IFI CLAIMS 2015 Top 50 German Patent Assignees
The following counts are based granted utility patents published by the German Patent and Trademark Office in 2015.
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| Rank | Grants | Assignee Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 436 | GM Global Technology Operations LLC |
| 2 | 433 | Siemens AG |
| 3 | 372 | Audi AG |
| 4 | 283 | Robert Bosch GmbH |
| 5 | 247 | Schaeffler Technologies AG and Co KG |
| 6 | 242 | Volkswagen AG |
| 7 | 240 | Denso Corp |
| 8 | 231 | Toyota Motor Corp |
| 9 | 225 | Infineon Technologies AG |
| 10 | 220 | Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung |
| 11 | 175 | Mitsubishi Electric Corp |
| 12 | 172 | Continental Automotive GmbH |
| 13 | 150 | Bayerische Motoren Werke AG |
| 14 | 130 | Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt eV |
| 15 | 98 | Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen AG |
| 16 | 96 | Honda Motor Co Ltd |
| 17 | 85 | Ford Global Technologies LLC |
| 18 | 83 | Autoliv Development AB |
| 19 | 74 | BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH |
| 20 | 74 | Daimler AG |
| 21 | 73 | Airbus Operations GmbH |
| 22 | 71 | International Business Machines Corp |
| 23 | 65 | Koenig and Bauer AG |
| 24 | 62 | Airbus Defence and Space GmbH |
| 25 | 61 | Komatsu Ltd |
Counts are based on data published as of January 16, 2015.
