לקרוא את הנתונים בטבלה ולא להאמין, מדובר במספר הפטנטים שנרשמו עבור החברות המובילות ב- רישום פטנטים בעולם.
במקום הראשון ב-2011, מובילה כתמיד, IBM .
| Rank | Grants | Company Name | Country |
| 1 | 6180 | International Business Machines Corp | United States |
| 2 | 4894 | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd KR | Korea |
| 3 | 2821 | Canon K K JP | Japan |
| 4 | 2559 | Panasonic Corp JP | Japan |
| 5 | 2483 | Toshiba Corp JP | Japan |
| 6 | 2311 | Microsoft Corp | United States |
| 7 | 2286 | Sony Corp JP | Japan |
| 8 | 1533 | Seiko Epson Corp JP | Japan |
| 9 | 1514 | Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd TW | Taiwan |
| 10 | 1465 | Hitachi Ltd JP | Japan |
| 11 | 1448 | General Electric Co | United States |
| 12 | 1411 | LG Electronics Inc KR | Korea |
| 13 | 1391 | Fujitsu Ltd JP | Japan |
| 14 | 1308 | Hewlett-Packard Development Co L P | United States |
| 15 | 1248 | Ricoh Co Ltd JP | Japan |
| 16 | 1244 | Intel Corp | United States |
| 17 | 1164 | Broadcom Corp | United States |
| 18 | 1095 | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | United States |
| 19 | 1005 | Renesas Electronics Corp JP | Japan |
| 20 | 997 | Honda Motor Co Ltd JP | Japan |
| 21 | 994 | Toyota Jidosha K K JP | Japan |
| 22 | 980 | Cisco Technology Inc | United States |
| 23 | 971 | Fujifilm Corp JP | Japan |
| 24 | 947 | Micron Technology Inc | United States |
| 25 | 935 | Hynix Semiconductor Inc KR | Korea |
| 26 | 923 | Qualcomm Inc | United States |
| 27 | 888 | Brother Kogyo K K JP | Japan |
| 28 | 880 | Xerox Corp | United States |
| 29 | 872 | Sharp K K JP | Japan |
| 30 | 851 | Siemens AG DE | Germany |
| 31 | 812 | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd AU | Australia |
| 32 | 794 | Texas Instruments Inc | United States |
| 33 | 780 | Honeywell International Inc | United States |
| 34 | 761 | Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co Ltd JP | Japan |
| 35 | 721 | AT&T Intellectual Property I L P | United States |
| 36 | 700 | Koninklijke Philips Electronics N V NL | Netherlands |
| 37 | 695 | Boeing Co The | United States |
| 38 | 689 | Denso Corp JP | Japan |
| 39 | 676 | Apple Inc | United States |
| 40 | 663 | Research In Motion Ltd CA | Canada |
| 41 | 643 | LG Display Co Ltd KR | Korea |
| 42 | 622 | Bosch, Robert GmbH DE | Germany |
| 43 | 622 | NEC Corp JP | Japan |
| 44 | 617 | Infineon Technologies AG DE | Germany |
| 45 | 605 | Mitsubishi Denki K K JP | Japan |
| 46 | 587 | Fuji Xerox Co Ltd JP | Japan |
| 47 | 585 | Nokia AB Oy FI | Finland |
| 48 | 534 | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute KR | Korea |
| 49 | 529 | Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson SE | Sweden |
| 50 | 523 | Du Pont de Nemours, E I & Co | United States |