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2013 Patent Owners
Alphabetical Listing
Use care in interpreting the “percent change” column. The total number of utility patents granted by the USPTO in 2013 was
277,835, up 9.7 percent from 2012. The percent change for an individual organization might be affected by mergers,
acquisitions, divestitures, inconsistent treatment of subsidiaries in 2012 and 2013, and other factors.
Percent Percent
2013 Change 2013 Change
Rank Organization Patents From 2012 Rank Organization Patents From 2012
73 3M Innovative Properties Co. 532 26.4 254 Bayer Cropscience AG 115 -22.3
231 ABB Technology AG 127 new 205 Becton, Dickinson & Co. 143 32.4
78 Abbott Laboratories 489 -0.8 75 Blackberry Ltd. 515 new
185 Accenture PLC 158 31.7 216 Boehringer Ingelheim 134 new
266 Acushnet Co. 108 -29.4 International GmbH
105 Adobe Systems, Inc. 345 3.9 50 Boeing Co. 798 17.5
145 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 224 25.8 208 Bosch Siemens 142 46.4
Hausgerate GmbH
260 Advantest Corp. 111 0.0
41 Boston Scientific Corp. 904 10.1
290 Agilent Technologies, Inc. 97 -19.8
153 Bridgestone Corp. 194 6.0
202 Air Liquide Corp. 146 28.1
222 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 130 9.2
68 Airbus Operations S.A.S. 612 15.0
30 Broadcom Corp. 1,083 -6.4
224 Aisin Aw Co., Ltd. 129 -9.8
34 Brother Kogyo K.K. 1,026 1.4
194 Aisin Seiki K.K. 154 18.5
217 CA, Inc. 133 new
61 Alcatel Lucent 648 1.9
168 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 178 13.4
151 Allergan, Inc. 196 76.6
201 California Institute of 147 8.1
222 Alstom Technology Ltd. 130 28.7 Technology
117 Altera Corp. 292 17.3 3 Canon K.K. 3,918 18.5
74 Amazon Technologies, Inc. 530 84.7 141 Casio Computer Co. Ltd. 234 19.4
274 American Express Travel Related 104 -20.0 110 Caterpillar Inc. 332 4.1
Services Co., Inc.
249 Centre National de la Recherche 117 25.8
254 Amgen, Inc. 115 12.7 Scientifique - CNRS
154 Analog Devices, Inc. 193 17.7 245 Centurylink Intellectual Property 119 new
15 Apple, Inc. 1,775 56.3 LLC
85 Applied Materials, Inc. 423 1.7 273 Cheil Industries, Inc. 105 new
284 Aristocrat Technologies Australia 99 new 200 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. 148 -5.1
Pty. Ltd. 282 Chimei-Innolux Corp. 102 -40.7
234 ARM Ltd. 126 31.3 250 Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd. 116 -28.0
183 Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. 160 27.0 40 Cisco Technology, Inc. 910 -7.2
149 ASML Netherlands B.V. 204 4.1 237 Citrix Systems, Inc. 125 16.8
17 AT&T Corp. 1,658 17.9 274 Columbia University 104 new
274 Atmel Corp. 104 10.6 114 Commissariat A L'Energie 309 38.6
98 AU Optronics Corp. 382 -3.0 Atomique
295 Avago Technologies General Ip 95 new 179 Continental Automotive GmbH 162 -25.7
(Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 176 Cook Medical Technologies 170 6.3
136 Avaya Inc. 240 -2.4 LLC
202 BAE Systems Inc. 146 -2.7 103 Corning Inc. 356 10.6
100 Baker Hughes Inc. 368 0.0 49 Covidien 800 41.6
250 Bally Gaming, Inc. 116 30.3 168 Cree, Inc. 178 57.5
130 Bank of America Corp. 262 58.8 190 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. 155 4.0
57 BASF Corp. 697 27.9 250 Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd 116 2.7
263 Baxter International Inc. 109 16.0 228 Daikin Industries Ltd. 128 -5.2
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2013 Patent Owners
Alphabetical Listing
Use care in interpreting the “percent change” column. The total number of utility patents granted by the USPTO in 2013 was
277,835, up 9.7 percent from 2012. The percent change for an individual organization might be affected by mergers,
acquisitions, divestitures, inconsistent treatment of subsidiaries in 2012 and 2013, and other factors.
Percent Percent
2013 Change 2013 Change
Rank Organization Patents From 2012 Rank Organization Patents From 2012
73 3M Innovative Properties Co. 532 26.4 254 Bayer Cropscience AG 115 -22.3
231 ABB Technology AG 127 new 205 Becton, Dickinson & Co. 143 32.4
78 Abbott Laboratories 489 -0.8 75 Blackberry Ltd. 515 new
185 Accenture PLC 158 31.7 216 Boehringer Ingelheim 134 new
266 Acushnet Co. 108 -29.4 International GmbH
105 Adobe Systems, Inc. 345 3.9 50 Boeing Co. 798 17.5
145 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 224 25.8 208 Bosch Siemens 142 46.4
Hausgerate GmbH
260 Advantest Corp. 111 0.0
41 Boston Scientific Corp. 904 10.1
290 Agilent Technologies, Inc. 97 -19.8
153 Bridgestone Corp. 194 6.0
202 Air Liquide Corp. 146 28.1
222 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 130 9.2
68 Airbus Operations S.A.S. 612 15.0
30 Broadcom Corp. 1,083 -6.4
224 Aisin Aw Co., Ltd. 129 -9.8
34 Brother Kogyo K.K. 1,026 1.4
194 Aisin Seiki K.K. 154 18.5
217 CA, Inc. 133 new
61 Alcatel Lucent 648 1.9
168 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 178 13.4
151 Allergan, Inc. 196 76.6
201 California Institute of 147 8.1
222 Alstom Technology Ltd. 130 28.7 Technology
117 Altera Corp. 292 17.3 3 Canon K.K. 3,918 18.5
74 Amazon Technologies, Inc. 530 84.7 141 Casio Computer Co. Ltd. 234 19.4
274 American Express Travel Related 104 -20.0 110 Caterpillar Inc. 332 4.1
Services Co., Inc.
249 Centre National de la Recherche 117 25.8
254 Amgen, Inc. 115 12.7 Scientifique - CNRS
154 Analog Devices, Inc. 193 17.7 245 Centurylink Intellectual Property 119 new
15 Apple, Inc. 1,775 56.3 LLC
85 Applied Materials, Inc. 423 1.7 273 Cheil Industries, Inc. 105 new
284 Aristocrat Technologies Australia 99 new 200 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. 148 -5.1
Pty. Ltd. 282 Chimei-Innolux Corp. 102 -40.7
234 ARM Ltd. 126 31.3 250 Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd. 116 -28.0
183 Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. 160 27.0 40 Cisco Technology, Inc. 910 -7.2
149 ASML Netherlands B.V. 204 4.1 237 Citrix Systems, Inc. 125 16.8
17 AT&T Corp. 1,658 17.9 274 Columbia University 104 new
274 Atmel Corp. 104 10.6 114 Commissariat A L'Energie 309 38.6
98 AU Optronics Corp. 382 -3.0 Atomique
295 Avago Technologies General Ip 95 new 179 Continental Automotive GmbH 162 -25.7
(Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 176 Cook Medical Technologies 170 6.3
136 Avaya Inc. 240 -2.4 LLC
202 BAE Systems Inc. 146 -2.7 103 Corning Inc. 356 10.6
100 Baker Hughes Inc. 368 0.0 49 Covidien 800 41.6
250 Bally Gaming, Inc. 116 30.3 168 Cree, Inc. 178 57.5
130 Bank of America Corp. 262 58.8 190 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. 155 4.0
57 BASF Corp. 697 27.9 250 Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd 116 2.7
263 Baxter International Inc. 109 16.0 228 Daikin Industries Ltd. 128 -5.2
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