According to information released by the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office), Samsung recorded the fifth-most patent applications in the United States in 2005 with 1641, up from 1604 in 2004 when it was sixth. IBM came first in the ranking with 2941, which was a decrease of 9% but still ensured that the company continued to occupy first place. IBM was followed by Canon, HP, Matsushita, the aforementioned Samsung, Micron, Intel, Hitachi, Toshiba, and Fujitsu.