U.S. Patent Assignees with the highest number of patent applications filed in the year 2017
| 1. | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 ARMONK, NY, United States | 8,745 |
| 2. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, South Korea | 3,198 |
| 3. | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 3,048 |
| 4. | LG ELECTRONICS INC. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 2,782 |
| 5. | INTEL CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 2,658 |
| 6. | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 🇺🇸 Redmond, WA, United States | 2,491 |
| 7. | HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China | 2,051 |
| 8. | APPLE INC. | 🇺🇸 Cupertino, CA, United States | 1,908 |
| 9. | FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | 🇺🇸 Dearborn, MI, United States | 1,884 |
| 10. | Sony Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,877 |
| 11. | QUALCOMM INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 San Diego, CA, United States | 1,818 |
| 12. | BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. | 🇨🇳 Beijing, China | 1,730 |
| 13. | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 🇺🇸 Schenectady, NY, United States | 1,696 |
| 14. | FUJITSU LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki-shi, Japan | 1,517 |
| 15. | Hyundai Motor Company | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 1,510 |
| 16. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota-shi, Japan | 1,453 |
| 17. | The Boeing Company | 🇺🇸 Chicago, IL, United States | 1,271 |
| 18. | Google LLC | 🇺🇸 Mountain View, CA, United States | 1,241 |
| 19. | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 1,241 |
| 20. | RICOH COMPANY, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,166 |
| 21. | TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) | 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden | 1,156 |
| 22. | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,105 |
| 23. | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,055 |
| 24. | OLYMPUS CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,022 |
| 25. | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | 🇯🇵 Minato-ku, Japan | 1,003 |
| 26. | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC | 🇺🇸 Detroit, MI, United States | 988 |
| 27. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | 940 |
| 28. | FUJITSU LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki, Japan | 935 |
| 29. | AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP | 🇺🇸 Atlanta, GA, United States | 931 |
| 30. | Robert Bosch GMBH | 🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany | 924 |
| 31. | HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 878 |
| 32. | FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 874 |
| 33. | FUJIFILM CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 864 |
| 34. | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 842 |
| 35. | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 Dallas, TX, United States | 836 |
| 36. | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd | 🇰🇷 , South Korea | 819 |
| 37. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea | 817 |
| 38. | MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 TOKYO, Japan | 796 |
| 39. | Koninklijke Philips N.V. | 🇳🇱 Eindhoven, Netherlands | 769 |
| 40. | CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 🇺🇸 San Jose, CA, United States | 732 |
| 41. | SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Yongin-si, South Korea | 731 |
| 42. | NEC Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 723 |
| 43. | TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. | 🇹🇼 Hsin-Chu, Taiwan | 722 |
| 44. | FACEBOOK, INC. | 🇺🇸 Menlo Park, CA, United States | 720 |
| 45. | LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 702 |
| 46. | Micron Technology, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Boise, ID, United States | 702 |
| 47. | The Regents of the University of California | 🇺🇸 Oakland, CA, United States | 676 |
| 48. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, Japan | 650 |
| 49. | HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 637 |
| 50. | DELL PRODUCTS L.P. | 🇺🇸 Round Rock, TX, United States | 631 |
| 51. | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Redwood Shores, CA, United States | 604 |
| 52. | Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd. | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | 589 |
| 53. | LG CHEM, LTD. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 586 |
| 54. | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | 🇺🇸 Morris Plains, NJ, United States | 585 |
| 55. | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 579 |
| 56. | Caterpillar Inc. | 🇺🇸 Peoria, IL, United States | 579 |
| 57. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota, Japan | 578 |
| 58. | INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG | 🇩🇪 Neubiberg, Germany | 571 |
| 59. | AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 🇺🇸 Seattle, WA, United States | 567 |
| 60. | GOOGLE INC. | 🇺🇸 Mountain View, CA, United States | 546 |
| 61. | MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan | 539 |
| 62. | RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 535 |
| 63. | TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. | 🇹🇼 Hsinchu, Taiwan | 523 |
| 64. | 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY | 🇺🇸 St. Paul, MN, United States | 523 |
| 65. | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute | 🇰🇷 Daejeon, South Korea | 521 |
| 66. | Covidien LP | 🇺🇸 Mansfield, MA, United States | 520 |
| 67. | Konica Minolta, Inc. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 517 |
| 68. | BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, Japan | 512 |
| 69. | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Kanagawa-ken, Japan | 510 |
| 70. | FANUC CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Yamanashi, Japan | 489 |
| 71. | GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. | Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands | 489 |
| 72. | Applied Materials, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 486 |
| 73. | Nike, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Beaverton, OR, United States | 485 |
| 74. | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Farmington, CT, United States | 474 |
| 75. | HITACHI, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 460 |
| 76. | SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | 459 |
| 77. | The Procter &Gamble Company | 🇺🇸 Cincinnati, OH, United States | 452 |
| 78. | DENSO CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kariya, Japan | 447 |
| 79. | Japan Display Inc. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 444 |
| 80. | SK HYNIX INC. | 🇰🇷 Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | 436 |
| 81. | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | 🇺🇸 Cambridge, MA, United States | 421 |
| 82. | SAP SE | 🇩🇪 Walldorf, Germany | 420 |
| 83. | KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC. | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 408 |
| 84. | DENSO CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kariya-Aichi-pref, Japan | 398 |
| 85. | SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 🇩🇪 Munich, Germany | 398 |
| 86. | KYOCERA CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan | 396 |
| 87. | Siemens Healthcare GmbH | 🇩🇪 Erlangen, Germany | 393 |
| 88. | BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 388 |
| 89. | Ethicon LLC | 🇺🇸 Guaynabo, PR, United States | 380 |
| 90. | SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Sugar land, TX, United States | 379 |
| 91. | Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives | 🇫🇷 Paris, France | 378 |
| 92. | BASF SE | 🇩🇪 Ludwigshafen, Germany | 377 |
| 93. | Intel IP Corporation | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 373 |
| 94. | Toshiba Memory Corporation | 🇯🇵 Minato-ku, Japan | 367 |
| 95. | TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 353 |
| 96. | DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC | 🇺🇸 Midland, MI, United States | 345 |
| 97. | VMWARE, INC. | 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, CA, United States | 344 |
| 98. | TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. | 🇹🇼 Hsinchu, Taiwan | 344 |
| 99. | SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | 343 |
| 100. | VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC. | 🇺🇸 Basking Ridge, NJ, United States | 342 |
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