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Top 100 applicants 2008

The 146 600 applications received by the EPO in 2008 were filed by more than 35 000 different commercial enterprises, public institutions, universities, research centres and individual inventors. This table lists the 100 most active applicants in 2008. Together they filed almost one third of all applications. The top 500 applicants accounted for nearly half of the applications filed, and the 10 most active companies accounted for 10% of the total.

Table: Top 100 applicants 2008

Rank Company Count
1 PHILIPS 2857
2 SIEMENS 1863
3 SAMSUNG 1677
4 BASF 1664
5 BOSCH 1425
6 QUALCOMM 1134
7 LG 1108
8 PANASONIC 1104
9 NXP 981
10 TOYOTA 869
11 SONY 802
12 HONEYWELL 791
13 HITACHI 741
14 I.B.M. 720
15 FUJITSU 704
16 BAYER 697
17 MITSUBISHI 688
18 NOKIA 686
19 GENERAL ELECTRIC 652
20 ERICSSON 633
21 DSM 628
21 FUJIFILM 628
23 MICROSOFT 627
24 CANON 588
25 THOMSON LICENSING 586
26 HUAWEI 572
27 3M 566
28 NEC 507
29 ALCATEL LUCENT 501
30 NOVARTIS 499
31 PROCTER & GAMBLE 481
32 OLYMPUS 468
33 BOSCH SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE 436
34 HONDA 434
35 HOFFMAN-LA ROCHE 432
36 CONTINENTAL 429
37 DU PONT 425
38 UNILEVER 414
39 SUMITOMO 413
40 RESEARCH IN MOTION 410
41 RICOH 396
42 ABB 394
43 NOKIA SIEMENS 384
44 TOSHIBA 383
45 DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES 365
46 C.E.A. 358
47 YAMAHA 334
48 GENERAL MOTORS 326
49 NTT 321
50 AIRBUS 317
51 EXXONMOBIL 311
51 SHELL 311
53 BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM 310
54 SEIKO EPSON 306
55 NISSAN 304
56 SONY ERICSSON 289
57 PEUGEOT CITROËN 288
58 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES 287
59 INTEL 279
60 CISCO 271
61 ASTRAZENECA 263
62 BOEING 257
62 MOTOROLA 257
64 FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT 253
65 FRANCE TÉLÉCOM 249
65 GLAXO 249
67 MERCK KGAA 248
67 ZF 248
69 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC 247
70 KIMBERLEY-CLARK 244
71 NESTEC 238
71 RENAULT 238
73 BROTHER 237
74 MEDTRONIC 235
75 LUCENT 233
76 EVONIK 227
77 SHARP 225
78 CIBA 222
78 HEWLETT-PACKARD 222
78 SANOFI-AVENTIS 222
81 NIKON 218
82 KODAK 212
83 HENKEL 211
84 JTEKT 200
84 MERCK 200
86 TYCO HEALTHCARE 197
87 DAIKIN 196
87 L'ORÉAL 196
89 AISIN 190
89 OSRAM 190
91 BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS 184
92 LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU 183
93 MURATA 181
94 NOVO NORDISK 176
95 SNECMA 175
96 JANSSEN 174
96 VALEO 174
98 SANYO 173
99 BEHR 172
99 DENSO 172

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