Top 100 Companies for 2012 |
Rank | Assignee's name | Last publication | # of patent apps |
1 | International Business Machines Corporation | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220292120 - SOFT DELETION OF DATA IN SHARDED DATABASES | 6923 |
2 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220300069 - DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | 4045 |
3 | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | Aug 25, 2022 / 20220270758 - MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | 3585 |
4 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | Dec 27, 2018 / 20180374960 - TFT SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME | 3367 |
5 | Microsoft Corporation | May 18, 2017 / 20170142313 - IMAGE SENSOR SYSTEM | 2973 |
6 | KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299958 - INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | 2489 |
7 | SONY CORPORATION | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220277531 - DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | 2484 |
8 | PANASONIC CORPORATION | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299596 - MONITORING DEVICE AND MONITORING METHOD | 1999 |
9 | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220290267 - CORROSION PITTING RESISTANT MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME | 1699 |
10 | FUJITSU LIMITED | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299273 - COOLING DEVICE | 1609 |
11 | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299856 - LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR | 1503 |
12 | QUALCOMM INCORPORATED | Aug 18, 2022 / 20220264587 - SCHEDULE GAP FOR MULTI-SIM USER EQUIPMENT | 1450 |
13 | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299997 - BUILDING | 1240 |
14 | KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. | Oct 28, 2021 / 20210337645 - METHOD AND ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING SUPPLY POWERS FOR SOURCES OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT | 1208 |
15 | RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED | Mar 19, 2015 / 20150078543 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECONNECTING A DEVICE TO A GROUP CALL | 1186 |
16 | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299554 - APPARATUS FOR ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE TEST | 1172 |
17 | SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220294582 - METHOD PERFORMED BY USER EQUIPMENT, AND USER EQUIPMENT | 1167 |
18 | HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD. | Dec 27, 2018 / 20180374960 - TFT SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME | 1151 |
19 | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299973 - MANUFACTURING SYSTEM THROUGHPUT BOTTLENECK INDICATOR ANALYSIS | 1090 |
20 | BASF SE | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220289928 - Method for manufacturing a plurality of bodies made of a porous material | 960 |
21 | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299831 - Display Apparatus | 937 |
22 | ZTE CORPORATION | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220295547 - ARCHITECTURE FOR RANDOM ACCESS MESSAGING | 915 |
23 | DENSO CORPORATION | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220297743 - STEERING CONTROL DEVICE | 896 |
24 | Apple Inc. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299621 - TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING RANGING BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES | 877 |
25 | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220298370 - METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIN SINTERED BODY | 866 |
26 | XEROX CORPORATION | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220294927 - METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HANDLING MULTIPLE URLS GENERATED UPON SCANNING MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS TO ONE OR MORE CLOUD LOCATIONS | 812 |
27 | NEC Corporation | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299949 - INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | 778 |
28 | FUJIFILM CORPORATION | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299872 - TRANSFER FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LAMINATE | 772 |
29 | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220300005 - ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE, ROBOT CONTROL METHOD, AND LEARNING MODEL GENERATION DEVICE | 769 |
30 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299880 - METHOD FOR REMOVING RESISTOR LAYER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR | 709 |
31 | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299600 - METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING A FAULT CONDITION OF A RADAR ALTITUDE DEVICE | 702 |
32 | BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299935 - IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | 690 |
33 | GOOGLE INC. | Jan 03, 2019 / 20190004401 - Mount Hinge for an Electronic Device | 672 |
34 | HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220300058 - TERMINAL POWER SAVING METHOD AND APPARATUS | 668 |
35 | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | Aug 25, 2022 / 20220270984 - ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CRACK ARREST STRUCTURE | 667 |
36 | BROADCOM CORPORATION | Jul 13, 2017 / 20170199226 - Transmission Line Coupler for Testing of Integrated Circuits | 625 |
37 | NOKIA CORPORATION | Oct 21, 2021 / 20210328326 - TELECOMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | 622 |
38 | Hyundai Motor Company | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220298980 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHARGING LPG FUEL OF BI-FUEL VEHICLE | 599 |
39 | Hitachi, Ltd. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299979 - PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT SYSTEM AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT METHOD | 597 |
40 | LG ELECTRONICS INC. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220298701 - LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS | 590 |
41 | FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299983 - METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR FLEXIBLE COMPONENT ROUTING DESIGN | 586 |
42 | Robert Bosch GMBH | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220292349 - DEVICE AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR THE PROCESSING OF DIGITAL SENSOR DATA AND TRAINING METHOD THEREFOR | 569 |
43 | FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. | Mar 31, 2022 / 20220100142 - PROTECTION MEMBER, REPLACEMENT COMPONENT WITH PROTECTION MEMBER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | 560 |
44 | Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220294939 - METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CAMERA MODULE | 548 |
45 | Hynix Semiconductor Inc. | Feb 05, 2015 / 20150035578 - INTERNAL VOLTAGE COMPENSATION CIRCUIT | 545 |
46 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220293631 - Integrated Assemblies, and Methods of Forming Integrated Assemblies | 543 |
47 | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220300107 - Gesture Detection | 524 |
48 | INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220297099 - CATALYST PRECURSOR | 499 |
49 | VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC. | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220295597 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCALABLE EDGE-BASED MICROCONTROLLERS | 493 |
50 | TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL) | Jan 03, 2019 / 20190007803 - PROTECTION OF MISSION-CRITICAL PUSH-TO-TALK MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST AND MULTICAST SERVICE SUBCHANNEL CONTROL MESSAGES | 485 |
51 | Tokyo Electron Limited | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220293789 - 3D DEVICE WITH A PLURALITY OF CORE WIRING LAYOUT ARCHITECTURE | 472 |
52 | Renesas Electronics Corporation | Mar 31, 2022 / 20220103354 - SECURE ENCRYPTION KEY GENERATION AND MANAGEMENT IN OPEN AND SECURE PROCESSOR ENVIRONMENTS | 468 |
53 | NITTO DENKO CORPORATION | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220298400 - FLUORORESIN SHEET AND ADHESIVE TAPE | 466 |
54 | RICOH COMPANY, LTD | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299986 - DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, SYSTEM, DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | 457 |
55 | Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299097 - SINTERED GEAR | 457 |
56 | BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED | Jan 03, 2019 / 20190003298 - DOWNHOLE INTERVENTION OPERATION OPTIMIZATION | 453 |
57 | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299531 - ASTROCYTE TRAUMATOME AND NEUROTRAUMA BIOMARKERS | 445 |
58 | SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299976 - Generating an Assembly Plan and a Three-Dimensional Assembly Model | 444 |
59 | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. | Jun 05, 2014 / 20140153076 - METHOD FOR REDUCING GLARE FROM LIGHT SOURCES THROUGH WINDSCREENS | 421 |
60 | Applied Materials, Inc. | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220293892 - SYSTEM AND METHOD TO EVAPORATE AN OLED LAYER STACK IN A VERTICAL ORIENTATION | 408 |
61 | Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299916 - IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | 407 |
62 | Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd. | Oct 24, 2013 / 20130278569 - IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF | 407 |
63 | Cisco Technology, Inc. | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220283258 - HYBRID RANGING | 405 |
64 | SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220294067 - BATTERY PACK | 401 |
65 | Kyocera Corporation | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299599 - ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND PROGRAM | 401 |
66 | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220294859 - HIGHLY AVAILABLE VIRTUAL INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESSES AS A CONFIGURABLE SERVICE IN A CLUSTER | 379 |
67 | Tyco Healthcare Group LP | Sep 25, 2014 / 20140288376 - SURGICAL PORTAL WITH SEAL SYSTEM | 378 |
68 | E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY | Aug 25, 2022 / 20220267792 - COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO CONTROL INSECT PESTS | 369 |
69 | KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | Feb 18, 2016 / 20160050322 - PRINTING SYSTEM, SERVER FOR DISTRIBUTING PRINT JOB, METHOD FOR RESUBMITTING PRINT JOB, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM | 353 |
70 | SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220291583 - SALT, ACID GENERATOR, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN | 353 |
71 | HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220298912 - RESIN SEALED SENSOR PORT | 349 |
72 | MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299117 - STEAM VALVE | 338 |
73 | MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220297090 - HYDROCARBON REFORMING CATALYST AND HYDROCARBON REFORMING DEVICE | 333 |
74 | Nike, Inc. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220295938 - CLOSURE MECHANISMS FOR ARTICLES OF FOOTWEAR AND APPAREL | 333 |
75 | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220295574 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION | 326 |
76 | INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220294607 - TRANSPORT LAYER AUTHENTICITY AND SECURITY FOR AUTOMOTIVE COMMUNICATION | 326 |
77 | Raytheon Company | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220287179 - Interconnect and Method for Manufacturing the Same | 325 |
78 | The Boeing Company | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299638 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF AN OBJECT | 308 |
79 | Olympus Corporation | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220296300 - OUTPUT ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR LITHOTRIPSY APPARATUS, SUCTION FORCE GENERATION METHOD, AND ATTRACTING METHOD | 300 |
80 | NTT DOCOMO, INC. | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220295583 - TERMINAL | 293 |
81 | MEDTRONIC, INC. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220296794 - SINGLE CONTAINER PREPARATION OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS FLUID | 279 |
82 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299511 - IMMUNE CELL SIGNATURE FOR BACTERIAL SEPSIS | 277 |
83 | Kia Motors Corporation | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220275748 - IGNITION PROMOTER ASSEMBLY AND ENGINE HAVING THE SAME | 276 |
84 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220296396 - MEDICAL IMPLANTABLE DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | 276 |
85 | SAP AG | Dec 31, 2015 / 20150379585 - Single Sheet Planning | 275 |
86 | FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED | Sep 14, 2017 / 20170263606 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | 272 |
87 | Yahoo! Inc. | Sep 14, 2017 / 20170262878 - System and Method for Traffic Quality Based Pricing via Deep Neural Language Models | 262 |
88 | LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220284986 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING EXON JUNCTIONS FROM SINGLE READS | 262 |
89 | Caterpillar Inc. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220297693 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENGINE AND MACHINE CONTROL | 259 |
90 | NIKON CORPORATION | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220294915 - ELECTRONIC DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCTION METHOD, IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM WITH IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM RECORDED THEREUPON, AND IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE | 258 |
91 | NXP B.V. | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220286286 - METHOD FOR MULTIPLYING POLYNOMIALS FOR A CRYPTOGRAPHIC OPERATION | 254 |
92 | BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220294890 - VOICE COMMUNICATION NETWORK DEFENSE SYSTEM | 252 |
93 | Elpida Memory, Inc. | Aug 13, 2015 / 20150228710 - Methods to Improve Electrical Performance of ZrO2 Based High-K Dielectric Materials for DRAM Applications | 247 |
94 | Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. | Aug 25, 2022 / 20220271290 - ION-CONDUCTIVE POLYMER, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY ELECTRODE AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY WHICH COMPRISE SAME | 247 |
95 | eBay Inc. | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220294872 - Traffic Mirroring | 245 |
96 | SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC | Oct 28, 2021 / 20210335386 - HEAT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD HAVING NEAR-FIELD TRANSDUCER WITH SUNKEN PLASMONIC PLATE | 245 |
97 | AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220284845 - DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD | 243 |
98 | NINTENDO CO., LTD. | Dec 23, 2021 / 20210394068 - COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INSTRUCTIONS STORED THEREIN, GAME APPARATUS, GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD | 238 |
99 | Casio Computer Co., Ltd. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299999 - DEVICE CONTROL APPARATUS, DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | 233 |
100 | FU TAI HUA INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. | Jul 02, 2015 / 20150188307 - BATTERY PROTECTION CIRCUIT USED IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 227 |