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The Inventor 500 2024

207 of 500 Fortune 500 companies were granted US patents in 2024. Top inventor at each company by patent count that year.

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F500 Rank Company Patents Top Inventor (patents that year)
1Walmart Apollo286Kannan Achan (31)
2Amazon1,600Ron Diamant (34)
3Apple3,665Dawei Zhang (383)
#4Unitedhealth Group Incorporated21Gregory J. Boss (2)
#5Berkshire Hathaway——
#6CVS Health——
#7ExxonMobil233Everett J. O'Neal (9)
#8Google2,657Matthew Sharifi (66)
#9Mckesson12Stacy Hopkins (3)
#10Cencora——
#11Costco Wholesale——
#12JPMorgan Chase241Howard SPECTOR (17)
#13Microsoft1,783Michael Bleyer (28)
#14Cardinal Health——
#15Chevron143Max P. McDaniel (29)
#16Cigna——
#17Ford1,266Stuart C. Salter (110)
#18Bank of America687Manu Kurian (37)
#19General Motors1,298Chandra S. Namuduri (45)
#20Elevance Health7Jason Pichardo (3)
#21Citigroup——
#22Centene——
#23Home Depot Product Authority26Huiming Qu (5)
#24Marathon Petroleum Company Lp44Jeffrey A. Sexton (8)
#25The Kroger1Addison Carter (1)
#26Phillips 66——
#27Fannie Mae3Bijal Shah (1)
#28Walgreen46Andrew Schweinfurth (8)
#29Valero Energy——
#30Meta502Andrew John Ouderkirk (29)
#31Verizon352Sudhakar Reddy Patil (35)
#32AT&T478Eric Zavesky (44)
#33Comcast729Esmael Hejazi Dinan (113)
#34Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.532Ashish B. Kurani (37)
#35Goldman Sachs11Christopher M. Churchman (6)
#36Freddie Mac——
#37Target Brands122Alex K. Poniatowski (10)
#38Humana7Chulmin Lee (2)
#39State Farm312Joseph Robert Brannan (25)
#40Tesla57Hieu Minh Duong (6)
#41Morgan Stanley Services Group37Sujit Eapen (5)
#42Johnson & Johnson285Anthony Di Bitonto (18)
#43Archer-Daniels-Midland12James Brazdil (4)
#44PepsiCo72Stephen Lim (16)
#45UPS47Julio Gil (12)
#46FedEx——
#47Disney461Hongyuan Zhang (31)
#48Dell Technologies——
#49Lowe'S Companies9Mason E. Sheffield (2)
#50The Procter & Gamble558Paul Thomas Weisman (24)
#51Energy Transfer——
#52Boeing——
#53Albertsons——
#54Sysco——
#55RTX (Raytheon)1,045Joseph B. Staubach (26)
#56GE1,238Ravindra Shankar Ganiger (53)
#57Lockheed Martin90Thomas Henry Hand (5)
#58American Express78Andras L. Ferenczi (9)
#59Caterpillar459Douglas C. Serrurier (11)
#60Metropolitan Life Isurance2Terrance Luciani (2)
#61HCA Healthcare——
#62Progressive Technology——
#63IBM2,759Sarbajit K. Rakshit (154)
#64John Deere426Nathan R. Vandike (29)
#65NVIDIA872Ali Heydari (29)
#66StoneX Group——
#67Merck197Amir Hossain Parham (15)
#68ConocoPhillips——
#69Pfizer57Debkishore Mitra (4)
#70Delta Air Lines1Michael Lee Newbauer (1)
#71TD Synnex——
#72Publix Super Markets——
#73Allstate Insurance146Howard Hayes (17)
#74Cisco1,121Jerome Henry (56)
#75Nationwide Industries——
#76Charter Communications Operating175Volkan Sevindik (33)
#77AbbVie19Joel M. Trugman (3)
#78New York Life Insurance——
#79Intel2,261Joydeep Ray (59)
#80TJX——
#81Prudential Insurance Company Of America2Caroline Frances Stephani (1)
#82HP545—
#83United Airlines6Shubhankar Chowdhury (2)
#84Performance Food Group——
#85Tyson Foods5Doug Foreman (3)
#86American Airlines13Thomas Trenga (2)
#87Liberty Mutual Insurance8Peter William Dowling (1)
#88Nike1,156Benjamin Nethongkome (37)
#89Oracle695Douglas S. McNair (29)
#90Enterprise Products Partners——
#91Capital One Financial——
#92Plains GP Holdings——
#93World Kinect——
#94AIG——
#95Coca-Cola——
#96TIAA——
#97Chs1Michael A. Gee (1)
#98Bristol-Myers Squibb108Guodong Chen (9)
#99Dow Global Technologies249Mehmet Demirors (11)
#100Best Buy——
#101Thermo Fisher150Nephi D. Jones (9)
#102Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance19Sears Merritt (5)
#103Usaa——
#104General Dynamics——
#105The Travelers Indemnity12Hoa Ton-That (3)
#106Warner Bros. Discovery——
#107U.S. Bancorp——
#108Abbott122Benjamin J. Feldman (12)
#109Northrop Grumman—Vernon M. Benson (6)
#110Northwestern Mutual——
#111Dollar General——
#112PBF Energy——
#113Uber Technologies——
#114Honeywell552Matthew Wade Puckett (12)
#115Mondelēz International——
#116Starbucks49Lovina Hsin-I Hua (5)
#117Qualcomm3,439Tao Luo (829)
#118Broadcom454Yong Wang (17)
#119US Foods Holding——
#120D.R. Horton——
#121Philip Morris International——
#122Paccar88Jonathan Duncan (23)
#123Salesforce465Prithvi Krishnan Padmanabhan (21)
#124Nucor12Weiping Sun (3)
#125Jabil58Erik Gjovik (12)
#126Lennar——
#127Eli Lilly64Joshua David Littlejohn (5)
#128Molina Healthcare——
#129Cummins——
#130The Bank Of New York Mellon18Sarthak Pattanaik (3)
#131Netflix39Ioannis Katsavounidis (5)
#132Truist Bank130Barath Jayaraman (11)
#133Arrow Electronics——
#1343M436Adam D. Haag (16)
#135Visa351Yuexi Chen (19)
#136Apollo Global Management——
#137HF Sinclair——
#138CBRE Group——
#139Pnc Financial Services Group28Urich T. Bowers (23)
#140Lithia Motors——
#141Carmax Enterprise Services6Omar Ahmed Ansari (2)
#142Paramount Global——
#143Dollar Tree——
#144United Natural Foods——
#145PayPal283Pankaj Sarin (11)
#146Penske Automotive Group——
#147Hewlett Packard Enterprise435Jianpo Han (14)
#148Duke Energy2Rakesh Kumar Belchandan (1)
#149Occidental Petroleum——
#150NRG Energy——
#151Amgen145Scott R. Gibson (8)
#152Florida Power & Light2Eric D. Schwartz (1)
#153Danaher155Florian Fahrbach (7)
#154Gilead Sciences74James G. Taylor (9)
#155AutoNation——
#156Kraft Heinz——
#157Avnet——
#158Applied Materials928Ludovic Godet (32)
#159Southwest Airlines——
#160Charles Schwab & Co.29Charles E. Gotlieb (4)
#161Baker Hughes Holdings41Wanjun Cao (3)
#162Mcdonald'S——
#163Southern Company——
#164Mastercard224Chandan Garg (10)
#165Constellation Energy——
#166Hartford Fire Insurance28Arthur Paul Drennan, III (3)
#167PG&E——
#168Coupang44Sung-Jin Park (3)
#169Eog Resources3James G. Nanney (1)
#170Union Pacific——
#171Rite Aid——
#172Macy's——
#173Marriott International1Nathan Van Orden (1)
#174Lear63Antoine Moulin (5)
#175Genuine Parts——
#176The Sherwin-Williams10Michael C. Lambertson, Jr. (6)
#177Halliburton——
#178Freeport-Mcmoran1Robert Catron (1)
#179Live Nation Entertainment26John Carnahan (5)
#180Marsh McLennan Agency, Midwest Region——
#181AMD612Derek N. Jenkins (24)
#182First Citizens BancShares——
#183Wesco——
#184Carrier234Kenneth J. Mott (15)
#185Cleveland-Cliffs——
#186Block123Brian Grassadonia (11)
#187Exelon——
#188KKR——
#189Cdw7Nathan A. Cartwright (2)
#190Priceline.Com——
#191Synchrony——
#192Quanta Technology——
#193Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)——
#194Discover——
#195Tenet Healthcare——
#196Altria Client Services226Eric Hawes (31)
#197Stryker248Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu (14)
#198Kimberly-Clark——
#199Waste Management——
#200Cheniere Energy——
#201Ross Stores——
#202Westrock Shared Services16Jeffrey S. James (3)
#203General Mills34Goeran Walther (11)
#204The Goodyear Tire & Rubber84Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner (8)
#205BJ's Wholesale Club——
#206GE HealthCare Technologies——
#207Colgate-Palmolive101Yanmei Ji (18)
#208Whirlpool318John W. McConnell (23)
#209L3Harris Technologies——
#210Adobe412Zhe Lin (35)
#211Becton, Dickinson And271Jonathan Karl Burkholz (30)
#212Pioneer Natural Resources——
#213Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S.6Risto Miikkulainen (4)
#214Murphy USA——
#215Fiserv——
#216Parker-Hannifin——
#217American Electric Power Company——
#218Paper Systems——
#219ManpowerGroup——
#220Aramark——
#221Steel Dynamics——
#222Aflac——
#223Reinsurance Group of America——
#224Emerson Electric18Christopher Burch (9)
#225State Street3Kevin Sullivan (1)
#226Ppg Industries——
#227United States Steel3David Paul Hoydick (1)
#228Automatic Data Processing——
#229Group 1 Automotive——
#230Dominion Energy——
#231Blackrock7Shawn Simpson (3)
#232Oneok——
#233C.H. Robinson Worldwide——
#234Texas Instruments966Timothy David Anderson (51)
#235Kohl'S1Stefan Udumalagala (1)
#236Autozone——
#237Lam Research167Adrien LaVoie (16)
#238Corteva Agriscience21Shreedharan Sriram (5)
#239Peter Kiewit Sons'——
#240Builders FirstSource——
#241Kyndryl102Cesar Augusto Rodriguez Bravo (15)
#242Echostar Technologies International——
#243American Family Insurance Group——
#244Delek US Holdings——
#245Land O'Lakes5Lisa Ryan (2)
#246Sempra——
#247Global Technology Systems——
#248W.W. Grainger3Geoffry A. Westphal (2)
#249Jacobs1Chad J. Plumb (1)
#250Edison International——
#251MGM Resorts International——
#252Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America——
#253Illinois Tool Works362Nathan Joe Jochman (10)
#254Ameriprise Financial——
#255PulteGroup——
#256Targa Resources——
#257Ally Financial3Dallas L. Gale (2)
#258Borgwarner67Kirk Neet (5)
#259Estee Lauder——
#260Loews——
#261O'Reilly Automotive——
#262Markel——
#263Stanley Black & Decker——
#264Micron1,808Kishore Kumar Muchherla (58)
#265Fluor——
#266Leidos5Rex David Richardson (1)
#267Mylan1Brad L. Barnett (1)
#268Kinder Morgan——
#269Ecolab——
#270Baxter International63Robert W. Childers (8)
#271Devon Energy3Isaac Reese (1)
#272Kellanova——
#273Farmers Insurance Exchange——
#274Casey's General Stores——
#275Iqvia22Emily Zhao (4)
#276Republic Services——
#277Fox——
#278Gap——
#279Keurig Green Mountain4Blair Mikkelsen (3)
#280Reliance International3Chi-Chia Huang (3)
#281Asbury Automotive Group——
#282Pacific Life——
#283Vistra——
#284Western & Southern Financial Group——
#285The Andersons——
#286Nordstrom——
#287Omnicom Group——
#288Fidelity National Information Services——
#289Consolidated Edison Company Of New York1Christopher M. Fox (1)
#290CSX——
#291Aecom——
#292Lumen Technologies——
#293Tractor Supply1Spencer Carpenter (1)
#294DXC Technology——
#295Agco Sa——
#296Sonic Automotive——
#297Intuit208Yair Horesh (24)
#298United Rentals——
#299Universal Health Services——
#300Boston Scientific Scimed473Paul Smith (24)
#301Otis Elevator118Derk Oscar Pahlke (14)
#302Xcel Energy——
#303Jones Financial (Edward Jones)——
#304Ball15Linda A. Hines (7)
#305LKQ——
#306Mutual of Omaha——
#307Mosaic——
#308Textron5Jared Trauernicht (2)
#309Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings20Stephen Erickson (4)
#310Principal Financial Group——
#311Regeneron Pharmaceuticals163Andrew J. Murphy (24)
#312Raymond James Financial——
#313Dick'S Sporting Goods5Craig F. Hofmann (3)
#314Auto-Owners Insurance——
#315Expedia1Suguna Navin (1)
#316J.B. Hunt Transport Services——
#317M&T Bank——
#318DTE Energy——
#319AES——
#320Berry Global25Steven Gift (6)
#321Fifth Third Bancorp——
#322Air Products And Chemicals29Joseph Perry Cohen (5)
#323Corning Incorporated376Timothy Michael Gross (24)
#324EMCOR Group——
#325Amphenol19Marc B. Cartier, Jr. (6)
#326Westlake——
#327DuPont——
#328Liberty Media——
#329S&P Global——
#330Community Health Systems——
#331Firstenergy——
#332Unum Group——
#333Henry Schein2Brian David Parlato (2)
#334Western Digital——
#335Analog Devices——
#336Conagra Foods Rdm14—
#337Citizens Financial Group2Christina Elizabeth Sweeny (1)
#338Norfolk Southern3Richard Scott Hailey (1)
#339Entergy——
#340W.R. Berkley——
#341DaVita——
#342Northern Trust2Arijit Das (1)
#343Hormel Foods——
#344Crown Holdings——
#345Avis Budget Group——
#346Wayfair1Kunal Rajesh Khona (1)
#347MasTec——
#348Eversource Energy——
#349Newmont——
#350Ryder System——
#351Fidelity National Financial——
#352Molson Coors Beverage——
#353Caesars Entertainment——
#354Lincoln National——
#355Vf——
#356International Flavors & Fragrances9Lewis Michael Popplewell (3)
#357Newport News Shipbuilding And Dry Dock——
#358Advance Auto Parts——
#359Public Service Electric & Gas1Eugene Meehan (1)
#360Ulta Beauty——
#361The Hershey5Steven A. Weis (3)
#362Chewy——
#363American Tower——
#364Mohawk Industries——
#365Assurant10Stuart Saunders (3)
#366Thor Gmbh——
#367Graybar Electric——
#368Yum China Holdings——
#369Celanese——
#370QVC Group——
#371Williams Industries——
#372Interpublic Group——
#373Ovintiv——
#374Icahn Enterprises——
#375Huntington Bancshares——
#376Erie Insurance Group——
#377Carvana14Davo Scheich (5)
#378Hess——
#379Dana Industries——
#380Alcoa16Daniel Bergstrom (3)
#381Equitable Holdings——
#382Kla-Tencor99Amnon Manassen (14)
#383Darden Restaurants——
#384Autoliv Development Ab84Kazuhiro Abe (9)
#385Alaska Air Group——
#386Keycorp Limited——
#387Las Vegas Sands1Yue Woon Hiang (1)
#388Owens & Minor——
#389Hilton Worldwide Holdings——
#390Ebay165Robinson Piramuthu (10)
#391Arthur J. Gallagher——
#392LPL Financial Holdings——
#393Cincinnati Financial——
#394Toll Brothers——
#395Motorola Solutions——
#396Airbnb30Milena Sadee (4)
#397Intercontinental Exchange Holdings20Marc Carl Batten (4)
#398News Corp.——
#399Chipotle Mexican Grill——
#400Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated31George Harb (5)
#401Biogen——
#402GXO Logistics——
#403SpartanNash——
#404Burlington Stores——
#405Thrivent Financial——
#406NVR——
#407Owens Corning Intellectual Capital25Scott W. Schweiger (3)
#408Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies——
#409Oshkosh140Joshua D. Rocholl (34)
#410Global Payments——
#411Lululemon Athletica Canada36Kathryn Carey Fleming (5)
#412Albemarle4Augusto Caesar Ibay (2)
#413JetBlue Airways——
#414Seaboard International——
#415Constellation Brands——
#416Graphic Packaging——
#417Hertz Global Holdings——
#418Fm Industries——
#419Campbell Soup——
#420Expeditors Intl. of Washington——
#421Gold.com——
#422Booz Allen Hamilton8Joshua Peters (2)
#423Quest Diagnostics——
#424Optimum Communications——
#425Pvh——
#426Eastman Chemical28Daryl Bitting (9)
#427Insight Holding Group1Kimberly Christopher (1)
#428Regions Financial——
#429QXO Building Products——
#430Rockwell Automation——
#431Polaris Solutions3Itay Moshe (2)
#432Servicenow77Brian James Waplington (5)
#433Sanmina6Odie Killen (4)
#434UGI——
#435WEC Energy Group——
#436BrightSpring Health Services——
#437Cintas——
#438Commercial Metals1Samuel Christian Hartley (1)
#439Continental Resources——
#440Expand Energy——
#441CenterPoint Energy——
#442NGL Energy Partners——
#443Doordash24Sanath Bhat (4)
#444National Oilwell Varco33Christopher J. Saunders (3)
#445Zoetis——
#446The J. M. Smucker——
#447Microchip Technology Incorporated79Yaojian Leng (6)
#448Dover Systems——
#449Diamondback Energy——
#450Avery Dennison18Brandon S. Miller (2)
#451Ppl——
#452ON Semiconductor——
#453ARKO——
#454Par Pacific Holdings——
#455APA——
#456Equinix16Muhammad Durrani (4)
#457Flagstar Bank——
#458Foot Locker——
#459Corn Products Development4Xin Yang (2)
#460Rubbermaid Incorporated9Earle Cramer (2)
#461Abm International——
#462Securian Financial Group——
#463Prologis——
#464Blackstone——
#465Skechers U.S.A., Inc. Ii83Glen Chang (26)
#466Masco2Michael McCague (2)
#467Rush Company——
#468Franklin Resources——
#469ODP——
#470American Financial Group——
#471Packaging Corporation Of America1Keith A. Jackson (1)
#472Vulcan Materials——
#473Interactive Brokers5Emerito Medalla (3)
#474Williams-Sonoma24Rachel Kaufman (6)
#475XPO——
#476Weyerhaeuser Nr1Luiz C. Oliveira (1)
#477Genworth Financial——
#478CMS Energy——
#479Science Applications International10John P. Timler (3)
#480Jefferies Financial Group——
#481Bath & Body Works——
#482Electronic Arts65Navid Aghdaie (9)
#483Taylor Morrison Home——
#484Zimmer Biomet Holdings——
#485The Clorox13Nancy A. Falk (3)
#486Xylem Ip Holdings——
#487Voya Financial——
#488Fastenal——
#489Watsco——
#490Workday24Jin Young Yang (4)
#491Old Republic International——
#492Rpm Industries4John K. Apostolides (4)
#493Ufp Industries3John M. Grigsby, III (2)
#494Ameren——
#495Knight-Swift Transportation Hldgs.——
#496Monster Energy1Mark J. Hall (1)
#497Intuitive Surgical——
#498Super Micro Computer4Yueh-Ming Liu (2)
#499Concentrix——
#500Owens-Illinois——

Fortune 500 rankings from Fortune magazine. Patent data from USPTO via PatentsView. Top inventor = most patents granted at that company in 2024.