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The top assignees, since 1976 is listed based on patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The table below allows for the filtering by type of patents granted (Utility, Design, Plant). This table is updated every Tuesday morning in US Eastern time.

#	Assignee	Patentssorted descending	Forward Citations	Location
1	International Business Machines Corporation	165,348	2,293,356	Armonk, NY (US)
2	Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	119,226	991,613	Suwon, KR
3	Canon Kabushiki Kaisha	91,087	787,072	Tokyo, JP
4	Intel Corporation	55,875	606,761	Santa Clara, CA (US)
5	Sony Corporation	54,503	579,405	Tokyo, JP
6	Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC	52,061	1,093,982	Redmond, WA (US)
7	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba	51,902	598,872	Kawasaki, JP
8	General Electric Company	51,555	741,334	Evendale, OH (US)
9	Lg Electronics Inc.	44,611	332,426	Seoul, KR
10	Qualcomm Incorporated	44,558	284,932	San Diego, CA (US)
11	Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.	42,676	261,306	Hsinchu, TW
12	Hitachi, Ltd.	42,310	632,669	Tokyo, JP
13	Fujitsu Corporation	39,110	406,713	Kawasaki, JP
14	Micron Technology Incorporated	39,086	446,659	Boise, ID (US)
15	Apple Inc.	37,181	681,416	Cupertino, CA (US)
16	Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha	36,650	205,932	Toyota, JP
17	Nec Corporation	36,286	359,043	Tokyo, JP
18	Seiko Epson Corporation	33,382	214,910	Tokyo, JP
19	Google Inc.	31,817	403,333	Mountain View, CA (US)
20	Texas Instruments Corporation	29,787	419,460	Dallas, TX (US)
21	Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.	29,690	675,115	Detroit, MI (US)
22	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	29,663	295,633	Munich, DE
23	Robert Bosch	29,130	222,907	Stuttgart, DE
24	Ricoh Company, Ltd.	28,368	231,611	Tokyo, JP
25	Huawei Technologies Co., Limited	27,110	44,798	Shenzhen, CN
26	Samsung Display Co., Ltd.	27,012	61,583	Yongin, KR
27	Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.p.	26,722	284,120	Spring, TX (US)
28	Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ)	26,713	201,599	Stockholm, SE
29	Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.	25,646	451,705	Osaka, JP
30	Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation	25,146	239,705	Sakai, JP
31	Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC	24,625	175,502	Dearborn, MI (US)
32	Xerox Corporation	23,635	387,403	Norwalk, CT (US)
33	The Boeing Company	22,690	217,798	Arlington, VA (US)
34	Amazon Technologies, Inc.	22,673	346,985	Seattle, WA (US)
35	Eastman-Kodak Company	21,357	321,012	Rochester, NY (US)
36	Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha	21,069	313,396	Tokyo, JP
37	Cisco Technology, Inc.	20,976	289,723	San Jose, CA (US)
38	3M Innovative Properties Company	20,294	515,620	Saint Paul, MN (US)
39	Denso Corporation	20,282	111,868	Kariya, JP
40	Honda Motor Co., Ltd.	19,961	117,518	Tokyo, JP
41	Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.	19,940	244,681	Eindhoven, NL
42	Hyundai Motor Company	18,982	50,962	Seoul, KR
43	Motorola Corporation	18,796	616,090	Schaumburg, IL (US)
44	Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.	18,281	15,942	Beijing, CN
45	Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.	17,917	124,923	New Taipei, TW
46	Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-Kaisha	17,790	71,172	Nagoya, JP
47	At&t Intellectual Property I, LP	16,733	159,651	Atlanta, GA (US)
48	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.	16,591	272,892	Atsugi, JP
49	E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company	16,297	202,927	Wilmington, DE (US)
50	USA as Represented by Secretary of the Navy	16,246	172,423	Arlington, VA (US)
51	Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited	16,059	161,494	Kanagawa, JP
52	Fujifilm Corporation	15,918	61,290	Tokyo, JP
53	University of California	15,776	274,324	Oakland, CA (US)
54	Panasonic Corporation	15,736	91,039	Osaka, JP
55	Mitsubishi Electric Corporation	15,622	41,955	Tokyo, JP
56	Honeywell International Inc.	15,598	170,684	Charlotte, NC (US)
57	Infineon Technologies Ag	14,989	78,393	Neubiberg, DE
58	Dell Products Inc.	14,382	51,386	Round Rock, TX (US)
59	Applied Materials, Inc.	14,171	334,561	Santa Clara, CA (US)
60	The Procter Gamble Company	13,853	405,254	Cincinnati, OH (US)
61	Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	13,732	66,276	Kyoto, JP
62	U.S. Philips Corporation	13,475	223,639	New York, NY (US)
63	Advanced Micro Devices Corporation	13,133	210,125	Santa Clara County, CA (US)
64	Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.	12,733	27,205	Osaka, JP
65	Nissan Motor Company Limited	12,718	155,240	Yokohama, JP
66	Lg Display Co., Ltd.	12,507	36,592	Seoul, KR
67	Bayer Aktiengesellschaft	12,221	103,780	Leverkusen, DE
68	Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.	12,170	140,220	Houston, TX (US)
69	Oracle International Corporation	11,812	125,674	Redwood Shores, CA (US)
70	Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute	11,702	52,481	Daejeon, KR
71	Skhynix Inc.	11,593	19,866	Icheon, KR
72	Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.	11,554	77,004	Tokyo, JP
73	Broadcom Corporation	11,124	99,055	Irvine, CA (US)
74	Basf Aktiengesellschaft	10,747	92,785	Ludwigshafen, DE
75	Schlumberger Technology Corporation	10,675	138,081	Sugar Land, TX (US)
76	United Technologies Corporation	10,645	154,138	Farmington, CT (US)
77	Tokyo Electron Limited	10,608	155,475	Tokyo, JP
78	Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited	10,504	73,681	Osaka, JP
79	Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha	9,478	152,481	Tokyo, JP
80	Meta Platforms, Inc.	9,416	67,992	Menlo Park, CA (US)
81	Hewlett-Packard Company	9,279	290,864	Palo Alto, CA (US)
82	Lucent Technologies Inc.	9,267	299,713	Murray Hill, NJ (US)
83	Industrial Technology Research Institute	9,254	69,388	Hsinchu, TW
84	Caterpillar Inc.	9,109	98,950	Peoria, IL (US)
85	Medtronic, Inc.	8,827	535,037	Minneapolis, MN (US)
86	Commissariat a L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives	8,799	51,973	Paris, FR
87	Seagate Technology Incorporated	8,677	75,873	Fremont, CA (US)
88	US Government as Represented by the Secretary of the Army	8,674	95,927	Washington, DC (US)
89	Nikon Corporation	8,595	92,601	Tokyo, JP
90	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	8,562	235,118	Cambridge, MA (US)
91	Lg Chem, Ltd	8,525	17,013	Seoul, KR
92	Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.	8,322	103,958	Osaka, JP
93	Raytheon Company	8,276	88,379	Arlington, VA (US)
94	Deere & Company	8,269	97,693	Moline, IL (US)
95	Tdk Corporation	8,123	49,448	Tokyo, JP
96	Yazaki Corporation	8,115	66,239	Tokyo, JP
97	Olympus Corporation	8,033	94,407	Tokyo, JP
98	Covidien LP	7,962	745,086	Mansfield, MA (US)
99	Westinghouse Electric Corporation	7,923	132,349	Pittsburgh, PA (US)
100	The Dow Chemical Company	7,654	118,229	Midland, MI (US)
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