U.S. Patent Assignees with the highest number of patent applications filed in the year 2016
| 1. | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 ARMONK, NY, United States | 7,918 |
| 2. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, South Korea | 3,187 |
| 3. | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 3,100 |
| 4. | INTEL CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 2,862 |
| 5. | LG ELECTRONICS INC. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 2,457 |
| 6. | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 🇺🇸 Redmond, WA, United States | 2,265 |
| 7. | QUALCOMM INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 San Diego, CA, United States | 2,098 |
| 8. | APPLE INC. | 🇺🇸 Cupertino, CA, United States | 2,073 |
| 9. | BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. | 🇨🇳 Beijing, China | 2,035 |
| 10. | Sony Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,820 |
| 11. | HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China | 1,729 |
| 12. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota-shi, Japan | 1,691 |
| 13. | FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | 🇺🇸 Dearborn, MI, United States | 1,529 |
| 14. | Hyundai Motor Company | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 1,472 |
| 15. | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | 🇯🇵 Minato-ku, Japan | 1,285 |
| 16. | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 🇺🇸 Schenectady, NY, United States | 1,235 |
| 17. | TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) | 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden | 1,232 |
| 18. | RICOH COMPANY, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,209 |
| 19. | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 1,174 |
| 20. | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd | 🇰🇷 , South Korea | 1,171 |
| 21. | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Farmington, CT, United States | 1,170 |
| 22. | The Boeing Company | 🇺🇸 Chicago, IL, United States | 1,168 |
| 23. | FUJITSU LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki, Japan | 1,119 |
| 24. | FUJITSU LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki-shi, Japan | 1,105 |
| 25. | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,105 |
| 26. | HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 1,063 |
| 27. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, Japan | 1,028 |
| 28. | FUJIFILM CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 998 |
| 29. | AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP | 🇺🇸 Atlanta, GA, United States | 973 |
| 30. | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 948 |
| 31. | SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Yongin-si, South Korea | 946 |
| 32. | TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. | 🇹🇼 Hsin-Chu, Taiwan | 913 |
| 33. | Robert Bosch GMBH | 🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany | 905 |
| 34. | Koninklijke Philips N.V. | 🇳🇱 Eindhoven, Netherlands | 904 |
| 35. | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 864 |
| 36. | MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 TOKYO, Japan | 854 |
| 37. | GOOGLE INC. | 🇺🇸 Mountain View, CA, United States | 852 |
| 38. | Caterpillar Inc. | 🇺🇸 Peoria, IL, United States | 852 |
| 39. | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC | 🇺🇸 Detroit, MI, United States | 851 |
| 40. | OLYMPUS CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 844 |
| 41. | CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 🇺🇸 San Jose, CA, United States | 836 |
| 42. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea | 822 |
| 43. | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 Dallas, TX, United States | 818 |
| 44. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | 754 |
| 45. | NEC Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 752 |
| 46. | Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd. | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | 743 |
| 47. | The Regents of the University of California | 🇺🇸 Oakland, CA, United States | 706 |
| 48. | LG CHEM, LTD. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 669 |
| 49. | DELL PRODUCTS L.P. | 🇺🇸 Round Rock, TX, United States | 658 |
| 50. | Google LLC | 🇺🇸 Mountain View, CA, United States | 644 |
| 51. | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Redwood Shores, CA, United States | 644 |
| 52. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota, Japan | 642 |
| 53. | FACEBOOK, INC. | 🇺🇸 Menlo Park, CA, United States | 642 |
| 54. | LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 635 |
| 55. | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | 🇺🇸 Morris Plains, NJ, United States | 631 |
| 56. | Micron Technology, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Boise, ID, United States | 611 |
| 57. | INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG | 🇩🇪 Neubiberg, Germany | 604 |
| 58. | GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. | Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands | 603 |
| 59. | FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 583 |
| 60. | Covidien LP | 🇺🇸 Mansfield, MA, United States | 566 |
| 61. | HITACHI, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 564 |
| 62. | SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 🇩🇪 Munich, Germany | 561 |
| 63. | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute | 🇰🇷 Daejeon, South Korea | 557 |
| 64. | Konica Minolta, Inc. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 547 |
| 65. | KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC. | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 540 |
| 66. | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 🇹🇼 New Taipei, Taiwan | 530 |
| 67. | BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, Japan | 522 |
| 68. | Applied Materials, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 510 |
| 69. | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 507 |
| 70. | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Kanagawa-ken, Japan | 499 |
| 71. | Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ) | 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden | 496 |
| 72. | SK HYNIX INC. | 🇰🇷 Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | 481 |
| 73. | Nike, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Beaverton, OR, United States | 476 |
| 74. | RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 472 |
| 75. | SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, South Korea | 460 |
| 76. | The Procter &Gamble Company | 🇺🇸 Cincinnati, OH, United States | 456 |
| 77. | BASF SE | 🇩🇪 Ludwigshafen, Germany | 452 |
| 78. | DENSO CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kariya-Aichi-pref, Japan | 451 |
| 79. | 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY | 🇺🇸 St. Paul, MN, United States | 450 |
| 80. | SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | 441 |
| 81. | SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Sugar land, TX, United States | 437 |
| 82. | KYOCERA CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan | 432 |
| 83. | BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 429 |
| 84. | SAP SE | 🇩🇪 Walldorf, Germany | 425 |
| 85. | HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 423 |
| 86. | DENSO CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kariya, Japan | 412 |
| 87. | Samsung Display Co., Ltd | 🇰🇷 Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | 407 |
| 88. | Intel IP Corporation | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 405 |
| 89. | Nokia Technologies Oy | 🇫🇮 Espoo, Finland | 402 |
| 90. | Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives | 🇫🇷 Paris, France | 397 |
| 91. | NXP USA, INC. | 🇺🇸 AUSTIN, TX, United States | 396 |
| 92. | AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 🇺🇸 Seattle, WA, United States | 395 |
| 93. | SanDisk Technologies LLC | 🇺🇸 Plano, TX, United States | 391 |
| 94. | VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC. | 🇺🇸 Basking Ridge, NJ, United States | 391 |
| 95. | Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. | 🇨🇳 Beijing, China | 390 |
| 96. | FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC | 🇺🇸 Austin, TX, United States | 386 |
| 97. | MEDIATEK INC. | 🇹🇼 Hsin-Chu, Taiwan | 383 |
| 98. | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 , Japan | 382 |
| 99. | LG INNOTEK, CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 379 |
| 100. | Yazaki Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 375 |
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