U.S. Patent Assignees with the highest number of patent applications filed in the year 2009
| 1. | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 ARMONK, NY, United States | 8,527 |
| 2. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, South Korea | 4,036 |
| 3. | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 3,417 |
| 4. | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Redmond, WA, United States | 3,331 |
| 5. | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 3,142 |
| 6. | Sony Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 2,756 |
| 7. | PANASONIC CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 2,715 |
| 8. | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,959 |
| 9. | FUJITSU LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki, Japan | 1,789 |
| 10. | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 🇹🇼 Tu-Cheng, Taiwan | 1,644 |
| 11. | QUALCOMM INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 San Diego, CA, United States | 1,640 |
| 12. | LG ELECTRONICS INC. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 1,585 |
| 13. | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 🇺🇸 Schenectady, NY, United States | 1,528 |
| 14. | HITACHI, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,445 |
| 15. | FUJIFILM CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,438 |
| 16. | Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V. | 🇳🇱 Eindhoven, Netherlands | 1,419 |
| 17. | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. | 🇺🇸 Detroit, MI, United States | 1,391 |
| 18. | INTEL CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 1,383 |
| 19. | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | 🇺🇸 Morristown, NJ, United States | 1,152 |
| 20. | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,085 |
| 21. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota-shi, Japan | 1,032 |
| 22. | Broadcom Corporation | 🇺🇸 Irvine, CA, United States | 1,023 |
| 23. | DENSO CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kariya-city, Japan | 1,002 |
| 24. | Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 980 |
| 25. | RICOH COMPANY, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 979 |
| 26. | FUJITSU LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki-shi, Japan | 954 |
| 27. | MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 950 |
| 28. | APPLE INC. | 🇺🇸 Cupertino, CA, United States | 944 |
| 29. | NEC Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 932 |
| 30. | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 Dallas, TX, United States | 929 |
| 31. | Micron Technology, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Boise, ID, United States | 849 |
| 32. | SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 🇩🇪 Munich, Germany | 839 |
| 33. | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 812 |
| 34. | XEROX CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Norwalk, CT, United States | 811 |
| 35. | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd | 🇰🇷 , South Korea | 798 |
| 36. | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC | 🇺🇸 Detroit, MI, United States | 796 |
| 37. | The Boeing Company | 🇺🇸 Chicago, IL, United States | 762 |
| 38. | Robert Bosch GMBH | 🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany | 756 |
| 39. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea | 733 |
| 40. | DENSO CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kariya, Japan | 724 |
| 41. | Yahoo! Inc. | 🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, CA, United States | 681 |
| 42. | CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 🇺🇸 San Jose, CA, United States | 668 |
| 43. | INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG | 🇩🇪 Neubiberg, Germany | 633 |
| 44. | MOTOROLA, INC. | 🇺🇸 Schaumburg, IL, United States | 620 |
| 45. | HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China | 612 |
| 46. | BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Nagoya-shi, Japan | 609 |
| 47. | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd | 🇦🇺 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia | 596 |
| 48. | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 🇹🇼 Tu-Cheng, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan | 583 |
| 49. | FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 583 |
| 50. | MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 TOKYO, Japan | 581 |
| 51. | INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 🇹🇼 HSINCHU, Taiwan | 566 |
| 52. | HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen City, China | 554 |
| 53. | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute | 🇰🇷 Daejeon, South Korea | 549 |
| 54. | NOKIA CORPORATION | 🇫🇮 Espoo, Finland | 545 |
| 55. | BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, Japan | 542 |
| 56. | AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP | 🇺🇸 Atlanta, GA, United States | 537 |
| 57. | SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Sugar land, TX, United States | 529 |
| 58. | BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 525 |
| 59. | NIKON CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 521 |
| 60. | TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 519 |
| 61. | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 🇹🇼 Tu-Cheng, New Taipei, Taiwan | 514 |
| 62. | Hyundai Motor Company | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 499 |
| 63. | Applied Materials, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 497 |
| 64. | HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. | 🇰🇷 Icheon-si, South Korea | 475 |
| 65. | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Redwood Shores, CA, United States | 463 |
| 66. | The Regents of the University of California | 🇺🇸 Oakland, CA, United States | 462 |
| 67. | Research In Motion Limited | 🇨🇦 Waterloo, Canada | 460 |
| 68. | ALCATEL LUCENT | 🇫🇷 Paris, France | 455 |
| 69. | FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC | 🇺🇸 Austin, TX, United States | 453 |
| 70. | Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 438 |
| 71. | OLYMPUS CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 431 |
| 72. | FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | 🇺🇸 Dearborn, MI, United States | 420 |
| 73. | Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China | 417 |
| 74. | NXP B.V. | 🇳🇱 Eindhoven, Netherlands | 416 |
| 75. | SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 🇩🇪 Munchen, Germany | 410 |
| 76. | LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 408 |
| 77. | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. | 🇺🇸 Maple Grove, MN, United States | 405 |
| 78. | BASF SE | 🇩🇪 Ludwigshafen, Germany | 405 |
| 79. | TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) | 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden | 391 |
| 80. | Caterpillar Inc. | 🇺🇸 Peoria, IL, United States | 390 |
| 81. | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Atsugi-shi, Japan | 383 |
| 82. | NEC Electronics Corporation | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki, Japan | 377 |
| 83. | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Hartford, CT, United States | 377 |
| 84. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | 367 |
| 85. | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan | 366 |
| 86. | E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY | 🇺🇸 Wilmington, DE, United States | 366 |
| 87. | SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 360 |
| 88. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota, Japan | 356 |
| 89. | MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC. | 🇺🇸 St. Louis, MO, United States | 350 |
| 90. | SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB | 🇸🇪 Lund, Sweden | 336 |
| 91. | Medtronic, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, MN, United States | 333 |
| 92. | FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | 🇹🇼 Tu-Cheng, Taiwan | 333 |
| 93. | SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon, South Korea | 325 |
| 94. | TDK CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 320 |
| 95. | ROHM CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan | 316 |
| 96. | Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd. | 🇹🇼 Taipei Hsien, Taiwan | 311 |
| 97. | SAP AG | 🇩🇪 Walldorf, Germany | 304 |
| 98. | RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 302 |
| 99. | Elpida Memory, Inc. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 302 |
| 100. | SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 300 |
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