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Top Companies for Patent CPC Class H04L (2018)

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We compiled a list of the top organizations (or people) that are ranked based on the total number of granted U.S patents that they filed under main CPC category of H04L and issued in 2018. We also made an attempt to correct for typographical errors.
Note: CPC category of H04L stands for “TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION”.

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TABLE 1: Top Companies for Patent CPC Class H04L (2018)

Rank Organization / Person #Patents
1 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP. 2222
2 CISCO TECHNOLOGY INC. 887
3 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. 886
4 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO. LTD. 876
5 LG ELECTRONICS INC. 848
6 AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES INC. 836
7 MICROSOFT CORP. 733
8 TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 701
9 QUALCOMM INC. 656
10 INTEL CORP. 629
11 GOOGLE L.L.C. 483
12 AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I L.P. 437
13 JUNIPER NETWORKS INC. 330
14 ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORP. 307
15 FACEBOOK INC. 290
16 NICIRA INC. 288
17 APPLE INC. 279
18 FUJITSU LTD. 263
19 DELL PRODUCTS L.P. 259
20 NEC CORP. 230
21 EMC IP HOLDING CO. L.L.C. 219
22 SONY CORP. 210
23 INTEL IP CORP. 208
24 FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 195
25 HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT L.P. 190
26 VERIZON PATENT & LICENSING INC. 179
27 ZTE CORP. 179
28 BANK OF AMERICA CORP. 176
29 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD. 173
30 FORTINET INC. 164
31 ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 157
32 BLACKBERRY LTD. 157
33 VMWARE INC. 152
34 CITRIX SYSTEMS INC. 145
35 CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 136
36 AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP PTE. LTD. 118
37 CA INC. 113
38 SYMANTEC CORP. 111
39 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS L.L.C. 109
40 SUN PATENT TRUST 108
41 COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS L.L.C. 108
42 SALESFORCE.COM INC. 97
43 RICOH CO. LTD. 96
44 NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY 95
45 ALCATEL LUCENT 95
46 SAP SE 94
47 MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 93
48 SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS CO. L.P. 91
49 NOKIA SOLUTIONS & NETWORKS OY 87
50 DROPBOX INC. 87
51 SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA 85
52 MCAFEE L.L.C. 84
53 PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORP. OF AMERICA 83
54 AT&T MOBILITY II L.L.C. 81
54 RED HAT INC. 81
56 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC. 80
57 ADOBE SYSTEMS INC. 79
58 MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP. 76
59 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 75
60 OATH INC. 75
61 CIENA CORP. 72
62 PAYPAL INC. 71
63 KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA 70
64 T-MOBILE USA INC. 69
65 ORANGE 69
65 AIRWATCH L.L.C. 69
67 NXP B.V. 68
68 SPLUNK INC. 67
69 ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD. 67
70 AVAYA INC. 67
71 MEDIATEK INC. 66
72 SONOS INC. 65
73 ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 61
74 SIEMENS AG 60
75 INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS INC. 57
76 ARRIS ENTERPRISES L.L.C. 57
77 A10 NETWORKS INC. 57
78 ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LTD. 57
79 VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION 56
80 NXP USA INC. 55
81 MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 54
82 BOEING CO. 53
83 EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT L.L.C. 52
84 CENTURYLINK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY L.L.C. 51
85 SONICWALL INC. 49
86 HUAWEI DEVICE CO. LTD. 48
87 LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS PTE. LTD. 48
88 NTT DOCOMO INC. 46
89 SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P. 46
90 OPEN INVENTION NETWORK L.L.C. 46
91 HITACHI LTD. 45
91 RAMBUS INC. 45
93 CAVIUM INC. 45
94 EBAY INC. 45
95 MAXLINEAR INC. 44
96 AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 43
97 TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES L.L.C. 43
98 PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC. 42
98 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS L.L.C. 42
100 CLOUDFLARE INC. 42