528 | 46 | 11.47 |
| Motorola | 226 | 24 | 9.41 |
| Scientific Atlanta | 202 | 18 | 11.22 |
| Pitney Bowes | 165 | 16 | 10.31 |
| Qualcomm | 97 | 3 | 32.33 |
| AT&T | 97 | 8 | 12.12 |
| Pioneer | 95 | 9 | 10.55 |
| Philips | 95 | 7 | 13.57 |
| Aisin Seiki | 83 | 6 | 13.83 |
| Stanford University | 80 | 2 | 40 |
| M.I.T. | 75 | 2 | 37.5 |
| NEC | 72 | 6 | 12 |
| General Instruments | 68 | 8 | 8.5 |
| NCR | 63 | 5 | 12.6 |
| Hitachi | 62 | 4 | 15.5 |
| VISA | 53 | 2 | 26.5 |
| Total | 2061 | 166 | 17.34 |
| Other | 2520 | 224 | 11.81 |
Data source is the USPTO. First column lists the firms ranked by number of citations received. Second column the number of backward citations, third column the number of patents. The last column shows the ratio between citations and patents. This table shows which are the most important firms cited in the Cryptology technology. As one can see, large ITC firms are the most important sources of patent knowledge spillovers.


