Top 100 Key Players companies in Cloud storage by Most Patent Filings in the world in 2018 – Discovery

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The Cloud storage top 100 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 100 Most Patent Filings Cloud storage Key Players in the world. Discovery has identified the top key players, startups & unicorns, fast-growings, news entrants in 2018, ranking from differnt perspectives, including patent filing intensity, academic research capability, news media heat. The company list is generated from various data types.

Cloud storage is a model of computer data storage in which the digital data is stored in logical pools. The physical storage spans multiple servers (sometimes in multiple locations), and the physical environment is typically owned and managed by a hosting company. These cloud storage providers are responsible for keeping the data available and accessible, and the physical environment protected and running. People and organizations buy or lease storage capacity from the providers to store user, organization, or application data.

1	Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC	Washington, United States	Franchise agreement	Patent: 233
2	UNICORN Beijing Baidu Netcom Science & Technology Co. Ltd.	Beijing Shi, China	Technology transfer,Electronic business,Venture capital, ...[+2]	Patent: 117
3	EMC IP Holding Co. LLC	Delaware, United States		Patent: 112
4	International Business Machines Corp.	New York, United States	Software,Computer hardware,Enterprise software, ...[+2]	Patent: 108
5	Google LLC	California, United States	Advertising,Enterprise software,Search engine, ...[+2]	Patent: 88
6	Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd.	Zhejiang Sheng, China	IP camera,Hard disk recorder,Intercom, ...[+2]	Patent: 74
7	Dynamic Network Services, Inc.	New Hampshire, United States	Cloud computing,Application firewall,Software as a service, ...[+2]	Patent: 64
8	Oracle America, Inc.	California, United States	Cytidine monophosphate,Information technology consulting,Systems design	Patent: 64
9	Ping An Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.	Guangdong Sheng, China		Patent: 59
10	State Grid Corp. of China	Beijing Shi, China	Electric vehicle,Power grid,Total asset, ...[+2]	Patent: 58
11	Hangzhou Hikvision System Technology Co., Ltd.	Zhejiang Sheng, China	Information technology consulting,Software development,Systems design, ...[+1]	Patent: 57
12	Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.	Guangdong Sheng, China	Wireless,Software,Mobile device, ...[+2]	Patent: 53
13	NetApp, Inc.	California, United States	Cloud computing,Data processing,Software, ...[+2]	Patent: 51
14	Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	South Korea	Computer hardware,Semiconductor,Software, ...[+2]	Patent: 46
15	ZTE Corp.	Guangdong Sheng, China	Telecommunications,Computer hardware,Wireless, ...[+2]	Patent: 42
16	Zhengzhou Yunhai Information Technology Co., Ltd.	China		Patent: 41
17	China Telecom Corp. Ltd.	Beijing Shi, China	Telecommunications,Internet access,Information technology consulting, ...[+2]	Patent: 38
18	Inspur (Beijing) Electronic Information Industry Co., Ltd.	Beijing Shi, China	Information industry,Graphics processing unit,Systems design, ...[+2]	Patent: 36
19	Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.	Taiwan Province, China	Computer hardware,Electronics,Wireless connectivity, ...[+2]	Patent: 35
20	Commvault Systems, Inc.	New Jersey, United States	Software,Computer security,Management information systems, ...[+2]	Patent: 34
21	Inspur Electronic Information Industry Co., Ltd.	Shandong Sheng, China	Computer hardware,Cloud data center,Graphics processing unit, ...[+2]	Patent: 33
22	Inspur Group Ltd.	Shandong Sheng, China	Software,Information technology management,Protocol data unit, ...[+2]	Patent: 33
23	Intel Corp.	California, United States	Semiconductor,Software,Computer hardware, ...[+2]	Patent: 32
24	OneConnect Technology Co., Ltd.	Guangdong Sheng, China	Software,Enterprise software,Technology transfer	Patent: 30
25	Apple, Inc.	California, United States	Software,Computer hardware,Peripheral, ...[+2]	Patent: 24
26	CTERA Networks Ltd.	HaMerkaz, Israel	Cloud storage,File sharing,Cloud database, ...[+2]	Patent: 24
27	Beijing Qihu Technology Co., Ltd.	Beijing Shi, China		Patent: 24
28	Snowflake, Inc.	California, United States	Software,Data warehouse,Software as a service, ...[+2]	Patent: 22
29	Alcatel-Lucent S A	Île-de-France, France	Trust network,Software,Telecommunications, ...[+2]	Patent: 21
30	CIT GmbH	Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Document management system	Patent: 21
31	SK Telecom Co., Ltd.	South Korea	Telecommunications,Chaebol,5G, ...[+2]	Patent: 19
32	Le Holdings (Beijing) Co., Ltd.	Beijing Shi, China		Patent: 19
33	STARTUP Secturion Systems, Inc.	Utah, United States	Big data,Peripheral,Computer hardware, ...[+2]	Patent: 19
34	Hitachi Ltd.	Tokyo, Japan	Elevator,Electrical equipment,Electric motor, ...[+2]	Patent: 18
35	Citrix Systems, Inc.	Florida, United States	Virtualization,Software as a service,Enterprise software, ...[+2]	Patent: 18
36	Beijing Jingdong Shangke Information Technology Co., Ltd.	Beijing Shi, China	Software,Enterprise software	Patent: 18
37	Pure Storage, Inc.	California, United States	Cloud computing,Enterprise storage,Enterprise software, ...[+2]	Patent: 16
38	Inspur Cloud Information Technology Co., Ltd.	Shandong Sheng, China	Cloud computing,Software,Cloud database, ...[+2]	Patent: 16
39	Beijing Jingdong Century Trading Co. Ltd. /Private Group/	China		Patent: 16
40	Ruban Quantum Technology Co., Ltd.	Zhejiang Sheng, China	Quantum technology,Information system,Electronic product	Patent: 16
41	Canon, Inc.	Tokyo, Japan	Computer hardware,Software,Computer vision, ...[+2]	Patent: 15
42	Suzhou Inspur Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.	China		Patent: 15
43	Microsoft Corp.	Washington, United States	Software,Operating system,Cloud computing, ...[+2]	Patent: 14
44	Robert Bosch GmbH	Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Automotive engineering,Mechanical engineering,Electronics, ...[+2]	Patent: 14
45	Carbonite, Inc.	Massachusetts, United States	Software as a service,Enterprise software,Data processing, ...[+2]	Patent: 14
46	Ericsson, Inc.	Texas, United States	Wireless,Telecommunications,Transmitter, ...[+2]	Patent: 14
47	STARTUP Aetherstore, Inc.	New York, United States	Software,Workstation	Patent: 14
48	Microsoft International Holdings BV	Netherlands		Patent: 14
49	Robert Bosch Corp.	Michigan, United States	Shopping mall,Truck	Patent: 14
50	VMware, Inc.	California, United States	Software,Virtualization,Cloud computing, ...[+2]	Patent: 13
51	KT Corp.	South Korea	Telecommunications,Internet of Things,Broadband, ...[+2]	Patent: 13
52	Veritas Technologies LLC	California, United States	Software,Database,Information technology consulting, ...[+2]	Patent: 13
53	Intertrust Technologies Corp.	California, United States	Digital rights management,Software,Enterprise software, ...[+2]	Patent: 13
54	Zhejiang Uniview Technologies Co. Ltd.	Zhejiang Sheng, China	IP camera,Internet communication,Physical security, ...[+2]	Patent: 13
55	China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd.	Beijing Shi, China	Telecommunications,Telecommunications service,Telephony, ...[+2]	Patent: 13
56	Institute For Information Industry	Taiwan Province, China	Facial recognition system,Information industry,Artificial intelligence, ...[+2]	Patent: 13
57	LeCloud	Beijing Shi, China	Cloud computing,Enterprise software,Software, ...[+2]	Patent: 13
58	Letv Cloud Computing Co. Ltd.	Beijing Shi, China	Software,Cloud computing,Enterprise software	Patent: 13
59	Beijing Kingsoft Cloud Network Technology Co., Ltd.	Beijing Shi, China	Software,Enterprise software	Patent: 13
60	Cisco Technology, Inc.	California, United States		Patent: 13
61	Netac Technology Co., Ltd.	Guangdong Sheng, China	Flash memory,Solid-state drive,System on a chip, ...[+2]	Patent: 12
62	ReDigi, Inc.	Massachusetts, United States	Music,Cloud database,Enterprise software, ...[+2]	Patent: 12
63	STARTUP Qurasense, Inc.	California, United States	Menstrual cycle,Intrauterine device,Medical equipment, ...[+2]	Patent: 12
64	Ricoh Co., Ltd.	Tokyo, Japan	Digital media,Data visualization,Thermal paper, ...[+2]	Patent: 11
65	Adobe, Inc.	California, United States	Software,Enterprise software,Computer vision, ...[+2]	Patent: 11
66	LG Uplus Corp.	South Korea	Telecommunications,Mobile device,Electronics, ...[+2]	Patent: 11
67	SK Planet Co., Ltd.	South Korea	Software,Enterprise software,Mobile banking, ...[+2]	Patent: 11
68	Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.	Minnesota, United States	Semiconductor,Automation,Electronic component	Patent: 11
69	China United Network Communications Ltd.	Beijing Shi, China	Telecommunications,Wireless,Broadband communication, ...[+2]	Patent: 10
70	Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.	Taiwan Province, China	Telecommunications,Email spam,Wireless, ...[+2]	Patent: 10
71	Egnyte, Inc.	California, United States	File sharing,Enterprise software,Employee productivity, ...[+2]	Patent: 10
72	China United Network Communications Group Co., Ltd.	Beijing Shi, China	Telecommunications	Patent: 10
73	Nasuni Corp.	Massachusetts, United States	Cloud storage,File sharing,Network-attached storage, ...[+2]	Patent: 10
74	STARTUP Foghorn Systems, Inc.	California, United States	Software,Internet of Things,Foghorn, ...[+2]	Patent: 10
75	Nubia Technology Co., Ltd.	Guangdong Sheng, China	Mobile phone,GSM,5G, ...[+2]	Patent: 10
76	Qizhi Software (Beijing) Co. Ltd.	Beijing Shi, China	Software,Enterprise software	Patent: 10
77	China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.	Beijing Shi, China	Petrochemical,Petroleum,Enterprise software, ...[+2]	Patent: 9
78	Wistron Corp.	Taiwan Province, China	Software,Computer hardware,Software development, ...[+2]	Patent: 9
79	NAVER Corp.	Gyeonggi-do, South Korea	Search engine,Internet of Things,Mobile content, ...[+2]	Patent: 9
80	CETC Potevio Science & Technology Co., Ltd.	Guangdong Sheng, China	Wireless,Electronics,Telecommunications, ...[+2]	Patent: 9
81	Cloud Sherpas, Inc.	United States	Cloud computing,Information technology consulting,Enterprise software	Patent: 9
82	Siemens Healthcare GmbH	Germany	Medical equipment,Medicine,Medical imaging, ...[+2]	Patent: 9
83	Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.	Beijing Shi, China	Software development,Software,Software as a service, ...[+1]	Patent: 9
84	Accenture Oy	Pirkanmaa, Finland	Professional services	Patent: 9
85	Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte. Ltd.	Central Singapore, Singapore	Headset,Router,Graphics processing unit, ...[+2]	Patent: 9
86	Turkcell Teknoloji Arastirma ve Gelistirme AS	Turkey		Patent: 9
87	Siemens AG	Bayern, Germany	Power transmission,Electronics,Turbine, ...[+2]	Patent: 8
88	NEC Corp.	Tokyo, Japan	Virtualization,Big data,Network security, ...[+2]	Patent: 8
89	Nutanix, Inc.	California, United States	Virtualization,Software,Enterprise software, ...[+2]	Patent: 8
90	Taiwan Secom Co., Ltd.	Taiwan Province, China	Telecommunications,Wireless,Automated external defibrillator, ...[+2]	Patent: 8
91	Digimarc Corp.	Oregon, United States	Software,Database,Content management, ...[+2]	Patent: 8
92	UNICORN Acronis AG	Schaffhausen, Switzerland	File sharing,Accessibility,Computer security, ...[+2]	Patent: 8
93	Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP	Texas, United States	Information technology consulting,Systems design,Computer security, ...[+2]	Patent: 8
94	Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd.	Tokyo, Japan	Software,Information technology consulting,Data processing, ...[+2]	Patent: 8
95	Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC	California, United States	Interactive entertainment,Game console,Software, ...[+2]	Patent: 8
96	Ping An Life Insurance Co. of China Ltd.	Guangdong Sheng, China	General insurance,Liability insurance,Insurance carriers	Patent: 8
97	Acronis International GmbH	Schaffhausen, Switzerland	Software,Enterprise software,Remote backup service, ...[+2]	Patent: 8
98	Right Brain Interface SA	Belgium	Digital video,Computer hardware,Digital media, ...[+2]	Patent: 8
99	Siemens SA	Madrid, Spain	Scientific Control,Telecommunications,Turbine, ...[+1]	Patent: 8
100	Yulong Computer Telecommunication Scientific (Shenzhen) Co.,	Guangdong Sheng, China	Telecommunications,Software	Patent: 8