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ExxonMobil
— 19,158 Patents
Rank
(All Time):
#51
of
105,732
Top 1%
10,161
inventors
Fortune 500
#8
(2025)
·
Inventor 500 →
19,158
Patents All Time
Patents per Year
Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025
Bar chart with a peak of 472 patents in 2018.
peak 472
1996: 376 patents
1996
1997: 320 patents
1998: 350 patents
1999: 372 patents
1999
2000: 351 patents
2001: 356 patents
2002: 304 patents
2002
2003: 300 patents
2004: 272 patents
2005: 236 patents
2005
2006: 265 patents
2007: 270 patents
2008: 283 patents
2008
2009: 258 patents
2010: 382 patents
2011: 363 patents
2011
2012: 341 patents
2013: 455 patents
2014: 417 patents
2014
2015: 401 patents
2016: 468 patents
2017: 444 patents
2017
2018: 472 patents
2019: 452 patents
2020: 438 patents
2020
2021: 365 patents
2022: 340 patents
2023: 297 patents
2023
2024: 233 patents
2025: 112 patents
2025
Top Inventors at ExxonMobil
All Time
Showing
1–50
of
10,161
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Hartley Owen
238
2
Andrew G. Horodysky
231
3
Robert D. Lundberg
230
#4
Clarence D. Chang
187
#5
Mohsen N. Harandi
183
#6
Jo Ann M. Canich
172
#7
Antonio Gutierrez
161
#8
James R. Lattner
152
#9
Tsoung Y. Yan
151
#10
Jihad M. Dakka
149
#11
Sudhin Datta
141
#12
Peijun Jiang
131
#13
Frank Hershkowitz
128
#14
Stuart L. Soled
124
#15
Dennis G. Peiffer
123
#15
Patrick Brant
123
#17
Abhimanyu O. Patil
121
#17
Matthew W. Holtcamp
121
#17
Paul F. Keusenkothen
121
#17
Stephen H. Brown
121
#21
Keith H. Kuechler
109
#22
Harry W. Deckman
108
#22
Margaret M. Wu
108
#24
Thomas F. Degnan
107
#25
John R. Hagadorn
105
#26
Michael Siskin
101
#26
Paul J. Berlowitz
101
#28
Stephen N. Vaughn
99
#28
Teng Xu
99
#30
Donna J. Crowther
98
#31
Ramesh Varadaraj
97
#32
Karl G. Strohmaier
96
#33
Wenyih F. Lai
95
#34
Machteld M. Mertens
92
#35
Andy H. Tsou
91
#35
Tan-Jen Chen
91
#37
John S. Buchanan
90
#38
Larry L. Iaccino
89
#39
Alfred R. Jennings, Jr.
87
#40
Arthur W. Chester
85
#41
Costandi A. Audeh
84
#42
Jacob Emert
82
#43
Guido Sartori
81
#43
Hsien-Chang Wang
81
#45
Ernest W. Valyocsik
80
#45
Ralph M. Dessau
80
#47
James H. Beech, Jr.
79
#47
Roby Bearden, Jr.
79
#47
Samuel A. Tabak
79
#47
Stanley J. Brois
79
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