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 |
| 51 | Brother Industries Ltd | 782 | 612 | 28 | 6 |
| 52 | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP | 770 | 545 | 41 | 14 |
| 54 | Toshiba Memory Corp | 725 | 700 | 4 | -8 |
| 53 | Siemens AG | 725 | 870 | -17 | -17 |
| 55 | Honeywell International Inc | 702 | 749 | -6 | -12 |
| 56 | Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co Ltd | 700 | 870 | -20 | -21 |
| 57 | Dell Products LP | 699 | 668 | 5 | -8 |
| 58 | University of California | 696 | 576 | 21 | 4 |
| 59 | Japan Display Inc | 684 | 614 | 11 | -4 |
| 60 | FANUC Corp | 665 | 388 | 71 | 28 |
| 61 | Olympus Corp | 636 | 600 | 6 | -2 |
| 62 | Infineon Technologies AG | 632 | 614 | 3 | -6 |
| 63 | Applied Materials Inc | 626 | 478 | 31 | 6 |
| 64 | Capital One Services LLC | 617 | 162 | 281 | 149 |
| 65 | Konica Minolta Inc | 612 | 589 | 4 | -5 |
| 66 | GlobalFoundries Inc | 597 | 635 | -6 | -14 |
| 68 | Covidien LP | 592 | 550 | 8 | -3 |
| 69 | Schlumberger Technology Corp | 592 | 350 | 69 | 26 |
| 67 | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc | 592 | 587 | 1 | -6 |
| 70 | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute | 588 | 514 | 14 | -2 |
| 71 | 3M Innovative Properties Co | 585 | 564 | 4 | -7 |
| 72 | SAP SE | 584 | 388 | 51 | 15 |
| 73 | Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd | 550 | 623 | -12 | -20 |
| 74 | Fuji Xerox Co Ltd | 544 | 524 | 4 | -7 |
| 75 | Renesas Electronics Corp | 516 | 566 | -9 | -12 |
| 76 | Hitachi Ltd | 506 | 411 | 23 | 4 |
| 77 | Saudi Arabian Oil Co | 501 | 291 | 72 | 48 |
| 78 | Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd | 495 | 327 | 51 | 27 |
| 79 | Adobe Inc | 479 | 343 | 40 | 20 |
| 80 | Procter and Gamble Co | 469 | 451 | 4 | -10 |
| 81 | Intel IP Corp | 467 | 447 | 4 | -10 |
| 82 | Nike Inc | 466 | 386 | 21 | 7 |
| 83 | Baker Hughes Inc | 460 | 434 | 6 | -8 |
| 84 | Kyocera Corp | 459 | 440 | 4 | -11 |
| 85 | Ethicon LLC | 458 | 239 | 92 | 58 |
| 86 | VMware Inc | 456 | 323 | 41 | 22 |
| 87 | Commissariat a lEnergie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives | 435 | 437 | 0 | -13 |
| 88 | Monsanto Technology LLC | 434 | 406 | 7 | -7 |
| 89 | Nokia Technologies Oy | 428 | 417 | 3 | -11 |
| 90 | Samsung Electro Mechanics Co Ltd | 417 | 329 | 27 | 14 |
| 92 | Tencent Technology Shenzhen Co Ltd | 416 | 320 | 30 | 17 |
| 91 | Siemens Healthcare GmbH | 416 | 173 | 140 | 109 |
| 94 | Bank of America Corp | 414 | 318 | 30 | 17 |
| 93 | Walmart Apollo LLC | 414 | 131 | 216 | 192 |
| 95 | BASF SE | 411 | 367 | 12 | -2 |
| 96 | FutureWei Technologies Inc | 409 | 351 | 17 | -2 |
| 97 | Tokyo Electron Ltd | 409 | 380 | 8 | -6 |
| 98 | Western Digital Technologies Inc | 407 | 304 | 34 | 17 |
| 99 | LG Innotek Co Ltd | 402 | 422 | -5 | -22 |
| 100 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 401 | 348 | 15 | -3 |