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
26
60
SEW-Eurodrive GmbH and Co KG
27
58
Knorr Bremse Systeme fur Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
28
58
Phoenix Contact GmbH and Co KG
29
55
General Motors LLC
30
50
SKF AB
31
45
Epcos AG
32
45
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
33
44
FANUC Corp
34
44
Intel Corp
35
44
Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
36
44
Technische Universitaet Dresden
37
44
Yazaki Corp
38
42
Suzuki Jidosha Kogyo KK
39
40
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
40
39
Continental Teves AG and Co oHG
41
39
Mann+Hummel GmbH
42
39
Von Ardenne Anlagentechnik GmbH
43
39
ifm electronic GmbH
44
38
GEZE GmbH
45
37
Freudenberg Carl KG
46
35
Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
47
35
Johnson Controls GmbH and Co KG
48
35
LG Electronics Inc
49
35
Qimonda AG
50
33
LG Display Co Ltd

Counts are based on data published as of January 16, 2015.