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Non-educational filers ranked by their patent portfolio. Grant rate and lapsed share expose where high filing volume is not matched by granted patents. Domestic filers lead — toggle to foreign applicants to see who is entering the Indian market.
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Why this page exists — and how to read it
Filing volume and IP quality are different things. This leaderboard ranks non-educational filers by portfolio, but the grant-rate and lapsed sorts are where the judgement lives: they separate companies whose filings survive examination from those accumulating paper.
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- High grant rate on steady filing usually means a real R&D engine; big volume with a high lapsed share is a red flag worth asking about.
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- These are the incumbents and potential acquirers in your space — open a filer to see the walls you'd build against.
- Corporate & R&D
- Benchmark competitors' portfolios and grant rates; toggle to foreign to watch who is entering the Indian market.
💬 The grant-rate sort applies a 20-filing floor so tiny portfolios can't top the list.
3,207 foreign filers with 5+ patents · page 2
| # | Filer | Patents↓ | Granted↓ | Lapsed↓ | Pending↓ | Active |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | BOSCH GLOBAL SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES | 297 | 51.7% | 6 | 286 | 2020–2024 |
| 52 | UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS | 289 | 3411.8% | 1 | 254 | 2020–2026 |
| 53 | NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS | 288 | 3311.5% | 23 | 232 | 2011–2026 |
| 54 | LG CHEM | 285 | 3411.9% | 7 | 244 | 2021–2026 |
| 55 | POSCO | 281 | 5017.8% | 2 | 229 | 2021–2026 |
| 56 | SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES | 279 | 7526.9% | 5 | 199 | 2016–2026 |
| 57 | BECTON DICKINSON AND | 278 | 5720.5% | 0 | 221 | 2014–2026 |
| 58 | DAIMLER TRUCK | 268 | 83% | 25 | 235 | 2019–2026 |
| 59 | HITACHI ENERGY | 263 | 8130.8% | 1 | 181 | 2021–2026 |
| 60 | ABB SCHWEIZ | 254 | 4718.5% | 4 | 203 | 2019–2026 |
| 61 | INTEL | 247 | 5723.1% | 16 | 174 | 2016–2026 |
| 62 | REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS | 246 | 93.7% | 18 | 219 | 2019–2026 |
| 63 | LARGAN PRECISION | 245 | 6426.1% | 1 | 180 | 2022–2025 |
| 64 | SONY GROUP | 243 | 3916% | 35 | 169 | 2021–2026 |
| 65 | UNICHARM | 242 | 3213.2% | 9 | 201 | 2019–2026 |
| 66 | SOCI T DES PRODUITS NESTL | 239 | 31.3% | 10 | 226 | 2017–2026 |
| 67 | BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY | 238 | 19079.8% | 2 | 46 | 2020–2024 |
| 68 | CATERPILLAR | 233 | 3314.2% | 4 | 196 | 2018–2026 |
| 69 | CUMMINS | 231 | 229.5% | 9 | 200 | 2019–2026 |
| 70 | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL | 229 | 3414.8% | 7 | 188 | 2015–2026 |
| 71 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES | 225 | 2410.7% | 7 | 194 | 2019–2025 |
| 72 | CORNING | 223 | 177.6% | 32 | 174 | 2017–2026 |
| 73 | PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT | 219 | 5223.7% | 14 | 153 | 2020–2026 |
| 74 | VMWARE | 217 | 00% | 43 | 174 | 2022–2023 |
| 75 | CHINA PETROLEUM CHEMICAL | 215 | 4621.4% | 1 | 168 | 2022–2026 |
| 76 | KUBOTA | 214 | 198.9% | 2 | 193 | 2017–2026 |
| 77 | BYD | 212 | 3817.9% | 2 | 172 | 2022–2026 |
| 78 | BOSCH | 206 | 21% | 20 | 184 | 2020–2024 |
| 79 | SAINT GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE | 205 | 2612.7% | 16 | 163 | 2021–2026 |
| 80 | SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 205 | 5124.9% | 6 | 148 | 2019–2026 |
| 81 | BYTEDANCE | 196 | 15780.1% | 1 | 38 | 2021–2024 |
| 82 | HYUNDAI MOTOR | 195 | 147.2% | 3 | 178 | 2019–2026 |
| 83 | INVENTIO | 189 | 147.4% | 8 | 167 | 2021–2026 |
| 84 | YAMAHA HATSUDOKI | 188 | 3920.7% | 1 | 148 | 2021–2026 |
| 85 | BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY | 186 | 168.6% | 0 | 170 | 2021–2025 |
| 86 | EATON INTELLIGENT POWER | 185 | 137% | 5 | 167 | 2020–2026 |
| 87 | BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 177 | 137.3% | 43 | 121 | 2020–2026 |
| 88 | ELI LILLY AND | 173 | 137.5% | 15 | 145 | 2021–2026 |
| 89 | AMGEN | 169 | 127.1% | 7 | 150 | 2019–2026 |
| 90 | ASAHI KASEI | 167 | 3420.4% | 10 | 123 | 2021–2026 |
| 91 | MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL | 167 | 3018% | 1 | 136 | 2019–2026 |
| 92 | UOP | 167 | 2414.4% | 1 | 142 | 2022–2026 |
| 93 | FIRMENICH | 166 | 63.6% | 18 | 142 | 2020–2026 |
| 94 | HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP | 166 | 84.8% | 4 | 154 | 2021–2026 |
| 95 | L OREAL | 166 | 1911.4% | 3 | 144 | 2022–2026 |
| 96 | TENCENT AMERICA | 164 | 4426.8% | 0 | 120 | 2021–2026 |
| 97 | MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES | 162 | 4729% | 6 | 109 | 2022–2026 |
| 98 | RAKUTEN SYMPHONY | 160 | 00% | 1 | 159 | 2023–2025 |
| 99 | ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS | 154 | 74.5% | 1 | 146 | 2019–2026 |
| 100 | TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS FINANCE | 154 | 42.6% | 0 | 150 | 2021–2026 |
Educational institutes are excluded — see the institute leaderboard. Attribution is by patent assignee record; a jointly-owned patent is credited to each co-owner, so a co-filed patent counts for every company on it. "Lapsed" = abandoned, withdrawn, deemed-withdrawn or refused; "Pending" = awaiting examination or in prosecution. Want to filter by technology or value category? Browse the filer explorer →
Rankings use patent-registry status (grant rate, examination, claim depth) as a quality proxy — directional, not advice; see methodology. Read the ranking methodology →