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Top U.S. Patent Recipients 2000-2015

Enter the top 10 U.S. patent recipients for each year since 2000.
source: www.ipo.org/index.php/publications/top-300-patent-owners
"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." - Intellectual Property Owners Association
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2000
International Business Machines Corp.
2886
NEC Corp.
2021
Canon K.K.
1890
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
1441
Lucent Technologies Inc.
1411
Sony Corp.
1385
Micron Technology, Inc.
1304
Toshiba Corp.
1232
Motorola, Inc.
1196
Fujitsu Ltd.
1147
 
 
2001
International Business Machines Corp.
3411
NEC Corp.
1953
Canon K.K.
1877
Micron Technology, Inc.
1643
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
1450
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
1440
Sony Corp.
1363
Hitachi, Ltd.
1271
Mitsubishi Denki K.K.
1184
Fujitsu Ltd.
1166
 
 
2002
International Business Machines Corp.
3288
Canon K.K.
1926
Micron Technology
1833
NEC Corp.
1821
General Electric Co.
1667
Hitachi, Ltd.
1601
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
1544
Sony Corp.
1434
Siemens A.G.
1429
Hewlett-Packard Co.
1390
 
 
2003
International Business Machines Corp.
3415
Hitachi, Ltd.
2085
Canon K.K.
2044
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
1813
Hewlett-Packard Co.
1768
Micron Technology, Inc.
1707
Intel Corp.
1592
Siemens A.G.
1486
General Electric Co.
1423
Fujitsu Ltd.
1416
2004
International Business Machines Corp.
3248
Hitachi, Ltd.
1993
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
1986
Canon K.K.
1867
Hewlett-Packard Co.
1783
Micron Technology, Inc.
1760
Intel Corp.
1605
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
1604
Sony Corp.
1500
Siemens A.G.
1477
 
 
2005
International Business Machines Corp.
2941
Hitachi, Ltd.
1918
Canon K.K.
1875
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
1813
Hewlett-Packard Co.
1808
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
1641
Micron Technology, Inc.
1561
Intel Corp.
1549
Siemens A.G.
1345
Toshiba Corp.
1338
 
 
2006
International Business Machines Corp.
3621
Hitachi, Ltd.
2581
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
2451
Canon K.K.
2438
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
2360
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
2111
Intel Corp.
1959
Sony Corp.
1906
Toshiba Corp.
1820
Micron Technology, Inc.
1673
 
 
2007
International Business Machines Corp.
3125
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
2723
Canon K.K.
2047
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
1972
Intel Corp.
1864
Toshiba Corp.
1734
Microsoft Corp.
1662
Micron Technology, Inc.
1484
Hewlett-Packard Co.
1470
Sony Corp.
1454
2008
International Business Machines Corp.
4169
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
3502
Hitachi, Ltd.
2197
Canon K.K.
2153
Microsoft Corp.
2043
Intel Corp.
1772
Panasonic Corp.
1760
Toshiba Corp.
1575
Fujitsu Ltd.
1475
Sony Corp.
1461
 
 
2009
International Business Machines Corp.
4887
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
3592
Microsoft Corp.
2929
Canon K.K.
2241
Hitachi, Ltd.
2146
Panasonic Corp.
1759
Toshiba Corp.
1669
Sony Corp.
1656
Fujitsu Ltd.
1615
Intel Corp.
1534
 
 
2010
International Business Machines Corp.
5866
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
4518
Microsoft Corp.
3121
Hitachi, Ltd.
2852
Canon K.K.
2656
Panasonic Corp.
2536
Toshiba Corp.
2212
Sony Corp.
2130
Siemens Corp.
1743
Intel Corp.
1652
 
 
2011
International Business Machines Corp.
6148
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
4868
Canon K.K.
2922
Hitachi, Ltd.
2857
Panasonic Corp.
2689
Toshiba Corp.
2666
Microsoft Corp.
2368
Sony Corp.
2265
Fujitsu Ltd.
1762
Siemens Corp.
1698
2012
International Business Machines Corp.
6457
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
5043
Sony Corp.
3608
Canon K.K.
3307
Panasonic Corp.
2829
Hitachi, Ltd.
2723
Microsoft Corp.
2704
LG Electronics Inc.
2682
Toshiba Corp.
2601
General Electric Co.
2040
 
 
2013
International Business Machines Corp.
6788
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
4652
Canon K.K.
3918
Sony Corp.
3316
LG Electronics Inc.
3117
Microsoft Corp.
2814
Toshiba Corp.
2679
Panasonic Corp.
2649
Hitachi, Ltd.
2399
Google, Inc.
2190
 
 
2014
International Business Machines Corp.
7481
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
4936
Canon K.K.
4172
Sony Corp.
3214
Microsoft Corp.
2983
Google, Inc.
2881
Toshiba Corp.
2850
Qualcomm, Inc.
2706
Panasonic Corp.
2394
General Electric Co.
2293
 
 
2015
International Business Machines Corp.
7440
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
5059
Canon K.K.
4239
Qualcomm, Inc.
3209
Google, Inc.
3195
Toshiba Corp.
2793
General Electric Co.
2629
Intel Corp.
2625
Microsoft Corp.
2471
Sony Corp.
2448
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