| Top 100 Assignee |
| Ord. | Assignee's name | Last publication | Number of Patent applications |
| 1 | International Business Machines Corporation | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130160136 - DATA SECURITY IN A MULTI-NODAL ENVIRONMENT | 26166 |
| 2 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130160135 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING DOWNLOADABLE DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT FOR A CONTENT SERVICE | 19897 |
| 3 | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130160077 - INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR RELEASING RESTRICTION ON USE OF STORAGE DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | 16608 |
| 4 | Microsoft Corporation | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130160144 - ENTITY VERIFICATION VIA THIRD-PARTY | 14043 |
| 5 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130160009 - CONTROL COMPUTER AND METHOD FOR DEPLOYING VIRTUAL MACHINES | 11837 |
| 6 | SONY CORPORATION | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159942 - INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | 11034 |
| 7 | KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130160112 - CONTROLLER AND METHOD OF STORAGE APPARATUS | 10975 |
| 8 | FUJITSU LIMITED | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130160023 - SCHEDULER, MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR SYSTEM, AND SCHEDULING METHOD | 9183 |
| 9 | SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159642 - Method of Writing Firmware, Firmware Storage Medium, and Electronic Device | 7610 |
| 10 | PANASONIC CORPORATION | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159816 - TRANSMITTING METHOD, RECEIVING METHOD, RECEIVING APPARATUS AND TRANSMITTING APPARATUS | 7562 |
| 11 | QUALCOMM INCORPORATED | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159939 - AUTHENTICATED GESTURE RECOGNITION | 7305 |
| 12 | KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159754 - APPARATUS FOR POWERING AN ELECTRICAL CONSUMER VIA A DATA CONNECTION | 7279 |
| 13 | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130160096 - SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PORTABLE SECURE ACCESS | 6490 |
| 14 | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159230 - Data Forgetting System | 5531 |
| 15 | FUJIFILM CORPORATION | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159459 - SERVER UNIT, BROWSING SYSTEM AND DELIVERY METHOD | 4945 |
| 16 | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. | May 16, 2013 / 20130124025 - METHOD OF OPERATING A HYBRID POWERTRAIN | 4789 |
| 17 | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130160122 - TWO-STAGE INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM FOR HIGH-SPEED PACKET PROCESSING USING NETWORK PROCESSOR AND METHOD THEREOF | 4456 |
| 18 | DENSO CORPORATION | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159954 - DESIGN METHOD OF ON-BOARD WIRING | 4225 |
| 19 | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130158841 - INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD | 3927 |
| 20 | RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130160134 - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING A SECURE ELEMENT | 3883 |
| 21 | XEROX CORPORATION | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130160018 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES BASED ON A MULTI-PHASE NEGOTIATION MECHANISM | 3798 |
| 22 | HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159777 - TESTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 3721 |
| 23 | SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159936 - CONTENT DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTENT DISPLAY METHOD, PORTABLE TERMINAL, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | 3655 |
| 24 | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159267 - PROVIDING COMBUSTION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT INFORMATION | 3654 |
| 25 | BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130156469 - Toner Cartridge Having Linearly Movable Shutter Member | 3566 |
| 26 | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130157422 - METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | 3527 |
| 27 | Apple Inc. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130160145 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSET LEASE MANAGEMENT | 3373 |
| 28 | BASF SE | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130158182 - OXYGEN-SCAVENGING MIXTURES | 3260 |
| 29 | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159401 - MULTI-SCREEN DISPLAY SYSTEM | 3207 |
| 30 | BROADCOM CORPORATION | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159808 - System for Communicating Data in xDSL Using Data Retransmission | 3059 |
| 31 | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159801 - ADAPTING SCAN ARCHITECTURES FOR LOW POWER OPERATION | 3019 |
| 32 | LG ELECTRONICS INC. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130157722 - MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF | 2774 |
| 33 | NEC Corporation | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130160076 - ACCESS AUTHORITY GENERATION DEVICE | 2735 |
| 34 | FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130158175 - RESIN COMPOSITION AND RESIN MOLDED ARTICLE | 2681 |
| 35 | INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159999 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING APPLICATION-LEVEL DEPENDENCIES IN ONE OR MORE VIRTUAL MACHINES | 2578 |
| 36 | HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130160140 - MACHINE-TO-MACHINE COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY PROTECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM, MACHINE-TO-MACHINE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE MANAGEMENT ENTITY, AND RELATED DEVICE | 2516 |
| 37 | SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130157102 - DEVICE MOUNTING BOARD, CELL, AND BATTERY MODULE | 2516 |
| 38 | Hynix Semiconductor Inc. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130155801 - SUB WORD LINE DRIVER AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE | 2467 |
| 39 | NOKIA CORPORATION | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130160095 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING A CHALLENGE RESPONSE INPUT MECHANISM | 2414 |
| 40 | Hyundai Motor Company | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159489 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ETHERNET COMMUNICATION NETWORK FOR USE IN VEHICLE | 2344 |
| 41 | Hitachi, Ltd. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130160065 - VIDEO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, AND VIDEO INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD | 2333 |
| 42 | Tokyo Electron Limited | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130157468 - ETCHING METHOD, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, PATTERN FORMING METHOD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT | 2326 |
| 43 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159813 - MEMORY CONTROLLER ECC | 2322 |
| 44 | FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130158870 - Method and Apparatus for Vehicle Routing | 2322 |
| 45 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130157431 - STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR THERMAL TREATMENT WITH EPITAXIAL SICP THERMAL STABILITY IMPROVEMENT | 2277 |
| 46 | Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130158942 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING FAULT OF MULTI-SENSOR OF MOTOR | 2204 |
| 47 | Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130160112 - CONTROLLER AND METHOD OF STORAGE APPARATUS | 2196 |
| 48 | BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130157906 - Nano-Sized Particle-Coated Proppants for Formation Fines Fixation in Proppant Packs | 2028 |
| 49 | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159717 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SECURE FIRMWARE DOWNLOAD USING DIAGNOSTIC LINK CONNECTOR (DLC) AND ONSTAR SYSTEM | 2018 |
| 50 | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130160123 - Methods, Systems, and Computer Program Products for Mitigating Email Address Harvest Attacks by Positively Acknowledging Email to Invalid Email Addresses | 2016 |
| 51 | Robert Bosch GMBH | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130158908 - Method for Unsupervised Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring | 2002 |
| 52 | NXP B.V. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159124 - TAG STORE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING CONTACTLESS TAGS AVAILABLE FOR END USERS OF TAG-RELATED SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS | 1977 |
| 53 | MOTOROLA, INC. | Oct 11, 2012 / 20120256863 - Methods for Associating Objects on a Touch Screen Using Input Gestures | 1932 |
| 54 | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130160161 - INHIBITION OF SNL6 EXPRESSION FOR BIOFUEL PRODUCTION | 1917 |
| 55 | MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. | Dec 20, 2012 / 20120323917 - NAVIGATING MEDIA CONTENT BY GROUPS | 1809 |
| 56 | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159757 - MEMORY ARRAY CLOCK GATING SCHEME | 1785 |
| 57 | SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130160143 - PROCESSING MACHINE WITH ACCESS CONTROL VIA COMPUTER NETWORK | 1784 |
| 58 | NITTO DENKO CORPORATION | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130158221 - OPTICAL PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET | 1783 |
| 59 | Yahoo! Inc. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130160120 - PROTECTING END USERS FROM MALWARE USING ADVERTISING VIRTUAL MACHINE | 1757 |
| 60 | Kyocera Corporation | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159888 - MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND SCREEN UPDATING METHOD | 1735 |
| 61 | KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159536 - IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | 1725 |
| 62 | Cisco Technology, Inc. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159550 - ASSISTED INTELLIGENT ROUTING FOR MINIMALISTIC CONNECTED OBJECT NETWORKS | 1716 |
| 63 | Olympus Corporation | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130155501 - WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE SWITCH | 1685 |
| 64 | GOOGLE INC. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159338 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE WITH SEARCH QUERY BROADENING | 1684 |
| 65 | INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130154868 - System and Method for an RF Receiver | 1649 |
| 66 | Applied Materials, Inc. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130156610 - PUMP POWER CONSUMPTION ENHANCEMENT | 1607 |
| 67 | ZTE CORPORATION | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130160094 - OTA Bootstrap Method and System | 1603 |
| 68 | NIKON CORPORATION | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130157438 - SUBSTRATE HOLDING UNIT, SUBSTRATE BONDING APPARATUS, MULTI-LAYERED SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE BONDING METHOD, MULTI-LAYER SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND MULTI-LAYERED SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS MANUFACTURING METHOD | 1589 |
| 69 | Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130157162 - REDOX FLOW BATTERY AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | 1543 |
| 70 | E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130158296 - PROCESS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF 1-AMINO-3-HALO-4,6-DINITROBENZENE | 1542 |
| 71 | The Boeing Company | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159974 - Automated Framework For Dynamically Creating Test Scripts for Software Testing | 1536 |
| 72 | NTT DOCOMO, INC. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159005 - AUDIO DECODING DEVICE, AUDIO DECODING METHOD, AUDIO DECODING PROGRAM, AUDIO ENCODING DEVICE, AUDIO ENCODING METHOD, AND AUDIO ENCODING PROGRAM | 1501 |
| 73 | RICOH COMPANY, LTD | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159218 - INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD | 1480 |
| 74 | SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130158876 - COMBINING INELASTIC AND CAPTURE GAMMA RAY SPECTROSCOPY FOR DETERMINING FORMATION ELEMENTAL | 1479 |
| 75 | SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130158292 - METHOD FOR PRODUCING METHIONINE | 1443 |
| 76 | NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION | Feb 21, 2013 / 20130044530 - LAYOUT OF MEMORY CELLS AND INPUT/OUTPUT CIRCUITRY IN A SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE | 1429 |
| 77 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130158656 - APPARATUS FOR ENDOVASCULARLY REPLACING A HEART VALVE | 1406 |
| 78 | MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159133 - CONSUMABLE COMPONENT SALES SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STORE PROVIDING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM | 1388 |
| 79 | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159286 - GENERATION OF A QUERY PLAN FOR ACCESSING A DATABASE | 1374 |
| 80 | SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130155539 - EXTENDED SERVO MARK | 1316 |
| 81 | FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159663 - MEMORY MANAGEMENT UNIT FOR A MICROPROCESSOR SYSTEM, MICROPROCESSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MEMORY | 1309 |
| 82 | MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130157134 - METHOD OF PRODUCING IRON PHOSPHATE, LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE, ELECTRODE ACTIVE SUBSTANCE, AND SECONDARY BATTERY | 1296 |
| 83 | TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL) | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159857 - ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SELECTING A MEDIA RENDERING UNIT | 1278 |
| 84 | Elpida Memory, Inc. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130155798 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING HIERARCHICAL BIT LINE STRUCTURE | 1278 |
| 85 | Renesas Electronics Corporation | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159783 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | 1277 |
| 86 | VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130160138 - NETWORK INFORMATION COLLECTION AND ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM | 1264 |
| 87 | MEDTRONIC, INC. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130158564 - PERCUTANEOUS FLAT LEAD INTRODUCER | 1235 |
| 88 | Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130155033 - ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE | 1211 |
| 89 | TDK CORPORATION | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130154787 - COIL DEVICE | 1171 |
| 90 | Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. | Jun 13, 2013 / 20130151227 - APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING BATTERY SYSTEM | 1159 |
| 91 | ASML Netherlands B.V. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130155406 - Diffraction Based Overlay Metrology Tool and Method of Diffraction Based Overlay Metrology | 1147 |
| 92 | Nike, Inc. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159866 - Customized Article Type | 1143 |
| 93 | Rohm Co., Ltd. | Jun 13, 2013 / 20130149810 - METHOD OF FABRICATING PHOTODIODE | 1107 |
| 94 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130158444 - Robotic System for Simulating a Wearable Device and Method of Use | 1074 |
| 95 | SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130157046 - PLASTIC ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | 1045 |
| 96 | HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130157905 - Method for the Removal or Suppression of Interfering Metal Ions Using Environmentally Friendly Competitive Binders | 1044 |
| 97 | FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130158938 - PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR REPORTING LOCATION OF THE PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 1041 |
| 98 | Casio Computer Co., Ltd. | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159437 - INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | 1029 |
| 99 | THALES | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130159807 - Method for Retransmitting Fragmented Packets | 1008 |
| 100 | AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION | Jun 20, 2013 / 20130158703 - VENDING MACHINE, AND OPERATING SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | 1007 |