2023 Top 50 U.S. Patent Assignees
The Top 50 ranking identifies 2023's most innovative companies within the U.S. 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 | 2023 Grants | 2022 Grants | Δ | % Change | Rank Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 6,165 | 6,248 | -83 | -1.33 | +0 |
| 2 | Qualcomm Inc | 3,854 | 2,625 | +1,229 | +46.82 | +5 |
| 3 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co TSMC Ltd | 3,687 | 3,024 | +663 | +21.92 | +0 |
| 4 | International Business Machines Corp | 3,658 | 4,398 | -740 | -16.83 | -2 |
| 5 | Canon Inc | 2,890 | 2,694 | +196 | +7.28 | +0 |
| 6 | Samsung Display Co Ltd | 2,564 | 2,106 | +458 | +21.75 | +6 |
| 7 | Apple Inc | 2,536 | 2,285 | +251 | +10.98 | +2 |
| 8 | LG Electronics Inc | 2,296 | 2,641 | -345 | -13.06 | -2 |
| 9 | Micron Technology Inc | 2,233 | 1,920 | +313 | +16.3 | +4 |
| 10 | Intel Corp | 2,145 | 2,418 | -273 | -11.29 | -2 |
| 11 | Huawei Technologies Co Ltd | 2,068 | 2,836 | -768 | -27.08 | -7 |
| 12 | Toyota Motor Corp | 1,859 | 2,214 | -355 | -16.03 | -2 |
| 13 | Google LLC | 1,837 | 1,548 | +289 | +18.67 | +3 |
| 14 | Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC | 1,820 | 1,815 | +5 | +0.28 | +1 |
| 15 | BOE Technology Group Co Ltd | 1,640 | 2,195 | -555 | -25.28 | -4 |
| 16 | Amazon Technologies Inc | 1,591 | 1,863 | -272 | -14.6 | -2 |
| 17 | Kia Corp | 1,536 | 1,289 | +247 | +19.16 | +7 |
| 18 | Hyundai Motor Co | 1,534 | 1,436 | +98 | +6.82 | -1 |
| 19 | Ford Global Technologies LLC | 1,270 | 1,316 | -46 | -3.5 | +2 |
| 20 | Dell Products LP | 1,198 | 1,125 | +73 | +6.49 | +7 |
| 21 | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB | 1,191 | 1,397 | -206 | -14.75 | -2 |
| 22 | Seiko Epson Corp | 1,140 | 1,243 | -103 | -8.29 | +3 |
| 23 | Honda Motor Co Ltd | 1,126 | 1,346 | -220 | -16.34 | -3 |
| 24 | Capital One Services LLC | 1,024 | 706 | +318 | +45.04 | +21 |
| 25 | Saudi Arabian Oil Co | 1,003 | 941 | +62 | +6.59 | +6 |
| 26 | Texas Instruments Inc | 977 | 910 | +67 | +7.36 | +10 |
| 27 | Cisco Technology Inc | 909 | 923 | -14 | -1.52 | +5 |
| 28 | Applied Materials Inc | 897 | 711 | +186 | +26.16 | +16 |
| 29 | Robert Bosch GmbH | 876 | 1,057 | -181 | -17.12 | +1 |
| 30 | SK Hynix Inc | 873 | 1,119 | -246 | -21.98 | -2 |
| 31 | General Electric Co | 830 | 871 | -41 | -4.71 | +8 |
| 32 | Boeing Co | 820 | 1,082 | -262 | -24.21 | -3 |
| 33 | NEC Corp | 819 | 915 | -96 | -10.49 | +1 |
| 34 | EMC IP Holding Co LLC | 797 | 1,295 | -498 | -38.46 | -11 |
| 35 | Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd | 786 | 896 | -110 | -12.28 | +3 |
| 36 | LG Display Co Ltd | 778 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 37 | VMware LLC | 759 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 38 | Mitsubishi Electric Corp | 751 | 1,142 | -391 | -34.24 | -12 |
| 39 | Sony Group Corp | 712 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 40 | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co Ltd | 707 | 921 | -214 | -23.24 | -7 |
| 41 | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | 706 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 42 | Oracle International Corp | 691 | 648 | +43 | +6.64 | +8 |
| 43 | Kioxia Corp | 685 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 44 | Halliburton Energy Services Inc | 675 | 906 | -231 | -25.5 | -7 |
| 45 | Snap Inc | 654 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 46 | Denso Corp | 650 | 912 | -262 | -28.73 | -11 |
| 47 | Hewlett Packard Development Co LP | 644 | 1,300 | -656 | -50.46 | -25 |
| 48 | Toshiba Corp | 642 | 791 | -149 | -18.84 | -8 |
| 49 | Bank of America Corp | 642 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 50 | Brother Industries Ltd | 631 | 657 | -26 | -3.96 | -1 |
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2023 Trends Analysis
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The table is accurate as of January 4, 2024.
