Companies with the largest percentage increase in patent applications from 2011 to 2012 |
Rank | Assignee's name | Last publication | # of patent apps 2011 | # of patent apps 2012 |
1 | SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH | Jun 08, 2017 / 20170158733 - PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF RAMIPRIL | 25 | 171 |
2 | Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220293479 - SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE CASE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE CASE | 23 | 129 |
3 | Motorola Mobility, Inc. | Oct 02, 2014 / 20140297854 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE NETWORK HEARTBEAT MESSAGE FOR TCP CHANNEL | 34 | 184 |
4 | CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | Nov 05, 2015 / 20150314193 - GAME JOYSTICK | 21 | 99 |
5 | Cook Medical Technologies LLC | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220287860 - ENDOVASCULAR DELIVERY SYSTEMS WITH RADIAL ORIENTATION MECHANISMS | 30 | 135 |
6 | SHELL OIL COMPANY | Sep 05, 2019 / 20190270937 - A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HYDROCARBONS | 24 | 97 |
7 | FU TAI HUA INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. | Jul 02, 2015 / 20150188307 - BATTERY PROTECTION CIRCUIT USED IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 59 | 227 |
8 | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299973 - MANUFACTURING SYSTEM THROUGHPUT BOTTLENECK INDICATOR ANALYSIS | 288 | 1090 |
9 | ZTE CORPORATION | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220295547 - ARCHITECTURE FOR RANDOM ACCESS MESSAGING | 253 | 915 |
10 | ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED | Apr 19, 2018 / 20180107588 - TEST CASE GENERATION SYSTEM | 30 | 95 |
11 | Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co. Ltd. | Dec 29, 2016 / 20160379583 - DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF | 26 | 81 |
12 | RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. | Oct 22, 2015 / 20150303976 - RF FRONT-END CIRCUITRY WITH TRANSISTOR AND MICROELECTROMECHANICAL MULTIPLE THROW SWITCHES | 27 | 84 |
13 | ST-Ericsson SA | Dec 31, 2015 / 20150377937 - Calculating Power Consumption of Electonic Devices | 34 | 104 |
14 | Empire Technology Development LLC | Sep 12, 2019 / 20190280967 - WIRELESS HOME NETWORK ROUTING PROTOCOL | 71 | 205 |
15 | ADVANCED OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, INC. | Mar 05, 2015 / 20150060912 - LIGHT EMITTING DIODE PACKAGE HAVING ZENER DIODE COVERED BY REFLECTIVE MATERIAL | 43 | 124 |
16 | SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299425 - Development of Control Samples to Enhance the Accuracy of HIC Testing | 27 | 73 |
17 | UNICHARM CORPORATION | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220280355 - CAT DIAPER | 26 | 70 |
18 | NIFCO INC. | Jul 21, 2022 / 20220227320 - BUMPER ATTACHMENT RETAINER | 25 | 67 |
19 | NCR Corporation | Jan 21, 2016 / 20160019510 - SPLIT ATM BOOTH AND METHOD OF PERFORMING BANKING TRANSACTIONS THEREIN | 32 | 83 |
20 | Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | Aug 18, 2022 / 20220262818 - STORAGE UNIT AND METHOD OF MANUFACUTRING THE SAME AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY | 24 | 61 |
21 | E Ink Holdings Inc. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299686 - COLOR FILTER MODULE | 24 | 61 |
22 | Altek Corporation | Apr 16, 2015 / 20150103213 - Method for Reducing Smear Effect in Image Capturing Device | 31 | 78 |
23 | HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220294316 - RESISTOR PLATE ASSEMBLY WITH CONTACT BANDS | 71 | 177 |
24 | KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. | Jun 30, 2022 / 20220205154 - PROCESS FOR MAKING THREE-DIMENSIONAL FOAM-LAID NONWOVENS | 27 | 67 |
25 | REMY TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. | Dec 03, 2015 / 20150346036 - MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT FOR A TEMPERATURE SENSOR IN AN ELECTRIC MACHINE | 21 | 51 |
26 | TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220294420 - ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE, FILTER, AND MULTIPLEXER | 30 | 72 |
27 | LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD. | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220286662 - HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICE | 27 | 64 |
28 | PFIZER INC. | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220289850 - ANTI-AVBETA8 ANTIBODIES AND COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF | 26 | 61 |
29 | KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC. | Oct 17, 2013 / 20130274608 - ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS | 22 | 51 |
30 | GOOGLE INC. | Jan 03, 2019 / 20190004401 - Mount Hinge for an Electronic Device | 293 | 672 |
31 | SILITEK ELECTRONIC (GUANGZHOU) CO., LTD. | Nov 21, 2013 / 20130308285 - POSITIONING STRUCTURE, POSITIONING SECURING STRUCTURE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 31 | 71 |
32 | COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE. ALT. | Feb 11, 2016 / 20160042955 - METHOD OF MAKING A TRANSISTOR | 38 | 87 |
33 | Vetco Gray Inc | Dec 17, 2015 / 20150361728 - Cold Forming and Heat Treatment Process for Tubulars | 28 | 64 |
34 | LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220293813 - OPTOELECTRONIC MODULE | 22 | 49 |
35 | Chevron U.S.A. Inc. | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220275691 - ARTIFICIAL LIFT SYSTEMS UTILIZING HIGH SPEED CENTRALIZERS | 63 | 139 |
36 | CELANESE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | May 19, 2016 / 20160137578 - PROCESSES FOR IMPROVING ACETIC ACID YIELD BY REMOVING IRON | 37 | 81 |
37 | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220292653 - OVERLAPPED CURVE MAPPING FOR HISTOGRAM-BASED LOCAL TONE AND LOCAL CONTRAST | 71 | 154 |
38 | eBay Inc. | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220294872 - Traffic Mirroring | 113 | 245 |
39 | Henkel AG & Co., KGaA | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220287943 - METHOD FOR TREATING KERATIN MATERIAL, COMPRISING THE APPLICATION OF AN ORGANIC C1-C6-ALKOXY-SILANE AND AN AMINO ACID AND/OR AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE | 57 | 123 |
40 | TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL) | Jan 03, 2019 / 20190007803 - PROTECTION OF MISSION-CRITICAL PUSH-TO-TALK MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST AND MULTICAST SERVICE SUBCHANNEL CONTROL MESSAGES | 226 | 485 |
41 | ECOLAB USA INC. | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220289648 - STABILIZER ADDITIVES FOR PLASTIC-DERIVED SYNTHETIC FEEDSTOCK | 58 | 122 |
42 | SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC. | Dec 17, 2015 / 20150360346 - Resin Bonded Abrasive | 21 | 44 |
43 | Tyco Healthcare Group LP | Sep 25, 2014 / 20140288376 - SURGICAL PORTAL WITH SEAL SYSTEM | 184 | 378 |
44 | NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220278129 - FERROELECTRIC MEMORY AND MEMORY ARRAY DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLLED GATES | 40 | 82 |
45 | AGCO CORPORATION | Mar 10, 2022 / 20220071099 - QUICK-RELEASE LOCK FOR BALER KNOTTER HEAD | 49 | 99 |
46 | Hitachi Displays, Ltd. | Feb 13, 2014 / 20140043551 - LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE | 41 | 82 |
47 | TESLA MOTORS, INC. | Jun 22, 2017 / 20170177048 - FUNCTIONAL REDUNDANCY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DATA TRANSMISSION IN ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM | 33 | 66 |
48 | CareFusion 303, Inc. | Oct 22, 2015 / 20150300923 - Remote Maintenance Of Medical Devices | 28 | 56 |
49 | Inventec Corporation | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220300046 - SOLID-STATE HARD DISK PLUG-IN DEVICE | 81 | 160 |
50 | UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY | Jan 15, 2015 / 20150018274 - ERYTHROPOIETIN-DERIVED SHORT PEPTIDE AND ITS MIMICS AS IMMUNO/INFLAMMATORY MODULATORS | 24 | 47 |
51 | CREE, INC. | Sep 05, 2019 / 20190273189 - STABILIZED QUANTUM DOT COMPOSITE AND METHOD OF MAKING A STABILIZED QUANTUM DOT COMPOSITE | 38 | 74 |
52 | PANTECH CO., LTD. | Mar 03, 2016 / 20160066284 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING POWER HEADROOM REPORT BY TERMINAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | 100 | 194 |
53 | ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220294623 - METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FOR KEY GENERATION AND TERMINAL PROVISIONING | 30 | 58 |
54 | SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. | Dec 03, 2015 / 20150349510 - REVERSE BLOCKING APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SWITCH APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | 40 | 77 |
55 | Syngenta Crop Protection LLC | Dec 09, 2021 / 20210378242 - FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS | 35 | 67 |
56 | GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. | Jul 28, 2022 / 20220238386 - METHODS, APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEM FOR SELF-ALIGNED PATTERNING OF A VERTICAL TRANSISTOR | 96 | 183 |
57 | The MathWorks, Inc. | Jul 01, 2021 / 20210200519 - SYNTACTICAL CHANGE-RESISTANT CODE GENERATION | 21 | 40 |
58 | HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220300058 - TERMINAL POWER SAVING METHOD AND APPARATUS | 351 | 668 |
59 | EMC CORPORATION | Feb 04, 2021 / 20210034709 - OPTIMIZING INCREMENTAL BACKUPS | 29 | 55 |
60 | COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220296491 - Personal Care Compositions | 55 | 104 |
61 | ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V. | Jun 30, 2016 / 20160186371 - Laundry Machine with Versatile Tub | 40 | 75 |
62 | IBM Corporation | Jun 19, 2014 / 20140173243 - EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTER MEMORY USING MEMORY PAGE ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMORY COMPRESSION | 31 | 58 |
63 | Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc. | Jun 07, 2018 / 20180156617 - System and Method for Selectively Enabling Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) Sensors | 31 | 58 |
64 | THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY | Dec 29, 2016 / 20160375107 - FRAGILE HISTIDINE TRIAD (FHIT) COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF | 22 | 41 |
65 | SPX Corporation | Mar 12, 2015 / 20150068037 - Thermal System Including an Environmental Test Chamber | 22 | 41 |
66 | NEC Corporation | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299949 - INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | 418 | 778 |
67 | 3M Innovative Properties Company | Aug 04, 2022 / 20220241520 - TAMPER-EVIDENT CLOSURE | 43 | 80 |
68 | STMICROELECTRONICS (GRENOBLE 2) SAS | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220276343 - LIGHT SENSOR | 21 | 39 |
69 | ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. | May 21, 2015 / 20150138147 - INPUT DEVICE, AND INFORMATION INPUT METHOD OF THE SAME | 27 | 50 |
70 | UT-BATTELLE, LLC | Jul 07, 2022 / 20220213490 - TNT CLONING SYSTEM | 35 | 64 |
71 | Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220298300 - METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYCARBONATE RESIN, AND MOLDED BODY | 36 | 65 |
72 | MINEBEA CO., LTD. | Sep 05, 2019 / 20190273425 - VIBRATION GENERATOR MOVING VIBRATOR BY MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATED BY COIL AND HOLDER USED IN VIBRATION-GENERATOR | 29 | 52 |
73 | ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299538 - APPARATUS FOR REMOVING A CAP CLOSING A LABORATORY SAMPLE CONTAINER AND LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM | 61 | 109 |
74 | Caterpillar Inc. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220297693 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENGINE AND MACHINE CONTROL | 145 | 259 |
75 | RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220289507 - CONVEYANCE DEVICE | 27 | 48 |
76 | GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220277904 - CARBON ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME | 21 | 37 |
77 | ANALOG DEVICES, INC. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220300111 - FRONT-FACING PROXIMITY DETECTION USING CAPACITIVE SENSOR | 85 | 149 |
78 | Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. | Mar 31, 2022 / 20220097068 - SYSTEM, METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR FORMING AN ARRAY OF EMULSIONS | 24 | 42 |
79 | Schneider Electric USA, Inc. | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220276842 - CUSTOMIZED SOFTWARE APPLICATION TEMPLATE-BASED GENERATOR | 31 | 54 |
80 | NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD. | Aug 18, 2022 / 20220263487 - PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME | 34 | 59 |
81 | WISTRON CORPORATION | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299628 - Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave Radar System and Identity and Information Detection Method Thereof | 36 | 62 |
82 | SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220290902 - CRYOCOOLER | 28 | 48 |
83 | DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220298309 - METHOD OF MAKING A HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURE OF POLYVINYL CHLORIDE SOLIDS AND ADDITIVE | 63 | 108 |
84 | ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB | Aug 11, 2022 / 20220250091 - CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING A CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATOR | 24 | 41 |
85 | TESSERA, INC. | Jan 13, 2022 / 20220013413 - FINFET DEVICES | 24 | 41 |
86 | FOXSEMICON INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY, INC. | Apr 10, 2014 / 20140097767 - REMOTELY CONTROLLED SMART LIGHTING SYSTEM | 41 | 70 |
87 | OSRAM SYLVANIA INC. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299190 - LIGHTING FIXTURES AND METHODS OF COMMISSIONING LIGHTING FIXTURES | 33 | 56 |
88 | Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha | Sep 14, 2017 / 20170260933 - EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION APPARATUS | 49 | 83 |
89 | ASMO CO., LTD. | May 18, 2017 / 20170141628 - ROTOR, MOTOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ROTOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOTOR | 26 | 44 |
90 | Biogen Idec MA Inc. | Oct 13, 2016 / 20160296607 - METHODS OF USING A FIXED DOSE OF A CLOTTING FACTOR | 22 | 37 |
91 | YKK Corporation | Jan 13, 2022 / 20220007794 - MALE SNAP BUTTON AND FEMALE SNAP BUTTON | 22 | 37 |
92 | BP Corporation North America Inc. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299668 - Coded Interleaved Simultaneous Source Shooting | 31 | 52 |
93 | FANUC CORPORATION | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220297321 - DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING WEIGHT AND POSITION OF GRAVITY CENTER OF LOAD BY USING ROBOT | 33 | 55 |
94 | Siemens Industry, Inc. | Nov 17, 2016 / 20160334448 - MAXIMIZING RESOLUTION OF RESISTANCE SENSING | 41 | 68 |
95 | 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 | 144 | 238 |
96 | ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC. | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220280758 - BALLOON CATHETER | 66 | 109 |
97 | BAE SYSTEMS PLC | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299642 - ACTIVE MODULATING ELEMENT DETECTION | 43 | 71 |
98 | HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | Dec 09, 2021 / 20210383524 - PATTERN INSPECTION SYSTEM | 103 | 170 |
99 | UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP. | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220293780 - MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR FORMINGINSULATING STRUCTURE OF HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR | 40 | 66 |
100 | SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220297782 - COVER STRUCTURE | 36 | 59 |