U.S. Patent Assignees with the highest number of patent applications filed in the year 2005
| 1. | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 ARMONK, NY, United States | 5,273 |
| 2. | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Redmond, WA, United States | 3,309 |
| 3. | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 2,817 |
| 4. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, South Korea | 2,406 |
| 5. | Sony Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 2,371 |
| 6. | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 2,195 |
| 7. | INTEL CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 2,097 |
| 8. | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 2,070 |
| 9. | MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 1,804 |
| 10. | FUJITSU LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki, Japan | 1,791 |
| 11. | HITACHI, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,717 |
| 12. | Micron Technology, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Boise, ID, United States | 1,649 |
| 13. | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,506 |
| 14. | LG ELECTRONICS INC. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 1,179 |
| 15. | Infineon Technologies AG | 🇩🇪 Munich, Germany | 1,007 |
| 16. | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 Dallas, TX, United States | 938 |
| 17. | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd | 🇰🇷 , South Korea | 935 |
| 18. | Broadcom Corporation | 🇺🇸 Irvine, CA, United States | 929 |
| 19. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea | 910 |
| 20. | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 🇺🇸 Schenectady, NY, United States | 850 |
| 21. | NOKIA CORPORATION | 🇫🇮 Espoo, Finland | 817 |
| 22. | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 798 |
| 23. | RICOH COMPANY, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 776 |
| 24. | Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 772 |
| 25. | SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 🇩🇪 Munich, Germany | 768 |
| 26. | DENSO CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kariya, Japan | 732 |
| 27. | FUJIFILM CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 710 |
| 28. | Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V. | 🇳🇱 Eindhoven, Netherlands | 660 |
| 29. | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | 🇺🇸 Morristown, NJ, United States | 650 |
| 30. | NEC Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 617 |
| 31. | Eastman Kodak Company | 🇺🇸 Rochester, NY, United States | 614 |
| 32. | GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Detroit, MI, United States | 596 |
| 33. | MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 593 |
| 34. | The Boeing Company | 🇺🇸 Chicago, IL, United States | 585 |
| 35. | Robert Bosch GMBH | 🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany | 557 |
| 36. | Renesas Technology Corp. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 532 |
| 37. | PANASONIC CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 527 |
| 38. | OLYMPUS CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 519 |
| 39. | TDK CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 504 |
| 40. | BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Nagoya-shi, Japan | 493 |
| 41. | SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 492 |
| 42. | QUALCOMM INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 San Diego, CA, United States | 484 |
| 43. | 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY | 🇺🇸 St. Paul, MN, United States | 474 |
| 44. | MOTOROLA, INC. | 🇺🇸 Schaumburg, IL, United States | 463 |
| 45. | Sony Corporation | 🇯🇵 , Japan | 456 |
| 46. | Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V. | 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands | 447 |
| 47. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | 418 |
| 48. | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. | 🇺🇸 Maple Grove, MN, United States | 414 |
| 49. | FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 403 |
| 50. | DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 🇺🇸 TROY, MI, United States | 395 |
| 51. | The Procter &Gamble Company | 🇺🇸 Cincinnati, OH, United States | 392 |
| 52. | BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Nagoya, Japan | 387 |
| 53. | Medtronic, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, MN, United States | 386 |
| 54. | CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 🇺🇸 San Jose, CA, United States | 384 |
| 55. | The Regents of the University of California | 🇺🇸 Oakland, CA, United States | 381 |
| 56. | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd | 🇦🇺 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia | 379 |
| 57. | DENSO CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kariya-city, Japan | 379 |
| 58. | TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 378 |
| 59. | LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 377 |
| 60. | XEROX CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Stamford, CT, United States | 364 |
| 61. | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 , Japan | 359 |
| 62. | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd | 🇦🇺 Balmain, Australia | 358 |
| 63. | LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 🇺🇸 Murray Hill, NJ, United States | 353 |
| 64. | SAP AG | 🇩🇪 Walldorf, Germany | 352 |
| 65. | Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 350 |
| 66. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota-shi, Japan | 339 |
| 67. | Applied Materials, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 335 |
| 68. | FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | 🇺🇸 Dearborn, MI, United States | 330 |
| 69. | BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 🇩🇪 Ludwigshafen, Germany | 322 |
| 70. | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Atsugi-shi, Japan | 322 |
| 71. | ASML Netherlands B.V. | 🇳🇱 Veldhoven, Netherlands | 319 |
| 72. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota, Japan | 310 |
| 73. | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 🇺🇸 Niskayuna, NY, United States | 303 |
| 74. | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Kanagawa-ken, Japan | 303 |
| 75. | Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd. | 🇹🇼 Taipei Hsien, Taiwan | 300 |
| 76. | LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 298 |
| 77. | TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. | 🇹🇼 Hsin-Chu, Taiwan | 291 |
| 78. | INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Wilmington, DE, United States | 285 |
| 79. | INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 🇹🇼 HSINCHU, Taiwan | 278 |
| 80. | HON HAI Precision Industry CO., LTD. | 🇹🇼 Tu-Cheng City, Taiwan | 274 |
| 81. | NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kanagawa, Japan | 273 |
| 82. | E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY | 🇺🇸 Wilmington, DE, United States | 266 |
| 83. | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Redwood Shores, CA, United States | 265 |
| 84. | TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. | 🇹🇼 Hsin-Chu, Taiwan | 261 |
| 85. | FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC | 🇺🇸 Austin, TX, United States | 258 |
| 86. | Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. | 🇯🇵 Kanagawa, Japan | 255 |
| 87. | PIONEER CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 255 |
| 88. | KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. | 🇺🇸 Neenah, WI, United States | 253 |
| 89. | ALCATEL | 🇫🇷 Paris, France | 245 |
| 90. | Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, South Korea | 242 |
| 91. | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | 🇺🇸 Glenview, IL, United States | 242 |
| 92. | SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC | 🇺🇸 Scotts Valley, CA, United States | 241 |
| 93. | Wyeth | 🇺🇸 Madison, NJ, United States | 240 |
| 94. | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | 🇯🇵 Kadoma-shi, Japan | 228 |
| 95. | Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. | 🇰🇷 Suwon, South Korea | 226 |
| 96. | Dongbu Electronics Co., Ltd. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 225 |
| 97. | IGT | 🇺🇸 Reno, NV, United States | 225 |
| 98. | SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. | 🇺🇸 Camas, WA, United States | 223 |
| 99. | SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 222 |
| 100. | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | 🇯🇵 Ohta-ku, Japan | 220 |
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