Annual Report 2015

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Top 25

Philips moved into the top spot in the list of companies with the most patent applications at the EPO in 2015. Samsung ranked second, followed by LG, Huawei and Siemens. The top 10 was made up of four companies from Europe, three from the US, two from South Korea and one from China.

  • EPC
  • US
  • JP
  • CN
  • KR
  • 1.PHILIPS
    2 402
  • 2.SAMSUNG
    2 366
  • 3.LG
    2 091
  • 4.HUAWEI
    1 953
  • 5.SIEMENS
    1 894
  • 6.UNITED TECHNOLOGIES
    1 869
  • 7.QUALCOMM
    1 705
  • 8.ROBERT BOSCH
    1 493
  • 9.BASF
    1 384
  • 10.GENERAL ELECTRIC
    1 316
  • 11.ERICSSON
    1 283
  • 12.INTEL
    1 039
  • 13.TOYOTA MOTOR
    1 034
  • 14.MICROSOFT
    921
  • 15.BAYER
    877
  • 16.SONY
    875
  • 17.ZTE
    870
  • 18.NOKIA
    866
  • 19.PANASONIC
    856
  • 20.JOHNSON & JOHNSON
    799
  • 21.TECHNICOLOR
    769
  • 22.DSM
    760
  • 23.CANON
    725
  • 24.HONEYWELL
    713
  • 25.AIRBUS
    667
  • EPC
  • US
  • JP
  • CN
  • KR
Analysis based on European patent applications filed with the EPO in 2015 (Direct European applications and International (PCT) applications entering the European phase in 2015)
Statistics are based on the first-named applicant.

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