U.S. Patent Assignees with the highest number of patent applications filed in the year 2021
| 1. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, South Korea | 5,942 |
| 2. | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 ARMONK, NY, United States | 4,026 |
| 3. | QUALCOMM INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 San Diego, CA, United States | 3,424 |
| 4. | BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. | 🇨🇳 Beijing, China | 3,061 |
| 5. | LG ELECTRONICS INC. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 2,977 |
| 6. | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 2,712 |
| 7. | INTEL CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 2,582 |
| 8. | HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China | 2,553 |
| 9. | Micron Technology, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Boise, ID, United States | 2,158 |
| 10. | SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Yongin-si, South Korea | 2,111 |
| 11. | APPLE INC. | 🇺🇸 Cupertino, CA, United States | 2,080 |
| 12. | TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. | 🇹🇼 Hsinchu, Taiwan | 1,979 |
| 13. | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | 🇺🇸 Spring, TX, United States | 1,767 |
| 14. | TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. | 🇹🇼 Hsinchu, Taiwan | 1,669 |
| 15. | Google LLC | 🇺🇸 Mountain View, CA, United States | 1,611 |
| 16. | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 🇺🇸 Redmond, WA, United States | 1,580 |
| 17. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota, Japan | 1,569 |
| 18. | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Toyota-shi, Japan | 1,545 |
| 19. | Hyundai Motor Company | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 1,541 |
| 20. | TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) | 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden | 1,512 |
| 21. | Sony Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,476 |
| 22. | Kia Motors Corporation | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 1,475 |
| 23. | MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 TOKYO, Japan | 1,355 |
| 24. | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,261 |
| 25. | LG CHEM, LTD. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 1,253 |
| 26. | EMC IP Holding Company LLC | 🇺🇸 Hopkinton, MA, United States | 1,167 |
| 27. | FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | 🇺🇸 Dearborn, MI, United States | 1,126 |
| 28. | Capital One Services, LLC | 🇺🇸 McLean, VA, United States | 1,124 |
| 29. | NEC Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,106 |
| 30. | Robert Bosch GMBH | 🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany | 1,104 |
| 31. | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 1,079 |
| 32. | The Boeing Company | 🇺🇸 Chicago, IL, United States | 1,044 |
| 33. | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 1,014 |
| 34. | HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. | 🇺🇸 Houston, TX, United States | 975 |
| 35. | FUJIFILM CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 909 |
| 36. | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | 🇺🇸 Dallas, TX, United States | 903 |
| 37. | Saudi Arabian Oil Company | 🇸🇦 Dhahran, Saudi Arabia | 901 |
| 38. | DELL PRODUCTS L.P. | 🇺🇸 Round Rock, TX, United States | 893 |
| 39. | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea | 858 |
| 40. | NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 TOKYO, Japan | 834 |
| 41. | DENSO CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Kariya, Japan | 833 |
| 42. | CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 🇺🇸 San Jose, CA, United States | 824 |
| 43. | Applied Materials, Inc. | 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, CA, United States | 782 |
| 44. | LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 763 |
| 45. | AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP | 🇺🇸 Atlanta, GA, United States | 761 |
| 46. | RICOH COMPANY, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 735 |
| 47. | The Regents of the University of California | 🇺🇸 Oakland, CA, United States | 726 |
| 48. | Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. | 🇨🇳 Beijing, China | 722 |
| 49. | TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 719 |
| 50. | BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Nagoya, Japan | 704 |
| 51. | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 682 |
| 52. | Koninklijke Philips N.V. | 🇳🇱 Eindhoven, Netherlands | 665 |
| 53. | VMWARE, INC. | 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, CA, United States | 661 |
| 54. | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC | 🇺🇸 Detroit, MI, United States | 654 |
| 55. | KIOXIA CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 647 |
| 56. | FUJITSU LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki-shi, Japan | 626 |
| 57. | Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation | 🇯🇵 Kanagawa, Japan | 613 |
| 58. | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 🇺🇸 Schenectady, NY, United States | 607 |
| 59. | FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 604 |
| 60. | Covidien LP | 🇺🇸 Mansfield, MA, United States | 572 |
| 61. | Nokia Technologies Oy | 🇫🇮 Espoo, Finland | 560 |
| 62. | MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Kyoto, Japan | 559 |
| 63. | BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Charlotte, NC, United States | 556 |
| 64. | SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 🇯🇵 Sakai, Japan | 555 |
| 65. | SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Suwon-si, South Korea | 547 |
| 66. | GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP LTD | 🇨🇳 Guangdong, China | 542 |
| 67. | SK HYNIX INC. | 🇰🇷 Icheon-si, South Korea | 533 |
| 68. | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Redwood Shores, CA, United States | 528 |
| 69. | TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED | 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, China | 517 |
| 70. | Sony Group Corporation | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 511 |
| 71. | Honeywell International Inc. | 🇺🇸 Charlotte, NC, United States | 507 |
| 72. | OLYMPUS CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 501 |
| 73. | INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG | 🇩🇪 Neubiberg, Germany | 499 |
| 74. | FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 493 |
| 75. | SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan | 490 |
| 76. | SAP SE | 🇩🇪 Walldorf, Germany | 487 |
| 77. | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute | 🇰🇷 Daejeon, South Korea | 487 |
| 78. | DEERE & COMPANY | 🇺🇸 Moline, IL, United States | 484 |
| 79. | VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC. | 🇺🇸 Basking Ridge, NJ, United States | 463 |
| 80. | Snap Inc. | 🇺🇸 Santa Monica, CA, United States | 462 |
| 81. | Raytheon Technologies Corporation | 🇺🇸 Farmington, CT, United States | 453 |
| 82. | Adobe Inc. | 🇺🇸 San Jose, CA, United States | 447 |
| 83. | Japan Display Inc. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 446 |
| 84. | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | 🇺🇸 Cambridge, MA, United States | 432 |
| 85. | SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 🇩🇪 Munich, Germany | 432 |
| 86. | NTT DOCOMO, INC. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 431 |
| 87. | Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America | 🇺🇸 Torrance, CA, United States | 426 |
| 88. | BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. | 🇨🇳 Beijing, China | 425 |
| 89. | SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD. | 🇰🇷 Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | 421 |
| 90. | NEC CORPORATION | 🇯🇵 Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan | 418 |
| 91. | Beijing Baidu Netcom Science And Technology Co., Ltd. | 🇨🇳 Beijing, China | 417 |
| 92. | SK HYNIX INC. | 🇰🇷 Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | 414 |
| 93. | LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD. | 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea | 412 |
| 94. | HITACHI, LTD. | 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan | 405 |
| 95. | Carrier Corporation | 🇺🇸 Palm Beach Gardens, FL, United States | 404 |
| 96. | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | 🇺🇸 San Jose, CA, United States | 401 |
| 97. | 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY | 🇺🇸 St. Paul, MN, United States | 399 |
| 98. | SK hynix Inc. | 🇰🇷 Icheon-si Gyeonggi-do, South Korea | 398 |
| 99. | HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION | 🇺🇸 Charlotte, NC, United States | 397 |
| 100. | FUJITSU LIMITED | 🇯🇵 Kawasaki, Japan | 389 |
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