2017 Top 50 US Patent Assignees

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Company 2017 Grants 2016 Grants % Change Previous Rank Rank Change
1 		International Business Machines Corp
9,043
8,090 		12
1 		0
2 		Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
5,837
5,521 		6
2 		0
3 		Canon KK
3,285
3,665 		-10
3 		0
4 		Intel Corp
3,023
2,793 		9
6 		2
5 		LG Electronics Inc
2,701
2,430 		11
7 		2
6 		Qualcomm Inc
2,628
2,925 		-9
4 		-2
7 		Google LLC
2,457
2,842 		-13
5 		-2
8 		Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC
2,441
2,410 		2
8 		0
9 		Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) Ltd
2,425
2,288 		6
9 		0
10 		Samsung Display Co Ltd
2,273
2,025 		12
12 		2
11 		Apple Inc
2,229
2,103 		6
11 		0
12 		Sony Corp
2,135
2,184 		-2
10 		-2
13 		Amazon Technologies Inc
1,963
1,672 		18
14 		1
14 		Toyota Motor Corp
1,932
1,430 		36
20 		6
15 		Ford Global Technologies LLC
1,868
1,525 		23
19 		4
16 		General Electric Co
1,577
1,660 		-4
15 		-1
17 		Toshiba Corp
1,555
1,965 		-20
13 		-4
18 		Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
1,552
1,552 		0
18 		0
19 		Fujitsu Ltd
1,538
1,568 		-2
17 		-2
20 		Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
1,474
1,202 		23
25 		5
21 		BOE Technology Group Co Ltd
1,413
870 		62
40 		19
22 		Seiko Epson Corp
1,406
1,650 		-15
16 		-6
23 		Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co Ltd
1,338
1,400 		-4
23 		0
24 		Hyundai Motor Co
1,304
1,036 		26
31 		7
25 		Robert Bosch GmbH
1,234
1,209 		2
24 		-1
26 		Boeing Co
1,177
1,055 		12
29 		3
27 		Mitsubishi Electric Corp
1,151
1,016 		13
32 		5
28 		Ricoh Co Ltd
1,145
1,412 		-19
21 		-7
29 		GM Global Technology Operations LLC
1,066
1,124 		-5
27 		-2
30 		Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co Ltd
977
1,054 		-7
30 		0
31 		Cisco Technology Inc
967
978 		-1
34 		3
32 		AT&T Intellectual Property I LP
946
922 		3
36 		4
33 		SK Hynix Inc
942
1,126 		-16
26 		-7
34 		Siemens AG
939
985 		-5
33 		-1
35 		Denso Corp
929
757 		23
46 		11
36 		Texas Instruments Inc
923
888 		4
39 		3
37 		Honda Motor Co Ltd
910
922 		-1
36 		-1
38 		Koninklijke Philips NV
905
1,070 		-15
28 		-10
39 		Honeywell International Inc
856
673 		27
51 		12
40 		GlobalFoundries Inc
853
1,410 		-39
22 		-18
41 		NEC Corp
820
890 		-8
38 		-3
42 		Micron Technology Inc
802
863 		-7
41 		-1
43 		Oracle International Corp
753
667 		14
52 		9
44 		Halliburton Energy Services Inc
738
552 		35
66 		22
45 		Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd
708
531 		44
67 		22
46 		Brother Industries Ltd
705
927 		-24
35 		-11
47 		FUJIFILM Corp
695
699 		-1
49 		2
48 		Sharp Corp
684
830 		-17
42 		-6
49 		Infineon Technologies AG
680
618 		10
57 		8
50 		Facebook Inc
660
445 		49
85 		35

Rankings were compiled using the USPTO source-data by current company or assignee name on file at the USPTO.

2017 Grant counts are based on data available as of January 1, 2018.
2016 Grant counts are based on rankings produced on January 7, 2017.

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