| Rank |
Group |
Number of Patents |
Continent |
Country |
| 1 |
HITACHI LTD |
70667 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 2 |
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD. |
64525 |
Asia |
South korea |
| 3 |
SONY CORPORATION |
57167 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 4 |
LG CORP. |
53680 |
Asia |
South korea |
| 5 |
NEC CORPORATION |
48026 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 6 |
CANON INC |
42738 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 7 |
FUJITSU LIMITED |
35753 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 8 |
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION |
32607 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 9 |
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. |
24473 |
Asia |
South korea |
| 10 |
RICOH CO LTD |
23886 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 11 |
SHARP CORPORATION |
23800 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 12 |
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION |
23457 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 13 |
FUJIFILM HOLDINGS CORP. |
23028 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 14 |
SANYO ELECTRIC CO LTD |
20468 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 15 |
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION |
20089 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 16 |
SIEMENS AG |
19395 |
Europe |
Germany |
| 17 |
TOSHIBA CORPORATION |
14768 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 18 |
KYOCERA CORPORATION |
14091 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 19 |
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC |
12464 |
America |
United states |
| 20 |
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
12449 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 21 |
INTEL CORP |
11979 |
America |
United states |
| 22 |
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY |
11854 |
America |
United states |
| 23 |
MICROSOFT CORP |
10865 |
America |
United states |
| 24 |
DENSO CORPORATION |
10537 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 25 |
MOTOROLA INC |
9159 |
America |
United states |
| 26 |
ALCATEL-LUCENT S.A. |
8686 |
Europe |
France |
| 27 |
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG |
8030 |
Europe |
Germany |
| 28 |
ALPS ELECTRIC CO LTD |
7880 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 29 |
TDK CORPORATION |
7851 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 30 |
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION |
7834 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 31 |
CASIO COMPUTER CO LTD |
7220 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 32 |
JVC KENWOOD HOLDINGS, INC |
6786 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 33 |
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON |
6646 |
Europe |
Sweden |
| 34 |
YAZAKI CORPORATION |
6311 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 35 |
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC |
6251 |
America |
United states |
| 36 |
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED |
6034 |
Asia |
Taiwan |
| 37 |
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO. LIMITED |
6031 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 38 |
NIKON CORPORATION |
5904 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 39 |
NISSAN MOTOR CO LTD |
5797 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 40 |
OLYMPUS CORP. |
5721 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 41 |
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC |
5527 |
America |
United states |
| 42 |
FUJI ELECTRIC HOLDINGS CO., LTD. |
5325 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 43 |
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO LTD |
4773 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 44 |
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. |
4515 |
Asia |
Taiwan |
| 45 |
SK TELECOM CO.,LTD. |
4490 |
Asia |
South korea |
| 46 |
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC |
4384 |
America |
United states |
| 47 |
AT&T INC. |
4263 |
America |
United states |
| 48 |
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION |
4249 |
Asia |
Taiwan |
| 49 |
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. |
3808 |
Asia |
Japan |
| 50 |
CISCO SYSTEMS INC |
3771 |
America |
United states |