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Top 50 Key Players companies in Micro services
by Most Patent Citation in the United States in 2018

The Micro services top 50 is Discovery PatSnap’ annual ranking of the top 50 Most Patent Citation Micro services 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.
Micro Service is independently deployable service modeled around a business domain. It is a method of breaking large software applications into loosely coupled modules, in which each service runs a unique process and communicates through APIs.
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Company Name
Region
Tech Topics
Total
1
Twilio, Inc.
Software,Enterprise software,Short Message Service,
...[+2]
patent citation: 119
2
Cisco Technology, Inc.
patent citation: 46
3
Kitchology, Inc.
Health care,Shopping mall,Customer relationship management,
...[+2]
patent citation: 31
4
International Business Machines Corp.
Software,Computer hardware,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
patent citation: 29
5
Red Hat, Inc.
Software,Middleware,Operating system,
...[+2]
patent citation: 25
6
Equinix, Inc.
Data center services,Data center,Data processing,
...[+2]
patent citation: 9
7
Dynamic Network Services, Inc.
Cloud computing,Application firewall,Software as a service,
...[+2]
patent citation: 8
8
Oracle America, Inc.
Cytidine monophosphate,Information technology consulting,Systems design
patent citation: 8
9
Honeywell International, Inc.
Aerospace,Electronics,Market research,
...[+2]
patent citation: 7
10
Verizon Patent & Licensing, Inc.
patent citation: 7
11
EMC IP Holding Co. LLC
patent citation: 7
12
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
Information technology consulting,Systems design,Computer security,
...[+2]
patent citation: 6
13
Gold Group Enterprises, Inc.
Cloud database,Enterprise software,Short Message Service,
...[+2]
patent citation: 6
14
Vertigo Media, Inc.
Music,Software,Headphones
patent citation: 4
15
Avaya, Inc.
Call centre,Unified communications,Systems design,
...[+2]
patent citation: 3
16
NSFOCUS Technologies Group Co., Ltd.
Network security,Cloud computing security,Software,
...[+2]
patent citation: 3
17
Avaya LLC
Software,Telecommunications,Wireless,
...[+2]
patent citation: 3
18
Intel Corp.
Semiconductor,Software,Computer hardware,
...[+2]
patent citation: 2
19
Salesforce, Inc.
Cloud computing,Software,Software as a service,
...[+2]
patent citation: 2
20
VMware, Inc.
Software,Virtualization,Cloud computing,
...[+2]
patent citation: 2
21
CyberArk Software Ltd.
Network security,Software,Cloud computing security,
...[+2]
patent citation: 2
22
Ericsson, Inc.
Wireless,Telecommunications,Transmitter,
...[+2]
patent citation: 2
23
Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc.
Semiconductor,Microelectronics,Electronic component,
...[+2]
patent citation: 2
24
ADP, Inc.
Remote backup service,Payroll,Data processing
patent citation: 2
25
Capital One Services LLC
Financial instrument,Electronic funds transfer,Financial transaction
patent citation: 2
26
Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC
Franchise agreement
patent citation: 2
27
CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
Intellectual property
patent citation: 2
28
General Electric Co.
Energy management,Turbine,Electronics,
...[+2]
patent citation: 1
29
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Robot,Robotics,Computer hardware,
...[+1]
patent citation: 1
30
TmaxSoft Inc.
Software,Enterprise software,Middleware,
...[+2]
patent citation: 1
31
Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.
Process management,Computer hardware,Electronics
patent citation: 1
32
Mavenir Networks, Inc.
patent citation: 1
33
NCR Corp.
Software,Peripheral,Self-service,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
34
Adobe, Inc.
Software,Enterprise software,Computer vision,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
35
Citrix Systems, Inc.
Virtualization,Software as a service,Enterprise software,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
36
Motorola Solutions, Inc.
Wireless,Network security,Mobile device,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
37
Juniper Networks, Inc.
Systems design,Educational organization,Product marketing,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
38
SAS Institute, Inc.
Software,Predictive analytics,Data analysis,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
39
Proofpoint, Inc.
Network security,Software,Software as a service,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
40
American Express Travel Related Services Co., Inc.
Tourist attraction,Adventure tourism,Business travel
patent citation: 0
41
Landmark Graphics Corp.
Software,Landmark,Systems design,
...[+1]
patent citation: 0
42
Walmart Labs
E-commerce,Mobile device,Categorization,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
43
Alegeus Technologies LLC
Healthcare system,Debit card,Mobile app
patent citation: 0
44
Level 3 Communications LLC
Content delivery network,Enterprise software,Telecommunications,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
45
Mastercard International, Inc.
Online payment,E-commerce,Electronic business,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
46
ObserveIT, Inc.
Network security,Organic chemistry,Systems design,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
47
Dell USA LP
patent citation: 0
48
HCL America, Inc.
Information technology consulting,Data processing,Enterprise resource planning,
...[+2]
patent citation: 0
49
Fintel Labs, Inc.
Software,FinTech,Financial institution
patent citation: 0
50
Kontain, Inc.
Software,Enterprise software
patent citation: 0
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