U.S. Patent Assignees with the highest number of patent applications filed in the year 2013
| 1. | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 ARMONK, NY, United States | 7,445 |
| 2. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, South Korea | 4,099 |
| 3. | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 3,916 |
| 4. | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Redmond, WA, United States | 2,834 |
| 5. | Sony Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 2,650 |
| 6. | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 🇺🇸 Schenectady, NY, United States | 2,540 |
| 7. | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 2,529 |
| 8. | QUALCOMM INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 San Diego, CA, United States | 2,514 |
| 9. | PANASONIC CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 2,237 |
| 10. | APPLE INC. | 🇺🇸 Cupertino, CA, United States | 2,189 |
| 11. | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 🇹🇼 Tu-Cheng, Taiwan | 2,104 |
| 12. | LG ELECTRONICS INC. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 1,881 |
| 13. | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 🇹🇼 New Taipei, Taiwan | 1,828 |
| 14. | FUJITSU LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki-shi, Japan | 1,567 |
| 15. | INTEL CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 1,495 |
| 16. | Robert Bosch GMBH | 🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany | 1,420 |
| 17. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea | 1,416 |
| 18. | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC | 🇺🇸 Detroit, MI, United States | 1,408 |
| 19. | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,397 |
| 20. | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 🇺🇸 Redmond, WA, United States | 1,394 |
| 21. | FUJITSU LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki, Japan | 1,325 |
| 22. | Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ) | 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden | 1,231 |
| 23. | Broadcom Corporation | 🇺🇸 Irvine, CA, United States | 1,168 |
| 24. | Research In Motion Limited | 🇨🇦 Waterloo, Canada | 1,128 |
| 25. | GOOGLE INC. | 🇺🇸 Mountain View, CA, United States | 1,120 |
| 26. | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute | 🇰🇷 Daejeon, South Korea | 1,106 |
| 27. | RICOH COMPANY, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,054 |
| 28. | NEC Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,011 |
| 29. | HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China | 962 |
| 30. | AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP | 🇺🇸 Atlanta, GA, United States | 956 |
| 31. | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 953 |
| 32. | FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | 🇺🇸 Dearborn, MI, United States | 918 |
| 33. | Micron Technology, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Boise, ID, United States | 917 |
| 34. | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 Dallas, TX, United States | 907 |
| 35. | HITACHI, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 897 |
| 36. | Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 885 |
| 37. | TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. | 🇹🇼 Hsin-Chu, Taiwan | 880 |
| 38. | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 877 |
| 39. | FUJIFILM CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 838 |
| 40. | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 833 |
| 41. | Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V. | 🇳🇱 Eindhoven, Netherlands | 828 |
| 42. | MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 TOKYO, Japan | 812 |
| 43. | Hyundai Motor Company | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 799 |
| 44. | HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen City, China | 783 |
| 45. | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | 🇺🇸 Morristown, NJ, United States | 771 |
| 46. | NOKIA CORPORATION | 🇫🇮 Espoo, Finland | 765 |
| 47. | XEROX CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Norwalk, CT, United States | 762 |
| 48. | BLACKBERRY LIMITED | 🇨🇦 Waterloo Ontario, Canada | 760 |
| 49. | Koninklijke Philips N.V. | 🇳🇱 Eindhoven, Netherlands | 739 |
| 50. | CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 🇺🇸 San Jose, CA, United States | 737 |
| 51. | Covidien LP | 🇺🇸 Mansfield, MA, United States | 734 |
| 52. | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd | 🇰🇷 , South Korea | 708 |
| 53. | DENSO CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kariya-city, Japan | 686 |
| 54. | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Atsugi-shi, Japan | 672 |
| 55. | The Boeing Company | 🇺🇸 Chicago, IL, United States | 662 |
| 56. | FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 657 |
| 57. | BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, Japan | 632 |
| 58. | BASF SE | 🇩🇪 Ludwigshafen, Germany | 625 |
| 59. | SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Osaka-shi, Osaka, Japan | 624 |
| 60. | SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 🇩🇪 Munich, Germany | 611 |
| 61. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota-shi, Japan | 592 |
| 62. | HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD. | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China | 585 |
| 63. | The Regents of the University of California | 🇺🇸 Oakland, CA, United States | 582 |
| 64. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | 575 |
| 65. | E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY | 🇺🇸 Wilmington, DE, United States | 574 |
| 66. | BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 574 |
| 67. | 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY | 🇺🇸 St. Paul, MN, United States | 570 |
| 68. | HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 566 |
| 69. | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Hartford, CT, United States | 565 |
| 70. | DENSO CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kariya, Japan | 554 |
| 71. | BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Nagoya-shi, Japan | 543 |
| 72. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, Japan | 539 |
| 73. | INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 🇹🇼 HSINCHU, Taiwan | 535 |
| 74. | FACEBOOK, INC. | 🇺🇸 Menlo Park, CA, United States | 530 |
| 75. | Adobe Systems Incorporated | 🇺🇸 San Jose, CA, United States | 530 |
| 76. | VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC. | 🇺🇸 Basking Ridge, NJ, United States | 513 |
| 77. | SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Sugar land, TX, United States | 510 |
| 78. | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Redwood Shores, CA, United States | 509 |
| 79. | SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 🇩🇪 Munchen, Germany | 495 |
| 80. | SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Yongin-City, South Korea | 490 |
| 81. | SK HYNIX INC. | 🇰🇷 Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | 483 |
| 82. | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan | 474 |
| 83. | INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG | 🇩🇪 Neubiberg, Germany | 472 |
| 84. | TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) | 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden | 472 |
| 85. | MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC. | 🇺🇸 St. Louis, MO, United States | 463 |
| 86. | LG CHEM, LTD. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 460 |
| 87. | SAP AG | 🇩🇪 Walldorf, Germany | 446 |
| 88. | Nike, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Beaverton, OR, United States | 445 |
| 89. | MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 443 |
| 90. | The Procter &Gamble Company | 🇺🇸 Cincinnati, OH, United States | 436 |
| 91. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota, Japan | 430 |
| 92. | Applied Materials, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 430 |
| 93. | Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives | 🇫🇷 Paris, France | 426 |
| 94. | LG INNOTEK, CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 426 |
| 95. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota-shi, Aichi, Japan | 414 |
| 96. | Caterpillar Inc. | 🇺🇸 Peoria, IL, United States | 414 |
| 97. | LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 403 |
| 98. | TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. | 🇹🇼 Hsinchu, Taiwan | 402 |
| 99. | Alcatel Lucent | 🇫🇷 BOULOGNE BILLANCOURT, France | 397 |
| 100. | Nokia Technologies Oy | 🇫🇮 Espoo, Finland | 389 |
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