According to the Korean IITA (Institute of Information Technology Assessment), at the end of 2005 the number of patent applications for IPTV technology in Korea stood at 319, the highest in the world. Korea was followed by the United States, Japan, Europe, and China, which had 208, 117, 48, and 23 patent applications respectively. The main applicants for these patents in Korea were Daewoo Electronics with 107, followed by LG with 56 and Samsung with 41.