Companies with the largest percentage increase in patent applications from 2013 to 2014 |
Rank | Assignee's name | Last publication | # of patent apps 2013 | # of patent apps 2014 |
1 | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | Jan 03, 2019 / 20190005449 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY REQUESTING DELIVERY DRIVERS FOR ONLINE ORDERS | 35 | 282 |
2 | BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220300104 - TOUCH UNIT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD WITH AN OPENING ON AN INTERCONNECTING MEMBER OF A TOUCH ELECTRODE | 61 | 452 |
3 | TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220297004 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL OBJECT, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT | 82 | 571 |
4 | BlackBerry Limited | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220279018 - MANAGING THIRD PARTY URL DISTRIBUTION | 44 | 266 |
5 | Volcano Corporation | Feb 04, 2016 / 20160030152 - ENDOLUMINAL FILTER HAVING ENHANCED ECHOGENIC PROPERTIES | 35 | 191 |
6 | DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, LLC | Mar 31, 2016 / 20160089187 - SPINAL CONNECTORS AND RELATED METHODS | 25 | 135 |
7 | Motorola Mobility LLC | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220294615 - Quantum-Based Security For Hardware Devices | 61 | 321 |
8 | BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220277584 - TEXTURE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE | 24 | 121 |
9 | Koninklijke Philips N.V. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220296044 - SMART FOOD PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD | 150 | 722 |
10 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | Jul 07, 2022 / 20220214187 - HIGH-DEFINITION MAPS AND LOCALIZATION FOR ROAD VEHICLES | 136 | 630 |
11 | DEERE & COMPANY | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220289163 - CONTROLLED AIR DELIVERY FOR TIRE INFLATION AND AIR BRAKE | 31 | 135 |
12 | CORNING INCORPORATED | Aug 25, 2022 / 20220268972 - LENS CURVATURE VARIATION APPARATUS | 61 | 254 |
13 | KONICA MINOLTA , INC. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220296212 - ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS | 109 | 418 |
14 | CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220283830 - MANAGING VIRTUAL APPLICATION PERFORMANCE IN A VIRTUAL COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT | 49 | 180 |
15 | HITACHI METALS, LTD. | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220294279 - MAGNETIC WEDGE, ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC WEDGE | 41 | 146 |
16 | Elwha LLC | Sep 05, 2019 / 20190272029 - CORRELATING USER REACTION WITH AT LEAST AN ASPECT ASSOCIATED WITH AN AUGMENTATION OF AN AUGMENTED VIEW | 66 | 208 |
17 | Mastercard International Incorporated | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220292499 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AN ADVANCED STORAGE KEY IN A MOBILE DEVICE WITHOUT SECURE ELEMENTS | 51 | 157 |
18 | Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220294068 - BATTERY MODULE | 25 | 76 |
19 | AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220297733 - FOLDABLE CONTAINERS FOR MANUAL AND ROBOTIC USE | 88 | 265 |
20 | THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY | Apr 14, 2016 / 20160101657 - PNEUMATIC TIRE HAVING BUILT-IN SEALANT LAYER AND PREPARATION THEREOF | 21 | 63 |
21 | PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220297846 - HYBRID ELECTRIC SYSTEMS FOR ROTORCRAFT | 35 | 105 |
22 | NetApp, Inc. | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220283915 - Network Storage Failover Systems and Associated Methods | 51 | 151 |
23 | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220297452 - MEDIA EDGE LIFTING | 225 | 662 |
24 | SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220300112 - ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 594 | 1629 |
25 | IHI CORPORATION | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220294297 - METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STATOR COIL OF ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE AND STATOR COIL | 28 | 76 |
26 | MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC. | Jan 06, 2022 / 20220007492 - VEHICULAR CAMERA MODULE WITH FOCUS ATHERMALIZATION | 23 | 62 |
27 | JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | Nov 18, 2021 / 20210355851 - OXYGEN STORAGE AND RELEASE MATERIAL, CATALYST, EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM, AND EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT METHOD | 22 | 58 |
28 | APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS, LLC | Aug 20, 2015 / 20150232822 - DNA POLYMERASES HAVING IMPROVED LABELED NUCLEOTIDE INCORPORATION PROPERTIES | 28 | 70 |
29 | FLEXTRONICS AP, LLC | Nov 25, 2021 / 20210367592 - VOLTAGE COMPARATOR | 76 | 189 |
30 | ALCON RESEARCH, LTD. | Feb 16, 2017 / 20170042735 - Active Drainage Systems with Dual-Input Pressure-Driven Values | 28 | 69 |
31 | SPANSION LLC | May 26, 2016 / 20160146675 - TEMPERATURE DETECTION CIRCUIT AND TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT CIRCUIT | 37 | 91 |
32 | Osram GmbH | Dec 23, 2021 / 20210396859 - ABSTANDSMESSEINHEIT | 48 | 118 |
33 | RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED | Jun 30, 2016 / 20160187955 - INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | 52 | 126 |
34 | CA, Inc. | Apr 16, 2020 / 20200120106 - TRACKING AND SECURING ELECTRONIC MESSAGES USING AN EMBEDDED IDENTIFIER | 33 | 79 |
35 | INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM) | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220280498 - NOVEL DIZOCILPINE DERIVATIVES AS PERIPHERAL NMDA RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS | 21 | 50 |
36 | CNH AMERICA LLC | Oct 01, 2015 / 20150272006 - DENSITY CONTROL SYSTEM | 64 | 149 |
37 | Solar Turbines Incorporated | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220282839 - GAS TRANSMISSION COMPRESSION OPTIMIZATION | 31 | 71 |
38 | UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP. | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220293780 - MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR FORMINGINSULATING STRUCTURE OF HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR | 66 | 151 |
39 | Starkey Laboratories, Inc. | Apr 28, 2016 / 20160119723 - COMPRESSOR ARCHITECTURE FOR AVOIDANCE OF CROSS-MODULATION IN REMOTE MICROPHONES | 26 | 59 |
40 | LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220279356 - NETWORK CYBER-SECURITY PLATFORM | 38 | 83 |
41 | Red Hat, Inc. | Sep 12, 2019 / 20190278644 - MANAGING NODE FAILURES IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT | 46 | 99 |
42 | InnoLux Corporation | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299787 - SENSING DEVICE | 54 | 116 |
43 | NEST LABS, INC. | Jun 15, 2017 / 20170168511 - HVAC CONTROLLER CONFIGURATIONS THAT COMPENSATE FOR HEATING CAUSED BY DIRECT SUNLIGHT | 27 | 58 |
44 | SILERGY SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY (HANGZHOU) LTD | Jul 23, 2015 / 20150207312 - Low Capacitance Transient Voltage Suppressor | 29 | 62 |
45 | PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC. | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220280379 - CPR CHEST COMPRESSION MACHINE | 22 | 47 |
46 | Immersion Corporation | Sep 05, 2019 / 20190272036 - HAPTIC FEEDBACK USING A FIELD OF VIEW | 33 | 70 |
47 | STEERING SOLUTIONS IP HOLDING CORPORATION | Oct 21, 2021 / 20210323596 - ABSOLUTE POSITION NON-CONTACT RAKE SENSOR FOR A STEERING COLUMN | 26 | 55 |
48 | Eaton Corporation | Jan 03, 2019 / 20190006131 - MULTI-POLE ELECTRICAL SWITCHING APPARATUS AND TRIP CAM ASSEMBLY THEREFOR | 91 | 192 |
49 | GENTEX CORPORATION | Aug 25, 2022 / 20220266778 - METHOD OF WIRELESSLY POWERING AND CONTROLLING A DIMMABLE DEVICE | 23 | 48 |
50 | Monsanto Technology LLC | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220298527 - COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING CROP YIELDS THROUGH TRAIT STACKING | 121 | 251 |
51 | DELL PRODUCTS L.P. | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220295012 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT APPEARANCE MONITORING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR VIDEOCONFERENCING APPLICATIONS | 181 | 374 |
52 | The Government of the United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220291552 - Utilizing Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays as the Homeotropic Alignment Agent in an electro-optic liquid crystal device | 47 | 97 |
53 | DexCom, Inc. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220296867 - DRUG RELEASING MEMBRANE FOR ANALYTE SENSOR | 32 | 66 |
54 | SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC. | Jul 13, 2017 / 20170200501 - NON-VOLATILE MEMORY WITH EFFICIENT PROGRAMMING | 100 | 204 |
55 | HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299615 - VEHICLE ULTRASONIC SENSOR CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD | 26 | 53 |
56 | Altera Corporation | Sep 05, 2019 / 20190273504 - Techniques For Signal Skew Compensation | 38 | 77 |
57 | EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. | Aug 11, 2022 / 20220252292 - WIRELESSLY CONFIGURING CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM CONTROLS | 30 | 60 |
58 | Funai Electric Co., Ltd. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220297439 - FLUID DETECTION CIRCUIT FOR FLUID EJECTION HEAD | 86 | 169 |
59 | Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220290749 - VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE | 23 | 45 |
60 | UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC. | Dec 31, 2020 / 20200413129 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE REMOVAL OF A CONTROLLING DEVICE | 23 | 45 |
61 | Acushnet Company | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220288472 - GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH HOSEL HOLE COVER | 61 | 119 |
62 | RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V. | Nov 19, 2015 / 20150327507 - LETTUCE VARIETY 79-619 RZ | 23 | 44 |
63 | ABL IP HOLDING LLC | Oct 28, 2021 / 20210330854 - LUMINAIRE AND METHODOLOGIES FOR COMBINED VISIBLE ILLUMINATION AND DEACTIVATION OF BACTERIA | 22 | 42 |
64 | LG CNS CO., LTD. | Jun 30, 2016 / 20160190865 - SWITCHABLE UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND BATTERY CHARGING METHOD THEREOF | 21 | 40 |
65 | SK HYNIX INC. | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220293629 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | 393 | 743 |
66 | CLEVERSAFE, INC. | Jun 15, 2017 / 20170171309 - TEMPORARILY STORING DATA IN A DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK | 94 | 177 |
67 | Brigham Young University | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220273673 - BONE-BINDING COMPOUNDS | 24 | 45 |
68 | Digimarc Corporation | Oct 22, 2015 / 20150302886 - DETERMINATION OF ORIGINALITY OF CONTENT | 32 | 60 |
69 | Autoliv ASP, Inc. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220297632 - DUAL STAGE INFLATOR | 21 | 39 |
70 | COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE. ALT. | Feb 11, 2016 / 20160042955 - METHOD OF MAKING A TRANSISTOR | 69 | 128 |
71 | SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220294988 - METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATION | 38 | 70 |
72 | Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. | Aug 25, 2022 / 20220271290 - ION-CONDUCTIVE POLYMER, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY ELECTRODE AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY WHICH COMPRISE SAME | 263 | 483 |
73 | ELECTRONICS TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220287564 - An Interactive Health-Monitoring Platform for Wearable Wireless Sensor Systems | 24 | 44 |
74 | Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc. | Feb 16, 2017 / 20170049035 - SEDUM PLANT NAMED 'DARK MAGIC' | 29 | 53 |
75 | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. | Dec 16, 2021 / 20210386690 - USE OF RASAGILINE FOR THE TREATMENT OF RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME | 23 | 42 |
76 | Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220298414 - METHOD OF PRODUCING QUANTUM DOT, QUANTUM DOT PRODUCED BY THE SAME, AND PHOTODEVICE COMPRISING THE QUANTUM DOT | 34 | 62 |
77 | HUSQVARNA AB | Jun 15, 2017 / 20170168499 - OBSTACLE DETECTION FOR A ROBOTIC WORKING TOOL | 26 | 47 |
78 | CareFusion 303, Inc. | Oct 22, 2015 / 20150300923 - Remote Maintenance Of Medical Devices | 36 | 65 |
79 | UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220283183 - DIAGNOSTIC TEST FOR IDIOPATHIC NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS | 30 | 54 |
80 | MICROMASS UK LIMITED | Aug 04, 2022 / 20220246418 - MASS SPECTROMETER | 25 | 45 |
81 | NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299320 - DIFFUSION BLOCK FOR AN EVACUATED INSTRUMENT SYSTEM | 24 | 43 |
82 | LENOVO (BEIJING) CO. LTD. | Feb 16, 2017 / 20170048996 - Bendable Structure and Electronic Device | 56 | 100 |
83 | Adobe Systems Incorporated | Jan 03, 2019 / 20190005043 - Automated Digital Asset Tagging using Multiple Vocabulary Sets | 246 | 439 |
84 | PFU LIMITED | Dec 16, 2021 / 20210390326 - INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AREA DETERMINATION METHOD, AND MEDIUM | 27 | 48 |
85 | Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220296132 - OPTIMIZING ANALYTE SENSOR CALIBRATION | 59 | 104 |
86 | The Procter & Gamble Company | Jan 13, 2022 / 20220010495 - Sanitary Tissue Products | 294 | 518 |
87 | TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC. | Oct 21, 2021 / 20210328481 - PERMANENT MAGNET MOTOR HARMONIC FILTER | 25 | 44 |
88 | KOREA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY | Mar 10, 2022 / 20220074427 - TWO-VANE PUMP AND DESIGN METHOD OF TWO-VANE PUMP FOR WASTEWATER USING MACHINE LEARNING | 25 | 44 |
89 | KAYABA INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | May 12, 2016 / 20160131217 - DAMPER | 24 | 42 |
90 | WesternGeco LLC | May 18, 2017 / 20170139067 - PARALLEL PROCESSING SEISMIC WAVEFIELD DATA | 36 | 63 |
91 | KOHLER CO. | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220287512 - Sink Accessory System | 40 | 70 |
92 | Covidien LP | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220287716 - CIRCULAR STAPLING DEVICE FOR END-TO-END ANASTOMOSIS | 378 | 661 |
93 | WISTRON CORPORATION | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220299628 - Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave Radar System and Identity and Information Detection Method Thereof | 161 | 280 |
94 | ams AG | Mar 10, 2022 / 20220074975 - CURRENT PEAK SENSOR FOR PULSED LASER DIODE ARRAY | 23 | 40 |
95 | NORDSON CORPORATION | Jun 22, 2017 / 20170173610 - FEED CENTER FOR DENSE PHASE SYSTEM | 38 | 66 |
96 | Inventec Corporation | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220300046 - SOLID-STATE HARD DISK PLUG-IN DEVICE | 93 | 161 |
97 | NXP B.V. | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220286286 - METHOD FOR MULTIPLYING POLYNOMIALS FOR A CRYPTOGRAPHIC OPERATION | 133 | 230 |
98 | SANDISK 3D LLC | Oct 13, 2016 / 20160300885 - Vertical Bit Line Non-Volatile Memory With Recessed Word Lines | 44 | 76 |
99 | KONE CORPORATION | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220297978 - ELEVATOR ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING ELEVATOR | 36 | 62 |
100 | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220296720 - COMPOSITE CHITOSAN-TANNIN-ACTIVE AGENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME | 92 | 158 |