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	165,614	2,302,434	Armonk, NY (US)
2	Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	119,227	1,001,179	Suwon, KR
3	Canon Kabushiki Kaisha	91,468	791,220	Tokyo, JP
4	Intel Corporation	56,082	610,022	Santa Clara, CA (US)
5	Sony Corporation	54,505	581,859	Tokyo, JP
6	Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC	52,238	1,098,075	Redmond, WA (US)
7	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba	51,977	600,951	Kawasaki, JP
8	General Electric Company	51,621	745,214	Evendale, OH (US)
9	Qualcomm Incorporated	44,999	287,760	San Diego, CA (US)
10	Lg Electronics Inc.	44,829	336,209	Seoul, KR
11	Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.	42,962	264,619	Hsinchu, TW
12	Hitachi, Ltd.	42,339	634,306	Tokyo, JP
13	Micron Technology Incorporated	39,278	448,368	Boise, ID (US)
14	Fujitsu Corporation	39,125	407,915	Kawasaki, JP
15	Apple Inc.	37,442	692,081	Cupertino, CA (US)
16	Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha	36,958	208,052	Toyota, JP
17	Nec Corporation	36,397	359,906	Tokyo, JP
18	Seiko Epson Corporation	33,510	215,725	Tokyo, JP
19	Google Inc.	31,986	408,781	Mountain View, CA (US)
20	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	30,246	301,815	Munich, DE
21	Texas Instruments Corporation	29,874	420,775	Dallas, TX (US)
22	Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.	29,851	678,532	Detroit, MI (US)
23	Robert Bosch	29,256	224,153	Stuttgart, DE
24	Ricoh Company, Ltd.	28,419	232,283	Tokyo, JP
25	Huawei Technologies Co., Limited	27,111	45,924	Shenzhen, CN
26	Samsung Display Co., Ltd.	27,013	63,228	Yongin, KR
27	Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ)	26,906	202,473	Stockholm, SE
28	Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.p.	26,760	285,251	Spring, TX (US)
29	Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.	25,646	452,727	Osaka, JP
30	Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation	25,204	240,914	Sakai, JP
31	Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC	24,717	177,572	Dearborn, MI (US)
32	Xerox Corporation	23,640	388,181	Norwalk, CT (US)
33	Amazon Technologies, Inc.	22,803	353,471	Seattle, WA (US)
34	The Boeing Company	22,784	219,642	Arlington, VA (US)
35	Eastman-Kodak Company	21,358	321,859	Rochester, NY (US)
36	Cisco Technology, Inc.	21,102	291,570	San Jose, CA (US)
37	Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha	21,069	314,401	Tokyo, JP
38	Denso Corporation	20,368	112,555	Kariya, JP
39	3M Innovative Properties Company	20,342	517,918	Saint Paul, MN (US)
40	Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.	19,996	246,741	Eindhoven, NL
41	Honda Motor Co., Ltd.	19,961	118,962	Tokyo, JP
42	Hyundai Motor Company	19,235	51,899	Seoul, KR
43	Motorola Corporation	18,796	617,605	Schaumburg, IL (US)
44	Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.	18,283	16,285	Beijing, CN
45	Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.	17,917	125,655	New Taipei, TW
46	Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-Kaisha	17,824	71,361	Nagoya, JP
47	At&t Intellectual Property I, LP	16,782	160,517	Atlanta, GA (US)
48	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.	16,591	274,270	Atsugi, JP
49	E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company	16,297	203,438	Wilmington, DE (US)
50	USA as Represented by Secretary of the Navy	16,264	173,124	Arlington, VA (US)
51	Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited	16,059	161,832	Kanagawa, JP
52	Fujifilm Corporation	16,023	62,109	Tokyo, JP
53	University of California	15,859	275,762	Oakland, CA (US)
54	Panasonic Corporation	15,736	91,654	Osaka, JP
55	Mitsubishi Electric Corporation	15,708	42,698	Tokyo, JP
56	Honeywell International Inc.	15,645	171,924	Charlotte, NC (US)
57	Infineon Technologies Ag	15,024	78,791	Neubiberg, DE
58	Dell Products Inc.	14,689	52,334	Round Rock, TX (US)
59	Applied Materials, Inc.	14,275	337,159	Santa Clara, CA (US)
60	The Procter Gamble Company	13,853	407,538	Cincinnati, OH (US)
61	Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	13,732	66,959	Kyoto, JP
62	U.S. Philips Corporation	13,475	224,828	New York, NY (US)
63	Advanced Micro Devices Corporation	13,172	210,883	Santa Clara County, CA (US)
64	Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.	12,733	27,793	Osaka, JP
65	Nissan Motor Company Limited	12,718	155,907	Yokohama, JP
66	Lg Display Co., Ltd.	12,507	37,374	Seoul, KR
67	Bayer Aktiengesellschaft	12,267	104,531	Leverkusen, DE
68	Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.	12,224	141,190	Houston, TX (US)
69	Oracle International Corporation	11,891	126,791	Redwood Shores, CA (US)
70	Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute	11,784	52,912	Daejeon, KR
71	Skhynix Inc.	11,695	20,367	Icheon, KR
72	Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.	11,554	77,344	Tokyo, JP
73	Broadcom Corporation	11,124	99,394	Irvine, CA (US)
74	Basf Aktiengesellschaft	10,809	93,321	Ludwigshafen, DE
75	Schlumberger Technology Corporation	10,740	138,834	Sugar Land, TX (US)
76	Tokyo Electron Limited	10,700	156,558	Tokyo, JP
77	United Technologies Corporation	10,645	155,046	Farmington, CT (US)
78	Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited	10,542	74,008	Osaka, JP
79	Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha	9,478	153,268	Tokyo, JP
80	Meta Platforms, Inc.	9,421	69,259	Menlo Park, CA (US)
81	Hewlett-Packard Company	9,279	291,469	Palo Alto, CA (US)
82	Industrial Technology Research Institute	9,271	69,649	Hsinchu, TW
83	Lucent Technologies Inc.	9,267	300,408	Murray Hill, NJ (US)
84	Caterpillar Inc.	9,162	99,764	Peoria, IL (US)
85	Medtronic, Inc.	8,860	538,575	Minneapolis, MN (US)
86	Commissariat a L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives	8,834	52,213	Paris, FR
87	Seagate Technology Incorporated	8,686	76,200	Fremont, CA (US)
88	US Government as Represented by the Secretary of the Army	8,686	96,404	Washington, DC (US)
89	Nikon Corporation	8,600	92,898	Tokyo, JP
90	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	8,594	236,208	Cambridge, MA (US)
91	Lg Chem, Ltd	8,574	17,362	Seoul, KR
92	Deere & Company	8,338	99,076	Moline, IL (US)
93	Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.	8,322	104,415	Osaka, JP
94	Raytheon Company	8,290	88,939	Arlington, VA (US)
95	Tdk Corporation	8,165	49,683	Tokyo, JP
96	Yazaki Corporation	8,157	66,758	Tokyo, JP
97	Olympus Corporation	8,045	94,758	Tokyo, JP
98	Covidien LP	7,991	746,413	Mansfield, MA (US)
99	Westinghouse Electric Corporation	7,923	132,630	Pittsburgh, PA (US)
100	Renesas Electronics Corporation	7,659	19,836	Tokyo, JP
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