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2013 Patent Owners
Alphabetical Listing
2013 Patent Owners
Alphabetical Listing Percent Percent
2013 Change 2013 Change
Rank Organization Patents From 2012 Rank Organization Patents From 2012
4 Sony Corp. 3,316 -8.1 178 University of Texas 169 19.9
250 Spansion LLC 116 2.7 60 Verizon Communications Inc. 668 44.6
70 Sprint Corp. 589 -3.9 237 Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 125 30.2
176 Stanford University 170 -6.6 286 Via Technologies, Inc. 98 new
172 Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 173 3.6 65 Western Digital Technologies, 625 12.4
266 Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. 108 new Inc.
134 Stats Chippac Ltd. 247 4.7 156 Whirlpool Corp. 189 37.0
270 ST-Ericsson SA 107 new 183 Wisconsin Alumni Research 160 3.2
Foundation
54 STMicroelectronics, Inc. 733 46.9
239 Wistron Corp. 123 new
173 Stryker Corp. 172 new
156 WMS Gaming, Inc. 189 -10.0
171 Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. 175 -14.2
26 Xerox Corp. 1,163 -4.1
135 Sumitomo Electric 245 30.3
Industries, Ltd. 150 Xilinx, Inc. 201 -13.4
284 Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. 99 8.8 113 Yahoo, Inc. 312 15.6
80 Symantec Corp. 467 18.5 221 Yamaha Corp. 131 -26.8
242 Symbol Technologies, Inc. 121 2.5 295 Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. 95 -49.7
173 Synopsys Inc. 172 22.0 194 Yazaki Corp. 154 46.7
38 Taiwan Semiconductor 933 43.8 217 Zamtec Ltd. 133 new
Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 138 ZF Friedrichshafen, AG 237 20.3
139 TDK Corp. 235 -20.3 122 ZTE Corp. 273 170.3
99 TE Connectivity 377 -1.0
27 Telefonaktiebolaget LM 1,149 36.3
Ericsson
168 Tessera, Inc. 178 42.4
53 Texas Instruments, Inc. 739 -13.5
144 Thales 226 20.9
258 The Math Works, Inc. 112 6.7
102 Thomson Licensing S.A. 367 9.6
93 Tokyo Electron Ltd. 397 -5.7
7 Toshiba Corp. 2,679 3.0
261 Toyoda Gosei K.K. 110 new
22 Toyota Jidosha K.K. 1,355 -9.1
286 Trading Technologies 98 new
International, Inc.
154 Tsinghua University 193 29.5
152 United Microelectronics Corp. 195 42.3
210 United Services Automobile 139 19.8
Association (USAA)
190 United States of America, Army 155 -9.9
202 United States of America, 146 11.5
Department of Health & Human
Services
89 United States of America, Navy 399 12.4
52 United Technologies Corp. 767 -14.4
89 University of California, The 399 11.8
Regents of
292 University of Illinois 96 new
290 University of Michigan 97 0.0
295 University of South Florida 95 new
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2013 Patent Owners
Alphabetical Listing
2013 Patent Owners
Alphabetical Listing Percent Percent
2013 Change 2013 Change
Rank Organization Patents From 2012 Rank Organization Patents From 2012
4 Sony Corp. 3,316 -8.1 178 University of Texas 169 19.9
250 Spansion LLC 116 2.7 60 Verizon Communications Inc. 668 44.6
70 Sprint Corp. 589 -3.9 237 Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 125 30.2
176 Stanford University 170 -6.6 286 Via Technologies, Inc. 98 new
172 Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 173 3.6 65 Western Digital Technologies, 625 12.4
266 Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. 108 new Inc.
134 Stats Chippac Ltd. 247 4.7 156 Whirlpool Corp. 189 37.0
270 ST-Ericsson SA 107 new 183 Wisconsin Alumni Research 160 3.2
Foundation
54 STMicroelectronics, Inc. 733 46.9
239 Wistron Corp. 123 new
173 Stryker Corp. 172 new
156 WMS Gaming, Inc. 189 -10.0
171 Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. 175 -14.2
26 Xerox Corp. 1,163 -4.1
135 Sumitomo Electric 245 30.3
Industries, Ltd. 150 Xilinx, Inc. 201 -13.4
284 Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. 99 8.8 113 Yahoo, Inc. 312 15.6
80 Symantec Corp. 467 18.5 221 Yamaha Corp. 131 -26.8
242 Symbol Technologies, Inc. 121 2.5 295 Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. 95 -49.7
173 Synopsys Inc. 172 22.0 194 Yazaki Corp. 154 46.7
38 Taiwan Semiconductor 933 43.8 217 Zamtec Ltd. 133 new
Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 138 ZF Friedrichshafen, AG 237 20.3
139 TDK Corp. 235 -20.3 122 ZTE Corp. 273 170.3
99 TE Connectivity 377 -1.0
27 Telefonaktiebolaget LM 1,149 36.3
Ericsson
168 Tessera, Inc. 178 42.4
53 Texas Instruments, Inc. 739 -13.5
144 Thales 226 20.9
258 The Math Works, Inc. 112 6.7
102 Thomson Licensing S.A. 367 9.6
93 Tokyo Electron Ltd. 397 -5.7
7 Toshiba Corp. 2,679 3.0
261 Toyoda Gosei K.K. 110 new
22 Toyota Jidosha K.K. 1,355 -9.1
286 Trading Technologies 98 new
International, Inc.
154 Tsinghua University 193 29.5
152 United Microelectronics Corp. 195 42.3
210 United Services Automobile 139 19.8
Association (USAA)
190 United States of America, Army 155 -9.9
202 United States of America, 146 11.5
Department of Health & Human
Services
89 United States of America, Navy 399 12.4
52 United Technologies Corp. 767 -14.4
89 University of California, The 399 11.8
Regents of
292 University of Illinois 96 new
290 University of Michigan 97 0.0
295 University of South Florida 95 new
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