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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 1
| # | Filer | Patents↓ | Granted↓ | Lapsed↓ | Pending↓ | Active |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | QUALCOMM | 12,176 | 1,33010.9% | 152 | 10,694 | 2010–2026 |
| 2 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS | 4,725 | 82017.4% | 29 | 3,876 | 2014–2026 |
| 3 | HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES | 2,829 | 1,03936.7% | 101 | 1,689 | 2018–2026 |
| 4 | NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES | 2,778 | 2649.5% | 18 | 2,496 | 2017–2026 |
| 5 | LG ENERGY SOLUTION | 2,333 | 1114.8% | 1 | 2,221 | 2011–2026 |
| 6 | 2,064 | 49624% | 53 | 1,515 | 2018–2026 | |
| 7 | BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE | 2,008 | 37418.6% | 15 | 1,619 | 2019–2026 |
| 8 | APPLE | 1,879 | 30716.3% | 23 | 1,549 | 2018–2026 |
| 9 | TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON PUBL | 1,370 | 30722.4% | 110 | 953 | 2019–2026 |
| 10 | MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING | 1,305 | 34026.1% | 81 | 884 | 2017–2026 |
| 11 | JFE STEEL | 1,294 | 20215.6% | 5 | 1,087 | 2016–2026 |
| 12 | LG ELECTRONICS | 1,074 | 17015.8% | 20 | 884 | 2019–2026 |
| 13 | ROBERT BOSCH | 1,061 | 312.9% | 66 | 964 | 2019–2026 |
| 14 | INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS | 1,013 | 444.3% | 0 | 969 | 2019–2026 |
| 15 | BASF SE | 1,008 | 535.3% | 152 | 803 | 2020–2026 |
| 16 | HONDA MOTOR | 965 | 21422.2% | 13 | 738 | 2019–2026 |
| 17 | NIPPON STEEL | 953 | 14114.8% | 6 | 806 | 2014–2026 |
| 18 | KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS | 933 | 24225.9% | 105 | 586 | 2017–2026 |
| 19 | SUZUKI MOTOR | 893 | 9310.4% | 2 | 798 | 2011–2025 |
| 20 | ZTE | 889 | 25428.6% | 18 | 617 | 2019–2026 |
| 21 | MERCEDES BENZ GROUP | 829 | 10.1% | 27 | 801 | 2022–2024 |
| 22 | VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION | 794 | 46458.4% | 4 | 326 | 2020–2026 |
| 23 | GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS | 677 | 14421.3% | 40 | 493 | 2019–2026 |
| 24 | MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC | 652 | 23936.7% | 75 | 338 | 2021–2026 |
| 25 | DAIKIN INDUSTRIES | 594 | 18931.8% | 12 | 393 | 2020–2026 |
| 26 | CANON | 566 | 11019.4% | 10 | 446 | 2014–2026 |
| 27 | DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES | 559 | 539.5% | 20 | 486 | 2021–2026 |
| 28 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES | 539 | 8616% | 17 | 436 | 2018–2026 |
| 29 | UNILEVER GLOBAL IP | 537 | 458.4% | 48 | 444 | 2021–2026 |
| 30 | INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS | 513 | 254.9% | 1 | 487 | 2021–2026 |
| 31 | PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF AMERICA | 481 | 9820.4% | 9 | 374 | 2020–2026 |
| 32 | ORACLE INTERNATIONAL | 409 | 8420.5% | 1 | 324 | 2014–2026 |
| 33 | SIGNIFY HOLDING | 391 | 16241.4% | 54 | 175 | 2019–2026 |
| 34 | MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA | 381 | 3810% | 5 | 338 | 2021–2024 |
| 35 | BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP | 379 | 10628% | 3 | 270 | 2019–2026 |
| 36 | CILAG INTERNATIONAL | 378 | 379.8% | 178 | 163 | 2021–2026 |
| 37 | OLA ELECTRIC MOBILITY | 377 | 9324.7% | 23 | 261 | 2019–2026 |
| 38 | LENOVO BEIJING | 376 | 82.1% | 1 | 367 | 2020–2026 |
| 39 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES | 370 | 15842.7% | 3 | 209 | 2012–2026 |
| 40 | SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION | 366 | 154.1% | 37 | 314 | 2019–2026 |
| 41 | NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY | 358 | 5916.5% | 0 | 299 | 2021–2026 |
| 42 | TOYOTA JIDOSHA | 352 | 359.9% | 5 | 312 | 2021–2026 |
| 43 | CISCO TECHNOLOGY | 344 | 5516% | 0 | 289 | 2019–2026 |
| 44 | EVONIK OPERATIONS | 344 | 5215.1% | 28 | 264 | 2019–2026 |
| 45 | LG DISPLAY | 340 | 298.5% | 0 | 311 | 2019–2025 |
| 46 | SAMSUNG DISPLAY | 321 | 226.9% | 0 | 299 | 2019–2026 |
| 47 | LENOVO SINGAPORE | 320 | 206.3% | 0 | 300 | 2020–2026 |
| 48 | XIAMEN HITHIUM ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY | 319 | 00% | 0 | 319 | 2023–2026 |
| 49 | NEC | 310 | 6420.6% | 56 | 190 | 2020–2026 |
| 50 | BOREALIS | 306 | 6621.6% | 13 | 227 | 2017–2026 |
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 →