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| Rank | Assignee | Patents | Inventors | Patent Classes | AvgSpeed (yrs) |
| 1 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES | 46 | 189 | 8 | 2.5 |
| 2 | Hewlett-Packard Development L.P. | 43 | 130 | 14 | 4.1 |
| 3 | Apple | 42 | 153 | 10 | 2.5 |
| 4 | AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES | 40 | 147 | 5 | 2.7 |
| 5 | Intel | 38 | 155 | 7 | 3.3 |
| 6 | QUALCOMM | 34 | 105 | 3 | 2.2 |
| 7 | MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING | 30 | 134 | 6 | 2.6 |
| 8 | Ford Global Technologies | 29 | 111 | 11 | 2.4 |
| 9 | 26 | 84 | 4 | 2.5 | |
| 10 | Micron Technology | 26 | 59 | 5 | 2.1 |
| 11 | Halliburton Energy Services | 24 | 57 | 6 | 3.3 |
| 12 | EMC IP Holding | 20 | 64 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 13 | Texas Instruments | 16 | 51 | 6 | 2.5 |
| 14 | The Boeing | 15 | 33 | 8 | 3.3 |
| 15 | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | 14 | 42 | 7 | 3.4 |
| 16 | Bank of America | 14 | 34 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 17 | Cisco Technology | 14 | 49 | 4 | 2.4 |
| 18 | CAPITAL ONE SERVICES | 13 | 48 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 19 | Raytheon Technologies | 13 | 30 | 6 | 2.6 |
| 20 | Applied Materials | 12 | 41 | 5 | 2.5 |
| 21 | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS | 12 | 39 | 8 | 2.3 |
| 22 | ATT Intellectual Property I L.P. | 11 | 30 | 3 | 2.2 |
| 23 | Oracle International | 11 | 44 | 2 | 4.6 |
| 24 | PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF AMERICA | 10 | 23 | 1 | 2.3 |
| 25 | CARRIER | 10 | 21 | 6 | 4.1 |
| 26 | DEERE | 10 | 32 | 4 | 2.2 |
| 27 | General Electric | 10 | 26 | 9 | 2.5 |
| 28 | COVIDIEN LP | 9 | 26 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 29 | Monsanto Technology | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1.8 |
| 30 | Nvidia | 9 | 33 | 4 | 2.9 |
| 31 | Red Hat | 8 | 15 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 32 | salesforce.com | 8 | 36 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 33 | T-Mobile USA | 8 | 14 | 1 | 2.3 |
| 34 | Wells Fargo Bank N.A. | 8 | 38 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 35 | eBay | 8 | 39 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 36 | FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES | 8 | 27 | 4 | 2.7 |
| 37 | ADOBE | 7 | 23 | 1 | 2.3 |
| 38 | The Procter Gamble | 7 | 37 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 39 | UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA) | 6 | 27 | 2 | 3.1 |
| 40 | Verizon Patent Licensing | 6 | 28 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 41 | Western Digital Technologies | 6 | 16 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 42 | TENCENT AMERICA | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2.0 |
| 43 | Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America | 6 | 13 | 4 | 2.6 |
| 44 | Rockwell Automation Technologies | 6 | 38 | 6 | 3.1 |
| 45 | Rockwell Collins | 6 | 13 | 4 | 2.3 |
| 46 | M.S. TECHNOLOGIES | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1.7 |
| 47 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED | 6 | 30 | 1 | 2.6 |
| 48 | Foremost | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0.7 |
| 49 | GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. | 6 | 21 | 4 | 2.6 |
| 50 | Goodrich | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1.8 |
| 51 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP | 6 | 14 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 52 | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A. | 6 | 20 | 1 | 2.6 |
| 53 | GE Precision Healthcare | 5 | 12 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 54 | Facebook Technologies. | 5 | 15 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 55 | Caterpillar | 5 | 14 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 56 | Citrix Systems | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 57 | BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS | 5 | 15 | 4 | 2.1 |
| 58 | Becton Dickinson | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 59 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2.8 |
| 60 | MEDTRONIC MINIMED | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 61 | Meta Platforms | 5 | 15 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 62 | NXP USA | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1.7 |
| 63 | Snap | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 64 | Waymo | 5 | 12 | 4 | 2.1 |
| 65 | Whirlpool | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2.9 |
| 66 | WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2.4 |
| 67 | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA as represented by the Secretary Department of Health Human Services | 4 | 12 | 2 | 3.2 |
| 68 | The Regents of the University of Michigan | 4 | 12 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 69 | The General Hospital | 4 | 11 | 2 | 4.6 |
| 70 | M.S. TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1.7 |
| 71 | MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1.3 |
| 72 | Skyworks Solutions | 4 | 12 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 73 | President Fellows of Harvard College | 4 | 13 | 3 | 5.7 |
| 74 | Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University | 4 | 20 | 2 | 4.7 |
| 75 | BAE Systems Information Electronic Systems Integration | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 76 | ARRIS Enterprises | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2.4 |
| 77 | 3M Innovative Properties | 4 | 15 | 3 | 4.2 |
| 78 | Comcast Cable Communications | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 79 | DEKA Products Partnership | 4 | 21 | 2 | 4.2 |
| 80 | DISNEY ENTERPRISES | 4 | 20 | 3 | 1.9 |
| 81 | Entefy | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2.2 |
| 82 | Cirrus Logic | 4 | 12 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 83 | Georgia Tech Research | 4 | 17 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 84 | Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings | 4 | 17 | 3 | 1.6 |
| 85 | Honeywell International | 4 | 16 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 86 | Howmedica Osteonics | 4 | 25 | 1 | 2.7 |
| 87 | iControl Networks | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4.1 |
| 88 | HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4.2 |
| 89 | Illinois Tool Works | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3.0 |
| 90 | InterDigital VC Holdings | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3.7 |
| 91 | KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE | 3 | 25 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 92 | Knowles Electronics | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 93 | KYNDRYL | 3 | 11 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 94 | Lawrence Livermore National Security | 3 | 14 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 95 | ExxonMobil Upstream Research | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 96 | Dow Global Technologies | 3 | 17 | 2 | 5.1 |
| 97 | Dell Products L.P. | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1.8 |
| 98 | CommScope Technologies | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 99 | CORNING | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 100 | Charter Communications Operating | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2.3 |