2018 Top 50 US Patent Assignees

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Rankings were compiled on January 2, 2019, 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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