2021 Top 50 US Patent Assignees
The Top 50 ranking identifies 2021's most innovative companies within the US intellectual property space.
Analyzing patent grants, as seen in this report, allows you to determine which companies are actively inventing in new technology spaces.
Our ranking serves as a showcase of how IFI's patent data can be leveraged as an innovation metric for benchmarking top industry competitors.
| Rank | Name | 2021 Grants | 2020 Grants | % Change | Rank Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | International Business Machines Corp | 8,682 | 9,130 | -5 | +0 |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 6,366 | 6,415 | -1 | +0 |
| 3 | Canon Inc | 3,021 | 3,225 | -6 | +0 |
| 4 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co TSMC Ltd | 2,798 | 2,833 | -1 | +2 |
| 5 | Huawei Technologies Co Ltd | 2,770 | 2,761 | +0 | +4 |
| 6 | Intel Corp | 2,615 | 2,867 | -9 | -1 |
| 7 | Apple Inc | 2,541 | 2,791 | -9 | +1 |
| 8 | LG Electronics Inc | 2,487 | 2,831 | -12 | -1 |
| 9 | Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC | 2,418 | 2,905 | -17 | -5 |
| 10 | Qualcomm Inc | 2,149 | 2,276 | -6 | +0 |
| 11 | BOE Technology Group Co Ltd | 2,135 | 2,144 | +0 | +2 |
| 12 | Toyota Motor Corp | 2,028 | 2,079 | -2 | +2 |
| 13 | Samsung Display Co Ltd | 1,975 | 1,902 | +4 | +3 |
| 14 | Amazon Technologies Inc | 1,942 | 2,244 | -13 | -3 |
| 15 | Micron Technology Inc | 1,789 | 1,535 | +17 | +4 |
| 16 | Sony Corp | 1,683 | 2,239 | -25 | -4 |
| 17 | Ford Global Technologies LLC | 1,626 | 2,025 | -20 | -2 |
| 18 | Google LLC | 1,493 | 1,817 | -18 | -1 |
| 19 | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB | 1,387 | 1,366 | +2 | +3 |
| 20 | Hyundai Motor Co | 1,269 | 1,464 | -13 | +0 |
| 21 | Boeing Co | 1,263 | 1,435 | -12 | +0 |
| 22 | EMC IP Holding Co LLC | 1,243 | 1,094 | +14 | +8 |
| 23 | Seiko Epson Corp | 1,231 | 1,334 | -8 | +0 |
| 24 | Honda Motor Co Ltd | 1,209 | 1,205 | +0 | +3 |
| 25 | Kia Motors Corp | 1,205 | 1,323 | -9 | -1 |
| 26 | Mitsubishi Electric Corp | 1,158 | 1,204 | -4 | +2 |
| 27 | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co Ltd | 1,067 | 1,283 | -17 | -2 |
| 28 | General Electric Co | 1,066 | 1,760 | -39 | -10 |
| 29 | Texas Instruments Inc | 970 | 1,147 | -15 | +0 |
| 30 | Cisco Technology Inc | 961 | 1,059 | -9 | +1 |
| 31 | SK Hynix Inc | 959 | 930 | +3 | +9 |
| 32 | Denso Corp | 950 | 1,030 | -8 | +1 |
| 33 | AT&T Intellectual Property I LP | 921 | 1,238 | -26 | -7 |
| 34 | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP | 919 | 873 | +5 | +10 |
| 35 | Robert Bosch GmbH | 895 | 965 | -7 | +0 |
| 36 | LG Chem Ltd | 885 | 947 | -7 | +1 |
| 37 | Halliburton Energy Services Inc | 871 | 771 | +13 | +12 |
| 38 | Sharp Corp | 843 | 1,042 | -19 | -6 |
| 39 | Koninklijke Philips NV | 836 | 874 | -4 | +4 |
| 40 | Saudi Arabian Oil Co | 836 | 654 | +28 | N/A |
| 41 | NEC Corp | 827 | 937 | -12 | -2 |
| 42 | Raytheon Technologies Corp | 788 | 669 | +18 | N/A |
| 43 | Advanced New Technologies Co Ltd | 780 | 98 | +696 | N/A |
| 44 | LG Display Co Ltd | 775 | 989 | -22 | -10 |
| 45 | Dell Products LP | 771 | 849 | -9 | +0 |
| 46 | Ricoh Co Ltd | 771 | 928 | -17 | -5 |
| 47 | Toshiba Corp | 745 | 957 | -22 | -11 |
| 48 | Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd | 731 | 764 | -4 | +2 |
| 49 | Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd | 719 | 539 | +33 | N/A |
| 50 | Fujifilm Corp | 714 | 814 | -12 | -4 |
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The table is accurate as of January 5, 2022.
