U.S. Patent Assignees with the highest number of patent applications filed in the year 2020
| 1. | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 ARMONK, NY, United States | 7,031 |
| 2. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, South Korea | 6,027 |
| 3. | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 3,171 |
| 4. | LG ELECTRONICS INC. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 3,113 |
| 5. | INTEL CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 3,074 |
| 6. | HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China | 2,742 |
| 7. | APPLE INC. | 🇺🇸 Cupertino, CA, United States | 2,426 |
| 8. | QUALCOMM INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 San Diego, CA, United States | 2,410 |
| 9. | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 🇺🇸 Redmond, WA, United States | 2,058 |
| 10. | Sony Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,915 |
| 11. | TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. | 🇹🇼 Hsinchu, Taiwan | 1,914 |
| 12. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota, Japan | 1,908 |
| 13. | BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. | 🇨🇳 Beijing, China | 1,906 |
| 14. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota-shi, Japan | 1,777 |
| 15. | Micron Technology, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Boise, ID, United States | 1,741 |
| 16. | Hyundai Motor Company | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 1,697 |
| 17. | SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Yongin-si, South Korea | 1,686 |
| 18. | Kia Motors Corporation | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 1,669 |
| 19. | Google LLC | 🇺🇸 Mountain View, CA, United States | 1,594 |
| 20. | TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. | 🇹🇼 Hsinchu, Taiwan | 1,555 |
| 21. | FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | 🇺🇸 Dearborn, MI, United States | 1,545 |
| 22. | TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) | 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden | 1,535 |
| 23. | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,513 |
| 24. | MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 TOKYO, Japan | 1,420 |
| 25. | LG CHEM, LTD. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 1,402 |
| 26. | The Boeing Company | 🇺🇸 Chicago, IL, United States | 1,301 |
| 27. | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 Dallas, TX, United States | 1,219 |
| 28. | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,178 |
| 29. | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 1,173 |
| 30. | FUJIFILM CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,076 |
| 31. | EMC IP Holding Company LLC | 🇺🇸 Hopkinton, MA, United States | 1,070 |
| 32. | Robert Bosch GMBH | 🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany | 1,068 |
| 33. | NEC Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,064 |
| 34. | DENSO CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kariya, Japan | 1,049 |
| 35. | CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 🇺🇸 San Jose, CA, United States | 980 |
| 36. | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 🇺🇸 Schenectady, NY, United States | 977 |
| 37. | AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP | 🇺🇸 Atlanta, GA, United States | 956 |
| 38. | RICOH COMPANY, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 920 |
| 39. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea | 890 |
| 40. | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | 🇺🇸 Spring, TX, United States | 864 |
| 41. | FUJITSU LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki-shi, Japan | 857 |
| 42. | LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 831 |
| 43. | Capital One Services, LLC | 🇺🇸 McLean, VA, United States | 808 |
| 44. | Applied Materials, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 806 |
| 45. | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC | 🇺🇸 Detroit, MI, United States | 806 |
| 46. | The Regents of the University of California | 🇺🇸 Oakland, CA, United States | 782 |
| 47. | FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 765 |
| 48. | Koninklijke Philips N.V. | 🇳🇱 Eindhoven, Netherlands | 755 |
| 49. | DELL PRODUCTS L.P. | 🇺🇸 Round Rock, TX, United States | 722 |
| 50. | Raytheon Technologies Corporation | 🇺🇸 Farmington, CT, United States | 704 |
| 51. | ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED | George Town, Cayman Islands | 694 |
| 52. | Saudi Arabian Oil Company | 🇸🇦 Dhahran, Saudi Arabia | 678 |
| 53. | HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 644 |
| 54. | SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Sakai, Japan | 632 |
| 55. | MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan | 631 |
| 56. | FUJITSU LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki, Japan | 616 |
| 57. | VMWARE, INC. | 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, CA, United States | 607 |
| 58. | TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 601 |
| 59. | GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP LTD | 🇨🇳 Guangdong, China | 587 |
| 60. | FANUC CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Yamanashi, Japan | 587 |
| 61. | SAP SE | 🇩🇪 Walldorf, Germany | 586 |
| 62. | Covidien LP | 🇺🇸 Mansfield, MA, United States | 584 |
| 63. | AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 🇺🇸 Seattle, WA, United States | 579 |
| 64. | BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Charlotte, NC, United States | 576 |
| 65. | Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd. | Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands | 573 |
| 66. | BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Nagoya, Japan | 570 |
| 67. | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | 🇺🇸 Cambridge, MA, United States | 541 |
| 68. | INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG | 🇩🇪 Neubiberg, Germany | 540 |
| 69. | HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. | 🇨🇳 Guangdong, China | 537 |
| 70. | SK HYNIX INC. | 🇰🇷 Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | 537 |
| 71. | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Redwood Shores, CA, United States | 534 |
| 72. | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | 🇯🇵 Minato-ku, Japan | 532 |
| 73. | SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, South Korea | 528 |
| 74. | OLYMPUS CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 508 |
| 75. | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute | 🇰🇷 Daejeon, South Korea | 493 |
| 76. | KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC. | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 491 |
| 77. | HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 487 |
| 78. | HITACHI, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 476 |
| 79. | Honeywell International Inc. | 🇺🇸 Charlotte, NC, United States | 469 |
| 80. | Nokia Technologies Oy | 🇫🇮 Espoo, Finland | 467 |
| 81. | 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY | 🇺🇸 St. Paul, MN, United States | 463 |
| 82. | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 462 |
| 83. | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | 🇺🇸 Morris Plains, NJ, United States | 446 |
| 84. | SALESFORCE.COM, INC. | 🇺🇸 San Francisco, CA, United States | 445 |
| 85. | GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD. | 🇨🇳 Dongguan, China | 444 |
| 86. | NTT DOCOMO, INC. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 439 |
| 87. | SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 439 |
| 88. | Nike, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Beaverton, OR, United States | 433 |
| 89. | VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC. | 🇺🇸 Basking Ridge, NJ, United States | 432 |
| 90. | SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 🇩🇪 Munich, Germany | 426 |
| 91. | Konica Minolta, Inc. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 424 |
| 92. | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | 🇺🇸 San Jose, CA, United States | 422 |
| 93. | TDK CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 422 |
| 94. | DEERE & COMPANY | 🇺🇸 Moline, IL, United States | 418 |
| 95. | Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. | 🇨🇳 Beijing, China | 417 |
| 96. | Cilag GmbH International | 🇨🇠Zug, Switzerland | 416 |
| 97. | Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation | 🇯🇵 Kanagawa, Japan | 415 |
| 98. | Adobe Inc. | 🇺🇸 San Jose, CA, United States | 414 |
| 99. | TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China | 408 |
| 100. | Siemens Healthcare GmbH | 🇩🇪 Erlangen, Germany | 388 |
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