IFI CLAIMS 2011 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 3000 patent assignees.

Rank Grants Assignee Rank
1
6,180
International Business Machines Corp
2
4,894
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd KR
3
2,821
Canon K K JP
4
2,559
Panasonic Corp JP
5
2,483
Toshiba Corp JP
6
2,311
Microsoft Corp
7
2,286
Sony Corp JP
8
1,533
Seiko Epson Corp JP
9
1,514
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd TW
10
1,465
Hitachi Ltd JP
11
1,448
General Electric Co
12
1,411
LG Electronics Inc KR
13
1,391
Fujitsu Ltd JP
14
1,308
Hewlett-Packard Development Co L P
15
1,248
Ricoh Co Ltd JP
16
1,244
Intel Corp
17
1,164
Broadcom Corp
18
1,095
GM Global Technology Operations LLC
19
1,005
Renesas Electronics Corp JP
20
997
Honda Motor Co Ltd JP
21
994
Toyota Jidosha K K JP
22
980
Cisco Technology Inc
23
971
Fujifilm Corp JP
24
947
Micron Technology Inc
25
935
Hynix Semiconductor Inc KR
26
923
Qualcomm Inc
27
888
Brother Kogyo K K JP
28
880
Xerox Corp
29
872
Sharp K K JP
30
851
Siemens AG DE
31
812
Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd AU
32
794
Texas Instruments Inc
33
780
Honeywell International Inc
34
761
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co Ltd JP
35
721
AT&T Intellectual Property I L P
36
700
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N V NL
37
695
Boeing Co The
38
689
Denso Corp JP
39
676
Apple Inc
40
663
Research In Motion Ltd CA
41
643
LG Display Co Ltd KR
42
622
Bosch, Robert GmbH DE
43
622
NEC Corp JP
44
617
Infineon Technologies AG DE
45
605
Mitsubishi Denki K K JP
46
587
Fuji Xerox Co Ltd JP
47
585
Nokia AB Oy FI
48
534
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute KR
49
529
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson SE
50
523
Du Pont de Nemours, E I & Co