Top 300 Organizations Granted U.S. Patents in 2012

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1 Top 300 Organizations Granted U.S. Patents in 2012 Are more patents better? IPO does not attempt to answer the question above. IPO publishes patent owner lists as an information service for IPO members. This list of organizations that received the most U.S. utility patents is being published by IPO for the 30th consecutive year. It is based on data obtained from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Patents granted to parent and subsidiary companies are combined in some instances. See the end notes for more information. IPO makes reasonable efforts to avoid errors, but cannot guarantee accuracy. June 19, 2013

2 Numerical Listing Use care in interpreting the percent change from 2011 column. The total number of patents granted by the USPTO in 2012 was 253,155, up 12.8 percent from The percent change for an individual organization could be affected by mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, inconsistent treatment of subsidiaries in 2011 and 2012, and many other factors. 1 International Business Machines Corp. 6, Samsung Electronics Co., 5, Sony Corp. 3, Canon K.K. 3, Panasonic Corp. 2, Hitachi, 2, Microsoft Corp. 2, LG Electronics 2, Toshiba Corp. 2, General Electric Co. 2, Siemens Corp. 2, Fujitsu 1, Toyota Jidosha K.K. 1, Qualcomm, 1, Seiko Epson Corp. 1, Hewlett-Packard Co. 1, Ricoh Co., 1, AT&T Corp. 1, General Motors Corp. 1, Intel Corp. 1, Xerox Corp. 1, Broadcom Corp. 1, Google, 1, Apple, 1, Sharp Corp. 1, Honda Motor Co., 1, Fujifilm Corp. 1, DuPont 1, Honeywell International 1, NEC Corp. 1, Renesas Electronics Corp. 1, Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., 1, Brother Kogyo K.K. 1, Johnson & Johnson 1, Research In Motion Cisco Technology, Oracle Corp Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V Micron Technology, United Technologies Corp Patents Change From Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Medtronic Texas Instruments, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Boston Scientific Corp Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Robert Bosch GmbH Denso Corp Mitsubishi Denki K.K Fuji Xerox Co., Boeing Co Hynix Semiconductor Olympus Corp Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ford Global Technologies, LLC Alcatel-Lucent Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute 58 Sprint Corp SAP AG Nokia Corp Marvell International Schlumberger Technology Corp Covidien AG Western Digital Technologies, BASF Corp Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan Infineon Technologies AG Huawei Technologies Co., Airbus Operations S.A.S Kyocera Corp STMicroelectronics, Abbott Laboratories Procter & Gamble Co Sanyo Electric Co., Verizon Communications

3 Numerical Listing TE Connectivity Patents From Konica Minolta Business Technologies, 451 new 120 Samsung Mobile Display Co., Freescale Semiconductor, Rolls-Royce PLC Eastman Kodak Co Altera Corp M Innovative Properties Co Avaya Technology Corp Tokyo Electron Nissan Motor Co., Hoffmann-La Roche Schaeffler Technologies AG & Applied Materials, Co. KG 83 Dow Chemical Co Nitto Denko Corp Raytheon Co Samsung Display Co., 237 new 85 Symantec Corp Stats Chippac AU Optronics Corp Dell Products, L.P TE Connectivity Xilinx, Baker Hughes Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Seagate Technology, LLC Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Commissariat a l'energie Atomique University of California, The Nike, Regents of 134 Illinois Tool Works United States of America, Navy Sanofi-Aventis NTT Docomo, Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Lockheed Martin Corp Industry Co., 95 Nikon Corp Continental Automotive GmbH Thomson Licensing S.A Massachusetts Institute of Technology 97 EMC Corp Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH Adobe Systems, WMS Gaming, 210 new 99 Motorola-Mobility, InterDigital Technology Corp Corning Motorola Solutions, Caterpillar Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Monsanto Technology, LLC Sumitomo Chemical Co., Novartis AG ZF Friedrichshafen, AG Hyundai Motor Co ASML Netherlands B.V Exxon Mobil Corp Casio Computer Co LSI Corp Elpida Memory, NXP B.V Deere & Co Halliburton Energy Services, Silverbrook Research Pty Invention Science Fund I, LLC Yamaha Motor Co., Samsung SDI Co., Sumitomo Electric Industries, TDK Corp Thales Amazon Technologies, Okidata Corp Juniper Networks, Macronix International Co., Merck & Co., Bridgestone Corp International Game Technology Stanford University (IGT) 116 Yahoo, Rambus, Murata Manufacturing Co., Yamaha Corp Nvidia Corp Advanced Micro Devices, Mediatek Netapp, Sandisk Technologies

4 Numerical Listing Patents From Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur California Institute of Foerderung Der Angewandten Technology Forschung E.V. 207 Daikin Industries Chimei-Innolux Corp Kao Corp Red Hat, Shell Oil Co United States of America, Army United States of America, Rohm Co., Department of Health & Human 168 Sharp Laboratories of America, Services 211 Aisin Seiki K.K GlaxoSmithKline LLC American Express Travel Related Shin Etsu Chemical Co., Services Co., Stanley Black & Decker, Eaton Corp Bank of America Corp. 165 new 214 Merck Patent GmbH Analog Devices, Fu Zhun Precision Industry Globalfoundries (Shenzhen) Co., LAM Research Corp Hoya Corp Semiconductor Components 176 Chunghwa Picture Tubes, 161 new Industries, LLC 177 Cook Medical Technologies Asahi Glass Co., LLC Funai Electric Co., HTC Corp. 126 new 179 Seiko Instruments Tessera Technologies, Cadence Design Systems, Universal Entertainment Corp. 125 new 181 Chevron Corp Himax Technologies Pfizer Marvell World Trade 124 new 183 Saint-Gobain 155 new 224 Dongbu Hitek Co., Wisconsin Alumni Research 225 National Taiwan University Foundation 226 Agilent Technologies, Acushnet Co Harris Corp Lexmark International, NGK Insulators BAE Systems Nuance Communications, Jtekt Corp Accenture LLP NTN Corp Intuit, Cypress Semiconductor Corp Rockwell Automation Tsinghua University Technologies, Bayer Cropscience AG Bristol-Myers Squibb Co Rockstar Bidco L.P. 148 new 234 Symbol Technologies, Aisin Aw Co., Showa Denko K.K Pacesetter, Pioneer Corp United Services Automobile 196 Societe Nationale d'etude et de Construction de Moteurs Association (USAA) d'aviation 238 Delta Electronics Ibiden Co., Konami Digital Entertainment 115 new Co., Synopsys Air Liquide Corp. 114 new University of Texas Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ebay Whirlpool Corp Cree, Nintendo Co., Dai Nippon Printing Co Realtek Semiconductor Corp Disney Enterprises, 113 new United Microelectronics Corp Spansion LLC Agere Systems

5 Numerical Listing Patents From Kobe Steel, Astrazeneca AB Advantest Corp MStar Semiconductor, 92 new Allergan, Sandia Corp. 92 new Chi Mei Communication Systems, OKI Electric Industry Co., Omron Corp. 91 new Delphi Technologies, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, 91 new 251 NGK Spark Plug Co., 110 new 294 Evonik Degussa GmbH Becton, Dickinson and Co. 108 new Headway Technologies, Citrix Systems, 107 new 296 Bally Gaming, 89 new 254 Rockwell Collins, Henkel KGAA 89 new VMware, 106 new Sabic Innovative Plastics, IP BV Fairchild Semiconductor Corp Toray Industries 89 new Shimadzu Corp. 105 new 300 Oki Semiconductor Co., 88 new Shinko Electric Industries Co., The Math Works, United States of America, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Yazaki Corp Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, 104 new 263 Amgen, Fuji Electric Co., 102 new 265 Alstom Technology Asustek Computer ZTE Corp. 101 new 268 Intersil Americas 100 new 269 Empire Technology Development LLC 99 new 270 Futurewei Technologies, 98 new L'Oreal S.A National Semiconductor Corp Bosch Siemens Hausgerate GmbH DSM IP Assets B.V. 97 new Porsche AG University of Michigan ARM Digimarc Corp Novatek Microelectronics Corp. 96 new Vertex Pharmaceuticals, 96 new 281 CNH America LLC Konica Minolta Opto, 95 new 283 Atmel Corp Baxter International Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS France Telecom 93 new Omnivision Technologies 93 new 4

6 Alphabetical Listing Use care in interpreting the percent change from 2011 column. The total number of patents granted by the USPTO in 2012 was 253,155, up 12.8 percent from The percent change for an individual organization could be affected by mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, inconsistent treatment of subsidiaries in 2011 and 2012, and many other factors. Rank Organization 79 3M Innovative Properties Co Abbott Laboratories Accenture LLP Acushnet Co Adobe Systems, Advanced Micro Devices, Advantest Corp Agere Systems Agilent Technologies, Air Liquide Corp. 114 new 68 Airbus Operations S.A.S Aisin Aw Co., Aisin Seiki K.K Alcatel-Lucent Allergan, Alstom Technology Altera Corp Amazon Technologies, American Express Travel Related Services Co., Amgen, Analog Devices, Apple, 1, Applied Materials, ARM Asahi Glass Co., ASML Netherlands B.V Astrazeneca AB Asustek Computer AT&T Corp. 1, Atmel Corp AU Optronics Corp Avaya Technology Corp BAE Systems Baker Hughes Bally Gaming, 89 new 172 Bank of America Corp. 165 new 65 BASF Corp Baxter International Bayer Cropscience AG Becton, Dickinson and Co. 108 new Patents Change From Boeing Co Bosch Siemens Hausgerate GmbH Boston Scientific Corp Bridgestone Corp Bristol-Myers Squibb Co Broadcom Corp. 1, Brother Kogyo K.K. 1, Cadence Design Systems, California Institute of Technology Canon K.K. 3, Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH Casio Computer Co Caterpillar Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Chevron Corp Chi Mei Communication Systems, Chimei-Innolux Corp Chunghwa Picture Tubes, 161 new 36 Cisco Technology, Citrix Systems, 107 new 281 CNH America LLC Commissariat a l'energie Atomique Continental Automotive GmbH Cook Medical Technologies LLC Corning Covidien Cree, Cypress Semiconductor Corp Dai Nippon Printing Co Daikin Industries Deere & Co Dell Products, L.P Delphi Technologies, Delta Electronics

7 Alphabetical Listing 48 Denso Corp Digimarc Corp Disney Enterprises, 113 new 224 Dongbu Hitek Co., Dow Chemical Co DSM IP Assets B.V. 97 new 28 DuPont 1, Eastman Kodak Co Eaton Corp Ebay Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute 148 Elpida Memory, EMC Corp Empire Technology Development LLC 99 new 294 Evonik Degussa GmbH Exxon Mobil Corp Fairchild Semiconductor Corp Ford Global Technologies, LLC France Telecom 93 new 163 Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V. 77 Freescale Semiconductor, Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Fuji Electric Co., 102 new 50 Fuji Xerox Co., Fujifilm Corp. 1, Fujitsu 1, Funai Electric Co., Futurewei Technologies, 98 new 10 General Electric Co. 2, General Motors Corp. 1, GlaxoSmithKline LLC Globalfoundries Google, 1, Halliburton Energy Services, Harris Corp Headway Technologies, Henkel KGAA 89 new 16 Hewlett-Packard Co. 1, Himax Technologies Hitachi, 2, Hoffmann-La Roche Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., 1, Patents Change From Honda Motor Co., 1, Honeywell International 1, Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Hoya Corp HTC Corp. 126 new 68 Huawei Technologies Co., Hynix Semiconductor Hyundai Motor Co Ibiden Co., Illinois Tool Works Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan Infineon Technologies AG Intel Corp. 1, InterDigital Technology Corp International Business Machines Corp. 6, International Game Technology (IGT) Intersil Americas 100 new 230 Intuit, Invention Science Fund I, LLC Johnson & Johnson 1, Jtekt Corp Juniper Networks, Kao Corp Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Kobe Steel, Konami Digital Entertainment Co., 115 new 76 Konica Minolta Business Technologies, 451 new 281 Konica Minolta Opto, 95 new 38 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V Kyocera Corp LAM Research Corp Lexmark International, LG Electronics 2, Lockheed Martin Corp L'Oreal S.A LSI Corp Macronix International Co., Marvell International Marvell World Trade 124 new 138 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mediatek

8 Alphabetical Listing 42 Medtronic Merck & Co., Merck Patent GmbH Micron Technology, Microsoft Corp. 2, Mitsubishi Denki K.K Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, 104 new 131 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Monsanto Technology, LLC Motorola Solutions, Motorola-Mobility, MStar Semiconductor, 92 new 117 Murata Manufacturing Co., National Semiconductor Corp National Taiwan University NEC Corp. 1, Netapp, NGK Insulators NGK Spark Plug Co., 110 new 132 Nike, Nikon Corp Nintendo Co., Nissan Motor Co., Nitto Denko Corp Nokia Corp Novartis AG Novatek Microelectronics Corp. 96 new 187 NTN Corp NTT Docomo, Nuance Communications, Nvidia Corp NXP B.V OKI Electric Industry Co., Oki Semiconductor Co., 88 new 154 Okidata Corp Olympus Corp Omnivision Technologies 93 new 291 Omron Corp. 91 new 37 Oracle Corp Pacesetter, Panasonic Corp. 2, Pfizer Pioneer Corp Porsche AG Procter & Gamble Co Qualcomm, 1, Patents Change From Rambus, Raytheon Co Realtek Semiconductor Corp Red Hat, Renesas Electronics Corp. 1, Research In Motion Ricoh Co., 1, Robert Bosch GmbH Rockstar Bidco L.P. 148 new 230 Rockwell Automation Technologies, Rockwell Collins, Rohm Co., Rolls-Royce PLC Sabic Innovative Plastics, IP BV Saint-Gobain 155 new 127 Samsung Display Co., 237 new 90 Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Samsung Electronics Co., 5, Samsung Mobile Display Co., Samsung SDI Co., Sandia Corp. 92 new 162 Sandisk Technologies Sanofi-Aventis Sanyo Electric Co., SAP AG Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG Schlumberger Technology Corp Seagate Technology, LLC Seiko Epson Corp. 1, Seiko Instruments Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Sharp Corp. 1, Sharp Laboratories of America, Shell Oil Co Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Shimadzu Corp. 105 new 170 Shin Etsu Chemical Co., Shinko Electric Industries Co., Showa Denko K.K

9 Alphabetical Listing 11 Siemens Corp. 2, Silverbrook Research Pty Societe Nationale d'etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'aviation 3 Sony Corp. 3, Spansion LLC Sprint Corp Stanford University Stanley Black & Decker, Stats Chippac STMicroelectronics, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, 91 new 85 Symantec Corp Symbol Technologies, Synopsys Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., TDK Corp TE Connectivity Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Tessera Technologies, Texas Instruments, Thales The Math Works, Thomson Licensing S.A Tokyo Electron Toray Industries 89 new 9 Toshiba Corp. 2, Toyota Jidosha K.K. 1, Tsinghua University United Microelectronics Corp United Services Automobile Association (USAA) United States of America, Army United States of America, Department of Health & Human Services 256 United States of America, National Aeronautics and Space Administration 92 United States of America, Navy United Technologies Corp Universal Entertainment Corp. 125 new 90 University of California, The Regents of Patents Change From University of Michigan University of Texas Verizon Communications Vertex Pharmaceuticals, 96 new 254 VMware, 106 new 64 Western Digital Technologies, Whirlpool Corp Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation WMS Gaming, 210 new 21 Xerox Corp. 1, Xilinx, Yahoo, Yamaha Corp Yamaha Motor Co., Yazaki Corp ZF Friedrichshafen, AG ZTE Corp. 101 new

10 END NOTES: 1. New in the percent change column indicates that the company was not on the Top 300 list in The number of patents granted does not necessarily indicate the value of a company s technology, the effectiveness of its R&D, or whether it will be profitable. The number of patents per company varies widely from industry to industry and from company to company within an industry. 3. This report was compiled by IPO from data provided by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Patents reported are utility patents granted during calendar year 2012 that listed the organization or a subsidiary as the owner on the printed patent document. If an assignment of rights to an organization or its subsidiary was recorded after the patent document was printed, the patent was not counted. Patents in the name of a majority-owned subsidiary are included with patents of the parent organization if the organization asked IPO to include subsidiaries. Patents in the names of more than 4,000 subsidiaries are included in the 2012 list. Patents that were granted to two or more organizations jointly are attributed to the organization listed first on the patent document. 4. The number of utility patents granted by the USPTO increased to 253,155 in 2012 from 224,505 in 2011, and the average number of patents per organization listed increased. 5. IPO has published this report annually since 1984 as a service to its members. For annual lists, go to /top Next year IPO will list patents under the name of the parent organization that are granted to majority-owned subsidiaries if the organization provides the names of its majority-owned subsidiaries to IPO by March 1, 2014.