IFI CLAIMS 2012 Top 50 US Patent Assignees
Rankings were compiled using the USPTO source-data by current company or assignee name on file at the USPTO. IFI uses a rigorous name standardization process to improve the accuracy of our data and portfolio counts for over 5800 patent assignees.Be sure to look at the patent portfolio snapshot links below.
| Rank | Grants | Assignee Name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6478 | International Business Machines Corp (View Snapshot Report) | United States |
| 2 | 5081 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd KR | Korea |
| 3 | 3174 | Canon K K JP | Japan |
| 4 | 3032 | Sony Corp JP | Japan |
| 5 | 2769 | Panasonic Corp JP | Japan |
| 6 | 2613 | Microsoft Corp | United States |
| 7 | 2447 | Toshiba Corp JP | Japan |
| 8 | 2013 | Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd TW | Taiwan |
| 9 | 1652 | General Electric Co | United States |
| 10 | 1624 | LG Electronics Inc KR | Korea |
| 11 | 1535 | Fujitsu Ltd JP | Japan |
| 12 | 1461 | Seiko Epson Corp JP | Japan |
| 13 | 1436 | Hitachi Ltd JP | Japan |
| 14 | 1410 | Ricoh Co Ltd JP | Japan |
| 15 | 1394 | Hewlett-Packard Development Co L P | United States |
| 16 | 1377 | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | United States |
| 17 | 1292 | QUALCOMM Inc | United States |
| 18 | 1290 | Intel Corp | United States |
| 19 | 1285 | Toyota Jidosha K K JP | Japan |
| 20 | 1157 | Broadcom Corp | United States |
| 21 | 1151 | Google Inc | United States |
| 22 | 1136 | Apple Inc | United States |
| 23 | 1132 | Honda Motor Co Ltd JP | Japan |
| 24 | 1118 | Sharp K K JP | Japan |
| 25 | 1050 | Xerox Corp | United States |
| 26 | 1039 | Renesas Electronics Corp JP | Japan |
| 27 | 1033 | Fujifilm Corp JP | Japan |
| 28 | 1012 | Brother Kogyo K K JP | Japan |
| 29 | 986 | Research In Motion Ltd CA | Canada |
| 30 | 977 | Siemens AG DE | Germany |
| 31 | 951 | Cisco Technology Inc | United States |
| 32 | 913 | Micron Technology Inc | United States |
| 33 | 886 | AT&T Intellectual Property I L P | United States |
| 34 | 861 | Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co Ltd JP | Japan |
| 35 | 843 | Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson SE | Sweden |
| 36 | 830 | Koninklijke Philips Electronics N V NL | Netherlands |
| 37 | 829 | Texas Instruments Inc | United States |
| 38 | 823 | NEC Corp JP | Japan |
| 39 | 815 | Honeywell International Inc | United States |
| 40 | 782 | Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co Ltd CN | China |
| 41 | 765 | Denso Corp JP | Japan |
| 42 | 748 | Bosch, Robert GmbH DE | Germany |
| 43 | 747 | SK Hynix Inc KR | Korea |
| 44 | 696 | Mitsubishi Denki K K JP | Japan |
| 45 | 686 | Fuji Xerox Co Ltd JP | Japan |
| 46 | 673 | Boeing Co The | United States |
| 47 | 664 | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute KR | Korea |
| 48 | 650 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co TW | Taiwan |
| 49 | 636 | Alcatel-Lucent FR | France |
| 50 | 626 | LG Display Co Ltd KR | Korea |