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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