2018 Top 50 US Patent Assignees
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Rankings were compiled on January 2, 2018, using USPTO source data by assignee name.
| Company | 2018 Grants | 2017 Grants | % Change | Previous Rank | Rank Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | International Business Machines Corp | 9,100 | 9,043 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 5,850 | 5,837 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Canon Inc | 3,056 | 3,285 | -7 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Intel Corp | 2,735 | 3,023 | -10 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | LG Electronics Inc | 2,474 | 2,701 | -8 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) Ltd | 2,465 | 2,425 | 2 | 9 | 3 |
| 7 | Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC | 2,353 | 2,441 | -4 | 8 | 1 |
| 8 | Qualcomm Inc | 2,300 | 2,628 | -12 | 6 | -2 |
| 9 | Apple Inc | 2,160 | 2,229 | -3 | 11 | 2 |
| 10 | Ford Global Technologies LLC | 2,123 | 1,868 | 14 | 15 | 5 |
| 11 | Google LLC | 2,070 | 2,457 | -16 | 7 | -4 |
| 12 | Amazon Technologies Inc | 2,035 | 1,963 | 4 | 13 | 1 |
| 13 | Toyota Motor Corp | 1,959 | 1,932 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| 14 | Samsung Display Co Ltd | 1,948 | 2,273 | -14 | 10 | -4 |
| 15 | Sony Corp | 1,688 | 2,135 | -21 | 12 | -3 |
| 16 | Huawei Technologies Co Ltd | 1,680 | 1,474 | 14 | 20 | 4 |
| 17 | BOE Technology Group Co Ltd | 1,634 | 1,413 | 16 | 21 | 4 |
| 18 | General Electric Co | 1,597 | 1,577 | 1 | 16 | -2 |
| 19 | Hyundai Motor Co | 1,369 | 1,304 | 5 | 24 | 5 |
| 20 | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB | 1,353 | 1,552 | -13 | 18 | -2 |
| 21 | Seiko Epson Corp | 1,285 | 1,406 | -9 | 22 | 1 |
| 22 | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co Ltd | 1,254 | 1,338 | -6 | 23 | 1 |
| 23 | Boeing Co | 1,227 | 1,177 | 4 | 26 | 3 |
| 24 | Robert Bosch GmbH | 1,136 | 1,234 | -8 | 25 | 1 |
| 25 | Mitsubishi Electric Corp | 1,106 | 1,151 | -4 | 27 | 2 |
| 26 | Toshiba Corp | 1,104 | 1,555 | -29 | 17 | -9 |
| 27 | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | 1,046 | 1,066 | -2 | 29 | 2 |
| 28 | Ricoh Co Ltd | 1,043 | 1,145 | -9 | 28 | 0 |
| 29 | Fujitsu Ltd | 1,038 | 1,538 | -33 | 19 | -10 |
| 30 | United Technologies Corp | 1,011 | 494 | 105 | 75 | 45 |
| 31 | Denso Corp | 1,003 | 929 | 8 | 35 | 4 |
| 32 | AT&T Intellectual Property I LP | 985 | 946 | 4 | 32 | 0 |
| 33 | Honda Motor Co Ltd | 926 | 910 | 2 | 37 | 4 |
| 34 | Micron Technology Inc | 924 | 802 | 15 | 42 | 8 |
| 35 | Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co Ltd | 870 | 977 | -11 | 30 | -5 |
| 36 | Siemens AG | 870 | 939 | -7 | 34 | -2 |
| 37 | Cisco Technology Inc | 848 | 967 | -12 | 31 | -6 |
| 38 | Koninklijke Philips NV | 844 | 905 | -7 | 38 | 0 |
| 39 | Halliburton Energy Services Inc | 807 | 738 | 9 | 44 | 5 |
| 40 | EMC IP Holding Co LLC | 801 | 646 | 24 | 52 | 12 |
| 41 | SK Hynix Inc | 801 | 942 | -15 | 33 | -8 |
| 42 | Texas Instruments Inc | 785 | 923 | -15 | 36 | -6 |
| 43 | Honeywell International Inc | 749 | 856 | -13 | 39 | -4 |
| 44 | Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd | 743 | 566 | 31 | 67 | 23 |
| 45 | NEC Corp | 715 | 820 | -13 | 41 | -4 |
| 46 | Toshiba Memory Corp | 700 | 216 | 224 | 171 | 125 |
| 47 | Oracle International Corp | 685 | 753 | -9 | 43 | -4 |
| 48 | LG Display Co Ltd | 681 | 605 | 13 | 62 | 14 |
| 49 | Dell Products LP | 668 | 623 | 7 | 58 | 9 |
| 50 | Fujifilm Corp | 658 | 695 | -5 | 47 | -3 |
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