U.S. Patent Assignees with the highest number of patent applications filed in the year 2006
| 1. | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 ARMONK, NY, United States | 5,306 |
| 2. | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Redmond, WA, United States | 3,903 |
| 3. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, South Korea | 3,172 |
| 4. | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 2,688 |
| 5. | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 2,081 |
| 6. | FUJITSU LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki, Japan | 1,982 |
| 7. | Sony Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,981 |
| 8. | INTEL CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 1,761 |
| 9. | Micron Technology, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Boise, ID, United States | 1,667 |
| 10. | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 1,653 |
| 11. | HITACHI, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,490 |
| 12. | MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 1,407 |
| 13. | LG ELECTRONICS INC. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 1,353 |
| 14. | Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V. | 🇳🇱 Eindhoven, Netherlands | 1,257 |
| 15. | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,251 |
| 16. | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd | 🇰🇷 , South Korea | 1,053 |
| 17. | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 Dallas, TX, United States | 948 |
| 18. | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 🇺🇸 Schenectady, NY, United States | 934 |
| 19. | PANASONIC CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 934 |
| 20. | DENSO CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kariya-city, Japan | 912 |
| 21. | CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 🇺🇸 San Jose, CA, United States | 868 |
| 22. | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 851 |
| 23. | Infineon Technologies AG | 🇩🇪 Munich, Germany | 810 |
| 24. | FUJIFILM CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 780 |
| 25. | Broadcom Corporation | 🇺🇸 Irvine, CA, United States | 767 |
| 26. | RICOH COMPANY, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 765 |
| 27. | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | 🇺🇸 Morristown, NJ, United States | 758 |
| 28. | NOKIA CORPORATION | 🇫🇮 Espoo, Finland | 746 |
| 29. | QUALCOMM INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 San Diego, CA, United States | 717 |
| 30. | SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 🇩🇪 Munich, Germany | 709 |
| 31. | Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 697 |
| 32. | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | 🇯🇵 Ohta-ku, Japan | 636 |
| 33. | DENSO CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kariya, Japan | 628 |
| 34. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | 618 |
| 35. | NEC Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 604 |
| 36. | BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Nagoya-shi, Japan | 583 |
| 37. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea | 577 |
| 38. | Robert Bosch GMBH | 🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany | 549 |
| 39. | MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 543 |
| 40. | LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 541 |
| 41. | Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V. | 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands | 530 |
| 42. | FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 530 |
| 43. | The Boeing Company | 🇺🇸 Chicago, IL, United States | 526 |
| 44. | TDK CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 519 |
| 45. | HON HAI Precision Industry CO., LTD. | 🇹🇼 Tu-Cheng City, Taiwan | 489 |
| 46. | Renesas Technology Corp. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 476 |
| 47. | MOTOROLA, INC. | 🇺🇸 Schaumburg, IL, United States | 462 |
| 48. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota-shi, Japan | 452 |
| 49. | XEROX CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Norwalk, CT, United States | 437 |
| 50. | Eastman Kodak Company | 🇺🇸 Rochester, NY, United States | 428 |
| 51. | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | 🇯🇵 Minato-ku, Japan | 414 |
| 52. | 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY | 🇺🇸 St. Paul, MN, United States | 408 |
| 53. | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 , Japan | 407 |
| 54. | SAP AG | 🇩🇪 Walldorf, Germany | 402 |
| 55. | OLYMPUS CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 399 |
| 56. | SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 395 |
| 57. | XEROX CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Stamford, CT, United States | 386 |
| 58. | ASML Netherlands B.V. | 🇳🇱 Veldhoven, Netherlands | 384 |
| 59. | Medtronic, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, MN, United States | 371 |
| 60. | DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 🇺🇸 TROY, MI, United States | 371 |
| 61. | Applied Materials, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 367 |
| 62. | FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC | 🇺🇸 Austin, TX, United States | 365 |
| 63. | The Regents of the University of California | 🇺🇸 Oakland, CA, United States | 364 |
| 64. | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. | 🇺🇸 Maple Grove, MN, United States | 361 |
| 65. | TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 360 |
| 66. | BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, Japan | 345 |
| 67. | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Atsugi-shi, Japan | 342 |
| 68. | GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Detroit, MI, United States | 339 |
| 69. | The Procter &Gamble Company | 🇺🇸 Cincinnati, OH, United States | 333 |
| 70. | BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 🇩🇪 Ludwigshafen, Germany | 332 |
| 71. | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd | 🇦🇺 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia | 321 |
| 72. | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 🇹🇼 Tu-Cheng, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan | 315 |
| 73. | NIKON CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 307 |
| 74. | INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 🇹🇼 HSINCHU, Taiwan | 299 |
| 75. | FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | 🇺🇸 Dearborn, MI, United States | 294 |
| 76. | Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 293 |
| 77. | NXP B.V. | 🇳🇱 Eindhoven, Netherlands | 290 |
| 78. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota, Japan | 286 |
| 79. | Sony Corporation | 🇯🇵 , Japan | 285 |
| 80. | CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. | 🇺🇸 St. Paul, MN, United States | 281 |
| 81. | INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Wilmington, DE, United States | 271 |
| 82. | NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kanagawa, Japan | 268 |
| 83. | KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 266 |
| 84. | SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Sugar land, TX, United States | 263 |
| 85. | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Redwood Shores, CA, United States | 261 |
| 86. | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | 🇺🇸 Glenview, IL, United States | 253 |
| 87. | Wyeth | 🇺🇸 Madison, NJ, United States | 252 |
| 88. | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. | 🇺🇸 Detroit, MI, United States | 250 |
| 89. | Agere Systems Inc. | 🇺🇸 Allentown, PA, United States | 248 |
| 90. | IGT | 🇺🇸 Reno, NV, United States | 241 |
| 91. | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | 🇯🇵 Kadoma-shi, Japan | 240 |
| 92. | HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. | 🇰🇷 Kyoungki-do, South Korea | 237 |
| 93. | THOMSON LICENSING | 🇫🇷 Boulogne-Billancourt, France | 236 |
| 94. | NTT DOCOMO, INC. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 236 |
| 95. | Funai Electric Co., Ltd. | 🇯🇵 Daito-shi, Japan | 233 |
| 96. | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. | 🇺🇸 Murray Hill, NJ, United States | 232 |
| 97. | Agilent Technologies, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 230 |
| 98. | APPLE INC. | 🇺🇸 Cupertino, CA, United States | 230 |
| 99. | Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. | 🇯🇵 Moriguchi-shi, Japan | 228 |
| 100. | NEC Electronics Corporation | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki, Japan | 224 |
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