NORWALK, Conn., Jan 23, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Xerox received 1,168 U.S. patents in 2013, making it one of the world’s top innovative companies and adding to its portfolio of over 12,100 active U.S. patents that help businesses and organizations simplify work.
IFI Claims, a research company that compiles an annual patent list, ranked Xerox as 32nd in its 2013 report based on 1,013 patents, which does not include over 150 patents from its wholly owned subsidiaries, such as the Palo Alto Research Center ( PARC 
, A Xerox Company. Combining subsidiaries andthe 800 U.S. patents awarded in 2013 through Xerox’s joint venture in Japan, Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd. , Xerox would be ranked 10th with 1,968 patents on the IFI Patent Intelligence list worldwide.
Xerox is celebrating its 75th year of innovation which began when Chester Carlson, the company’s founding inventor, made the first xerographic copy in a make-shift lab in Astoria, Queens, N.Y. and was granted U.S. Patent 2,297,691, illustrating the basic process of xerography.
“Chester Carlson’s legacy lives on through Xerox scientists and engineers around the globe who continue to help our clients create agile and personalized business processes,” said Sophie Vandebroek , Xerox chief technology officer and president of the Xerox Innovation Group. “By collaborating closely with our clients, we create differentiateddocument technology and simplify the way work gets done in industries such ashealthcare , finance , education , customer care and transportation .”
Xerox scientists and researchers apply their expertise in areas such as imaging, data analytics, automation, personalization and sustainability to innovate simpler ways of doing business - well beyond anything Carlson could have envisioned.
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Xerox and its subsidiaries have received more than 62,000 patents worldwide since the company’s first patent was issued in 1933. The company is home to some of the world’s most prolific inventors. In 2013 almost 90 scientists and engineers reached patent milestones ranging from 75 to over 300 patents.
Xerox has been awarded the National Medal of Technology , the highest honor awarded by the President of the United States and a number of innovation awards including being a three time winner on Thomson Reuters' listing of the World's 100 Most Innovative Companies and being named to MIT Technology Review’s 50 Most Disruptive Companiesin 2013.
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