U.S. Patent Assignees with the highest number of patent applications filed in the year 2007
| 1. | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 ARMONK, NY, United States | 5,068 |
| 2. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, South Korea | 4,020 |
| 3. | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Redmond, WA, United States | 3,173 |
| 4. | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 2,612 |
| 5. | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 2,292 |
| 6. | Sony Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 2,276 |
| 7. | FUJITSU LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki, Japan | 2,071 |
| 8. | PANASONIC CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 1,474 |
| 9. | HITACHI, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,472 |
| 10. | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,466 |
| 11. | INTEL CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 1,446 |
| 12. | LG ELECTRONICS INC. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 1,297 |
| 13. | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 🇺🇸 Schenectady, NY, United States | 1,281 |
| 14. | Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V. | 🇳🇱 Eindhoven, Netherlands | 1,228 |
| 15. | MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 1,223 |
| 16. | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd | 🇰🇷 , South Korea | 1,207 |
| 17. | DENSO CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kariya-city, Japan | 1,120 |
| 18. | Micron Technology, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Boise, ID, United States | 1,022 |
| 19. | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | 🇺🇸 Morristown, NJ, United States | 1,021 |
| 20. | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 1,015 |
| 21. | FUJIFILM CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 956 |
| 22. | QUALCOMM INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 San Diego, CA, United States | 919 |
| 23. | CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 🇺🇸 San Jose, CA, United States | 917 |
| 24. | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 912 |
| 25. | RICOH COMPANY, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 888 |
| 26. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea | 798 |
| 27. | SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 🇩🇪 Munich, Germany | 754 |
| 28. | Broadcom Corporation | 🇺🇸 Irvine, CA, United States | 742 |
| 29. | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 Dallas, TX, United States | 729 |
| 30. | DENSO CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kariya, Japan | 698 |
| 31. | XEROX CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Norwalk, CT, United States | 698 |
| 32. | LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 692 |
| 33. | BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Nagoya-shi, Japan | 686 |
| 34. | FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 681 |
| 35. | Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 649 |
| 36. | The Boeing Company | 🇺🇸 Chicago, IL, United States | 636 |
| 37. | NOKIA CORPORATION | 🇫🇮 Espoo, Finland | 625 |
| 38. | Infineon Technologies AG | 🇩🇪 Munich, Germany | 604 |
| 39. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | 596 |
| 40. | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 🇹🇼 Tu-Cheng, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan | 585 |
| 41. | NEC Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 572 |
| 42. | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. | 🇺🇸 Detroit, MI, United States | 566 |
| 43. | Robert Bosch GMBH | 🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany | 557 |
| 44. | BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, Japan | 546 |
| 45. | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd | 🇦🇺 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia | 534 |
| 46. | MOTOROLA, INC. | 🇺🇸 Schaumburg, IL, United States | 525 |
| 47. | FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC | 🇺🇸 Austin, TX, United States | 512 |
| 48. | TDK CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 498 |
| 49. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota-shi, Japan | 495 |
| 50. | SAP AG | 🇩🇪 Walldorf, Germany | 471 |
| 51. | Applied Materials, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 454 |
| 52. | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | 🇯🇵 Minato-ku, Japan | 451 |
| 53. | INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 🇹🇼 HSINCHU, Taiwan | 441 |
| 54. | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 🇹🇼 Tu-Cheng, Taiwan | 439 |
| 55. | Renesas Technology Corp. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 434 |
| 56. | Medtronic, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, MN, United States | 432 |
| 57. | TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 428 |
| 58. | BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 🇩🇪 Ludwigshafen, Germany | 413 |
| 59. | FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | 🇺🇸 Dearborn, MI, United States | 403 |
| 60. | 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY | 🇺🇸 St. Paul, MN, United States | 402 |
| 61. | OLYMPUS CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 397 |
| 62. | APPLE INC. | 🇺🇸 Cupertino, CA, United States | 390 |
| 63. | The Regents of the University of California | 🇺🇸 Oakland, CA, United States | 388 |
| 64. | ALCATEL LUCENT | 🇫🇷 Paris, France | 386 |
| 65. | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. | 🇺🇸 Maple Grove, MN, United States | 380 |
| 66. | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Redwood Shores, CA, United States | 378 |
| 67. | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Atsugi-shi, Japan | 368 |
| 68. | NIKON CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 343 |
| 69. | SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 340 |
| 70. | MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 TOKYO, Japan | 339 |
| 71. | Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V. | 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, Netherlands | 328 |
| 72. | XEROX CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Stamford, CT, United States | 327 |
| 73. | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 🇹🇼 Taipei Hsien, Taiwan | 326 |
| 74. | NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kanagawa, Japan | 326 |
| 75. | ASML Netherlands B.V. | 🇳🇱 Veldhoven, Netherlands | 325 |
| 76. | The Procter &Gamble Company | 🇺🇸 Cincinnati, OH, United States | 320 |
| 77. | Research In Motion Limited | 🇨🇦 Waterloo, Canada | 319 |
| 78. | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan | 315 |
| 79. | DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 🇺🇸 TROY, MI, United States | 314 |
| 80. | MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 310 |
| 81. | Eastman Kodak Company | 🇺🇸 Rochester, NY, United States | 300 |
| 82. | HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China | 297 |
| 83. | SBC Knowledge Ventures L.P. | 🇺🇸 Reno, NV, United States | 294 |
| 84. | KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 289 |
| 85. | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 🇺🇸 Niskayuna, NY, United States | 287 |
| 86. | Research In Motion Limited | 🇨🇦 Waterloo Ontario, Canada | 286 |
| 87. | Sony Corporation | 🇯🇵 , Japan | 282 |
| 88. | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 , Japan | 279 |
| 89. | SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Sugar land, TX, United States | 278 |
| 90. | Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 277 |
| 91. | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute | 🇰🇷 Daejeon, South Korea | 271 |
| 92. | HON HAI Precision Industry CO., LTD. | 🇹🇼 Tu-Cheng City, Taiwan | 265 |
| 93. | Wyeth | 🇺🇸 Madison, NJ, United States | 263 |
| 94. | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. | 🇺🇸 Murray Hill, NJ, United States | 263 |
| 95. | SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 261 |
| 96. | Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, South Korea | 258 |
| 97. | BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 256 |
| 98. | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Kanagawa-ken, Japan | 253 |
| 99. | INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Wilmington, DE, United States | 248 |
| 100. | Yahoo! Inc. | 🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, CA, United States | 247 |
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