1. Qualcomm Incorporated (44 from 41,770 patents)

2. International Business Machines Corporation (2 from 164,271 patents)

3. Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC (1 from 54,820 patents)

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11. 9477478 - Multi level indirect predictor using confidence counter and program counter address filter scheme

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13. 9411590 - Method to improve speed of executing return branch instructions in a processor

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15. 9317293 - Establishing a branch target instruction cache (BTIC) entry for subroutine returns to reduce execution pipeline bubbles, and related systems, methods, and computer-readable media