Top 50 Key Players companies in APDS by Most Patent Citation in the world in 2021 – Discovery

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The APDS top 50 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 50 Most Patent Citation APDS Key Players in the world. Discovery has identified the top key players, startups & unicorns, fast-growings, news entrants in 2021, ranking from differnt perspectives, including patent filing intensity, academic research capability, news media heat. The company list is generated from various data types.

Armour-piercing discarding sabot (APDS) is a type of kinetic energy projectile fired from a rifled-barrel gun to attack armoured targets. APDS rounds are sabot rounds, firing a spin-stabilized armor penetrating sub-projectile, and were commonly used in large calibre tank guns, up until the early 1980s, but have now been superseded by armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS) projectiles used in smooth-bore guns, firing a fin-stabilized armor penetrating sub-projectile. However, APDS rounds are still commonly used in small or medium calibre weapon systems. For a given calibre, this type of ammunition can effectively double the armour penetration of a gun, compared to those firing armour-piercing (AP), armour-piercing, capped (APC), or armour-piercing, capped, ballistic capped (APCBC) projectiles. The saboted light armour penetrator (SLAP) concept applies this technology to small arms calibres.

1	Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.	Pennsylvania, United States	Medical product,Systems design,Medicine, ...[+2]	patent citation: 157
2	General Electric Co.	Massachusetts, United States	Energy management,Turbine,Electronics, ...[+2]	patent citation: 145
3	JMS Co., Ltd.	Hiroshima, Japan	Hemodialysis,Medicine,Peritoneal dialysis, ...[+2]	patent citation: 69
4	Hamamatsu Photonics KK	Shizuoka, Japan	Semiconductor,Photonics,Laser, ...[+2]	patent citation: 67
5	Lightspin Technologies, Inc.	New York, United States	Compound semiconductor,Industrial engineering,Semiconductor, ...[+1]	patent citation: 65
6	Koninklijke Philips NV	Noord-Holland, Netherlands	Health care,Wellness Programs,Medical imaging, ...[+2]	patent citation: 63
7	Sony Group Corp.	Tokyo, Japan	Computer hardware,Software,Music, ...[+2]	patent citation: 37
8	Infinera Corp.	California, United States	Optical communication,Optical networking,Telecommunications, ...[+2]	patent citation: 30
9	National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC	New Mexico, United States		patent citation: 30
10	Alcatel-Lucent S A	Île-de-France, France	Trust network,Software,Telecommunications, ...[+2]	patent citation: 25
11	CIT GmbH	Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Document management system	patent citation: 25
12	Shimadzu Corp.	Kyoto, Japan	Molecular diagnostics,Microbiology Test,Cockpit display system, ...[+2]	patent citation: 19
13	TOSHIBA Corp.	Tokyo, Japan	Semiconductor,Computer hardware,Electronics, ...[+2]	patent citation: 18
14	Sharp Corp.	Osaka, Japan	Computer hardware,Electronics,Telecommunications, ...[+2]	patent citation: 18
15	Siemens AG	Bayern, Germany	Power transmission,Electronics,Turbine, ...[+2]	patent citation: 16
16	AT&T, Inc.	Texas, United States	Wireless,Telecommunications,Mobile device, ...[+2]	patent citation: 16
17	Bell Laboratories, Inc.	Wisconsin, United States	Rodenticide,Agriculture,Chemical engineering, ...[+2]	patent citation: 16
18	Siemens SA	Madrid, Spain	Scientific Control,Telecommunications,Turbine, ...[+1]	patent citation: 16
19	AT&T IPM Corp.	United States		patent citation: 16
20	II-VI Delaware, Inc.	Delaware, United States	Smelting,Metal,Mining engineering, ...[+1]	patent citation: 15
21	ATI Technologies ULC	California, United States	Semiconductor,Graphics processing unit,Chipset, ...[+1]	patent citation: 14
22	Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.	California, United States	Semiconductor,Software,Virtualization, ...[+2]	patent citation: 13
23	Sensors Unlimited, Inc.	New Jersey, United States	Electronics,Wavelength-division multiplexing,Optoelectronics, ...[+2]	patent citation: 13
24	Quantum Semiconductor LLC	California, United States	Semiconductor,Industrial engineering,Electronics, ...[+1]	patent citation: 13
25	Ericsson, Inc.	Texas, United States	Wireless,Telecommunications,Transmitter, ...[+2]	patent citation: 12
26	Job, Inc.	Washington, United States		patent citation: 12
27	NEC Corp.	Tokyo, Japan	Virtualization,Big data,Network security, ...[+2]	patent citation: 10
28	Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.	Tokyo, Japan	Optical fiber,Renewable energy,Optoelectronics, ...[+2]	patent citation: 9
29	UCB Biopharma SRL	Belgium		patent citation: 9
30	Fujitsu Ltd.	Tokyo, Japan	Cloud computing,Enterprise software,Information technology management, ...[+2]	patent citation: 8
31	Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc.	California, United States	Semiconductor,Microelectronics,Electronic component, ...[+2]	patent citation: 8
32	Panasonic Holdings Corp.	Osaka, Japan	Semiconductor,Industrial engineering,Electronics, ...[+2]	patent citation: 7
33	KLA Corp.	California, United States	Semiconductor,Computer hardware,Electronics, ...[+2]	patent citation: 7
34	Matsushita Electronics Corp.	Osaka, Japan	Electronics,Computer hardware,DVD player, ...[+2]	patent citation: 7
35	KLA-Tencor Technologies Corp.	California, United States		patent citation: 7
36	UNICORN Argo AI LLC	Pennsylvania, United States	Artificial intelligence,Public transport,Systems design, ...[+2]	patent citation: 6
37	Spectralink Corp.	Colorado, United States	Telecommunications,Wireless	patent citation: 6
38	Rheinmetall Industrie AG	DE	National security,Aerospace	patent citation: 6
39	Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Inc.	Kanagawa, Japan	Gallium arsenide,Power semiconductor device,Semiconductor	patent citation: 6
40	RM Euro BV	Netherlands		patent citation: 6
41	Intel Corp.	California, United States	Semiconductor,Software,Computer hardware, ...[+2]	patent citation: 5
42	Toshiba Research Europe Ltd.	Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom	Photon,Single electron,Quantum cryptography, ...[+2]	patent citation: 5
43	STMicroelectronics SA	Île-de-France, France	Semiconductor,Semiconductor chip,Electronic component, ...[+1]	patent citation: 4
44	Toyobo Co., Ltd.	Osaka, Japan	Chemical engineering,Synthetic rubber,Membrane, ...[+2]	patent citation: 3
45	NXP BV	Noord-Brabant, Netherlands	Semiconductor,Semiconductor chip,Electronic component	patent citation: 3
46	UNICORN Waymo LLC	California, United States	Software,Simulation testing,Robotics, ...[+2]	patent citation: 2
47	Science & Technology Corp.	Virginia, United States	Space Science,Aerospace engineering,Systems engineering, ...[+1]	patent citation: 2
48	Optonics, Inc.	California, United States	Semiconductor,Failure analysis,Electronic component, ...[+1]	patent citation: 2
49	Hitachi Ltd.	Tokyo, Japan	Elevator,Electrical equipment,Electric motor, ...[+2]	patent citation: 1
50	SiFotonics Technologies (USA), Inc.	Massachusetts, United States	Semiconductor,Detector,Silicon, ...[+2]	patent citation: 1