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ExxonMobil — 19,158 Patents

Rank (All Time): #51 of 105,732Top 1%
10,161 inventors
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19,158 Patents All Time

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 472 patents in 2018.peak 4721996: 376 patents19961997: 320 patents1998: 350 patents1999: 372 patents19992000: 351 patents2001: 356 patents2002: 304 patents20022003: 300 patents2004: 272 patents2005: 236 patents20052006: 265 patents2007: 270 patents2008: 283 patents20082009: 258 patents2010: 382 patents2011: 363 patents20112012: 341 patents2013: 455 patents2014: 417 patents20142015: 401 patents2016: 468 patents2017: 444 patents20172018: 472 patents2019: 452 patents2020: 438 patents20202021: 365 patents2022: 340 patents2023: 297 patents20232024: 233 patents2025: 112 patents2025

Top Inventors at ExxonMobil All Time

Showing 1–50 of 10,161 inventors

RankNamePatents
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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