U.S. Patent Assignees with the highest number of patent applications filed in the year 2011
| 1. | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 ARMONK, NY, United States | 4,670 |
| 2. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, South Korea | 4,075 |
| 3. | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 3,644 |
| 4. | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 2,821 |
| 5. | Sony Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 2,815 |
| 6. | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 🇹🇼 Tu-Cheng, Taiwan | 2,627 |
| 7. | PANASONIC CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 2,601 |
| 8. | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Redmond, WA, United States | 2,532 |
| 9. | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 🇺🇸 Schenectady, NY, United States | 1,791 |
| 10. | LG ELECTRONICS INC. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 1,721 |
| 11. | QUALCOMM INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 San Diego, CA, United States | 1,662 |
| 12. | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,611 |
| 13. | Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V. | 🇳🇱 Eindhoven, Netherlands | 1,400 |
| 14. | APPLE INC. | 🇺🇸 Cupertino, CA, United States | 1,391 |
| 15. | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. | 🇺🇸 Detroit, MI, United States | 1,304 |
| 16. | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute | 🇰🇷 Daejeon, South Korea | 1,220 |
| 17. | FUJITSU LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki, Japan | 1,219 |
| 18. | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC | 🇺🇸 Detroit, MI, United States | 1,185 |
| 19. | FUJIFILM CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,147 |
| 20. | INTEL CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 1,102 |
| 21. | Robert Bosch GMBH | 🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany | 1,101 |
| 22. | FUJITSU LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki-shi, Japan | 1,062 |
| 23. | HITACHI, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,047 |
| 24. | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 1,011 |
| 25. | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,008 |
| 26. | Broadcom Corporation | 🇺🇸 Irvine, CA, United States | 968 |
| 27. | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 🇹🇼 Tu-Cheng, New Taipei, Taiwan | 950 |
| 28. | BASF SE | 🇩🇪 Ludwigshafen, Germany | 948 |
| 29. | Research In Motion Limited | 🇨🇦 Waterloo, Canada | 915 |
| 30. | Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 912 |
| 31. | NEC Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 893 |
| 32. | XEROX CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Norwalk, CT, United States | 858 |
| 33. | RICOH COMPANY, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 854 |
| 34. | Micron Technology, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Boise, ID, United States | 836 |
| 35. | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd | 🇰🇷 , South Korea | 829 |
| 36. | Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ) | 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden | 792 |
| 37. | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 🇹🇼 New Taipei, Taiwan | 788 |
| 38. | HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen City, China | 761 |
| 39. | FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | 🇺🇸 Dearborn, MI, United States | 753 |
| 40. | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan | 729 |
| 41. | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | 🇺🇸 Morristown, NJ, United States | 724 |
| 42. | DENSO CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kariya-city, Japan | 720 |
| 43. | Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 688 |
| 44. | NOKIA CORPORATION | 🇫🇮 Espoo, Finland | 675 |
| 45. | Koninklijke Philips N.V. | 🇳🇱 Eindhoven, Netherlands | 673 |
| 46. | MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 TOKYO, Japan | 658 |
| 47. | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 Dallas, TX, United States | 657 |
| 48. | FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 644 |
| 49. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea | 636 |
| 50. | TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) | 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden | 634 |
| 51. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota-shi, Japan | 628 |
| 52. | AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP | 🇺🇸 Atlanta, GA, United States | 617 |
| 53. | SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 🇩🇪 Munich, Germany | 601 |
| 54. | SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Sugar land, TX, United States | 600 |
| 55. | RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kanagawa, Japan | 585 |
| 56. | BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Nagoya-shi, Japan | 569 |
| 57. | NXP B.V. | 🇳🇱 Eindhoven, Netherlands | 568 |
| 58. | The Regents of the University of California | 🇺🇸 Oakland, CA, United States | 564 |
| 59. | CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 🇺🇸 San Jose, CA, United States | 561 |
| 60. | DENSO CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kariya, Japan | 554 |
| 61. | LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 520 |
| 62. | HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China | 514 |
| 63. | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Kanagawa-ken, Japan | 512 |
| 64. | GOOGLE INC. | 🇺🇸 Mountain View, CA, United States | 497 |
| 65. | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Atsugi-shi, Japan | 496 |
| 66. | BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, Japan | 492 |
| 67. | BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 488 |
| 68. | E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY | 🇺🇸 Wilmington, DE, United States | 483 |
| 69. | VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC. | 🇺🇸 Basking Ridge, NJ, United States | 477 |
| 70. | SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Yongin-city, South Korea | 468 |
| 71. | Covidien LP | 🇺🇸 Mansfield, MA, United States | 457 |
| 72. | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Redwood Shores, CA, United States | 452 |
| 73. | Applied Materials, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 444 |
| 74. | INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 🇹🇼 HSINCHU, Taiwan | 443 |
| 75. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | 437 |
| 76. | LG INNOTEK, CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 434 |
| 77. | MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 434 |
| 78. | TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. | 🇹🇼 Hsin-Chu, Taiwan | 427 |
| 79. | Medtronic, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, MN, United States | 424 |
| 80. | Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. | 🇰🇷 Yongin-si, South Korea | 422 |
| 81. | SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Osaka-shi, Osaka, Japan | 422 |
| 82. | 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY | 🇺🇸 St. Paul, MN, United States | 417 |
| 83. | FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC | 🇺🇸 Austin, TX, United States | 412 |
| 84. | TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 411 |
| 85. | MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC. | 🇺🇸 St. Louis, MO, United States | 403 |
| 86. | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 🇺🇸 Redmond, WA, United States | 402 |
| 87. | NTT DOCOMO, INC. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 395 |
| 88. | AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LP | 🇺🇸 Reno, NV, United States | 392 |
| 89. | NIKON CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 388 |
| 90. | Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China | 385 |
| 91. | The Procter &Gamble Company | 🇺🇸 Cincinnati, OH, United States | 385 |
| 92. | Hyundai Motor Company | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 379 |
| 93. | The Boeing Company | 🇺🇸 Chicago, IL, United States | 377 |
| 94. | SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 376 |
| 95. | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | 🇺🇸 Cambridge, MA, United States | 373 |
| 96. | OLYMPUS CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 370 |
| 97. | RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 347 |
| 98. | KYOCERA CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan | 347 |
| 99. | FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED | ðŸ‡ðŸ‡° Kowloon, Hong Kong | 345 |
| 100. | HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. | 🇰🇷 Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | 344 |
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