Top 300 Organizations Granted
U.S. Patents in 2014
Are more patents better?
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service for IPO members.
This list of organizations that received the most U.S. utility patents is being published by IPO for the 32st
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 many instances. See the end notes for
more information. IPO makes reasonable efforts to avoid errors, but cannot guarantee accuracy.
June 15, 2015
2014 Patent Owners
Numerical Listing
Use care in interpreting the “percent change from 2013” column. The total number of patents granted by the USPTO in 2014
was 300,678, up 8 percent from 2013. The percent change for an individual organization could be affected by mergers,
acquisitions, divestitures, different treatment of subsidiaries in 2013 and 2014, and many other factors.
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
Organization
International Business Machines
Corp.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Canon K.K.
Sony Corp.
Microsoft Corp.
Google, Inc.
Toshiba Corp.
Qualcomm, Inc.
Panasonic Corp.
General Electric Co.
LG Electronics Inc.
Hitachi, Ltd.
Apple, Inc.
Intel Corp.
AT&T Corp.
Fujitsu Ltd.
Medtronic Inc.
Seiko Epson Corp.
Ricoh Co., Ltd.
Hewlett-Packard Co.
Siemens AG
Toyota Jidosha K.K.
Telefonaktiebolaget LM
Ericsson
Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
General Motors Corp.
Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Blackberry Ltd.
NEC Corp.
Broadcom Corp.
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
Co., Ltd.
Brother Kogyo K.K.
Cisco Technology, Inc.
Johnson & Johnson
Xerox Corp.
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Sharp Corp.
Micron Technology, Inc.
DuPont
2014
Patents
Percent
Change
From 2013
7,481
10.2
4,936
4,172
3,214
2,983
2,881
2,850
2,706
2,394
2,293
2,119
2,030
2,003
1,965
1,896
1,812
1,716
1,660
1,634
1,631
1,630
1,567
1,537
6.1
6.5
-3.1
6.0
31.6
6.4
24.0
-9.6
9.9
-32.0
-15.4
12.8
13.6
14.4
0.6
92.2
11.6
11.2
11.8
-10.8
15.6
33.8
1,500
1,470
1,446
19.1
-9.3
55.0
1,328
1,272
1,197
1,177
157.9
8.9
10.5
13.9
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
1,142
1,127
1,115
1,105
1,099
1,082
1,067
1,039
11.3
23.8
0.7
-5.0
2.7
-2.8
-16.6
-0.6
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
Rank
39
40
41
42
43
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
Organization
Honeywell International Inc.
Robert Bosch GmbH
United Technologies Corp.
Boston Scientific Corp.
Fujifilm Corp.
Koninklijke Philips N.V.
Boeing Co.
Verizon
Oracle Corp.
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Electronics and
Telecommunications Research
Institute
Mitsubishi Denki K.K.
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
Texas Instruments, Inc.
EMC Corp.
Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Kyocera Document
Solutions Inc.
BASF SE
STMicroelectronics, Inc.
Denso Corp.
Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Western Digital Technologies,
Inc.
Airbus Operations S.A.S.
SK Hynix Inc.
ZTE Corp.
Alcatel Lucent
Marvell International Ltd.
Schlumberger Technology Corp.
Konica Minolta Business
Technologies, Inc.
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
SAP SE
Infineon Technologies AG
Olympus Corp.
Nokia Corp.
Dow Chemical Co.
LG Display Co., Ltd.
LSI Corp.
2014
Patents
Percent
Change
From 2013
1,031
985
983
976
925
925
911
904
882
872
862
7.3
11.4
69.5
8.0
7.2
-7.9
14.2
35.3
2.2
27.3
-0.7
833
831
830
817
804
802
15.7
4.5
12.3
63.4
12.6
28.9
752
750
744
741
729
7.9
2.3
15.5
39.8
16.6
717
710
705
700
693
685
667
17.2
162.0
158.2
8.0
7.9
-0.6
43.1
665
662
655
654
635
627
618
616
-33.8
7.3
57.8
2.2
4.1
9.4
new
54.4
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2014 Patent Owners
Numerical Listing
Rank
Organization
76 Hyundai Motor Co.
77 Renesas Electronics Corp.
78 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
79 Procter & Gamble Co.
80 3M Innovative Properties Co.
81 Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
82 Symantec Corp.
83 Caterpillar Inc.
84 Roche Holdings, Inc.
85 Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry
(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
86 Monsanto Technology, LLC
87 Globalfoundries Inc.
88 Sprint Communications Company
L.P.
89 Applied Materials, Inc.
90 Industrial Technology Research
Institute, Taiwan
91 University of California, The
Regents of
92 Abbott Laboratories
93 Shenzhen China Star
Optoelectronics Technology Co.,
Ltd.
94 Halliburton Energy
Services, Inc.
95 Adobe Systems, Inc.
96 Baker Hughes Inc.
97 Commissariat a l'Energie
Atomique
98 Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co.,
Ltd.
99 LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
100 Seagate Technology, LLC
101 Eastman Kodak Co.
102 NXP B.V.
103 Raytheon Co.
104 LG Chem, Ltd.
105 Tokyo Electron Ltd.
106 AU Optronics Corp.
107 Japan Display Inc.
108 ExxonMobil Corp.
109 United States of America, Navy
110 ABB Technology AG
111 Thomson Licensing S.A.
112 Nikon Corp.
113 Rolls-Royce PLC
114 Nvidia Corp.
115 Altera Corp.
2014
Patents
603
590
534
525
517
513
498
488
484
480
Percent
Change
From 2013
Rank
Organization
116 Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries, Ltd.
117 Nike, Inc.
118 Marvell World Trade Ltd.
119 International Game Technology
120 Sumitomo Electric
Industries, Ltd.
121 NTT Docomo, Inc.
122 Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
123 Yahoo, Inc.
124 Sanofi
125 Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
126 Red Hat, Inc.
127 Juniper Networks, Inc.
128 Wistron Corp.
129 Empire Technology Development
LLC
130 ASML Netherlands B.V.
Dell Products, L.P.
132 Emerson Electric
Facebook, Inc.
134 Corning Inc.
135 Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Schaeffler Technologies AG &
Co. KG
137 Avaya Inc.
138 Bridgestone Corp.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
United Microelectronics Corp.
141 Nitto Denko Corp.
142 Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd.
143 Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
144 Sandisk Technologies Inc.
145 Saint-Gobain
146 Mediatek Inc.
147 Novartis AG
148 Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
149 Ebay Inc.
150 InterDigital Technology Corp.
Yazaki Corp.
152 Bank of America Corp.
153 Tsinghua University
154 Invention Science Fund I, LLC
155 Illinois Tool Works Inc.
156 Casio Computer Co. Ltd.
157 HTC Corp.
158 Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur
Foerderung Der Angewandten
Forschung E.V.
51.5
-31.9
16.8
-3.8
-2.8
39.4
6.6
47.0
5.7
-47.9
478
471
469
11.9
86.2
-20.4
462
455
9.2
-6.2
453
13.5
437
431
-10.6
318.4
430
8.9
427
422
408
23.8
14.7
32.0
406
18.4
401
398
391
390
382
380
378
372
368
367
364
355
350
347
346
334
333
new
30.9
-1.0
10.8
-4.5
new
-4.8
-2.6
new
-4.2
-8.8
179.5
-4.6
-13.3
30.6
15.2
14.0
2014
Patents
321
Percent
Change
From 2013
1.9
319
316
315
307
16.8
67.2
-6.0
25.3
306
299
297
295
293
292
291
288
287
-21.1
5.7
-4.8
23.9
9.3
24.3
-1.4
134.1
57.7
280
280
279
279
276
275
37.3
34.0
new
119.7
-22.5
-2.1
275
1.9
264
263
263
263
260
259
258
251
250
246
243
238
236
233
233
232
230
228
226
225
219
218
10.0
35.6
-20.8
34.9
-2.3
-23.8
64.3
34.9
10.1
16.0
-15.3
-9.5
15.1
26.6
51.3
-11.5
19.2
-9.5
-10.7
-3.8
41.3
20.4
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2014 Patent Owners
Numerical Listing
Rank
Organization
159 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
160 Intermolecular Inc.
Shin Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
162 Cree, Inc.
Deere & Co.
164 Disney Enterprises, Inc.
165 Shell Oil Co.
166 Tessera, Inc.
167 Nintendo Co., Ltd.
168 Rohm Co., Ltd.
169 Analog Devices, Inc.
170 Jtekt Corp.
NetApp, Inc.
Stats Chippac Ltd.
173 Synopsys Inc.
174 Cook Medical
Technologies LLC
175 Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
176 Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
177 Citrix Systems, Inc.
178 Boehringer Ingelheim
International GmbH
179 Okidata Corp.
180 Allergan, Inc.
181 Stanford University
182 Macronix International Co., Ltd.
Nuance Communications, Inc.
Whirlpool Corp.
185 Alstom Technology Ltd.
Thales
187 Cypress Semiconductor Corp.
188 Merck Patent GmbH
United States of America,
Department of Health & Human
Services
190 Accenture Global Services Ltd.
WMS Gaming, Inc.
192 Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
University of Texas
194 MathWorks
Salesforce.com, Inc.
196 California Institute of
Technology
Delta Electronics Inc.
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
Societe Nationale d’Etude et de
Construction de Moteurs
d’Aviation
200 Stryker Corp.
Xilinx, Inc.
2014
Patents
217
215
215
214
214
212
210
206
203
197
195
194
194
194
193
192
Percent
Change
From 2013
Rank
Organization
202 L'Oreal S.A.
ZF Friedrichshafen, AG
204 Rockwell Collins, Inc.
205 BAE Systems Information and
Electronic Systems Integration,
Inc.
206 Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
207 Semiconductor Components
Industries, LLC
208 Aisin Seiki K.K.
LAM Research Corp.
210 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
211 Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
Tyco Electronics Corp.
213 United States of America, Army
214 Becton, Dickinson and Co.
Motorola Solutions, Inc.
216 Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
Wisconsin Alumni Research
Foundation
218 Eaton Corp.
Celanese International Corp.
Koch Industries
221 Nokia Siemens Networks Oy
222 Nestec, S.A.
Osram Opto Semiconductors
GmbH
TDK Corp.
225 Krones AG
226 Spansion LLC
227 Johns Hopkins University
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal
Corp.
229 CA Technologies
Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen)
Co., Ltd.
231 Rockwell Automation
Technologies, Inc.
232 MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
233 Evonik Degussa GmbH
Rambus, Inc.
235 Komatsu Ltd.
236 Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.
237 Bayer Cropscience AG
Dolby Laboratories Licensing
Corp.
239 GlaxoSmithKline LLC
Harris Corp.
241 PS4 Luxco S.A.R.L.
242 Hoya Corp.
-3.1
66.7
25.0
20.2
-8.2
54.7
11.1
15.7
34.4
5.9
1.0
22.8
6.6
-21.5
12.2
12.9
191
190
187
186
-61.0
8.6
49.6
38.8
185
183
182
180
180
180
179
179
178
177
177
2.2
-6.6
7.1
13.9
33.3
-4.8
37.7
-20.8
14.8
14.2
21.2
175
175
174
174
173
173
172
10.8
-7.4
-2.2
3.0
54.5
36.2
17.0
172
172
172
52.2
-5.0
65.4
171
171
-0.6
-14.9
2014
Patents
170
170
169
167
Percent
Change
From 2013
18.9
-28.3
23.4
14.4
165
159
11.5
new
158
158
157
156
156
155
154
154
153
153
2.6
4.6
-53.0
-9.8
new
0.0
7.7
0.7
-15.0
-4.4
147
147
147
145
144
144
-8.7
new
41.3
17.9
12.5
new
144
143
141
140
140
-38.7
49.0
21.6
new
25.0
139
139
4.5
7.8
138
9.5
136
135
135
132
131
129
129
20.4
23.9
-16.1
38.9
1.6
12.2
24.0
128
128
126
125
-0.8
-5.9
new
-10.7
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2014 Patent Owners
Numerical Listing
Rank
Organization
243 Air Liquide
Avago Technologies General IP
(Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
Intuit, Inc.
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
248 AbbVie Inc.
NGK Insulators Ltd.
Toyoda Gosei K.K.
251 Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique - CNRS
Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Yamaha Corp.
254 Echostar Technologies LLC
KLA-Tencor Corp.
256 Centurylink Intellectual Property
LLC
Columbia University
Ecolab USA Inc.
KAO Corp.
NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
United Services Automobile
Association (USAA)
Pfizer Inc.
263 University of Michigan
264 Intuitive Surgical
Operations, Inc.
265 Acushnet Co.
Bosch Siemens
Hausgerate GmbH
Cleversafe, Inc.
268 Johnson Controls
Technology Co.
Seiko Instruments Inc.
270 DSM IP Assets B.V.
Korea Institute of Science and
Technology
Lawrence Livermore National
Security, LLC
National Tsing Hua University
274 Daikin Industries Ltd.
275 Baxter International Inc.
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
United States of America,
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
Via Technologies, Inc.
279 Agency for Science, Technology
and Research
Atmel Corp.
Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd.
2014
Patents
124
124
Percent
Change
From 2013
Rank
Organization
NTN Corp.
283 Ibiden Co., Ltd.
284 Amgen, Inc.
-13.3
30.5
124
124
124
123
123
123
122
new
-13.3
new
new
-21.7
11.8
4.3
122
122
121
121
119
-7.6
-6.9
new
new
0.0
119
119
119
119
119
14.4
new
-11.9
0.0
-14.4
119
118
117
11.2
21.6
new
116
116
7.4
-18.3
116
115
new
new
115
114
114
-28.6
new
new
114
new
114
113
112
112
112
new
-11.7
2.8
1.8
new
112
111
14.3
new
111
111
6.7
1.8
Nielsen
286 Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K.
Rockstar Consortium US LP
Smith & Nephew, Inc.
289 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
292 Agilent Technologies, Inc.
ARM Ltd.
Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
295 Aktiebolaget SKF
Shimadzu Corp.
ST-Ericsson SA
298 Makita Corp.
Sandia Corp.
University of South Florida
2014
Patents
111
110
109
109
108
108
108
107
107
107
106
106
106
105
105
105
104
104
104
Percent
Change
From 2013
-15.9
-8.3
-5.2
new
new
new
new
-17.7
-14.4
12.6
9.3
-15.9
-13.1
new
4.0
-1.9
new
9.5
9.5
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2014 Patent Owners
Alphabetical Listing
Use care in interpreting the “percent change from 2013” column. The total number of utility patents granted by the USPTO in
2014 was 300,678, up 8.2 percent from 2013. The percent change for an individual organization might be affected by
mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, different treatment of subsidiaries in 2013 and 2014, and other factors.
Rank
80
110
92
248
190
265
95
159
279
292
243
61
236
208
295
64
180
185
115
59
284
169
13
89
292
130
15
279
106
243
137
205
96
152
56
275
237
Organization
3M Innovative Properties Co.
ABB Technology AG
Abbott Laboratories
AbbVie Inc.
Accenture Global Services Ltd.
Acushnet Co.
Adobe Systems, Inc.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Agency for Science, Technology
and Research
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Air Liquide
Airbus Operations S.A.S.
Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.
Aisin Seiki K.K.
Aktiebolaget SKF
Alcatel Lucent
Allergan, Inc.
Alstom Technology Ltd.
Altera Corp.
Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Amgen, Inc.
Analog Devices, Inc.
Apple, Inc.
Applied Materials, Inc.
ARM Ltd.
ASML Netherlands B.V.
AT&T Corp.
Atmel Corp.
AU Optronics Corp.
Avago Technologies General IP
(Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
Avaya Inc.
BAE Systems Information and
Electronic Systems Integration,
Inc.
Baker Hughes Inc.
Bank of America Corp.
BASF SE
Baxter International Inc.
Bayer Cropscience AG
2014
Patents
Percent
Change
From 2013
517
355
437
123
175
116
427
217
111
-2.8
179.5
-10.6
new
10.8
7.4
23.8
-3.1
new
106
124
717
131
158
105
700
183
179
333
741
109
195
2,003
462
106
280
1,896
111
372
124
9.3
-13.3
17.2
1.6
2.6
new
8.0
-6.6
37.7
14.0
39.8
-5.2
1.0
12.8
9.2
-15.9
37.3
14.4
6.7
-2.6
30.5
264
167
10.0
14.4
422
232
752
112
129
14.7
-11.5
7.9
2.8
12.2
Rank
214
27
178
45
265
42
138
289
29
31
229
192
196
3
156
83
218
251
256
206
32
177
265
243
256
97
174
134
162
187
274
162
130
196
58
Organization
Becton, Dickinson and Co.
Blackberry Ltd.
Boehringer Ingelheim
International GmbH
Boeing Co.
Bosch Siemens
Hausgerate GmbH
Boston Scientific Corp.
Bridgestone Corp.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Broadcom Corp.
Brother Kogyo K.K.
CA Technologies
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
California Institute of
Technology
Canon K.K.
Casio Computer Co. Ltd.
Caterpillar Inc.
Celanese International Corp.
Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique - CNRS
Centurylink Intellectual Property
LLC
Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Cisco Technology, Inc.
Citrix Systems, Inc.
Cleversafe, Inc.
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
Columbia University
Commissariat a l'Energie
Atomique
Cook Medical
Technologies LLC
Corning Inc.
Cree, Inc.
Cypress Semiconductor Corp.
Daikin Industries Ltd.
Deere & Co.
Dell Products, L.P.
Delta Electronics Inc.
Denso Corp.
2014
Patents
Percent
Change
From 2013
154
1,328
186
7.7
157.9
38.8
911
116
14.2
-18.3
976
263
107
1,197
1,142
139
174
172
8.0
35.6
-17.7
10.5
11.3
4.5
-2.2
17.0
4,172
225
488
147
122
6.5
-3.8
47.0
new
4.3
119
0.0
165
1,127
187
116
124
119
408
11.5
23.8
49.6
new
new
14.4
32.0
192
12.9
276
214
178
113
214
280
172
744
-22.5
20.2
14.8
-11.7
-8.2
34.0
52.2
15.5
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2014 Patent Owners
Alphabetical Listing
Rank
164
237
73
270
38
101
218
149
254
256
49
53
132
129
233
108
132
54
158
78
229
216
51
43
16
142
292
143
10
25
239
87
6
94
275
239
20
12
68
35
39
Organization
Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Dolby Laboratories Licensing
Corp.
Dow Chemical Co.
DSM IP Assets B.V.
DuPont
Eastman Kodak Co.
Eaton Corp.
Ebay Inc.
Echostar Technologies LLC
Ecolab USA Inc.
Electronics and
Telecommunications Research
Institute
EMC Corp.
Emerson Electric
Empire Technology Development
LLC
Evonik Degussa GmbH
ExxonMobil Corp.
Facebook, Inc.
Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur
Foerderung Der Angewandten
Forschung E.V.
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen)
Co., Ltd.
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
Fujifilm Corp.
Fujitsu Ltd.
Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd.
Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
General Electric Co.
General Motors Corp.
GlaxoSmithKline LLC
Globalfoundries Inc.
Google, Inc.
Halliburton Energy
Services, Inc.
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
Harris Corp.
Hewlett-Packard Co.
Hitachi, Ltd.
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Honeywell International Inc.
2014
Patents
Percent
Change
From 2013
212
129
54.7
24.0
627
114
1,039
391
147
236
121
119
862
Rank
85
242
157
48
175
76
283
279
155
90
9.4
new
-0.6
-1.0
-8.7
15.1
new
new
-0.7
817
279
287
63.4
new
57.7
135
367
279
804
218
23.9
-4.2
119.7
12.6
20.4
534
139
16.8
7.8
153
831
925
1,812
259
106
258
2,293
1,470
128
471
2,881
430
-15.0
4.5
7.2
0.6
-23.8
-13.1
64.3
9.9
-9.3
-0.8
86.2
31.6
8.9
112
128
1,631
2,030
665
1,099
1,031
1.8
-5.9
11.8
-15.4
-33.8
2.7
7.3
70
14
150
160
1
119
243
264
154
107
227
33
268
170
127
256
286
196
254
218
235
67
43
270
225
55
208
270
104
74
Organization
Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry
(Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Hoya Corp.
HTC Corp.
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
Hyundai Motor Co.
Ibiden Co., Ltd.
Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd.
Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Industrial Technology Research
Institute, Taiwan
Infineon Technologies AG
Intel Corp.
InterDigital Technology Corp.
Intermolecular Inc.
International Business Machines
Corp.
International Game Technology
Intuit, Inc.
Intuitive Surgical
Operations, Inc.
Invention Science Fund I, LLC
Japan Display Inc.
Johns Hopkins University
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson Controls
Technology Co.
Jtekt Corp.
Juniper Networks, Inc.
KAO Corp.
Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K.
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
KLA-Tencor Corp.
Koch Industries
Komatsu Ltd.
Konica Minolta Business
Technologies, Inc.
Koninklijke Philips N.V.
Korea Institute of Science and
Technology
Krones AG
Kyocera Document
Solutions Inc.
LAM Research Corp.
Lawrence Livermore National
Security, LLC
LG Chem, Ltd.
LG Display Co., Ltd.
2014
Patents
Percent
Change
From 2013
480
-47.9
125
219
872
191
603
110
111
226
455
-10.7
41.3
27.3
-61.0
51.5
-8.3
1.8
-10.7
-6.2
655
1,965
233
215
7,481
57.8
13.6
26.6
66.7
10.2
315
124
117
-6.0
-13.3
new
228
368
140
1,115
115
-9.5
new
new
0.7
new
194
291
119
108
172
121
147
132
667
22.8
-1.4
-11.9
new
-5.0
new
41.3
38.9
43.1
925
114
-7.9
new
143
802
49.0
28.9
158
114
4.6
new
380
618
new
new
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2014 Patent Owners
Alphabetical Listing
Rank
11
99
138
202
75
182
298
65
118
135
194
243
146
17
188
125
37
5
50
116
86
214
232
122
270
28
222
170
248
256
284
117
112
167
227
148
141
72
221
147
279
121
182
114
102
Organization
LG Electronics Inc.
LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
L'Oreal S.A.
LSI Corp.
Macronix International Co., Ltd.
Makita Corp.
Marvell International Ltd.
Marvell World Trade Ltd.
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
MathWorks
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
Mediatek Inc.
Medtronic Inc.
Merck Patent GmbH
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Micron Technology, Inc.
Microsoft Corp.
Mitsubishi Denki K.K.
Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries, Ltd.
Monsanto Technology, LLC
Motorola Solutions, Inc.
MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
National Tsing Hua University
NEC Corp.
Nestec, S.A.
NetApp, Inc.
NGK Insulators Ltd.
NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
Nielsen
Nike, Inc.
Nikon Corp.
Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal
Corp.
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Nitto Denko Corp.
Nokia Corp.
Nokia Siemens Networks Oy
Novartis AG
NTN Corp.
NTT Docomo, Inc.
Nuance Communications, Inc.
Nvidia Corp.
NXP B.V.
2014
Patents
Percent
Change
From 2013
2,119
401
263
170
616
180
104
693
316
275
-32.0
new
-20.8
18.9
54.4
13.9
new
7.9
67.2
-2.1
173
124
246
1,716
177
293
1,067
2,983
833
321
54.5
new
16.0
92.2
14.2
9.3
-16.6
6.0
15.7
1.9
478
154
136
299
114
1,272
144
194
123
119
109
319
347
203
140
11.9
0.7
20.4
5.7
new
8.9
12.5
6.6
-21.7
0.0
new
16.8
-13.3
34.4
25.0
238
260
635
145
243
111
306
180
334
390
-9.5
-2.3
4.1
17.9
-15.3
-15.9
-21.1
33.3
15.2
10.8
Rank
179
71
47
222
9
256
79
241
8
233
103
251
126
77
19
40
84
286
231
204
168
113
145
194
24
98
2
81
298
144
124
210
69
135
66
100
18
268
207
30
36
165
Organization
Okidata Corp.
Olympus Corp.
Oracle Corp.
Osram Opto Semiconductors
GmbH
Panasonic Corp.
Pfizer Inc.
Procter & Gamble Co.
PS4 Luxco S.A.R.L.
Qualcomm, Inc.
Rambus, Inc.
Raytheon Co.
Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Red Hat, Inc.
Renesas Electronics Corp.
Ricoh Co., Ltd.
Robert Bosch GmbH
Roche Holdings, Inc.
Rockstar Consortium US LP
Rockwell Automation
Technologies, Inc.
Rockwell Collins, Inc.
Rohm Co., Ltd.
Rolls-Royce PLC
Saint-Gobain
Salesforce.com, Inc.
Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co.,
Ltd.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
Sandia Corp.
Sandisk Technologies Inc.
Sanofi
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
SAP SE
Schaeffler Technologies AG &
Co. KG
Schlumberger Technology Corp.
Seagate Technology, LLC
Seiko Epson Corp.
Seiko Instruments Inc.
Semiconductor Components
Industries, LLC
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
Co., Ltd.
Sharp Corp.
Shell Oil Co.
2014
Patents
Percent
Change
From 2013
185
654
882
144
2.2
2.2
2.2
new
2,394
119
525
126
2,706
135
382
122
292
590
1,634
985
484
108
138
-9.6
11.2
-3.8
new
24.0
-16.1
-4.5
-7.6
24.3
-31.9
11.2
11.4
5.7
new
9.5
169
197
346
250
173
1,500
406
23.4
5.9
30.6
10.1
36.2
19.1
18.4
4,936
513
104
251
295
157
662
275
6.1
39.4
9.5
34.9
23.9
-53.0
7.3
1.9
685
398
1,660
115
159
-0.6
30.9
11.6
-28.6
new
1,177
13.9
1,082
210
-2.8
11.1
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2014 Patent Owners
Alphabetical Listing
Rank
93
295
160
21
62
286
196
4
226
88
181
211
170
295
57
200
176
120
82
173
26
222
23
166
52
185
111
105
7
248
22
153
211
138
256
213
188
Organization
Shenzhen China Star
Optoelectronics Technology Co.,
Ltd.
Shimadzu Corp.
Shin Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
Siemens AG
SK Hynix Inc.
Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Societe Nationale d’Etude et de
Construction de Moteurs
d’Aviation
Sony Corp.
Spansion LLC
Sprint Communications Company
L.P.
Stanford University
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
Stats Chippac Ltd.
ST-Ericsson SA
STMicroelectronics, Inc.
Stryker Corp.
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
Sumitomo Electric
Industries, Ltd.
Symantec Corp.
Synopsys Inc.
Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
TDK Corp.
Telefonaktiebolaget LM
Ericsson
Tessera, Inc.
Texas Instruments, Inc.
Thales
Thomson Licensing S.A.
Tokyo Electron Ltd.
Toshiba Corp.
Toyoda Gosei K.K.
Toyota Jidosha K.K.
Tsinghua University
Tyco Electronics Corp.
United Microelectronics Corp.
United Services Automobile
Association (USAA)
United States of America, Army
United States of America,
Department of Health & Human
Services
2014
Patents
Percent
Change
From 2013
431
318.4
275
105
215
1,630
710
108
172
4.0
25.0
-10.8
162.0
new
65.4
109
41
91
3,214
141
469
-3.1
21.6
-20.4
182
156
194
105
750
171
190
307
7.1
-9.8
-21.5
-1.9
2.3
-0.6
8.6
25.3
498
193
1,446
6.6
12.2
55.0
144
1,537
-38.7
33.8
206
830
179
350
378
2,850
123
1,567
230
156
263
119
15.7
12.3
-20.8
-4.6
-4.8
6.4
11.8
15.6
19.2
new
34.9
-14.4
155
177
0.0
21.2
Rank
263
298
192
48
289
275
60
182
216
128
190
34
200
123
251
289
150
202
63
Organization
United States of America,
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
United States of America, Navy
United Technologies Corp.
University of California, The
Regents of
University of Michigan
University of South Florida
University of Texas
Verizon
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Via Technologies, Inc.
Western Digital Technologies,
Inc.
Whirlpool Corp.
Wisconsin Alumni Research
Foundation
Wistron Corp.
WMS Gaming, Inc.
Xerox Corp.
Xilinx, Inc.
Yahoo, Inc.
Yamaha Corp.
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
Yazaki Corp.
ZF Friedrichshafen, AG
ZTE Corp.
2014
Patents
Percent
Change
From 2013
112
new
364
983
453
-8.8
69.5
13.5
118
104
174
904
107
112
729
21.6
9.5
3.0
35.3
-14.4
14.3
16.6
180
153
-4.8
-4.4
288
175
1,105
171
297
122
107
233
170
705
134.1
-7.4
-5.0
-14.9
-4.8
-6.9
12.6
51.3
-28.3
158.2
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END NOTES:
1.
“New” in the percent change column indicates that the company was not on the Top 300
list in 2013.
The number of patents granted does not necessarily indicate the value of a company’s
2.
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.
This report was compiled by IPO from data provided by the U.S. Patent and Trademark
3.
Office. Patents reported are utility patents granted during calendar year 2014 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 7,500 subsidiaries are included in the 2014 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 300,678 in 2014 from
277,835 in 2013, 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 www.ipo.org/top300.
6.
For next year’s list, IPO will include patents of majority-owned subsidiaries under the
name of the parent if the parent provides the names of such subsidiaries to IPO by March 1,
2016.