U.S. Patent Assignees with the highest number of patent applications filed in the year 2010
| 1. | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 ARMONK, NY, United States | 4,840 |
| 2. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, South Korea | 3,951 |
| 3. | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 3,308 |
| 4. | PANASONIC CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 3,029 |
| 5. | Sony Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 3,018 |
| 6. | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Redmond, WA, United States | 2,764 |
| 7. | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 2,746 |
| 8. | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 🇺🇸 Schenectady, NY, United States | 1,987 |
| 9. | QUALCOMM INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 San Diego, CA, United States | 1,976 |
| 10. | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 🇹🇼 Tu-Cheng, Taiwan | 1,957 |
| 11. | LG ELECTRONICS INC. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 1,952 |
| 12. | Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V. | 🇳🇱 Eindhoven, Netherlands | 1,908 |
| 13. | FUJITSU LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki, Japan | 1,882 |
| 14. | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,489 |
| 15. | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. | 🇺🇸 Detroit, MI, United States | 1,414 |
| 16. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota-shi, Japan | 1,155 |
| 17. | APPLE INC. | 🇺🇸 Cupertino, CA, United States | 1,091 |
| 18. | FUJIFILM CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,074 |
| 19. | XEROX CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Norwalk, CT, United States | 1,046 |
| 20. | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute | 🇰🇷 Daejeon, South Korea | 1,029 |
| 21. | INTEL CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 1,027 |
| 22. | Robert Bosch GMBH | 🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany | 1,019 |
| 23. | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | 🇺🇸 Morristown, NJ, United States | 1,018 |
| 24. | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,017 |
| 25. | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd | 🇰🇷 , South Korea | 999 |
| 26. | FUJITSU LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki-shi, Japan | 993 |
| 27. | NEC Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 980 |
| 28. | Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 979 |
| 29. | HITACHI, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 965 |
| 30. | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC | 🇺🇸 Detroit, MI, United States | 957 |
| 31. | Micron Technology, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Boise, ID, United States | 909 |
| 32. | Broadcom Corporation | 🇺🇸 Irvine, CA, United States | 900 |
| 33. | BASF SE | 🇩🇪 Ludwigshafen, Germany | 853 |
| 34. | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 Dallas, TX, United States | 838 |
| 35. | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 🇹🇼 Tu-Cheng, New Taipei, Taiwan | 833 |
| 36. | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 798 |
| 37. | NOKIA CORPORATION | 🇫🇮 Espoo, Finland | 796 |
| 38. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea | 755 |
| 39. | AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP | 🇺🇸 Atlanta, GA, United States | 741 |
| 40. | The Boeing Company | 🇺🇸 Chicago, IL, United States | 719 |
| 41. | SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 🇩🇪 Munich, Germany | 708 |
| 42. | FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 691 |
| 43. | Research In Motion Limited | 🇨🇦 Waterloo, Canada | 681 |
| 44. | DENSO CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kariya-city, Japan | 657 |
| 45. | HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen City, China | 655 |
| 46. | AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LP | 🇺🇸 Reno, NV, United States | 626 |
| 47. | TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) | 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden | 620 |
| 48. | MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 TOKYO, Japan | 619 |
| 49. | Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ) | 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden | 607 |
| 50. | RICOH COMPANY, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 607 |
| 51. | HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China | 582 |
| 52. | CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 🇺🇸 San Jose, CA, United States | 576 |
| 53. | E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY | 🇺🇸 Wilmington, DE, United States | 570 |
| 54. | The Regents of the University of California | 🇺🇸 Oakland, CA, United States | 568 |
| 55. | NXP B.V. | 🇳🇱 Eindhoven, Netherlands | 563 |
| 56. | DENSO CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kariya, Japan | 560 |
| 57. | INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 🇹🇼 HSINCHU, Taiwan | 560 |
| 58. | LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 538 |
| 59. | SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Sugar land, TX, United States | 528 |
| 60. | FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC | 🇺🇸 Austin, TX, United States | 527 |
| 61. | FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | 🇺🇸 Dearborn, MI, United States | 526 |
| 62. | BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Nagoya-shi, Japan | 519 |
| 63. | Yahoo! Inc. | 🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, CA, United States | 508 |
| 64. | Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China | 501 |
| 65. | Medtronic, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, MN, United States | 500 |
| 66. | INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG | 🇩🇪 Neubiberg, Germany | 500 |
| 67. | MOTOROLA, INC. | 🇺🇸 Schaumburg, IL, United States | 498 |
| 68. | BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 496 |
| 69. | TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 491 |
| 70. | Applied Materials, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 478 |
| 71. | HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. | 🇰🇷 Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | 472 |
| 72. | BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, Japan | 463 |
| 73. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | 456 |
| 74. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, Japan | 455 |
| 75. | KYOCERA CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan | 451 |
| 76. | OLYMPUS CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 440 |
| 77. | SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 🇩🇪 Munchen, Germany | 431 |
| 78. | Koninklijke Philips N.V. | 🇳🇱 Eindhoven, Netherlands | 426 |
| 79. | 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY | 🇺🇸 St. Paul, MN, United States | 421 |
| 80. | TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. | 🇹🇼 Hsin-Chu, Taiwan | 419 |
| 81. | SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC | 🇺🇸 Scotts Valley, CA, United States | 417 |
| 82. | SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 405 |
| 83. | MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 401 |
| 84. | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. | 🇺🇸 Maple Grove, MN, United States | 397 |
| 85. | NIKON CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 394 |
| 86. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota, Japan | 390 |
| 87. | Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 389 |
| 88. | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan | 388 |
| 89. | RAYTHEON COMPANY | 🇺🇸 Waltham, MA, United States | 385 |
| 90. | RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kanagawa, Japan | 372 |
| 91. | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Redwood Shores, CA, United States | 368 |
| 92. | NTT DOCOMO, INC. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 367 |
| 93. | LG CHEM, LTD. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 365 |
| 94. | NEC Electronics Corporation | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki, Japan | 361 |
| 95. | GOOGLE INC. | 🇺🇸 Mountain View, CA, United States | 356 |
| 96. | Sony Corporation | 🇯🇵 , Japan | 352 |
| 97. | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd | 🇦🇺 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia | 346 |
| 98. | ALCATEL LUCENT | 🇫🇷 Paris, France | 346 |
| 99. | Hyundai Motor Company | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 345 |
| 100. | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Kanagawa-ken, Japan | 336 |
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