2019 Top 50 US Patent Assignees

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As of January 8, 2020

Organization 2019 Grants 2018 Grants % Change Rank Change
1
International Business Machines Corp
9,262
9,100
2 0
2
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
6,469
5,850
11 0
3
Canon Inc
3,548
3,056
16 0
4
Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC
3,081
2,353
31 3
5
Intel Corp
3,020
2,735
10 -1
6
LG Electronics Inc
2,805
2,474
14 -1
7
Apple Inc
2,490
2,160
15 2
8
Ford Global Technologies LLC
2,468
2,123
16 2
9
Amazon Technologies Inc
2,427
2,035
19 3
10
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
2,418
1,680
44 6
11
Qualcomm Inc
2,348
2,300
2 -3
12
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co TSMC Ltd
2,331
2,465
-5 -6
13
BOE Technology Group Co Ltd
2,177
1,634
33 4
14
Sony Corp
2,142
1,688
27 1
15
Google LLC
2,102
2,070
2 -4
16
Toyota Motor Corp
2,034
1,959
4 -3
17
Samsung Display Co Ltd
1,946
1,948
0 -3
18
General Electric Co
1,818
1,597
14 0
19
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB
1,607
1,353
19 1
20
Hyundai Motor Co
1,504
1,369
10 -1
21
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co Ltd
1,387
1,254
11 1
22
Boeing Co
1,383
1,227
13 1
23
Seiko Epson Corp
1,345
1,285
5 -2
24
GM Global Technology Operations LLC
1,285
1,046
23 3
25
Micron Technology Inc
1,268
924
37 9
26
United Technologies Corp
1,252
1,011
24 4
27
Mitsubishi Electric Corp
1,244
1,106
13 -2
28
Toshiba Corp
1,170
1,104
6 -2
29
AT&T Intellectual Property I LP
1,158
985
18 3
30
Robert Bosch GmbH
1,107
1,136
-3 -6
31
Honda Motor Co Ltd
1,080
926
17 2
32
Denso Corp
1,052
1,003
5 -1
33
Cisco Technology Inc
1,050
848
24 4
34
Halliburton Energy Services Inc
1,020
807
26 5
35
Fujitsu Ltd
1,008
1,038
-3 -6
36
Facebook Inc
989
602
64 22
37
Ricoh Co Ltd
980
1,043
-6 -9
38
Koninklijke Philips NV
973
844
15 0
39
EMC IP Holding Co LLC
926
801
16 1
40
NEC Corp
923
715
29 5
41
Kia Motors Corp
921
349
164 55
42
Texas Instruments Inc
894
785
14 0
43
LG Display Co Ltd
865
681
27 5
44
Oracle International Corp
847
685
24 3
45
Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd
842
743
13 -1
46
Sharp Corp
819
643
27 5
47
SK Hynix Inc
798
801
0 -6
48
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
794
428
86 28
49
Fujifilm Corp
791
658
21 1
50
LG Chem Ltd
791
621
28 4