1,000 US patent club 2019
Having revealed the 100 largest patent owners last month, IAM and ktMINE have once again teamed up to bring you the ranking of every company that owns at least 1,000 US grants
This year marks the second annual IAM/ktMINE US Patent 1,000 Club analysis, which lists all entities owning at least 1,000 granted, in-force US patents. This data is collected and aggregated from ktMINE through its IP data and analytics platform. ktMINE gathers IP data from sources and regulatory bodies including the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the USPTO, the EPO, WIPO, the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval, and the Public Access to Court Electronic Records, along with hundreds of news sources. It then links these datasets to form the most comprehensive repository of IP data available.
ktMINE’s technology cleanses hundreds of corporate data sources using algorithmic normalisation and clustering methods to consolidate entities. The company mapping processes more than 11.4 million corporate history records to determine the ultimate parent of each patent by leveraging SEC data and M&A information on company subsidiaries.
Who made the cut?
More than 367 entities – controlling more than 1.9 million patent assets – made our list in 2018. This included 33 new entrants, while 18 entities were dropped from the list. There are many reasons for these additions and subtractions, not least of which include substantial acquisitions and divestitures. Twenty entities saw no change in their position on the list, including those in the top five. Another 102 entities moved up the list, with the automotive and financial sectors well represented. The remaining 173 saw a drop in the rankings, with no industry in particular standing out.
A new norm for patent filings
The median granted patent portfolio is 2,242 patents, while the average for all of the top 1,000 exceeds 5,200 granted patents. The median number of patent applications filed in 2018 was 195. The top 10% of companies control more than 873,000 US patents and own more than 80% of all of the patents accounted for within the IAM/ktMINE US Patent 1,000. With patent filing rates ticking higher year on year and as more high-tech corporations mature into their respective markets, it is unsurprising to see an increasing number of companies exceeding 1,000 granted US patents as they expand their IP coverage. Outside of electronics and software, we are seeing more consumer products entities break into the list, with Electrolux, PepsiCo, Bose and Mattel marking their debut. Other notable names joining the ranks include Mazda, Tencent, Karsten Manufacturing and Silicon Laboratories. Year on year, the top 10 has stayed largely the same, with Toshiba being the one exception – the decline in its portfolio due to a recent divestiture of patent assets to Pangea KK.
Investigating industries
Electronics companies maintain the majority of patent assets in the top 1,000, with semiconductors and automotive rounding out the top three largest industries. Although there are 13 financial institutions represented, many companies assign the rights of patent assets to serve as collateral on loans, so assets held by financial entities may not necessarily reflect their direct innovation efforts. Accordingly, we might expect to see measurable IP turnover from the financial institutions year over year. We are seeing a few more research institutions creep into the top IP owners list, including the first entrant from India: the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. Surprisingly, the largest research institutions listed are Asian-based non-profit research firms such as the Electronics and Telecommunications Institute in South Korea and the Industrial Technology and Research Institute based in Taiwan.
Figure 1. Industry representation
Breakdown by country
This list comprises corporations based in just 24 unique countries. Japanese entities alone control almost 500,000 US granted patents. About 18% of companies are based in Europe (249,000 assets), 31% are based in Asia (773,000 assets) and about 48% are located in North America (899,000 assets). Just three entities are located outside the top three major regions: Sabic Global, Saudi Aramco (both Saudi Arabia) and Absa Bank (South Africa).
Figure 2. Industry representation by country
Figure 3. Representation by country
Application activity on the rise
The following chart lists the entities with the highest ratios of applications to their granted patent portfolios. Pending patent applications indicate that a company has filed for a patent and is awaiting approval from the relevant patent office. Trends showing an increase in application activity relative to granted portfolio size suggest that the amount of capital that companies are investing in innovation is increasing. The highest ratio of application to granted patent portfolio is held by Tencent, a company that can boast more than 122% growth in patent applications over its granted patents. Out of the top 10 largest relative patent application portfolios, four entities are based in the United States: eBay, Salesforce, Johns Hopkins and Facebook. The average growth of apps to grants is 25%, and all the companies listed in the top 10 are growing their relative portfolios at more than double the average.
Table 1. High application activity
Entity | Grants | Apps | 2018 Applications | Ratio of applications to grants | Ratio of 2018 publications to grants | Industry | Country | Region |
Tencent Technology Company Ltd | 1,330 | 1,622 | 513 | 122.0% | 38.6% | Computing and software | CN | Asia |
Ebay Inc | 2,629 | 2,131 | 468 | 81.1% | 17.8% | Computing and software | US | North America |
Salesforce Com Inc | 1,279 | 959 | 358 | 75.0% | 28.0% | Computing and software | US | North America |
BOE Technology Group Co Ltd | 4,954 | 3,702 | 1,690 | 74.7% | 34.1% | Electronics | CN | Asia |
FANUC Corp | 1,674 | 1,219 | 609 | 72.8% | 36.4% | Computing and software | JP | Asia |
The John Hopkins University | 1,099 | 770 | 197 | 70.1% | 17.9% | University/research institution | US | North America |
Nestle SA | 1,465 | 1,010 | 220 | 68.9% | 15.0% | Consumer goods | CH | Europe |
Saudi Arabian Oil Co | 1,013 | 658 | 382 | 65.0% | 37.7% | Energy | SA | Middle East |
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd | 10,782 | 6,968 | 2,728 | 64.6% | 25.3% | Telecom | CN | Asia |
Facebook Inc | 3,845 | 2,423 | 839 | 63.0% | 21.8% | Computing and software | US | North America |
Table 2. Companies on the move
Entity | Grants | Apps | 2018 applications | Ratio of applications to grants | Ratio of 2018 publications to grants | Industry | Country | Region |
Tencent Technology Company Ltd | 1,330 | 1,622 | 513 | 122.0% | 38.6% | Computing and software | CN | Asia |
Kia Motors Corp | 1,952 | 1,199 | 743 | 61.4% | 38.1% | Automotive | KR | Asia |
Saudi Arabian Oil Co | 1,013 | 658 | 382 | 65.0% | 37.7% | Energy | SA | Middle East |
FANUC Corp | 1,674 | 1,219 | 609 | 72.8% | 36.4% | Computing and software | JP | Asia |
BOE Technology Group Co Ltd | 4,954 | 3,702 | 1,690 | 74.7% | 34.1% | Electronics | CN | Asia |
Shenzhen Shenchao Technology Investment Co Ltd | 3,205 | 1,752 | 907 | 54.7% | 28.3% | Other | CN | Asia |
Salesforce Com Inc | 1,279 | 959 | 358 | 75.0% | 28.0% | Computing and software | US | North America |
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd | 10,782 | 6,968 | 2,728 | 64.6% | 25.3% | Telecom | CN | Asia |
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp | 1,151 | 368 | 252 | 32.0% | 21.9% | Electronics | CN | Asia |
Facebook Inc | 3,845 | 2,423 | 839 | 63.0% | 21.8% | Computing and software | US | North America |
Volkswagen AG | 1,249 | 575 | 253 | 46.0% | 20.3% | Automotive | DE | Europe |
Textron Inc | 1,421 | 497 | 287 | 35.0% | 20.2% | Industrial | US | North America |
Skyworks Solutions Inc | 1,281 | 483 | 257 | 37.7% | 20.1% | Semiconductors | US | North America |
Audi AG | 1,277 | 523 | 244 | 41.0% | 19.1% | Automotive | DE | Europe |
Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc | 1,394 | 664 | 263 | 47.6% | 18.9% | Consumer goods | US | North America |
Companies on the move in 2018
These are companies that published a large portion of their entire patent portfolio in 2018; we would expect such companies to see sizeable growth in granted patents in the coming years. It is clear that they have made filing patent applications a priority in their business strategy; some of these entities did not appear on the top 1,000 last year at all (eg, Tencent and Semiconductor Manufacturing International).
To create this list, ktMINE analysed patent publications to determine granted and pending patent applications in good standing with the USPTO. Granted patent data includes utility patents along with design and plant patents. Patents and applications that have expired, been abandoned or are otherwise unmaintained are excluded from this dataset. The data pulled for this publication is current as of 1 January 2019. ktMINE technology aggregates each granted patent and application owner to a corporate tree in order to create the most up-to-date, accurate and complete snapshot of each company’s patent portfolio. Each entity is designated by the location of its corporate headquarters for supplementary analysis. In addition, we include the ratio of patent application activity to consider the rate of an entity’s innovation. These are based upon each entity’s patent publication activity in 2018 relative to its overall portfolio of granted patents. 
Table 3. Top 1,000 2019
Entity | Grants | Apps | 2018 applications | Ratio of applications to grants | Ratio of 2018 publications to grants | Industry | Country | Region |
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 87,102 | 25,601 | 7,192 | 29.4% | 8.3% | Electronics | KR | Asia |
International Business Machines Corp | 61,795 | 21,320 | 8,425 | 34.5% | 13.6% | Computing and software | US | North America |
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | 41,755 | 8,815 | 3,245 | 21.1% | 7.8% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
Microsoft Corp | 35,813 | 11,216 | 3,054 | 31.3% | 8.5% | Computing and software | US | North America |
Intel Corp | 34,288 | 7,544 | 3,149 | 22.0% | 9.2% | Semiconductors | US | North America |
LG Electronics Inc | 33,111 | 8,864 | 3,829 | 26.8% | 11.6% | Electronics | KR | Asia |
Sony Corp | 30,188 | 7,325 | 2,302 | 24.3% | 7.6% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
Panasonic Corp | 27,686 | 5,753 | 1,746 | 20.8% | 6.3% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
Alphabet Inc | 26,472 | 5,862 | 1,735 | 22.1% | 6.6% | Computing and software | US | North America |
Hitachi Ltd | 25,435 | 5,988 | 1,634 | 23.5% | 6.4% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
Qualcomm Inc | 25,058 | 7,507 | 2,492 | 30.0% | 9.9% | Semiconductors | US | North America |
General Electric Co | 22,747 | 7,666 | 2,540 | 33.7% | 11.2% | Conglomerate | US | North America |
Fujitsu Ltd | 21,714 | 5,937 | 1,526 | 27.3% | 7.0% | Computing and software | JP | Asia |
Table 3. Top 1,000 2019 (continued)
Entity | Grants | Apps | 2018 applications | Ratio of applications to grants | Ratio of 2018 publications to grants | Industry | Country | Region |
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 87,102 | 25,601 | 7,192 | 29.4% | 8.3% | Electronics | KR | Asia |
International Business Machines Corp | 61,795 | 21,320 | 8,425 | 34.5% | 13.6% | Computing and software | US | North America |
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | 41,755 | 8,815 | 3,245 | 21.1% | 7.8% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
Microsoft Corp | 35,813 | 11,216 | 3,054 | 31.3% | 8.5% | Computing and software | US | North America |
Intel Corp | 34,288 | 7,544 | 3,149 | 22.0% | 9.2% | Semiconductors | US | North America |
LG Electronics Inc | 33,111 | 8,864 | 3,829 | 26.8% | 11.6% | Electronics | KR | Asia |
Sony Corp | 30,188 | 7,325 | 2,302 | 24.3% | 7.6% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
Panasonic Corp | 27,686 | 5,753 | 1,746 | 20.8% | 6.3% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
Alphabet Inc | 26,472 | 5,862 | 1,735 | 22.1% | 6.6% | Computing and software | US | North America |
Hitachi Ltd | 25,435 | 5,988 | 1,634 | 23.5% | 6.4% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
Qualcomm Inc | 25,058 | 7,507 | 2,492 | 30.0% | 9.9% | Semiconductors | US | North America |
General Electric Co | 22,747 | 7,666 | 2,540 | 33.7% | 11.2% | Conglomerate | US | North America |
Fujitsu Ltd | 21,714 | 5,937 | 1,526 | 27.3% | 7.0% | Computing and software | JP | Asia |
Fujifilm Corp | 20,169 | 4,654 | 1,549 | 23.1% | 7.7% | Imaging/printing | JP | Asia |
Toshiba Corp | 19,781 | 6,980 | 1,682 | 35.3% | 8.5% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
Seiko Epson Corp | 19,751 | 3,792 | 1,420 | 19.2% | 7.2% | Imaging/printing | JP | Asia |
Avago Technologies General IP Pte Ltd | 19,688 | 1,415 | 177 | 7.2% | 0.9% | Semiconductors | SG | Asia |
Mitsubishi Corp | 18,803 | 5,268 | 1,793 | 28.0% | 9.5% | Conglomerate | JP | Asia |
Apple Inc | 18,617 | 4,952 | 1,626 | 26.6% | 8.7% | Electronics | US | North America |
Nokia OYJ | 17,693 | 4,753 | 815 | 26.9% | 4.6% | Telecom | FI | Europe |
Siemens AG | 16,982 | 4,965 | 1,213 | 29.2% | 7.1% | Conglomerate | DE | Europe |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 16,541 | 2,537 | 1,360 | 15.3% | 8.2% | Semiconductors | TW | Asia |
General Motors Co | 16,420 | 2,699 | 1,128 | 16.4% | 6.9% | Automotive | US | North America |
Ricoh Company Ltd | 15,832 | 1,644 | 323 | 10.4% | 2.0% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha | 15,486 | 5,145 | 2,347 | 33.2% | 15.2% | Automotive | JP | Asia |
Medtronic PLC | 15,430 | 4,229 | 1,183 | 27.4% | 7.7% | Medical/pharma | US | North America |
Texas Instruments Inc | 15,140 | 1,854 | 621 | 12.2% | 4.1% | Semiconductors | US | North America |
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd | 14,765 | 2,752 | 412 | 18.6% | 2.8% | Electronics | TW | Asia |
Oracle Corp | 14,704 | 2,329 | 633 | 15.8% | 4.3% | Computing and software | US | North America |
Micron Technology Inc | 14,491 | 746 | 243 | 5.1% | 1.7% | Semiconductors | US | North America |
Hewlett-Packard Development Company LP | 14,413 | 3,180 | 937 | 22.1% | 6.5% | Computing and software | US | North America |
Dow Dupont | 14,193 | 3,982 | 1,017 | 28.1% | 7.2% | Chemicals | US | North America |
Honeywell International Inc | 13,852 | 2,835 | 923 | 20.5% | 6.7% | Conglomerate | US | North America |
Honda Motor Co Ltd | 13,770 | 2,060 | 935 | 15.0% | 6.8% | Automotive | JP | Asia |
Ford Motor Co | 13,764 | 3,881 | 1,887 | 28.2% | 13.7% | Automotive | US | North America |
Cisco Systems Inc | 13,639 | 1,761 | 757 | 12.9% | 5.6% | Telecom | US | North America |
Globalfoundries Inc | 13,566 | 1,144 | 300 | 8.4% | 2.2% | Semiconductors | US | North America |
AT&T Inc | 13,263 | 2,405 | 1,008 | 18.1% | 7.6% | Telecom | US | North America |
Dell Inc | 13,179 | 2,590 | 1,029 | 19.7% | 7.8% | Computing and software | US | North America |
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson | 13,145 | 3,808 | 1,360 | 29.0% | 10.3% | Telecom | SE | Europe |
Robert Bosch Gmbh | 13,084 | 3,843 | 1,159 | 29.4% | 8.9% | Automotive | DE | Europe |
United Technologies Corp | 13,083 | 5,845 | 1,895 | 44.7% | 14.5% | Conglomerate | US | North America |
Intellectual Ventures | 11,830 | 1,702 | 234 | 14.4% | 2.0% | Other | US | North America |
Denso Corp | 11,776 | 2,449 | 980 | 20.8% | 8.3% | Automotive | JP | Asia |
Western Digital Corp | 11,636 | 982 | 424 | 8.4% | 3.6% | Electronics | US | North America |
Xerox Corp | 11,608 | 1,014 | 205 | 8.7% | 1.8% | Imaging/printing | US | North America |
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha | 11,502 | 2,804 | 894 | 24.4% | 7.8% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
Koninklijke Philips NV | 11,443 | 5,487 | 1,235 | 48.0% | 10.8% | Electronics | NL | Europe |
Renesas Electronics Corp | 11,283 | 1,419 | 585 | 12.6% | 5.2% | Semiconductors | JP | Asia |
NEC Corp | 10,872 | 3,819 | 1,042 | 35.1% | 9.6% | Computing and software | JP | Asia |
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd | 10,782 | 6,968 | 2,728 | 64.6% | 25.3% | Telecom | CN | Asia |
Boeing Co | 10,746 | 2,506 | 1,037 | 23.3% | 9.7% | Aerospace and defence | US | North America |
Infineon Technologies AG | 10,728 | 1,552 | 577 | 14.5% | 5.4% | Semiconductors | DE | Europe |
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha | 10,710 | 964 | 551 | 9.0% | 5.1% | Imaging/printing | JP | Asia |
SK Group | 10,600 | 1,873 | 728 | 17.7% | 6.9% | Conglomerate | KR | Asia |
Johnson & Johnson | 10,138 | 3,035 | 871 | 29.9% | 8.6% | Medical/pharma | US | North America |
NXP BV | 9,881 | 1,101 | 329 | 11.1% | 3.3% | Semiconductors | NL | Europe |
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA | 9,565 | 2,510 | 834 | 26.2% | 8.7% | Financial institution | US | North America |
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co Ltd | 9,481 | 1,606 | 513 | 16.9% | 5.4% | Semiconductors | JP | Asia |
Blackberry Ltd | 9,218 | 1,129 | 240 | 12.2% | 2.6% | Telecom | CA | North America |
Amazon Com Inc | 9,112 | 1,500 | 602 | 16.5% | 6.6% | Electronics | US | North America |
Table 3. Top 1,000 2019 (continued)
Entity | Grants | Apps | 2018 applications | Ratio of applications to grants | Ratio of 2018 publications to grants | Industry | Country | Region |
Boston Scientific Corp | 9,109 | 2,436 | 665 | 26.7% | 7.3% | Electronics | US | North America |
Abbott Laboratories | 8,567 | 2,324 | 548 | 27.1% | 6.4% | Medical/pharma | US | North America |
Bayer Intellectual Property Gmbh | 8,501 | 1,802 | 470 | 21.2% | 5.5% | Medical/pharma | DE | Europe |
Procter & Gamble Co | 8,446 | 3,199 | 791 | 37.9% | 9.4% | Consumer goods | US | North America |
STMicroelectronics NV | 8,388 | 1,073 | 565 | 12.8% | 6.7% | Semiconductors | CH | Europe |
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd | 8.279 | 2,300 | 934 | 27.8% | 11.3% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
3M Co | 8,096 | 2,608 | 676 | 32.2% | 8.3% | Conglomerate | US | North America |
LG Display Co Ltd | 7,950 | 1,329 | 750 | 16.7% | 9.4% | Electronics | KR | Asia |
Kyocera Corp | 7,926 | 1,913 | 838 | 24.1% | 10.6% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP | 7,895 | 2,071 | 670 | 26.2% | 8.5% | Computing and software | US | North America |
Schlumberger Technology Corp | 7,703 | 2,616 | 607 | 34.0% | 7.9% | Energy | US | North America |
Konica Minolta Inc | 7,686 | 1,661 | 613 | 21.6% | 8.0% | Imaging/printing | JP | Asia |
Marvell Technology Group Ltd | 7,680 | 280 | 84 | 3.6% | 1.1% | Semiconductors | BM | North America |
Olympus Corp | 7,610 | 2,470 | 849 | 32.5% | 11.2% | Imaging/printing | JP | Asia |
Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd | 6,591 | 1,705 | 745 | 25.9% | 11.3% | Semiconductors | JP | Asia |
Verizon Communications Inc | 6,570 | 2,095 | 287 | 31.9% | 4.4% | Telecom | US | North America |
Hyundai Motor Co | 6,510 | 2,199 | 638 | 33.8% | 9.8% | Automotive | KR | Asia |
Nike Inc | 6,291 | 1,106 | 390 | 17.6% | 6.2% | Consumer goods | US | North America |
Applied Materials Inc | 6,225 | 2,017 | 677 | 32.4% | 10.9% | Semiconductors | US | North America |
Airbus Group SE | 6,220 | 1,759 | 506 | 28.3% | 8.1% | Aerospace and defence | NL | Europe |
Advanced Micro Devices Inc | 6,103 | 558 | 179 | 9.1% | 2.9% | Semiconductors | US | North America |
SAP SE | 6,052 | 2,356 | 645 | 38.9% | 10.7% | Computing and software | DE | Europe |
BASF SE | 6,019 | 2,546 | 589 | 42.3% | 9.8% | Chemicals | DE | Europe |
Halliburton Co | 5,903 | 2,521 | 948 | 42.7% | 16.1% | Energy | US | North America |
Electronics And Telecommunications Research Institute | 5,844 | 2,781 | 510 | 47.6% | 8.7% | University/research institution | KR | Asia |
Pangea KK | 5,714 | 771 | 400 | 13.5% | 7.0% | Other | JP | Asia |
Seagate Technology International | 5,676 | 479 | 164 | 8.4% | 2.9% | Electronics | IE | Europe |
Caterpillar Inc | 5,569 | 1,961 | 421 | 35.2% | 7.6% | Industrial | US | North America |
TDK Corp | 5,363 | 1,052 | 459 | 19.6% | 8.6% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
On Semiconductor Corp | 5,229 | 376 | 167 | 7.2% | 3.2% | Semiconductors | US | North America |
Bank of America | 5,197 | 2,171 | 484 | 41.8% | 9.3% | Financial institution | US | North America |
Tokyo Electron Ltd | 5,044 | 1,440 | 478 | 28.5% | 9.5% | Semiconductors | JP | Asia |
Asm International NV | 4,974 | 759 | 352 | 15.3% | 7.1% | Semiconductors | NL | Europe |
BOE Technology Group Co Ltd | 4,954 | 3,702 | 1,690 | 74.7% | 34.1% | Electronics | CN | Asia |
Merck & Co Inc | 4,894 | 1,510 | 418 | 30.9% | 8.5% | Medical/pharma | US | North America |
Industrial Technology Research Institute | 4,881 | 962 | 302 | 19.7% | 6.2% | University/research institution | TW | Asia |
Nissan Motor Co Ltd | 4,782 | 730 | 320 | 15.3% | 6.7% | Automotive | JP | Asia |
Danaher Corp | 4,759 | 928 | 253 | 19.5% | 5.3% | Conglomerate | US | North America |
Lenovo Group Ltd | 4,742 | 1,450 | 317 | 30.6% | 6.7% | Electronics | HK | Asia |
Sprint Corp | 4,702 | 53 | 25 | 1.1% | 0.5% | Telecom | US | North America |
Baker Hughes Inc | 4,657 | 1,163 | 357 | 25.0% | 7.7% | Energy | US | North America |
Mediatek Inc | 4,571 | 1,466 | 511 | 32.1% | 11.2% | Semiconductors | TW | Asia |
Continental AG | 4,554 | 1,272 | 420 | 27.9% | 9.2% | Automotive | DE | Europe |
F Hoffmann-La Roche AG | 4,515 | 2,087 | 596 | 46.2% | 13.2% | Medical/pharma | CH | Europe |
Corning Inc | 4,512 | 1,518 | 527 | 33.6% | 11.7% | Chemicals | US | North America |
Yamaha Corp | 4,412 | 502 | 266 | 11.4% | 6.0% | Automotive | JP | Asia |
Stanley Black & Decker Inc | 4,387 | 591 | 176 | 13.5% | 4.0% | Consumer goods | US | North America |
The Regents of the University of California | 4,373 | 2,174 | 657 | 49.7% | 15.0% | University/research institution | US | North America |
Raytheon Co | 4,313 | 603 | 247 | 14.0% | 5.7% | Aerospace and defence | US | North America |
Abb Asea Brown Boveri Ltd | 4,024 | 994 | 299 | 24.7% | 7.4% | Electronics | CH | Europe |
Parker Hannifin Corp | 4,019 | 768 | 210 | 19.1% | 5.2% | Industrial | US | North America |
Emerson Electric Co | 3,928 | 836 | 290 | 21.3% | 7.4% | Energy | US | North America |
Eastman Kodak Co | 3,927 | 265 | 52 | 6.7% | 1.3% | Imaging/printing | US | North America |
Facebook Inc | 3,845 | 2,423 | 839 | 63.0% | 21.8% | Computing and software | US | North America |
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha | 3,841 | 837 | 353 | 21.8% | 9.2% | Automotive | JP | Asia |
AU Optronics Corp | 3,833 | 377 | 109 | 9.8% | 2.8% | Electronics | TW | Asia |
Becton Dickinson and Co | 3,805 | 1,246 | 329 | 32.7% | 8.6% | Medical/pharma | US | North America |
Lockheed Martin Corp | 3,709 | 772 | 250 | 20.8% | 6.7% | Aerospace and defence | US | North America |
Illinois Tool Works Inc | 3,681 | 1,142 | 316 | 31.0% | 8.6% | Industrial | US | North America |
Carl Zeiss AG | 3,663 | 942 | 278 | 25.7% | 7.6% | Imaging/printing | DE | Europe |
Bridgestone Corp | 3,647 | 1,030 | 303 | 28.2% | 8.3% | Automotive | JP | Asia |
Table 3. Top 1,000 2019 (continued)
Entity | Grants | Apps | 2018 applications | Ratio of applications to grants | Ratio of 2018 publications to grants | Industry | Country | Region |
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc | 3,624 | 1,123 | 296 | 31.0% | 8.2% | Medical/pharma | US | North America |
Exxon Mobil Corp | 3,514 | 722 | 319 | 20.5% | 9.1% | Energy | US | North America |
Yazaki Corp | 3,513 | 819 | 295 | 23.3% | 8.4% | Automotive | JP | Asia |
Nikon Corp | 3,505 | 822 | 282 | 23.5% | 8.0% | Imaging/printing | JP | Asia |
Masco Corp | 3,488 | 119 | 49 | 3.4% | 1.4% | Industrial | US | North America |
TE Connectivity Ltd | 3,456 | 514 | 189 | 14.9% | 5.5% | Electronics | CH | Europe |
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp | 3,450 | 1,070 | 367 | 31.0% | 10.6% | Telecom | JP | Asia |
Commscope Holding Co Inc | 3,449 | 539 | 289 | 15.6% | 8.4% | Telecom | US | North America |
United Microelectronics Corp | 3,436 | 375 | 130 | 10.9% | 3.8% | Electronics | TW | Asia |
Interdigital Inc | 3,425 | 888 | 227 | 25.9% | 6.6% | Telecom | US | North America |
Adobe Systems Inc | 3,391 | 954 | 300 | 28.1% | 8.8% | Imaging/printing | US | North America |
Deere & Co | 3,370 | 617 | 294 | 18.3% | 8.7% | Consumer goods | US | North America |
Japan Display | 3,325 | 1,055 | 493 | 31.7% | 14.8% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
Nvidia Corp | 3,305 | 545 | 71 | 16.5% | 2.1% | Semiconductors | US | North America |
Safran | 3,295 | 1,102 | 451 | 33.4% | 13.7% | Aerospace and defence | FR | Europe |
Analog Devices Inc | 3,284 | 368 | 144 | 11.2% | 4.4% | Electronics | US | North America |
Xilinx Inc | 3,255 | 33 | 20 | 1.0% | 0.6% | Semiconductors | US | North America |
Novartis AG | 3,247 | 1,236 | 373 | 38.1% | 11.5% | Medical/pharma | CH | Europe |
Motorola Solutions Inc | 3,245 | 332 | 99 | 10.2% | 3.1% | Telecom | US | North America |
Whirlpool Corp | 3,227 | 753 | 254 | 23.3% | 7.9% | Consumer goods | US | North America |
Shenzhen Shenchao Technology Investment Co Ltd | 3,205 | 1,752 | 907 | 54.7% | 28.3% | Other | CN | Asia |
Man SE | 3,147 | 783 | 288 | 24.9% | 9.2% | Automotive | DE | Europe |
Stryker Corp | 3,123 | 847 | 287 | 27.1% | 9.2% | Medical/pharma | US | North America |
Commissariat A Lenergie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives | 3,098 | 1,064 | 284 | 34.3% | 9.2% | Energy | FR | Europe |
Lam Research Corp | 3,084 | 608 | 223 | 19.7% | 7.2% | Semiconductors | US | North America |
Osram Gmbh | 3,066 | 897 | 363 | 29.3% | 11.8% | Semiconductors | DE | Europe |
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Ltd | 3,028 | 766 | 282 | 25.3% | 9.3% | Chemicals | JP | Asia |
ZTE Corp | 2,919 | 1,477 | 344 | 50.6% | 11.8% | Telecom | CN | Asia |
Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | 2,881 | 177 | 6 | 6.1% | 0.2% | Financial institution | US | North America |
International Game Technology PLC | 2,853 | 286 | 76 | 10.0% | 2.7% | Entertainment | IT | Europe |
Rolls-Royce PLC | 2,851 | 1,416 | 482 | 49.7% | 16.9% | Automotive | GB | Europe |
Wells Fargo & Co | 2,780 | 649 | 181 | 23.3% | 6.5% | Financial institution | US | North America |
Rohm Co Ltd | 2,763 | 525 | 223 | 19.0% | 8.1% | Semiconductors | JP | Asia |
Jefferies Financial Group | 2,753 | 223 | 12 | 8.1% | 0.4% | Financial institution | US | North America |
Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc | 2,699 | 555 | 138 | 20.6% | 5.1% | Medical/pharma | US | North America |
Macronix International Co Ltd | 2,663 | 154 | 48 | 5.8% | 1.8% | Semiconductors | TW | Asia |
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc | 2,649 | 461 | 99 | 17.4% | 3.7% | Consumer goods | US | North America |
eBay Inc | 2,629 | 2,131 | 468 | 81.1% | 17.8% | Computing and software | US | North America |
Cypress Semiconductor Corp | 2,620 | 198 | 73 | 7.6% | 2.8% | Semiconductors | US | North America |
Juniper Networks Inc | 2,600 | 215 | 111 | 8.3% | 4.3% | Computing and software | US | North America |
Johnson Controls Inc | 2,574 | 928 | 316 | 36.1% | 12.3% | Industrial | US | North America |
Technicolor SA | 2,568 | 1,129 | 247 | 44.0% | 9.6% | Other | FR | Europe |
Sanyo Electric Co Ltd | 2,541 | 432 | 53 | 17.0% | 2.1% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
Citigroup Inc | 2,511 | 544 | 52 | 21.7% | 2.1% | Financial institution | US | North America |
Newell Rubbermaid Inc | 2,484 | 220 | 46 | 8.9% | 1.9% | Consumer goods | US | North America |
Sanofi-Aventis | 2,462 | 1,000 | 241 | 40.6% | 9.8% | Medical/pharma | FR | Europe |
Delta Electronics Inc | 2,417 | 513 | 176 | 21.2% | 7.3% | Electronics | TW | Asia |
Nuance Communications Inc | 2,404 | 303 | 52 | 12.6% | 2.2% | Telecom | US | North America |
Daimler AG | 2,402 | 446 | 45 | 18.6% | 1.9% | Automotive | DE | Europe |
Northrop Grumman Corp | 2,392 | 169 | 36 | 7.1% | 1.5% | Aerospace and defence | US | North America |
Goodyear Tire & Rubber | 2,381 | 247 | 74 | 10.4% | 3.1% | Automotive | US | North America |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2,371 | 1,105 | 335 | 46.6% | 14.1% | University/research institution | US | North America |
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG | 2,361 | 852 | 330 | 36.1% | 14.0% | Automotive | DE | Europe |
Delphi Automotive PLC | 2,354 | 283 | 47 | 12.0% | 2.0% | Automotive | GB | Europe |
Symantec Corp | 2,337 | 93 | 21 | 4.0% | 0.9% | Computing and software | US | North America |
US Navy | 2,325 | 362 | 127 | 15.6% | 5.5% | Other | US | North America |
Casio Computer Co Ltd | 2,308 | 680 | 289 | 29.5% | 12.5% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
Oki Electric Industry Co Ltd | 2,295 | 257 | 82 | 11.2% | 3.6% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
Table 3. Top 1,000 2019 (continued)
Entity | Grants | Apps | 2018 applications | Ratio of applications to grants | Ratio of 2018 publications to grants | Industry | Country | Region |
FCA US LLC | 2,278 | 90 | 12 | 4.0% | 0.5% | Automotive | US | North America |
Syngenta AG | 2,263 | 371 | 111 | 16.4% | 4.9% | Chemicals | CH | Europe |
Hoya Corp | 2,253 | 274 | 79 | 12.2% | 3.5% | Industrial | JP | Asia |
Nitto Denko Corp | 2,242 | 1,186 | 167 | 52.9% | 7.4% | Chemicals | JP | Asia |
Wistron Corp | 2,215 | 378 | 80 | 17.1% | 3.6% | Electronics | TW | Asia |
Komatsu Ltd | 2,185 | 446 | 224 | 20.4% | 10.3% | Industrial | JP | Asia |
Cree Inc | 2,174 | 290 | 61 | 13.3% | 2.8% | Electronics | US | North America |
Schaeffler Technologies AG | 2,122 | 602 | 224 | 28.4% | 10.6% | Automotive | DE | Europe |
Omron Corp | 2,120 | 780 | 361 | 36.8% | 17.0% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co | 2,109 | 376 | 144 | 17.8% | 6.8% | Medical/pharma | US | North America |
Synopsys Inc | 2,105 | 261 | 74 | 12.4% | 3.5% | Electronics | US | North America |
Harris Corp | 2,099 | 97 | 41 | 4.6% | 2.0% | Other | US | North America |
Fuji Electric Co Ltd | 2,096 | 558 | 254 | 26.6% | 12.1% | Energy | JP | Asia |
Scientific Games Corp | 2,094 | 284 | 22 | 13.6% | 1.1% | Electronics | US | North America |
Fila Korea Ltd | 2,090 | 264 | 112 | 12.6% | 5.4% | Consumer goods | KR | Asia |
Innolux Corp | 2,080 | 476 | 154 | 22.9% | 7.4% | Electronics | TW | Asia |
Xperi Corporation | 2,080 | 178 | 70 | 8.6% | 3.4% | Electronics | US | North America |
Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd | 2,076 | 702 | 200 | 33.8% | 9.6% | Chemicals | JP | Asia |
Funai Electric Co | 2,072 | 329 | 34 | 15.9% | 1.6% | Energy | JP | Asia |
Battelle Memorial Institute | 2,059 | 635 | 217 | 30.8% | 10.5% | University/research institution | US | North America |
CNH Industrial Group | 2,050 | 512 | 272 | 25.0% | 13.3% | Industrial | NL | Europe |
Henkel AG & Co Kgaa | 2,046 | 977 | 268 | 47.8% | 13.1% | Consumer goods | DE | Europe |
Omega Credit Opportunities Master Fund LP | 2,037 | 123 | 0 | 6.0% | 0.0% | Other | KY | North America |
Kohler Co | 1,962 | 157 | 63 | 8.0% | 3.2% | Consumer goods | US | North America |
Rockwell Automation Inc | 1,953 | 339 | 103 | 17.4% | 5.3% | Industrial | US | North America |
Kia Motors Corp | 1,952 | 1,199 | 743 | 61.4% | 38.1% | Automotive | KR | Asia |
Sabic Global Technologies BV | 1,948 | 791 | 268 | 40.6% | 13.8% | Energy | SA | Middle East |
Kla-Tencor Corp | 1,941 | 380 | 135 | 19.6% | 7.0% | Automotive | US | North America |
Netapp Inc | 1,940 | 484 | 97 | 24.9% | 5.0% | Computing and software | US | North America |
Centurylink Inc | 1,926 | 361 | 118 | 18.7% | 6.1% | Telecom | US | North America |
Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1,896 | 375 | 19 | 19.8% | 1.0% | Financial institution | US | North America |
Socionext Inc | 1,884 | 107 | 37 | 5.7% | 2.0% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
Shell Oil Co | 1,874 | 669 | 159 | 35.7% | 8.5% | Energy | US | North America |
Ecolab Inc | 1,874 | 542 | 182 | 28.9% | 9.7% | Other | US | North America |
Thales SA | 1,861 | 473 | 141 | 25.4% | 7.6% | Industrial | FR | Europe |
Chevron Corp | 1,852 | 403 | 91 | 21.8% | 4.9% | Energy | US | North America |
California Institute Of Technology | 1,811 | 536 | 149 | 29.6% | 8.2% | University/research institution | US | North America |
Pfizer Inc | 1,808 | 739 | 110 | 40.9% | 6.1% | Medical/pharma | US | North America |
NGK Insulators Ltd | 1,804 | 495 | 144 | 27.4% | 8.0% | Industrial | JP | Asia |
Board of Regents the University of Texas System | 1,803 | 1,040 | 275 | 57.7% | 15.3% | University/research institution | US | North America |
Walt Disney Co | 1,798 | 432 | 133 | 24.0% | 7.4% | Entertainment | US | North America |
Nintendo Co Ltd | 1,770 | 376 | 114 | 21.2% | 6.4% | Entertainment | JP | Asia |
Boehringer Ingelheim International Gmbh | 1,767 | 445 | 130 | 25.2% | 7.4% | Medical/pharma | DE | Europe |
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | 1,766 | 778 | 212 | 44.1% | 12.0% | University/research institution | US | North America |
Via Technologies Inc | 1,764 | 94 | 19 | 5.3% | 1.1% | Semiconductors | TW | Asia |
Monterey Research LLC | 1,758 | 8 | 2 | 0.5% | 0.1% | Other | US | North America |
Polaris Innovations Ltd | 1,757 | 3 | 0 | 0.2% | 0.0% | Electronics | US | North America |
HTC Corp | 1,754 | 492 | 171 | 28.1% | 9.7% | Electronics | TW | Asia |
Asahi Kasei Corp | 1,742 | 528 | 120 | 30.3% | 6.9% | Chemicals | JP | Asia |
Cadence Design Systems Inc | 1,738 | 11 | 1 | 0.6% | 0.1% | Electronics | US | North America |
JTEKT Corp | 1,727 | 436 | 164 | 25.2% | 9.5% | Industrial | JP | Asia |
Valeo | 1,724 | 949 | 324 | 55.0% | 18.8% | Automotive | FR | Europe |
Daikin Industries Ltd | 1,724 | 511 | 145 | 29.6% | 8.4% | Industrial | JP | Asia |
Arm Ltd | 1,720 | 479 | 232 | 27.8% | 13.5% | Semiconductors | GB | Europe |
Excalibur IP LLC | 1,712 | 461 | 30 | 26.9% | 1.8% | Other | US | North America |
Colgate Palmolive Co | 1,705 | 573 | 152 | 33.6% | 8.9% | Consumer goods | US | North America |
Schneider Electric Ind Sas | 1,705 | 409 | 113 | 24.0% | 6.6% | Energy | FR | Europe |
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation | 1,702 | 466 | 155 | 27.4% | 9.1% | University/research institution | US | North America |
Table 3. Top 1,000 2019 (continued)
Entity | Grants | Apps | 2018 applications | Ratio of applications to grants | Ratio of 2018 publications to grants | Industry | Country | Region |
Svb Financial Group | 1,696 | 442 | 53 | 26.1% | 3.1% | Financial institution | US | North America |
Rambus Inc | 1,683 | 258 | 127 | 15.3% | 7.5% | Other | US | North America |
Veritas Technologies LLC | 1,676 | 63 | 16 | 3.8% | 1.0% | Computing and software | US | North America |
Fanuc Corp | 1,674 | 1,219 | 609 | 72.8% | 36.4% | Computing and software | JP | Asia |
Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique | 1,674 | 915 | 313 | 54.7% | 18.7% | University/research institution | FR | Europe |
Stats Chippac Ltd | 1,670 | 109 | 21 | 6.5% | 1.3% | Semiconductors | SG | Asia |
Nidec Corp | 1,669 | 577 | 246 | 34.6% | 14.7% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
Koch Industries Inc | 1,665 | 220 | 80 | 13.2% | 4.8% | Energy | US | North America |
Bae Systems PLC | 1,664 | 361 | 125 | 21.7% | 7.5% | Aerospace and defence | GB | Europe |
Magna International Inc | 1,650 | 639 | 209 | 38.7% | 12.7% | Automotive | CA | North America |
Kao Corp | 1,644 | 349 | 111 | 21.2% | 6.8% | Consumer goods | JP | Asia |
Microchip Technology Inc | 1,641 | 154 | 36 | 9.4% | 2.2% | Semiconductors | US | North America |
L’Oréal | 1,637 | 1,029 | 236 | 62.9% | 14.4% | Consumer goods | FR | Europe |
Porsche Family | 1,636 | 307 | 161 | 18.8% | 9.8% | Automotive | DE | Europe |
Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin | 1,633 | 740 | 178 | 45.3% | 10.9% | Automotive | FR | Europe |
Eaton Corp PLC | 1,626 | 415 | 199 | 25.5% | 12.2% | Energy | IE | Europe |
Accenture PLC | 1,608 | 656 | 195 | 40.8% | 12.1% | Other | IE | Europe |
Cook Group Inc | 1,595 | 576 | 177 | 36.1% | 11.1% | Medical/pharma | US | North America |
Deutsche Bank | 1,594 | 432 | 105 | 27.1% | 6.6% | Financial institution | DE | Europe |
Rag AG | 1,587 | 482 | 105 | 30.4% | 6.6% | Energy | DE | Europe |
Weatherford Technology Holdings LLC | 1,579 | 331 | 97 | 21.0% | 6.1% | Energy | US | North America |
Volvo AB | 1,578 | 442 | 156 | 28.0% | 9.9% | Automotive | DE | Europe |
Dolby Laboratories Inc | 1,574 | 431 | 226 | 27.4% | 14.4% | Consumer goods | US | North America |
Saint-Gobain Glass France | 1,571 | 725 | 196 | 46.1% | 12.5% | Chemicals | FR | Europe |
Ciena Corp | 1,567 | 124 | 62 | 7.9% | 4.0% | Medical/pharma | US | North America |
Furukawa Electric Co Ltd | 1,555 | 373 | 112 | 24.0% | 7.2% | Energy | JP | Asia |
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp | 1,552 | 737 | 245 | 47.5% | 15.8% | Industrial | JP | Asia |
Shimano Inc | 1,548 | 304 | 162 | 19.6% | 10.5% | Consumer goods | JP | Asia |
Lapis Semiconductor Co Ltd | 1,529 | 135 | 64 | 8.8% | 4.2% | Semiconductors | JP | Asia |
Borgwarner Inc | 1,526 | 539 | 164 | 35.3% | 10.7% | Automotive | US | North America |
Allergan PLC | 1,512 | 473 | 68 | 31.3% | 4.5% | Medical/pharma | IE | Europe |
Kobe Steel Ltd | 1,508 | 555 | 169 | 36.8% | 11.2% | Industrial | JP | Asia |
Abbvie Inc | 1,507 | 473 | 106 | 31.4% | 7.0% | Medical/pharma | US | North America |
PNC Financial Services Group Inc | 1,499 | 207 | 22 | 13.8% | 1.5% | Financial institution | US | North America |
Cummins Inc | 1,488 | 392 | 162 | 26.3% | 10.9% | Energy | US | North America |
Berkshire Hathaway Inc | 1,471 | 476 | 131 | 32.4% | 8.9% | Conglomerate | US | North America |
Nestlé SA | 1,465 | 1,010 | 220 | 68.9% | 15.0% | Consumer goods | CH | Europe |
Atmel Corp | 1,457 | 106 | 14 | 7.3% | 1.0% | Semiconductors | US | North America |
Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc | 1,446 | 127 | 20 | 8.8% | 1.4% | Other | CA | North America |
Comcast Corp | 1,444 | 675 | 208 | 46.7% | 14.4% | Telecom | US | North America |
Antec Corp | 1,442 | 301 | 92 | 20.9% | 6.4% | Electronics | US | North America |
JVC Kenwood Corp | 1,435 | 205 | 74 | 14.3% | 5.2% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
Xiaomi Inc | 1,427 | 796 | 231 | 55.8% | 16.2% | Electronics | CN | Asia |
Round Rock Research LLC | 1,424 | 16 | 0 | 1.1% | 0.0% | Other | US | North America |
Textron Inc | 1,421 | 497 | 287 | 35.0% | 20.2% | Industrial | US | North America |
Callaway Golf Co | 1,419 | 43 | 28 | 3.0% | 2.0% | Consumer goods | US | North America |
Lexmark International Inc | 1,415 | 107 | 18 | 7.6% | 1.3% | Imaging/printing | US | North America |
Memjet Technology Ltd | 1,411 | 54 | 28 | 3.8% | 2.0% | Imaging/printing | US | North America |
SC Johnson & Son Inc | 1,410 | 106 | 21 | 7.5% | 1.5% | Consumer goods | US | North America |
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha | 1,403 | 364 | 168 | 25.9% | 12.0% | Industrial | JP | Asia |
Toyoda Gosei Co Ltd | 1,402 | 241 | 107 | 17.2% | 7.6% | Industrial | JP | Asia |
Realtek Semiconductor Corp | 1,399 | 159 | 71 | 11.4% | 5.1% | Semiconductors | TW | Asia |
Finisar Corp | 1,399 | 86 | 34 | 6.1% | 2.4% | Telecom | US | North America |
NTN Corp | 1,395 | 367 | 139 | 26.3% | 10.0% | Industrial | JP | Asia |
Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc | 1,394 | 664 | 263 | 47.6% | 18.9% | Consumer goods | US | North America |
US Department of Health and Human Services | 1,390 | 524 | 75 | 37.7% | 5.4% | University/research institution | US | North America |
CA Inc | 1,359 | 468 | 187 | 34.4% | 13.8% | Computing and software | US | North America |
Mitsui Chemicals Inc | 1,358 | 469 | 105 | 34.5% | 7.7% | Chemicals | JP | Asia |
Microsemi Corp | 1,355 | 65 | 13 | 4.8% | 1.0% | Semiconductors | US | North America |
Table 3. Top 1,000 2019 (continued)
Entity | Grants | Apps | 2018 applications | Ratio of applications to grants | Ratio of 2018 publications to grants | Industry | Country | Region |
Unilever NV | 1,352 | 466 | 117 | 34.5% | 8.7% | Consumer goods | NL | Europe |
Dai Nippon Printing Co Ltd | 1,346 | 330 | 100 | 24.5% | 7.4% | Imaging/printing | JP | Asia |
Ingersoll Rand PLC | 1,344 | 468 | 146 | 34.8% | 10.9% | Industrial | IE | Europe |
Advantest Corp | 1,333 | 137 | 34 | 10.3% | 2.6% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
Tencent Technology Company Ltd | 1,330 | 1,622 | 513 | 122.0% | 38.6% | Computing and software | CN | Asia |
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaf | 1,318 | 642 | 211 | 48.7% | 16.0% | University/research institution | DE | Europe |
Aecom | 1,309 | 300 | 81 | 22.9% | 6.2% | Industrial | US | North America |
Toray Industries Inc | 1,303 | 761 | 217 | 58.4% | 16.7% | Chemicals | JP | Asia |
Mahle International Gmbh | 1,299 | 560 | 153 | 43.1% | 11.8% | Automotive | DE | Europe |
Avaya Inc | 1,299 | 154 | 21 | 11.9% | 1.6% | Telecom | US | North America |
Skyworks Solutions Inc | 1,281 | 483 | 257 | 37.7% | 20.1% | Semiconductors | US | North America |
Absa Bank Ltd | 1,281 | 200 | 22 | 15.6% | 1.7% | Financial institution | ZA | Africa |
NGK Spark Plug Co Ltd | 1,280 | 233 | 97 | 18.2% | 7.6% | Industrial | JP | Asia |
Salesforce Com Inc | 1,279 | 959 | 358 | 75.0% | 28.0% | Computing and software | US | North America |
Longitude Semiconductor Sarl | 1,279 | 33 | 0 | 2.6% | 0.0% | Semiconductors | LU | Europe |
GlaxoSmithKline PLC | 1,278 | 608 | 127 | 47.6% | 9.9% | Medical/pharma | GB | Europe |
Audi AG | 1,277 | 523 | 244 | 41.0% | 19.1% | Automotive | DE | Europe |
Autoliv Inc | 1,270 | 162 | 83 | 12.8% | 6.5% | Automotive | SE | Europe |
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd | 1,266 | 366 | 115 | 28.9% | 9.1% | Industrial | JP | Asia |
Shimadzu Corp | 1,253 | 496 | 218 | 39.6% | 17.4% | Industrial | JP | Asia |
Volkswagen AG | 1,249 | 575 | 253 | 46.0% | 20.3% | Automotive | DE | Europe |
Sandvik Ab | 1,248 | 296 | 74 | 23.7% | 5.9% | Industrial | SE | Europe |
Inventec Corp | 1,245 | 421 | 87 | 33.8% | 7.0% | Electronics | TW | Asia |
Nichia Corp | 1,232 | 359 | 205 | 29.1% | 16.6% | Chemicals | JP | Asia |
Terumo Corp | 1,225 | 746 | 192 | 60.9% | 15.7% | Medical/pharma | JP | Asia |
Hamamatsu Photonics KK | 1,225 | 259 | 108 | 21.1% | 8.8% | Imaging/printing | JP | Asia |
Smith & Nephew Inc | 1,218 | 421 | 142 | 34.6% | 11.7% | Medical/pharma | GB | Europe |
Baxter International Inc | 1,218 | 283 | 68 | 23.2% | 5.6% | Medical/pharma | US | North America |
Agilent Technologies Inc | 1,218 | 271 | 27 | 22.2% | 2.2% | Computing and software | US | North America |
DSM IP Assets BV | 1,215 | 692 | 150 | 57.0% | 12.3% | Chemicals | NL | Europe |
NCR Corp | 1,215 | 411 | 91 | 33.8% | 7.5% | Electronics | US | North America |
Dover Corp | 1,211 | 244 | 78 | 20.1% | 6.4% | Industrial | US | North America |
Citrix Systems Inc | 1,197 | 256 | 100 | 21.4% | 8.4% | Computing and software | US | North America |
Target Corp | 1,187 | 102 | 26 | 8.6% | 2.2% | Consumer goods | US | North America |
Hubbell Inc | 1,182 | 285 | 125 | 24.1% | 10.6% | Industrial | US | North America |
Wilmington Trust National Association | 1,176 | 215 | 69 | 18.3% | 5.9% | Financial institution | US | North America |
Pioneer Corp | 1,164 | 310 | 68 | 26.6% | 5.8% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp | 1,151 | 368 | 252 | 32.0% | 21.9% | Electronics | CN | Asia |
Fujikura Ltd | 1,148 | 307 | 113 | 26.7% | 9.8% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
Maxim Integrated Products Inc | 1,146 | 99 | 36 | 8.6% | 3.1% | Electronics | US | North America |
Asahi Glass Company Ltd | 1,144 | 487 | 91 | 42.6% | 8.0% | Industrial | JP | Asia |
NSK Ltd | 1,137 | 210 | 71 | 18.5% | 6.2% | Industrial | JP | Asia |
Electrolux Home Products Inc | 1,135 | 327 | 83 | 28.8% | 7.3% | Consumer goods | US | North America |
Mazda Motor Corp | 1,123 | 350 | 189 | 31.2% | 16.8% | Automotive | JP | Asia |
Solvay SA | 1,116 | 685 | 164 | 61.4% | 14.7% | Chemicals | BE | Europe |
Karsten Manufacturing Corp | 1,110 | 207 | 98 | 18.6% | 8.8% | Consumer goods | US | North America |
The Regents of the University of Michigan | 1,107 | 460 | 131 | 41.6% | 11.8% | University/research institution | US | North America |
The Johns Hopkins University | 1,099 | 770 | 197 | 70.1% | 17.9% | University/research institution | US | North America |
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | 1,097 | 194 | 68 | 17.7% | 6.2% | University/research institution | IN | Asia |
Joled Inc | 1,083 | 218 | 63 | 20.1% | 5.8% | Electronics | JP | Asia |
Epistar Corp | 1,080 | 226 | 74 | 20.9% | 6.9% | Electronics | TW | Asia |
Silicon Laboratories Inc | 1,073 | 97 | 41 | 9.0% | 3.8% | Electronics | US | North America |
Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd | 1,070 | 417 | 141 | 39.0% | 13.2% | Industrial | JP | Asia |
Total SA | 1,060 | 464 | 142 | 43.8% | 13.4% | Energy | FR | Europe |
TiVo Corporation | 1,058 | 481 | 146 | 45.5% | 13.8% | Electronics | US | North America |
PepsiCo Inc | 1,054 | 153 | 39 | 14.5% | 3.7% | Consumer goods | US | North America |
Bank of Montreal | 1,054 | 129 | 38 | 12.2% | 3.6% | Financial institution | CA | North America |
Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co Ltd | 1,054 | 25 | 2 | 2.4% | 0.2% | Electronics | TW | Asia |
Cirrus Logic Inc | 1,034 | 201 | 119 | 19.4% | 11.5% | Electronics | US | North America |
Showa Denko Kk | 1,032 | 381 | 83 | 36.9% | 8.0% | Chemicals | JP | Asia |
E Ink Corp | 1,030 | 279 | 88 | 27.1% | 8.5% | Electronics | TW | Asia |
Bose Corp | 1,030 | 193 | 114 | 18.7% | 11.1% | Electronics | US | North America |
National Oilwell | 1,029 | 186 | 66 | 18.1% | 6.4% | Energy | US | North America |
Vodafone Holding Gmbh | 1,026 | 206 | 9 | 20.1% | 0.9% | Telecom | DE | Europe |
Keysight Technologies Inc | 1,023 | 102 | 13 | 10.0% | 1.3% | Electronics | US | North America |
Trimble Navigation Ltd | 1,020 | 114 | 28 | 11.2% | 2.7% | Electronics | US | North America |
Saudi Arabian Oil Co | 1,013 | 658 | 382 | 65.0% | 37.7% | Energy | SA | Middle East |
Echostar Corp | 1,013 | 234 | 58 | 23.1% | 5.7% | Telecom | US | North America |
Mattel Inc | 1,009 | 87 | 13 | 8.6% | 1.3% | Consumer goods | US | North America |
Synaptics Inc | 1,003 | 182 | 81 | 18.1% | 8.1% | Electronics | US | North America |