U.S. Patent Assignees with the highest number of patent applications filed in the year 2012
| 1. | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 ARMONK, NY, United States | 7,322 |
| 2. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, South Korea | 4,082 |
| 3. | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 3,802 |
| 4. | Sony Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 3,250 |
| 5. | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 🇹🇼 Tu-Cheng, Taiwan | 3,142 |
| 6. | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 3,090 |
| 7. | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Redmond, WA, United States | 3,054 |
| 8. | PANASONIC CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 2,387 |
| 9. | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 🇺🇸 Schenectady, NY, United States | 2,355 |
| 10. | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 🇹🇼 New Taipei, Taiwan | 1,873 |
| 11. | APPLE INC. | 🇺🇸 Cupertino, CA, United States | 1,767 |
| 12. | QUALCOMM INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 San Diego, CA, United States | 1,756 |
| 13. | LG ELECTRONICS INC. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 1,686 |
| 14. | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,560 |
| 15. | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC | 🇺🇸 Detroit, MI, United States | 1,471 |
| 16. | FUJITSU LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki-shi, Japan | 1,256 |
| 17. | HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen City, China | 1,246 |
| 18. | Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V. | 🇳🇱 Eindhoven, Netherlands | 1,246 |
| 19. | FUJITSU LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki, Japan | 1,234 |
| 20. | Research In Motion Limited | 🇨🇦 Waterloo, Canada | 1,190 |
| 21. | INTEL CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 1,132 |
| 22. | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute | 🇰🇷 Daejeon, South Korea | 1,121 |
| 23. | Robert Bosch GMBH | 🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany | 1,106 |
| 24. | Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 1,053 |
| 25. | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,016 |
| 26. | BASF SE | 🇩🇪 Ludwigshafen, Germany | 1,014 |
| 27. | Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ) | 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden | 994 |
| 28. | NEC Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 987 |
| 29. | HITACHI, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 985 |
| 30. | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 961 |
| 31. | RICOH COMPANY, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 922 |
| 32. | GOOGLE INC. | 🇺🇸 Mountain View, CA, United States | 915 |
| 33. | Micron Technology, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Boise, ID, United States | 913 |
| 34. | FUJIFILM CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 913 |
| 35. | DENSO CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kariya-city, Japan | 868 |
| 36. | XEROX CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Norwalk, CT, United States | 856 |
| 37. | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 🇺🇸 Redmond, WA, United States | 854 |
| 38. | HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China | 843 |
| 39. | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 Dallas, TX, United States | 830 |
| 40. | Broadcom Corporation | 🇺🇸 Irvine, CA, United States | 828 |
| 41. | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | 🇺🇸 Morristown, NJ, United States | 760 |
| 42. | Koninklijke Philips N.V. | 🇳🇱 Eindhoven, Netherlands | 752 |
| 43. | AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP | 🇺🇸 Atlanta, GA, United States | 742 |
| 44. | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Atsugi-shi, Japan | 739 |
| 45. | NOKIA CORPORATION | 🇫🇮 Espoo, Finland | 714 |
| 46. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota-shi, Japan | 708 |
| 47. | HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD. | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China | 704 |
| 48. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea | 704 |
| 49. | MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 TOKYO, Japan | 681 |
| 50. | FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | 🇺🇸 Dearborn, MI, United States | 669 |
| 51. | DENSO CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kariya, Japan | 659 |
| 52. | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd | 🇰🇷 , South Korea | 652 |
| 53. | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan | 652 |
| 54. | CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 🇺🇸 San Jose, CA, United States | 649 |
| 55. | SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Osaka-shi, Osaka, Japan | 644 |
| 56. | Hyundai Motor Company | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 636 |
| 57. | SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 🇩🇪 Munich, Germany | 619 |
| 58. | Covidien LP | 🇺🇸 Mansfield, MA, United States | 604 |
| 59. | The Regents of the University of California | 🇺🇸 Oakland, CA, United States | 587 |
| 60. | FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 585 |
| 61. | TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) | 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden | 558 |
| 62. | BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Nagoya-shi, Japan | 554 |
| 63. | VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC. | 🇺🇸 Basking Ridge, NJ, United States | 551 |
| 64. | BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 544 |
| 65. | BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, Japan | 540 |
| 66. | E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY | 🇺🇸 Wilmington, DE, United States | 530 |
| 67. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | 518 |
| 68. | INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 🇹🇼 HSINCHU, Taiwan | 496 |
| 69. | Applied Materials, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 494 |
| 70. | TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. | 🇹🇼 Hsin-Chu, Taiwan | 482 |
| 71. | The Boeing Company | 🇺🇸 Chicago, IL, United States | 468 |
| 72. | TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 464 |
| 73. | INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG | 🇩🇪 Neubiberg, Germany | 457 |
| 74. | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. | 🇺🇸 Detroit, MI, United States | 453 |
| 75. | RAYTHEON COMPANY | 🇺🇸 Waltham, MA, United States | 448 |
| 76. | BLACKBERRY LIMITED | 🇨🇦 Waterloo Ontario, Canada | 441 |
| 77. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, Japan | 438 |
| 78. | HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 435 |
| 79. | Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 419 |
| 80. | SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Sugar land, TX, United States | 412 |
| 81. | ZTE CORPORATION | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | 409 |
| 82. | RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kanagawa, Japan | 407 |
| 83. | Medtronic, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, MN, United States | 405 |
| 84. | MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 405 |
| 85. | KYOCERA CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan | 402 |
| 86. | SAP AG | 🇩🇪 Walldorf, Germany | 400 |
| 87. | NITTO DENKO CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 395 |
| 88. | LG INNOTEK, CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 391 |
| 89. | SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Yongin-city, South Korea | 388 |
| 90. | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Redwood Shores, CA, United States | 386 |
| 91. | SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 🇩🇪 Munchen, Germany | 379 |
| 92. | Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. | 🇰🇷 Yongin-si, South Korea | 379 |
| 93. | MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC. | 🇺🇸 St. Louis, MO, United States | 377 |
| 94. | The Procter &Gamble Company | 🇺🇸 Cincinnati, OH, United States | 376 |
| 95. | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. | 🇺🇸 Maple Grove, MN, United States | 369 |
| 96. | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Kanagawa-ken, Japan | 364 |
| 97. | HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. | 🇰🇷 Icheon-si, South Korea | 361 |
| 98. | ZTE Corporation | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China | 357 |
| 99. | LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 356 |
| 100. | Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives | 🇫🇷 Paris, France | 356 |
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