Top 20 Key Players companies in Graphics software by Most Patent Citation in the United States in 2018 – Discovery

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The Graphics software top 20 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 20 Most Patent Citation Graphics software Key Players in the United States. 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.

In computer graphics, graphics software refers to a program or collection of programs that enable a person to manipulate images or models visually on a computer. Computer graphics can be classified into distinct categories: raster graphics and vector graphics, with further 2D and 3D variants. Many graphics programs focus exclusively on either vector or raster graphics, but there are a few that operate on both. It is simple to convert from vector graphics to raster graphics, but going the other way is harder. Some software attempts to do this.

1	Bell Laboratories, Inc.	Wisconsin, United States	Rodenticide,Agriculture,Chemical engineering, ...[+2]	patent citation: 584
2	Avid Technology, Inc.	Massachusetts, United States	Software,Enterprise software,Digital media, ...[+2]	patent citation: 224
3	ThermoTek, Inc.	Texas, United States	Laser,Compression therapy,Medical equipment, ...[+2]	patent citation: 172
4	Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC	Washington, United States	Franchise agreement	patent citation: 82
5	International Business Machines Corp.	New York, United States	Software,Computer hardware,Enterprise software, ...[+2]	patent citation: 79
6	Texas Instruments Incorporated	Texas, United States	Semiconductor,Digital signal processing,Electronic component, ...[+2]	patent citation: 78
7	Autodesk, Inc.	California, United States	Software,Architecture,Construction engineering, ...[+2]	patent citation: 75
8	Appareo	North Dakota, United States	Software,Risk taking,Product design, ...[+1]	patent citation: 73
9	Appareo Systems LLC	North Dakota, United States	Information technology consulting,Systems design,Inertial systems, ...[+2]	patent citation: 73
10	Hanger Solutions LLC	United States		patent citation: 68
11	NVIDIA Corp.	California, United States	Software,Graphics processing unit,Computer hardware, ...[+2]	patent citation: 52
12	Electronics For Imaging, Inc.	California, United States	Computer hardware,Industrial engineering,Systems design, ...[+2]	patent citation: 51
13	Activision Publishing, Inc.	California, United States	Publishing,Game console,Interactive entertainment, ...[+2]	patent citation: 51
14	AT&T, Inc.	Texas, United States	Wireless,Telecommunications,Mobile device, ...[+2]	patent citation: 46
15	AT&T IPM Corp.	United States		patent citation: 46
16	Donaldson Co., Inc.	Minnesota, United States	Filtration,Filter (aquarium),Industrial engineering, ...[+2]	patent citation: 31
17	Western Electric Co., Inc.	Ohio, United States	Telecommunications	patent citation: 28
18	ATI Technologies ULC	California, United States	Semiconductor,Graphics processing unit,Chipset, ...[+1]	patent citation: 23
19	Intel Corp.	California, United States	Semiconductor,Software,Computer hardware, ...[+2]	patent citation: 18
20	Apple, Inc.	California, United States	Software,Computer hardware,Peripheral, ...[+2]	patent citation: 16