| Companies with the largest percentage increase in patent applications from 2010 to 2011 |
| Rank | Assignee's name | Last publication | # of patent apps 2010 | # of patent apps 2011 |
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| 1 | Renesas Electronics Corporation | May 26, 2016 / 20160149424 - CELL PROTECTION SYSTEM | 49 | 584 |
| 2 | LG INNOTEK CO., LTD. | May 26, 2016 / 20160149102 - LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE PACKAGE AND LIGHT UNIT HAVING THE SAME | 30 | 162 |
| 3 | CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION | Apr 24, 2014 / 20140111555 - DISPLAY AND GLASSES | 29 | 127 |
| 4 | salesforce.com, Inc. | May 05, 2016 / 20160125002 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING RECENT DATA IN A MOBILE DEVICE LINKED TO AN ON-DEMAND SERVICE | 41 | 178 |
| 5 | COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES | May 26, 2016 / 20160149039 - METHOD FOR STRESS CONTROL IN A CHANNEL REGION OF A TRANSISTOR | 33 | 139 |
| 6 | VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC. | May 05, 2016 / 20160127791 - Media Guide User Interface Systems and Methods | 104 | 424 |
| 7 | ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | Jul 30, 2015 / 20150215250 - MEDIA APPLIANCE | 22 | 84 |
| 8 | SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG | May 26, 2016 / 20160146247 - MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE STATE OF A SAFETY BEARING OF A MACHINE | 64 | 229 |
| 9 | EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY | May 26, 2016 / 20160145512 - PRODUCTION OF LUBRICANT BASE STOCKS WITH CONTROLLED AROMATIC CONTENTS | 33 | 114 |
| 10 | STINE SEED FARM, INC | Jan 07, 2016 / 20160002742 - Maize event HCEM485, compositions and methods for detecting and use thereof | 25 | 85 |
| 11 | OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH | May 26, 2016 / 20160149090 - Radiation-Emitting Optoelectronic Device | 34 | 112 |
| 12 | FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED | Oct 29, 2015 / 20150311164 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | 68 | 216 |
| 13 | SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. | Oct 24, 2013 / 20130276498 - METHOD OF DETECTING FAULT IN PIERCING-ROLLING AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SEAMLESS PIPE OR TUBE | 21 | 65 |
| 14 | Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. | May 12, 2016 / 20160134563 - REMOTE PORT MIRRORING | 32 | 91 |
| 15 | Philip Morris USA Inc. | May 19, 2016 / 20160135494 - IMMOBILIZED FLAVORANTS FOR FLAVOR DELIVERY | 30 | 85 |
| 16 | Rhodia Operations | May 19, 2016 / 20160136081 - ABLATIVE, RENEWABLE, MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PROTECTIVE COATING FOR DENTAL SURFACES | 24 | 66 |
| 17 | Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd. | Oct 24, 2013 / 20130278569 - IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF | 182 | 485 |
| 18 | SNECMA | May 26, 2016 / 20160146054 - CASING SUPPORT STRUCTURE | 68 | 172 |
| 19 | AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED | Mar 10, 2016 / 20160068504 - CYCLIC ORTHO ESTER FUEL ADDITIVE | 27 | 68 |
| 20 | KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA | May 26, 2016 / 20160149415 - CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF MICROGRID | 29 | 71 |
| 21 | RICOH COMPANY, LTD | May 26, 2016 / 20160150205 - IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROJECTION METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS | 167 | 405 |
| 22 | COLOPLAST A/S | Dec 03, 2015 / 20150342687 - SURGICAL SYSTEM FOR AND A METHOD OF IDENTIFYING AN INCISION SITE | 34 | 81 |
| 23 | ECOLAB USA INC. | May 26, 2016 / 20160146775 - Method of Tracing Chemical Quantities Using Encapsulated Fluorescent Dyes | 25 | 58 |
| 24 | John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc. | Aug 08, 2013 / 20130203287 - PORT ASSEMBLY CONNECTOR FOR ENGAGING A COAXIAL CABLE AND AN OUTER CONDUCTOR | 31 | 71 |
| 25 | Siemens Corporation | Jan 21, 2016 / 20160020609 - DEMAND SHAPING IN AN ELECTRICAL POWER GRID | 28 | 64 |
| 26 | BUFFALO INC. | Feb 11, 2016 / 20160043765 - PROTECTIVE FILM COMPOSITE | 24 | 54 |
| 27 | UOP LLC | Dec 03, 2015 / 20150344382 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYDROGEN SELF-SUFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF RENEWABLE HYDROCARBONS | 79 | 176 |
| 28 | PANTECH CO., LTD. | Mar 03, 2016 / 20160066284 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING POWER HEADROOM REPORT BY TERMINAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | 45 | 100 |
| 29 | American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. | May 26, 2016 / 20160148183 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LINKING POINT OF SALE DEVICES WITHIN A VIRTUAL NETWORK | 63 | 139 |
| 30 | Monsanto Technology LLC | May 26, 2016 / 20160146792 - A METHOD TO IDENTIFY DISEASE RESISTANT QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI IN SOYBEAN AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF | 59 | 130 |
| 31 | Societe de Technologie Michelin | Jul 25, 2013 / 20130186556 - Method for Manufacturing Bead Wire for Producing a Tire | 43 | 92 |
| 32 | Kennametal Inc. | May 05, 2016 / 20160121410 - CUTTING INSERT WITH ELLIPTICAL CUTTING EDGE | 31 | 66 |
| 33 | ALCON RESEARCH, LTD. | Nov 05, 2015 / 20150313755 - OPHTHALMIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH INTERNAL FRAME AND EXTERNAL COATING | 28 | 59 |
| 34 | OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD. | May 05, 2016 / 20160120417 - SOLENOID VALVE AND ELECTRONIC BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME | 33 | 69 |
| 35 | eBay Inc. | May 26, 2016 / 20160147526 - CENTRALIZED CLIENT APPLICATION MANAGEMENT | 55 | 113 |
| 36 | NINTENDO CO., LTD. | May 26, 2016 / 20160144282 - Posted Information Sharing System, Game Application Executing System, Storage Medium, and Information-Processing Method | 71 | 144 |
| 37 | SK Telecom Co., Ltd. | Feb 18, 2016 / 20160050625 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCONTINUOUS TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION OPERATION FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN CELLULAR SYSTEM | 37 | 74 |
| 38 | First Solar, Inc. | May 05, 2016 / 20160126397 - Photovoltaic Device Including a Back Contact and Method of Manufacturing | 22 | 43 |
| 39 | AIRBUS OPERATIONS (SAS) | May 05, 2016 / 20160122037 - SAFETY DEVICE FOR AN EXTENSION SOCKET | 77 | 150 |
| 40 | Hand Held Products, Inc. | May 26, 2016 / 20160148028 - PORTABLE RFID READING TERMINAL WITH VISUAL INDICATION OF SCAN TRACE | 24 | 46 |
| 41 | BAYER SCHERING PHARMA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | Oct 09, 2014 / 20140301948 - [F-18]-LABELED L-GLUTAMIC ACID, [F-18]-LABELED L-GLUTAMINE, DERIVATIVES THEREOF AND USE THEREOF AND PROCESSES FOR THEIR PREPARATION | 39 | 74 |
| 42 | BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION | Mar 10, 2016 / 20160071210 - DYNAMIC RISK-RESPONSIVE BOND LADDER | 127 | 240 |
| 43 | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. | May 26, 2016 / 20160147109 - Display Device and Electronic Device | 530 | 999 |
| 44 | CHISSO PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION | Sep 18, 2014 / 20140275463 - ORGANOSILICON COMPOUND AND PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR THE SAME, AND POLYSILOXANE AND PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR THE SAME | 26 | 49 |
| 45 | TEKTRONIX, INC. | Apr 07, 2016 / 20160098455 - STREAM-BASED OBJECT STORAGE SOLUTION FOR REAL-TIME APPLICATIONS | 25 | 47 |
| 46 | COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC | May 19, 2016 / 20160142783 - Personalized Menus and Media Content Interface | 30 | 56 |
| 47 | ZTE CORPORATION | May 26, 2016 / 20160150478 - Data Processing Method, Terminal, Subscriber Identity Module Card, and System | 136 | 253 |
| 48 | INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED | May 01, 2014 / 20140123106 - COMPOUND VERSIONING AND IDENTIFICATION SCHEME FOR COMPOSITE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT | 28 | 52 |
| 49 | Bayer MaterialScience AG | Jan 21, 2016 / 20160017097 - METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIGHT-COLOURED TDI-POLYISOCANTES | 76 | 141 |
| 50 | Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha | May 12, 2016 / 20160131987 - TONER SET FOR PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING SYSTEM | 377 | 692 |
| 51 | Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC | Oct 01, 2015 / 20150279511 - ADHESION PROMOTER | 30 | 55 |
| 52 | ACER INCORPORATED | Oct 22, 2015 / 20150304316 - METHODS FOR USER ACCESS CONTROL OVER A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND APPARATUSES USING THE SAME | 36 | 66 |
| 53 | Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. | May 26, 2016 / 20160149420 - SECONDARY BATTERY SYSTEM | 51 | 93 |
| 54 | AGCO CORPORATION | Jan 28, 2016 / 20160021813 - Vehicle Guidance SYSTEM | 27 | 49 |
| 55 | HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD . | Feb 26, 2015 / 20150055700 - METHOD FOR PROCESSING AND COMPRESSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO DATA | 36 | 65 |
| 56 | DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION | May 26, 2016 / 20160150347 - BASS MANAGEMENT FOR AUDIO RENDERING | 45 | 81 |
| 57 | International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC | May 19, 2016 / 20160139599 - DETERMINING TURNING RADIUS OF COUPLED VEHICLES | 30 | 54 |
| 58 | CORETRONIC CORPORATION | May 26, 2016 / 20160147135 - ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND PROJECTION APPARATUS | 29 | 52 |
| 59 | Schering Corporation | May 22, 2014 / 20140141011 - ENGINEERED ANTI-TSLP ANTIBODY | 38 | 68 |
| 60 | HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION | May 12, 2016 / 20160131731 - MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS, MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD, AND VERSE PULSE COMPRESSION RATE DETERMINATION METHOD | 26 | 46 |
| 61 | VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S | May 05, 2016 / 20160123303 - WIND TURBINE TOWER HAVING A DAMPER | 73 | 129 |
| 62 | Computer Associates Think, Inc. | Mar 06, 2014 / 20140068329 - Identifying Unreliable Parts in an IT Infrastructure | 56 | 98 |
| 63 | Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH | May 12, 2016 / 20160130979 - TURBINE HOUSING FOR AN EXHAUST GAS TURBOCHARGER | 24 | 42 |
| 64 | KLA- Tencor Corporation | May 05, 2016 / 20160128171 - APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR OPTICS PROTECTION FROM DEBRIS IN PLASMA-BASED LIGHT SOURCE | 27 | 47 |
| 65 | AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION | Mar 17, 2016 / 20160076197 - METHODS EMPLOYING RAISED TRANSFERS FOR EMBROIDERED-STYLE PRODUCTS | 34 | 59 |
| 66 | Power Integrations, Inc. | Nov 19, 2015 / 20150333764 - DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER CIRCUIT FOR USE IN A POWER CONVERTER | 41 | 71 |
| 67 | AFFYMETRIX, INC. | Feb 26, 2015 / 20150057167 - SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PRODUCT FOR IMAGING PROBE ARRAYS WITH SMALL FEATURE SIZES | 26 | 45 |
| 68 | PHILIPS LUMILEDS LIGHTING COMPANY, LLC | Jul 03, 2014 / 20140183595 - LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE WITH BONDED INTERFACE | 25 | 43 |
| 69 | SNU R&DB FOUNDATION | May 26, 2016 / 20160145744 - IMAGE PROCESSING-BASED LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COATING TARGET OBJECT | 53 | 91 |
| 70 | VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES, INC. | Dec 03, 2015 / 20150348682 - INTEGRATED SUPERCONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATION | 42 | 72 |
| 71 | Vanderbilt University | Apr 14, 2016 / 20160102090 - SUBSTITUTED 3-BENZYLQUINOXALIN-4(3H)-ONE ANALOGS AS POSITIVE ALLOSTERIC MODULATORS OF MUSCARINIC ACETYCHOLINE RECEPTOR M1 | 21 | 36 |
| 72 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | May 19, 2016 / 20160141366 - Field Effect Transistors and Methods of Forming Same | 331 | 566 |
| 73 | Hitachi Displays, Ltd. | Feb 13, 2014 / 20140043551 - LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE | 24 | 41 |
| 74 | MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A. | May 19, 2016 / 20160137008 - TIRE COMPRISING HIGH-CONTRAST MARKING | 77 | 131 |
| 75 | Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. | May 26, 2016 / 20160146994 - POLYENE POLARIZER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND POLARIZING PLATE AND OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME | 180 | 304 |
| 76 | FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | May 26, 2016 / 20160144847 - VEHICLE UNDERSIDE IMPACT AVOIDANCE | 395 | 667 |
| 77 | Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. | May 26, 2016 / 20160150650 - PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD WITH ELECTRONIC COMPONENT EMBEDDED THEREIN AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | 286 | 478 |
| 78 | Allergan, Inc. | Apr 14, 2016 / 20160102088 - PIPERIDYLPYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVES AS MODULATORS OF PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS AND OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2 | 96 | 160 |
| 79 | SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD. | May 12, 2016 / 20160131861 - WAFER LEVEL PACKAGED OPTICAL SUBASSEMBLY AND TRANSCEIVER MODULE HAVING SAME | 27 | 45 |
| 80 | MAKITA CORPORATION | May 26, 2016 / 20160149520 - MOTOR-POWERED APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME | 65 | 108 |
| 81 | MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG | Feb 18, 2016 / 20160046866 - DEVICES FOR HIGH-FREQUENCY TECHNOLOGY, LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIA AND COMPOUNDS | 38 | 63 |
| 82 | EUROCOPTER | May 07, 2015 / 20150125258 - ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT HAVING TWO MAIN ENGINES TOGETHER WITH A LESS POWERFUL SECONDARY ENGINE, AND A CORRESPONDING METHOD | 35 | 58 |
| 83 | KEIO UNIVERSITY | May 12, 2016 / 20160131720 - DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING STATE OF HEALTH OF BATTERY, AND STATE OF HEALTH ESTIMATION METHOD FOR BATTERY | 23 | 38 |
| 84 | CORNELL UNIVERSITY | May 26, 2016 / 20160143942 - COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE FOR REMOVING CHOLESTEROL | 37 | 61 |
| 85 | ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. | May 19, 2016 / 20160142142 - Spatial-Mode Multiplexing Optical Signal Streams Onto A Multimode Optical Fiber | 58 | 95 |
| 86 | SMART Technologies ULC | Feb 25, 2016 / 20160057124 - System and Method for Authentication in Distributed Computing Environments | 22 | 36 |
| 87 | JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | May 19, 2016 / 20160137656 - PROCESSES FOR MAKING HYDROCODONE, HYDROMORPHONE AND THEIR DERIVATIVES | 21 | 34 |
| 88 | NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT LLC | Jul 10, 2014 / 20140190479 - SPEAKING VALVE WITH SATURATION INDICATION | 83 | 133 |
| 89 | SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. | Dec 03, 2015 / 20150349510 - REVERSE BLOCKING APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SWITCH APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | 25 | 40 |
| 90 | SHIMANO INC. | May 05, 2016 / 20160121967 - BICYCLE DERAILLEUR | 42 | 67 |
| 91 | DONALDSON COMPANY, INC. | Jan 21, 2016 / 20160016101 - FILTRATION MEDIA | 27 | 43 |
| 92 | Abbott Medical Optics Inc. | Mar 03, 2016 / 20160058554 - ADVANCED PUSHROD AND PUSHROD ASSEMBLY FEATURES | 27 | 43 |
| 93 | University of Washington | May 19, 2016 / 20160138086 - METHODS AND KITS FOR LABELING CELLULAR MOLECULES | 47 | 74 |
| 94 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | Apr 07, 2016 / 20160096827 - TANK-BINDING KINASE INHIBITOR COMPOUNDS | 25 | 39 |
| 95 | ITRON, INC. | Apr 28, 2016 / 20160116507 - ELECTRICITY METER HAVING MULTIPLE HALL DEVICES | 22 | 34 |
| 96 | HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. | May 26, 2016 / 20160146724 - INTEGRATED COMPUTATIONAL ELEMENTS WITH FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACE | 156 | 240 |
| 97 | HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | May 26, 2016 / 20160148781 - CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD USING THE SAME | 67 | 103 |
| 98 | TS TECH CO., LTD. | May 26, 2016 / 20160144743 - SEAT APPARATUS | 28 | 43 |
| 99 | AIRCELLE | May 19, 2016 / 20160138623 - METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LIFTING JACK FOR AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE NACELLE, A JACK-TYPE LIFTING SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD AND THE THUS EQUIPPED NACELLE | 47 | 72 |
| 100 | GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY, L.P. | May 19, 2016 / 20160136865 - DEEP GRIP MECHANISM FOR BLOW MOLD AND RELATED METHODS AND BOTTLES | 21 | 32 |
