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The Inventor 500 2015

177 of 500 Fortune 500 companies were granted US patents in 2015. Top inventor at each company by patent count that year.

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F500 Rank Company Patents Top Inventor (patents that year)
1Walmart Apollo74—
2ExxonMobil401Jihad M. Dakka (13)
3Chevron272Qing Yang (28)
#4Berkshire Hathaway——
#5Apple2,249Jonathan P. Ive (100)
#6General Motors1,448Alan L. Browne (24)
#7Phillips 66——
#8GE2,060Ajith Kuttannair Kumar (28)
#9Ford1,350Joel Piaskowski (53)
#10CVS Health——
#11Mckesson——
#12AT&T1,242Andrea Basso (28)
#13Valero Energy——
#14Unitedhealth Group Incorporated1Dianne J. Van Tasell (1)
#15Verizon677Lalit R. Kotecha (38)
#16AmerisourceBergen——
#17Fannie Mae——
#18Costco——
#19HP1,356Steven J. Simske (24)
#20The Kroger——
#21JPMorgan Chase43Joseph Bradley Nolan (5)
#22Express Scripts Holding——
#23Bank of America233David M. Grigg (20)
#24IBM7,685Kangguo Cheng (160)
#25Marathon Petroleum Company Lp2Steven A. Sablak (1)
#26Cardinal Health——
#27Boeing——
#28Citigroup——
#29Amazon1,226Eric Jason Brandwine (56)
#30Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.11Nikolai Stroke (4)
#31Microsoft3,001Stephen Latta (34)
#32The Procter & Gamble472Donald Carroll Roe (23)
#33Home Depot Product Authority——
#34Archer-Daniels-Midland20Alexandra Sanborn (5)
#35Walgreen7Liam Hawry (2)
#36Target Brands136Timothy J. Martell (14)
#37Johnson & Johnson550Frederick E. Shelton, IV (65)
#38Anthem——
#39Metropolitan Life Isurance——
#40Google3,533Shelten Gee Jao Yuen (46)
#41State Farm49Brian Mark Fields (12)
#42Freddie Mac——
#43Comcast386Chuanjun Xia (30)
#44PepsiCo65Martin Eduardo Broen (7)
#45United Systems——
#46AIG——
#47UPS35Mark J. Davidson (15)
#48Dow Chemical——
#49Aetna——
#50Lowe'S Companies4Brian Joseph Demers (2)
#51ConocoPhillips——
#52Intel2,951Jong-Kae Fwu (38)
#53Energy Transfer Equity——
#54Caterpillar628Eric J. Hanson (15)
#55Prudential Insurance Company Of America——
#56Pfizer107Jennifer Elizabeth Davoren (8)
#57Disney1,346Hongyuan Zhang (75)
#58Humana4Seth W. Snyder (2)
#59Enterprise Products Partners——
#60Cisco1,030Jean-Philippe Vasseur (58)
#61Sysco——
#62Ingram Micro——
#63Coca-Cola——
#64Lockheed Martin223Mark A. Friesel (6)
#65FedEx——
#66Johnson Controls——
#67Plains GP Holdings——
#68World Fuel Services——
#69Chs——
#70American Airlines4Drew Douglas Helder (1)
#71Merck374Philipp Stoessel (26)
#72Best Buy——
#73Delta Air Lines——
#74Honeywell780Hsueh Sung Tung (22)
#75HCA Holdings——
#76Goldman Sachs7Peter Nitze (3)
#77Tesoro——
#78Liberty Mutual Insurance——
#79United Continental Holdings——
#80New York Life Insurance——
#81Oracle727Ashok V. Krishnamoorthy (17)
#82Morgan Stanley Services Group1Amit Modi (1)
#83Tyson Foods2Russell Thomas (1)
#84Safeway1Kenneth Tarbet (1)
#85Nationwide Industries——
#86John Deere247Nicholas R. Bray (13)
#87DuPont——
#88American Express30Tracey R. Thomas (5)
#89Allstate Insurance28Eric Huls (6)
#90Cigna——
#91Mondelez International——
#92TIAA-CREF——
#93INTL FCStone——
#94Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance1Dana Spice (1)
#95Directv79Raynold M. Kahn (9)
#96Halliburton——
#97Twenty-First Century Fox——
#983M565Marc Peuker (13)
#99Sears Brands, L.L.C.36Itzik Kadosh (16)
#100General Dynamics——
#101Publix Super Markets——
#102Philip Morris International——
#103TJX——
#104Time Warner——
#105Macy’s——
#106Nike506Mark C. Miner (25)
#107Tech Data——
#108Avnet——
#109Northwestern Mutual——
#110Mcdonald'S——
#111Exelon——
#112The Travelers Indemnity4Steve Roach (1)
#113Qualcomm3,035Juan Montojo (107)
#114Paper Systems——
#115Occidental Petroleum——
#116Duke Energy——
#117Rite Aid——
#118Gilead Sciences54Jeff Zablocki (11)
#119Baker Hughes Holdings485Gaurav Agrawal (20)
#120Emerson Electric44John F. Broker (5)
#121Emc International12Assaf Natanzon (9)
#122Usaa——
#123Union Pacific——
#124Northrop Grumman——
#125Alcoa26Ralph R. Sawtell (5)
#126Capital One Financial——
#127National Oilwell Varco56Dean Allen Bennett (5)
#128US Foods——
#129RTX (Raytheon)883Gabriel L. Suciu (51)
#130Time Warner Cable——
#131Arrow Electronics1Christian Curtis (1)
#132Aflac——
#133Staples2Margaret A. Shipp (2)
#134Abbott354Stephen D. Pacetti (27)
#135Community Health Systems——
#136Fluor——
#137Freeport-Mcmoran——
#138U.S. Bancorp——
#139Nucor17Eric Fulbright (3)
#140Kimberly-Clark——
#141Hess——
#142Chesapeake Energy——
#143Xerox812Naveen Chopra (27)
#144ManpowerGroup——
#145Amgen87Chadwick Terence King (9)
#146AbbVie185Wha-Bin Im (15)
#147Danaher139Dirk G. Soenksen (5)
#148Whirlpool250Guolian Wu (18)
#149PBF Energy——
#150HollyFrontier——
#151Eli Lilly44Brian Morgan Watson (3)
#152Devon Energy——
#153Progressive Technology——
#154Cummins——
#155Icahn Enterprises——
#156AutoNation——
#157Kohl'S——
#158Paccar34Chris Ito (5)
#159Dollar General——
#160Hartford Fire Insurance19Philip Wawrzynowicz (3)
#161Southwest Airlines——
#162Anadarko Petroleum1—
#163Southern——
#164Supervalu——
#165Kraft Foods Group——
#166The Goodyear Tire & Rubber162Jonathan James Shondel (12)
#167Eog Resources——
#168CenturyLink——
#169Altria Client Services31Scott A. Fath (9)
#170Tenet Healthcare——
#171General Mills26Peter A. Huberg (3)
#172Ebay181Neelakantan Sundaresan (11)
#173ConAgra Foods——
#174Lear77Slobodan Pavlovic (13)
#175Trw Automotive Gmbh20Hans-Peter Betz (4)
#176United States Steel——
#177Penske Automotive Group——
#178AES——
#179Colgate-Palmolive99Robert Moskovich (12)
#180Global Technology Systems——
#181Thermo Fisher163Alexander A. Makarov (18)
#182PG&E Corp.——
#183Florida Power & Light5Anuja Nakkana (1)
#184American Electric Power Company——
#185Baxter International106Robert W. Childers (26)
#186Centene——
#187Starbucks5Randy Hulett (3)
#188Gap——
#189The Bank Of New York Mellon——
#190Micron987Gurtej S. Sandhu (55)
#191Jabil Circuit——
#192Pnc Financial Services Group5Bryan L. Mackrell (1)
#193Kinder Morgan2—
#194Office Depot——
#195Bristol-Myers Squibb130Jennifer X. Qiao (10)
#196NRG Energy——
#197Monsanto Technologies1Scott A. Bergemann (1)
#198Ppg Industries——
#199Genuine Parts——
#200Omnicom Group——
#201Illinois Tool Works248Martin J. Nilsen (11)
#202Murphy USA——
#203Land O'Lakes4Bruce A. Jump (1)
#204Western Refining——
#205Western Digital——
#206Firstenergy——
#207Aramark——
#208DISH Network——
#209Las Vegas Sands11Andrew MacDonald (11)
#210Kellogg3Norbert Gimmler (2)
#211Loews——
#212CBS——
#213Ecolab——
#214Whole Foods Market——
#215Chubb International Holdings Limited——
#216Health Net——
#217Waste Management——
#218Apache Technologies——
#219Textron6—
#220Synnex——
#221Marriott International——
#222Viacom International2Vitaliy Vaysberg (1)
#223Lincoln National——
#224Nordstrom——
#225C.H. Robinson Worldwide——
#226Edison International——
#227Marathon Oil2Philip M. Snider (1)
#228Pizza Hut——
#229Computer Sciences——
#230Parker-Hannifin——
#231DaVita HealthCare Partners——
#232Carmax Enterprise Services——
#233Texas Instruments824Lee D. Whetsel (64)
#234WellCare Health Plans——
#235Marsh & McLennan——
#236Consolidated Edison Company Of New York5A. Arthur Kressner (2)
#237Oneok——
#238Visa72Ayman Hammad (14)
#239Jacobs——
#240CSX——
#241Entergy——
#242Meta401Mark E. Zuckerberg (20)
#243Dominion Resources——
#244Leucadia National——
#245Toys “R” Us——
#246DTE Energy——
#247Ameriprise Financial——
#248Vf——
#249Praxair——
#250J.C. Penney Corporation——
#251Automatic Data Processing——
#252L-3 Communications33Samuel C. Kingston (4)
#253Cdw——
#254Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America——
#255Xcel Energy——
#256Norfolk Southern1Stefano Rieppi (1)
#257Ppl——
#258R. R. Donnelley & Sons12Anthony V. Moscato (6)
#259Huntsman——
#260Bed Bath & Beyond——
#261Stanley Black & Decker——
#262Bath & Body Works Brand Management7Samuel Dominic O'Donahue (7)
#263Liberty Interactive——
#264Farmers Insurance Exchange——
#265First Data20—
#266The Sherwin-Williams9Michael L. O'Banion (2)
#267Blackrock——
#268Voya Financial——
#269Ross Stores——
#270Sempra Energy——
#271Estee Lauder——
#272H.J. Heinz2John Marshall (1)
#273Reinsurance Group of America——
#274Public Service Electric & Gas——
#275Cameron International——
#276Navistar International——
#277CST Brands——
#278State Street3Christopher McCarthy (1)
#279Unum Group——
#280Hilton Worldwide Holdings——
#281Family Dollar Stores——
#282Principal Financial——
#283Reliance Steel & Aluminum——
#284Air Products And Chemicals62Xinjian Lei (9)
#285Assurant——
#286Peter Kiewit Sons’——
#287Henry Schein——
#288Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S.——
#289MGM Resorts International——
#290W.W. Grainger6Geoffry A. Westphal (4)
#291Group 1 Automotive——
#292BB&T Corp.——
#293Westrock Shared Services2Jeffrey S. James (1)
#294Advance Auto Parts——
#295Ally Financial——
#296Agco Sa5Jacques Pirotais (2)
#297Corning Incorporated272Ming-Jun Li (16)
#298Biogen——
#299NGL Energy Partners——
#300Stryker52Anish Paul (10)
#301Molina Healthcare——
#302Precision Castparts——
#303Discover Financial Services1Angela Liddy (1)
#304Genworth Financial——
#305Eastman Chemical64Mesfin Ejerssa Janka (13)
#306Dean Foods——
#307Autozone——
#308Mastercard48Simon Phillips (5)
#309Owens & Minor——
#310Hormel Foods2Gale F. Kunert (1)
#311GameStop——
#312Autoliv Development Ab38Yvonnig Patton (2)
#313CenterPoint Energy——
#314Fidelity National Financial——
#315Sonic Automotive——
#316HD Supply Holdings——
#317Charter Communications Operating1Douglas Masaru Ike (1)
#318Crown Holdings——
#319Applied Materials439Ajay Kumar (46)
#320Mosaic——
#321CBRE Group——
#322Avon Products31John W. Lyga (8)
#323Republic Services——
#324Universal Health Services——
#325Darden Restaurants——
#326Steel Dynamics——
#327Truist Bank1—
#328Caesars Entertainment——
#329Targa Resources——
#330Dollar Tree——
#331News Corp.——
#332Ball10Mark A. Jacober (5)
#333Thrivent Financial for Lutherans——
#334Masco3Peter Dabrowski (1)
#335Franklin Resources——
#336Avis Budget Group——
#337R.J. Reynolds Tobacco43Andries Don Sebastian (9)
#338Becton, Dickinson And123Austin Jason McKinnon (7)
#339Priceline.Com2Jonathan Paul Taylor (2)
#340Broadcom1,765Jeyhan Karaoguz (120)
#341Tenneco——
#342Campbell Soup3Talia Salamon-Hickey (2)
#343Aecom1Frederick Robert Rosse (1)
#344Visteon——
#345Delek US Holdings——
#346Dover Systems——
#347Borgwarner88Mark M. Wigsten (6)
#348Sunbeam Products9Joseph Palermo (3)
#349UGI——
#350Murphy Oil Company——
#351Pvh——
#352Core-Mark Holding——
#353Calpine——
#354D.R. Horton——
#355Weyerhaeuser Nr22Robert A. Starr (4)
#356KKR——
#357FMC Technologies——
#358American Family Insurance Group——
#359SpartanNash——
#360Wesco——
#361Quanta Technology——
#362Mohawk Industries——
#363Motorola Solutions——
#364Lennar——
#365TravelCenters of America——
#366Sealed Air Corporation (Us)10Nicholas P. De Luca (3)
#367Eversource Energy——
#368Coca-Cola——
#369Celgene——
#370Williams Industries——
#371Ashland——
#372Interpublic Group——
#373Blackstone Group——
#374Ralph Lauren——
#375Quest Diagnostics——
#376The Hershey6—
#377Terex——
#378Boston Scientific Scimed393—
#379Newmont Mining——
#380Allergan——
#381O’Reilly Automotive——
#382Casey’s General Stores——
#383CMS Energy——
#384Foot Locker——
#385W.R. Berkley——
#386Petsmart Home Office——
#387Pacific Life——
#388Commercial Metals2William Ellis Kesterson (1)
#389Agilent Technologies52Gusti Zeiner (4)
#390Newport News Shipbuilding And Dry Dock——
#391Mutual of Omaha Insurance——
#392Live Nation Entertainment5Dennis Denker (3)
#393Dick'S Sporting Goods1Michael Otterman (1)
#394Oshkosh12Kristopher J. Krueger (3)
#395Celanese——
#396Spirit Aerosystems16David E. Havens (4)
#397United Natural Foods——
#398Peabody Energy——
#399Owens-Illinois——
#400Dillard’s——
#401Level 3 Communications185—
#402Pantry——
#403LKQ——
#404Integrys Energy Group——
#405Nortonlifelock——
#406Buckeye Technologies2Ronald T. Moose (2)
#407Ryder System——
#408SanDisk——
#409Rockwell Automation——
#410Dana Industries1John Ricci (1)
#411Lansing Trade Group——
#412Ncr92Donald A. Collins, Jr. (5)
#413Expeditors International of Washington——
#414Omnicare3Bradley Carson (3)
#415Ak Steel——
#416Fifth Third Bancorp——
#417Seaboard International1Paul Horton, Jr. (1)
#418NiSource——
#419Cablevision Systems——
#420Anixter International——
#421EMCOR Group——
#422Fidelity National Information Services——
#423Barnes & Noble——
#424Kellogg Brown & Root18Siva Ariyapadi (4)
#425Auto-Owners Insurance——
#426Jones Financial——
#427Avery Dennison51Ian J. Forster (16)
#428Netapp162Blake H. Lewis (8)
#429iHeartMedia——
#430Discovery Communications1Steve Ozzano (1)
#431Harley-Davidson——
#432Sanmina4Eric Pryor (1)
#433Trinity1George Cox (1)
#434J.B. Hunt Transport Services——
#435Charles Schwab & Co.3Robert Lee Rhudy (1)
#436Erie Insurance Group——
#437Keurig Green Mountain13James E. Shepard (8)
#438Ameren——
#439Mattel62Kevin M. Gastle (4)
#440Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings5Jeff Sperinde (2)
#441TEGNA——
#442Starwood Hotels & Resorts——
#443General Cable Technology——
#444A-Mark Precious Metals——
#445Graybar Electric——
#446Energy Future Holdings——
#447HRG Group——
#448MRC Global——
#449Spectra Energy——
#450Asbury Automotive Group——
#451Packaging Corporation Of America3Joseph P. Schomisch (1)
#452Windstream Holdings——
#453PulteGroup——
#454JetBlue Airways——
#455Rubbermaid Incorporated19Gunnar B. Olson (3)
#456Con-way——
#457Calumet Specialty Products Partners——
#458Expedia——
#459American Financial Group——
#460Tractor Supply4Brian Kennemer (4)
#461United Rentals——
#462Corn Products Development2Ralph Trksak (2)
#463Navient——
#464MeadWestvaco——
#465AGL Resources——
#466St. Jude Medical46—
#467The J. M. Smucker5Michael J. Palmisano (2)
#468The Western Union8Kurt Hansen (3)
#469The Clorox22William L. Smith (13)
#470Domtar——
#471Kelly Services——
#472Old Republic International——
#473AMD508Gabriel H. Loh (18)
#474Netflix21Neil D. Hunt (5)
#475Booz Allen Hamilton——
#476Iqvia7Salah Machani (2)
#477Wynn Resorts——
#478Jones Lang LaSalle——
#479Regions Financial——
#480Ch2M Hill——
#481Western & Southern Financial Group——
#482Lithia Motors——
#483Salesforce196Craig Weissman (11)
#484Alaska Air Group——
#485Host Hotels & Resorts——
#486Harman International Industries, Incorporated73Effrosini A. Karayiannis (10)
#487Amphenol22Thomas S. Cohen (8)
#488Realogy Holdings——
#489Essendant——
#490Hanesbrands——
#491Kindred Healthcare——
#492Arris Technologies1Dal N. Hills (1)
#493Insight Holding Group1James Christopher (1)
#494Alliance Data Systems——
#495LifePoint Health——
#496Pioneer Natural Resources——
#497Wyndham Worldwide——
#498Owens Corning Intellectual Capital18Roland R. Loh (3)
#499Alleghany——
#500McGraw Hill Financial——

Fortune 500 rankings from Fortune magazine. Patent data from USPTO via PatentsView. Top inventor = most patents granted at that company in 2015.