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Rank Organization Country 2024 US Patents YoY Change
1 Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. Flag 364 34%
2 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Flag 311 -3%
3 Applied Materials, Inc. Flag 77 -16%
4 Intel Corporation Flag 74 -23%
5 International Business Machines Corp. Flag 68 -17%
6 King Fahd University Of Petroleum & Minerals Flag 67 31%
7 Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University Flag 65 51%
8 University Of California Flag 63 31%
9 Boe Technology Group Co. Ltd Flag 61 -2%
10 Saudi Arabian Oil Company Flag 56 -22%
11 King Faisal University Flag 53 152%
12 Lg Chem Ltd. Flag 49 26%
13 State University System Of Florida Flag 41 3%
14 Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Flag 40 -9%
15 Ruili Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd. Flag 36 300%
16 Lam Research Corporation Flag 35 250%
17 Sharp Corporation Flag 34 143%
18 Asm International N.v. Flag 31 -24%
19 Sony Group Corporation Flag 28 75%
20 Rtx Corporation Flag 27 0%
21 University Of Chicago Flag 26 8%
22 Hp Inc. Flag 25 -11%
23 Tcl Technology Group Corporation Flag 23 77%
24 Purdue University Flag 22 -29%
24 Xerox Corporation Flag 22 -8%
26 The University Of Texas System Flag 21 -9%
27 3m Company Flag 20 18%
27 Lg Display Co Ltd. Flag 20 -9%
27 Merck Kgaa Flag 20 -26%
27 Moderna, Inc. Flag 20 -5%
27 Northwestern University Flag 20 -17%
27 Stanford University Flag 20 82%
33 Shoei Chemical Inc. Flag 19 73%
34 Georgia Institute Of Technology, Georgia Flag 18 64%
34 Johns Hopkins University Flag 18 80%
34 Korea Institute Of Science And Technology Flag 18 0%
34 Sk Inc. Flag 18 38%
34 Us Navy Flag 18 -22%
39 Chinese Academy Of Sciences Flag 17 113%
39 Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC Flag 17 55%
39 The Boeing Company Flag 17 -11%
42 Halliburton Company Flag 16 33%
42 Korea Advanced Institute Of Science And Technology Flag 16 220%
42 Micron Technology, Inc. Flag 16 7%
42 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co Ltd Flag 16 14%
42 Toyota Motor Corporation Flag 16 -47%
42 University Of Michigan Flag 16 7%
48 Beijing Boe Technology Development Co., Ltd. Flag 15 200%
48 Microsoft Corporation Flag 15 15%
48 Sanofi Sa Flag 15 200%
48 Shin-etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. Flag 15 -29%
48 US Dept of Health and Human Services Flag 15 50%
48 Panasonic Corporation Flag 15 0%
54 Apple Inc. Flag 14 56%
54 Tsinghua University Flag 14 -50%
54 Zeon Corporation Flag 14 75%
57 Arizona State University Flag 13 -41%
57 Canon Inc. Flag 13 30%
57 Harvard University Flag 13 -35%
57 Lumileds Holding B.v. Flag 13 63%
57 Nanya Technology Corporation Flag 13 -7%
57 Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited Flag 13 44%
57 Tdk Corporation Flag 13 -24%
57 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (csot) Flag 13 63%
65 Battelle Memorial Institute Flag 12 140%
65 Dow, Inc. Flag 12 0%
65 General Motors Company Flag 12 -14%
65 Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Flag 12 50%
65 Hyundai Motor Company Flag 12 -48%
65 Nanyang Technological University Flag 12 300%
65 Robert Bosch Gmbh Flag 12 0%
65 Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation Flag 12 -25%
65 Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd. Flag 12 50%
65 Tokyo Electron Limited Flag 12 -45%
75 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited Flag 11 -21%
75 Cornell University Flag 11 0%
75 Fujifilm Holdings Corp Flag 11 57%
75 Illumina, Inc. Flag 11 175%
75 Innolux Corp Flag 11 10%
75 Sungkyunkwan University Flag 11 22%
75 Universal Display Corporation Flag 11 0%
75 Western Digital Corp. Flag 11 57%
83 Basf Se Flag 10 67%
83 California Institute Of Technology Flag 10 25%
83 CEA Flag 10 -41%
83 Honeycomb Battery Company Flag 10 43%
83 Lintec Corporation Flag 10 150%
83 Monolithic 3d Inc Flag 10 150%
90 C2cnt LLC Flag 9 -18%
90 Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique Flag 9 13%
90 City University Of Hong Kong Flag 9 0%
90 Corning Incorporated Flag 9 -50%
90 Essenlix Corporation Flag 9 13%
90 Ge Aerospace Flag 9 50%
90 Granbio Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC Flag 9 125%
90 Iowa State University Flag 9 200%
90 King Saud University Flag 9 50%
90 Samsung Sdi Co., Ltd. Flag 9 -10%
90 Sila Nanotechnologies Inc. Flag 9 -18%
90 Socionext Inc. Flag 9 29%
90 The Regents Of The University Of Colorado Flag 9 -10%
90 University Of Maryland, Maryland Flag 9 50%
90 University Of South Carolina Flag 9 50%
90 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Flag 9 -31%
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