OREANDA-NEWS. July 14, 2011. Fujitsu, a leading provider of business, information technology and communications solutions, announced today that the U.S. Patent Office (USPTO) awarded the company 111 optical technology patents in 2010 - more than double the number received by the closest competitor - marking the sixth consecutive year that Fujitsu led the field in optical innovation. Since 2006, Fujitsu’s advances in optical communications have garnered the company nearly three times the number assigned to the next optical developer on the list.

Each year the USPTO reports the number of award patents by technology classification as well as the companies receiving the most patent awards. Fujitsu has received 370 patents over the past six years under Classification 398 – Optical Communications in technologies that include materials science, optical components, 40G/100G high speed photonics, optical amplifiers, and packet/optical integration.

“The world’s largest and most forward-thinking organizations look to Fujitsu’s optical communications solutions to enable next-generation services with five-nines reliability and security,” said Bill Erickson, senior vice president of planning and development, Fujitsu Network Communications. “Our investment in research and development allows customers to implement advanced communications architectures that support profitable new services in a way that leverages their existing infrastructure investments and minimizes ongoing operational expenses. This commitment to optical innovation is one reason Fujitsu is the optical transport market share leader.”