Top 300 Organizations Granted U.S. Patents in 2013

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1 Top 300 Organizations Granted U.S. in 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 31st consecutive year. It is based on data obtained from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. granted to parent and subsidiary companies are combined in many instances. See the end notes for more information. IPO makes reasonable efforts to avoid errors, but cannot guarantee accuracy. June 6, 2014

2 Patent Owners Numerical Listing Use care in interpreting the percent change from 2012 column. The total number of patents granted by the USPTO in was 277,835, up 9.7 percent from The percent change for an individual organization could be affected by mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, inconsistent treatment of subsidiaries in 2012 and, and many other factors. 1 International Business Machines 6, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 4, Canon K.K. 3, Sony 3, LG Electronics Inc. 3, Microsoft 2, Toshiba 2, Panasonic 2, Hitachi, Ltd. 2, Google, Inc. 2, Qualcomm, Inc. 2, General Electric Co. 2, Siemens AG 1, Fujitsu Ltd. 1, Apple, Inc. 1, Intel 1, AT&T 1, General Motors 1, Seiko Epson 1, Ricoh Co., Ltd. 1, Hewlett-Packard Co. 1, Toyota Jidosha K.K. 1, Micron Technology, Inc. 1, Samsung Display Co., Ltd. 1, NEC 1, Xerox 1, Telefonaktiebolaget LM 1, Ericsson 28 Sharp 1, Johnson & Johnson 1, Broadcom 1, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 1, DuPont 1, Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 1, Co., Ltd. 34 Brother Kogyo K.K. 1, Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd. 1, Koninklijke Philips N.V. 1, Honeywell International Inc Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. 40 Cisco Technology, Inc Boston Scientific Medtronic Inc Robert Bosch GmbH Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute 45 Renesas Electronics Fujifilm Oracle Research in Motion Ltd Covidien Boeing Co Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd United Technologies Texas Instruments, Inc STMicroelectronics, Inc Mitsubishi Denki K.K Ford Global Technologies, BASF Schlumberger Technology Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd Verizon Communications Inc Alcatel Lucent Denso Marvell International Ltd Olympus Western Digital Technologies, Inc. 66 Kyocera SAP AG Airbus Operations S.A.S Nokia Sprint Dow Chemical Co Procter & Gamble Co M Innovative Properties Co Amazon Technologies, Inc Blackberry Ltd. 515 new 76 EMC

3 Patent Owners Numerical Listing 77 Hynix Semiconductor Inc Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd Abbott Laboratories Massachusetts Institute of Industrial Technology Research Technology Institute, Taiwan 122 Nike, Inc Symantec ZTE Konica Minolta Business SK Hynix Inc. 271 new Technologies, Inc. 125 Schaeffler Technologies AG & Hoffmann-La Roche Inc Co. KG 83 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc Merck & Co Monsanto Technology, Nitto Denko Applied Materials, Inc Rolls-Royce PLC Infineon Technologies AG Nissan Motor Co., Ltd Nikon Bank of America Raytheon Co Globalfoundries Inc LSI Illinois Tool Works Inc United States of America, Navy Invention Science Fund I, University of California, The Stats Chippac Ltd Regents of 135 Sumitomo Electric Hyundai Motor Co Industries, Ltd. 93 Tokyo Electron Ltd Avaya Inc Eastman Kodak Co Sanofi-Aventis Halliburton Energy ZF Friedrichshafen, AG Services, Inc. 139 Red Hat, Inc NTT Docomo, Inc TDK ExxonMobil Casio Computer Co. Ltd AU Optronics Deere & Co TE Connectivity Saint-Gobain Baker Hughes Inc Thales Samsung SDI Co., Ltd Advanced Micro Devices, Inc Thomson Licensing S.A Mediatek Inc Corning Inc Dell Products, L.P NXP B.V Ebay Inc Adobe Systems, Inc ASML Netherlands B.V Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Xilinx, Inc Ltd. 151 Allergan, Inc Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd. 340 new 152 United Microelectronics International Game Technology Bridgestone Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd Analog Devices, Inc Caterpillar Inc Tsinghua University Lockheed Martin Marvell World Trade Ltd Mitsubishi Heavy Shell Oil Co Industries, Ltd. Whirlpool Yahoo, Inc WMS Gaming, Inc Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique 160 Rohm Co., Ltd Seagate Technology, Sandisk Technologies Inc Juniper Networks, Inc InterDigital Technology Altera Empire Technology Development Nvidia Netapp, Inc Novartis AG

4 Patent Owners Numerical Listing 165 Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur L Oreal S.A Foerderung Der Angewandten 208 Bosch Siemens Forschung E.V. Hausgerate GmbH Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc Hoya Okidata United Services Automobile Cadence Design Systems, Inc Association (USAA) Cree, Inc Disney Enterprises, Inc Tessera, Inc Rockwell Collins, Inc Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd Harris Stanley Black & Decker, Inc Kao Shin Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd Nuance Communications, Inc Synopsys Inc Boehringer Ingelheim 134 new Stryker 172 new International GmbH 176 Cook Medical Technologies CA, Inc. 133 new Zamtec Ltd. 133 new Stanford University NTN University of Texas Realtek Semiconductor Continental Automotive GmbH Yamaha Eaton Alstom Technology Ltd Seiko Instruments Inc Bristol-Myers Squibb Co Rambus, Inc Aisin Aw Co., Ltd Asahi Glass Co., Ltd Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) 129 new Wisconsin Alumni Research Co., Ltd. Foundation GlaxoSmithKline Jtekt Intermolecular Inc. 129 new Macronix International Co., Ltd Daikin Industries Ltd Accenture PLC Nestec, S.A. 128 new 188 Futurewei Technologies, Inc Sharp Laboratories of America, NGK Insulators Ltd Inc. 190 Cypress Semiconductor ABB Technology AG 127 new HTC Facebook, Inc. 127 new Merck Patent GmbH Salesforce.Com, Inc. 127 new United States of America, Army ARM Ltd Aisin Seiki K.K Kobe Steel, Ltd Rockwell Automation Yazaki Technologies, Inc. 196 Motorola Solutions, Inc Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Citrix Systems, Inc Industry Co., Ltd. Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc LAM Research Nokia Siemens Networks Oy 123 new Nintendo Co., Ltd Wistron 123 new 200 Chevron U.S.A. Inc Funai Electric Co., Ltd California Institute of Delphi Technologies, Inc Technology Symbol Technologies, Inc Air Liquide Ibiden Co., Ltd BAE Systems Inc Centurylink Intellectual Property 119 new United States of America, Department of Health & Human France Telecom Services Headway Technologies, Inc Becton, Dickinson & Co NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd Intuit, Inc

5 Patent Owners Numerical Listing 249 Centre National de la Recherche Agilent Technologies, Inc Scientifique - CNRS University of Michigan Bally Gaming, Inc Krones AG 96 new Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd Life Technologies 96 new Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd University of Illinois 96 new Spansion Avago Technologies General Ip 95 new 254 Amgen, Inc (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. Bayer Cropscience AG Komatsu Ltd. 95 new 256 Delta Electronics Inc National Taiwan University MStar Semiconductor, Inc Nippon Telegraph & Telephone 95 new 258 Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal 112 new Sandia Corporation The Math Works, Inc University of South Florida 95 new 260 Advantest Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 110 new Toyoda Gosei K.K. 110 new 263 Baxter International Inc Evonik Degussa GmbH Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. 109 new 266 Acushnet Co Fuji Electric Co., Ltd Omron Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. 108 new 270 Pacesetter, Inc Pfizer Inc ST-Ericsson SA 107 new 273 Cheil Industries, Inc. 105 new 274 American Express Travel Related Services Co., Inc. Atmel Columbia University Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Koch Industries, Inc. Societe Nationale d Etude et de Construction de Moteurs D Aviation 280 JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. 103 new Shenzhen China Star 103 new Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 282 Chimei-Innolux Shimadzu Aristocrat Technologies Australia 99 new Pty. Ltd. Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd Georgia Tech Research Silicon Laboratories Inc. Trading Technologies International, Inc. Via Technologies, Inc. 4

6 Patent Owners Alphabetical Listing Use care in interpreting the percent change column. The total number of utility patents granted by the USPTO in was 277,835, up 9.7 percent from The percent change for an individual organization might be affected by mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, inconsistent treatment of subsidiaries in 2012 and, and other factors. Rank Organization 73 3M Innovative Properties Co ABB Technology AG 127 new 78 Abbott Laboratories Accenture PLC Acushnet Co Adobe Systems, Inc Advanced Micro Devices, Inc Advantest Agilent Technologies, Inc Air Liquide Airbus Operations S.A.S Aisin Aw Co., Ltd Aisin Seiki K.K Alcatel Lucent Allergan, Inc Alstom Technology Ltd Altera Amazon Technologies, Inc American Express Travel Related Services Co., Inc. 254 Amgen, Inc Analog Devices, Inc Apple, Inc. 1, Applied Materials, Inc Aristocrat Technologies Australia 99 new Pty. Ltd. 234 ARM Ltd Asahi Glass Co., Ltd ASML Netherlands B.V AT&T 1, Atmel AU Optronics Avago Technologies General Ip 95 new (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 136 Avaya Inc BAE Systems Inc Baker Hughes Inc Bally Gaming, Inc Bank of America BASF Baxter International Inc Bayer Cropscience AG Becton, Dickinson & Co Blackberry Ltd. 515 new 216 Boehringer Ingelheim 134 new International GmbH 50 Boeing Co Bosch Siemens Hausgerate GmbH 41 Boston Scientific Bridgestone Bristol-Myers Squibb Co Broadcom 1, Brother Kogyo K.K. 1, CA, Inc. 133 new 168 Cadence Design Systems, Inc California Institute of Technology 3 Canon K.K. 3, Casio Computer Co. Ltd Caterpillar Inc Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS 245 Centurylink Intellectual Property 119 new 273 Cheil Industries, Inc. 105 new 200 Chevron U.S.A. Inc Chimei-Innolux Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd Cisco Technology, Inc Citrix Systems, Inc Columbia University 114 Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique 179 Continental Automotive GmbH Cook Medical Technologies Corning Inc Covidien Cree, Inc Cypress Semiconductor Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd Daikin Industries Ltd

7 Patent Owners Alphabetical Listing 142 Deere & Co Dell Products, L.P Delphi Technologies, Inc Delta Electronics Inc Denso Disney Enterprises, Inc Dolby Laboratories, Inc. 71 Dow Chemical Co DuPont 1, Eastman Kodak Co Eaton Ebay Inc Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute 76 EMC Empire Technology Development Evonik Degussa GmbH ExxonMobil Facebook, Inc. 127 new 56 Ford Global Technologies, France Telecom Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V. 83 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) 129 new Co., Ltd. 266 Fuji Electric Co., Ltd Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd Fujifilm Fujitsu Ltd. 1, Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd. 340 new 241 Funai Electric Co., Ltd Futurewei Technologies, Inc General Electric Co. 2, General Motors 1, Georgia Tech Research 224 GlaxoSmithKline Globalfoundries Inc Google, Inc. 2, Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. 261 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 110 new 213 Harris Headway Technologies, Inc Hewlett-Packard Co. 1, Hitachi, Ltd. 2, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd. 1, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 1, Honeywell International Inc Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. 209 Hoya HTC Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd Hynix Semiconductor Inc Hyundai Motor Co Ibiden Co., Ltd Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. 109 new 131 Illinois Tool Works Inc Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan 86 Infineon Technologies AG Intel 1, InterDigital Technology Intermolecular Inc. 129 new 1 International Business Machines 6, International Game Technology Intuit, Inc Invention Science Fund I, Johnson & Johnson 1, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. 103 new 185 Jtekt Juniper Networks, Inc Kao Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc Kobe Steel, Ltd Koch Industries, Inc. 295 Komatsu Ltd. 95 new 81 Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc. 35 Koninklijke Philips N.V. 1, Krones AG 96 new 66 Kyocera LAM Research LG Electronics Inc. 3, Life Technologies 96 new 110 Lockheed Martin L'Oreal S.A LSI Macronix International Co., Ltd Marvell International Ltd Marvell World Trade Ltd

8 Patent Owners Alphabetical Listing 121 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 146 Mediatek Inc Medtronic Inc Merck & Co Merck Patent GmbH Micron Technology, Inc. 1, Microsoft 2, Mitsubishi Denki K.K Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. 84 Monsanto Technology, Motorola Solutions, Inc MStar Semiconductor, Inc Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd National Taiwan University NEC 1, Nestec, S.A. 128 new 163 Netapp, Inc NGK Insulators Ltd NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd Nike, Inc Nikon Nintendo Co., Ltd Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal 112 new 295 Nippon Telegraph & Telephone 95 new 129 Nissan Motor Co., Ltd Nitto Denko Nokia Nokia Siemens Networks Oy 123 new 119 Novartis AG NTN NTT Docomo, Inc Nuance Communications, Inc Nvidia NXP B.V Okidata Olympus Omron Oracle Pacesetter, Inc Panasonic 2, Pfizer Inc Procter & Gamble Co Qualcomm, Inc. 2, Rambus, Inc Raytheon Co Realtek Semiconductor Red Hat, Inc Renesas Electronics Research in Motion Ltd Ricoh Co., Ltd. 1, Robert Bosch GmbH Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. 211 Rockwell Collins, Inc Rohm Co., Ltd Rolls-Royce PLC Saint-Gobain Salesforce.Com, Inc. 127 new 24 Samsung Display Co., Ltd. 1, Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. 2 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 4, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd Sandia Corporation Sandisk Technologies Inc Sanofi-Aventis Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd SAP AG Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG 58 Schlumberger Technology Seagate Technology, Seiko Epson 1, Seiko Instruments Inc Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 1, Co., Ltd. 28 Sharp 1, Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc. 156 Shell Oil Co Shenzhen China Star 103 new Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 196 Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd. 283 Shimadzu Shin Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd Siemens AG 1, Silicon Laboratories Inc. 124 SK Hynix Inc. 271 new 274 Societe Nationale D'Etude Et De Construction De Moteurs D'Aviation "s.n.e.c.m.a."

9 Patent Owners Alphabetical Listing 4 Sony 3, Spansion Sprint Stanford University Stanley Black & Decker, Inc Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. 108 new 134 Stats Chippac Ltd ST-Ericsson SA 107 new 54 STMicroelectronics, Inc Stryker 172 new 171 Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. 284 Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd Symantec Symbol Technologies, Inc Synopsys Inc Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 139 TDK TE Connectivity Telefonaktiebolaget LM 1, Ericsson 168 Tessera, Inc Texas Instruments, Inc Thales The Math Works, Inc Thomson Licensing S.A Tokyo Electron Ltd Toshiba 2, Toyoda Gosei K.K. 110 new 22 Toyota Jidosha K.K. 1, Trading Technologies International, Inc. 154 Tsinghua University United Microelectronics United Services Automobile Association (USAA) 190 United States of America, Army United States of America, Department of Health & Human Services 89 United States of America, Navy United Technologies University of California, The Regents of 292 University of Illinois 96 new 290 University of Michigan University of South Florida 95 new 178 University of Texas Verizon Communications Inc Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc Via Technologies, Inc. 65 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. 156 Whirlpool Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation 239 Wistron 123 new 156 WMS Gaming, Inc Xerox 1, Xilinx, Inc Yahoo, Inc Yamaha Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd Yazaki Zamtec Ltd. 133 new 138 ZF Friedrichshafen, AG ZTE

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. reported are utility patents granted during calendar year 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. in the name of a majority-owned subsidiary are included with patents of the parent organization if the organization asked IPO to include subsidiaries. in the names of more than 5,000 subsidiaries are included in the list. 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 277,835 in from 253,155 in 2012, 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, 2015.