Here are the top 15 U.S. patent winners of 2012

1. IBM 6478 patents granted

2. Samsung 5081 patents granted

3. Canon 3174 patents granted

4. Sony 3032 patents granted

5. Panasonic 2769 patents granted

6. Microsoft 2613 patents granted

7. Toshiba 2447 patents granted

8. Hon Hai Precision 2013 patents granted

9. General Electric 1652 patents granted

10. LG 1624 patents granted

11. Fujitsu 1535 patents granted

12. Seiko Epson 1461 patents granted

13. Hitachi 1436 patents granted

14. Ricoh 1410 patents granted

15. Hewlett-Packard Development 1394 patents granted

16. GM Global Technology Operations 1377 patents granted

17. Qualcomm 1292 patents granted

18. Intel 1290 patents granted

19. Toyota Jidosha 1285 patents granted

20. Broadcom 1157 patents granted

21. Google 1151 patents granted

22. Apple 1136 patents granted

23. Honda 1132 patents granted

24. Sharp 1118 patents granted

25. Xerox 1050 patents granted

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