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The Inventor 500 2019

197 of 500 Fortune 500 companies were granted US patents in 2019. Top inventor at each company by patent count that year.

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F500 Rank Company Patents Top Inventor (patents that year)
1Walmart Apollo427Donald R. High (78)
2ExxonMobil452Jihad M. Dakka (11)
3Apple2,934Jonathan P. Ive (179)
#4Berkshire Hathaway——
#5Amazon2,593Eric Jason Brandwine (67)
#6Unitedhealth Group Incorporated2Michael Baker (1)
#7Mckesson11Roger G. Pinsonneault (5)
#8CVS Health——
#9AT&T1,363Paul Shala Henry (162)
#10AmerisourceBergen——
#11Chevron203Steven M. Bischof (12)
#12Ford2,681Stuart C. Salter (113)
#13General Motors1,596Igal Bilik (29)
#14Costco Wholesale——
#15Google2,639Justin Lewis (53)
#16Cardinal Health——
#17Walgreen25Andrew Schweinfurth (4)
#18JPMorgan Chase110Melora Zaner (6)
#19Verizon432Mohammad Raheel Khalid (15)
#20The Kroger——
#21GE2,442Detlev Marpe (45)
#22Fannie Mae——
#23Phillips 66——
#24Valero Energy——
#25Bank of America417Manu Kurian (56)
#26Microsoft3,235Amer A. Hassan (34)
#27Home Depot Product Authority28Michael Nelson (9)
#28Boeing——
#29Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.152Bipin Sahni (13)
#30Citigroup——
#31Marathon Petroleum Company Lp7Steve Jones (2)
#32Comcast488Chuanjun Xia (42)
#33Anthem——
#34Dell Technologies——
#35DuPont de Nemours——
#36State Farm285Gregory Hayward (48)
#37Johnson & Johnson830Frederick E. Shelton, IV (286)
#38IBM9,582Kangguo Cheng (337)
#39Target Brands76Richard P. Riedel (15)
#40Freddie Mac——
#41UPS60Mark J. Davidson (10)
#42Lowe'S Companies8Mason E. Sheffield (4)
#43Intel3,930Abhishek R. Appu (91)
#44Metropolitan Life Isurance2—
#45The Procter & Gamble543Gary Dean LaVon (16)
#46United Systems——
#47FedEx——
#48PepsiCo83Martin Eduardo Broen (13)
#49Archer-Daniels-Midland16Chi-Cheng Ma (3)
#50Prudential Insurance Company Of America——
#51Centene——
#52Albertsons——
#53Disney689Hongyuan Zhang (105)
#54Sysco——
#55HP793Michael W. Cumbie (36)
#56Humana8Ahmed Ghouri (2)
#57Meta1,396Sean Jason Keller (27)
#58Caterpillar490Cody Moore (13)
#59Energy Transfer——
#60Lockheed Martin184Arul Manickam (12)
#61Pfizer77John David Trzupek (7)
#62Goldman Sachs7Paul Burchard (2)
#63Morgan Stanley Services Group3Uma Kapoor (1)
#64Cisco1,220Jean-Philippe Vasseur (51)
#65Cigna——
#66AIG——
#67HCA Healthcare——
#68American Airlines12Hadi Purnomo (2)
#69Delta Air Lines2Gregory Scott Council (1)
#70Charter Communications Operating22Curt Wong (4)
#71New York Life Insurance2Dylan W. Huang (1)
#72American Express63Sandeep Bose (6)
#73Nationwide Industries1Erik Timothy (1)
#74Best Buy——
#75Liberty Mutual Insurance1Christopher A. Capone (1)
#76Merck314Christof Pflumm (20)
#77Honeywell756Haiyou Wang (9)
#78United Continental Holdings——
#79TIAA——
#80Tyson Foods5James Ruff (2)
#81Oracle956Bjørn Dag Johnsen (37)
#82Allstate Insurance107Jennifer A. Brandmaier (14)
#83World Fuel Services——
#84Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance48Michal Knas (17)
#85TJX——
#86ConocoPhillips——
#87John Deere349Thomas A. Nichols (10)
#88Tech Data——
#89Enterprise Products Partners——
#90Nike1,039Jessica Small (34)
#91Publix Super Markets——
#92General Dynamics——
#93Exelon——
#94Plains GP Holdings——
#953M677Mark W. Baldwin (19)
#96AbbVie108Bastien Mandaroux (9)
#97Chs——
#98Capital One Financial——
#99Progressive Technology——
#100Coca-Cola——
#101Usaa——
#102Hewlett Packard Enterprise792Kevin B. Leigh (33)
#103Abbott203Gary Alan Hayter (17)
#104Twenty-First Century Fox——
#105Micron1,276Glen E. Hush (26)
#106The Travelers Indemnity16—
#107Rite Aid——
#108Northrop Grumman——
#109Arrow Electronics——
#110Philip Morris International——
#111Northwestern Mutual——
#112INTL FCStone——
#113PBF Energy——
#114RTX (Raytheon)1,817Gabriel L. Suciu (64)
#115Kraft Heinz——
#116Mondelez International——
#117U.S. Bancorp——
#118Macy's——
#119Dollar General——
#120Nucor14Brian Hansen Bogh (3)
#121Starbucks12Izaak Koller (5)
#122DXC Technology——
#123Eli Lilly44Jingye Zhou (5)
#124Thermo Fisher207Alexander A. Makarov (17)
#125US Foods Holding——
#126Duke Energy2Louis Lombardi (2)
#127Halliburton——
#128Cummins——
#129Amgen126Theodore Joseph Siegel (8)
#130Paccar33Jonathan Duncan (12)
#131Southern——
#132CenturyLink——
#133Paper Systems1William L. Chase (1)
#134Union Pacific——
#135Dollar Tree——
#136Penske Automotive Group——
#137Qualcomm2,363Peter Gaal (222)
#138Bristol-Myers Squibb182Jeffrey Alan Stafford (14)
#139Gilead Sciences55Richard L. Mackman (11)
#140Jabil21Jarrett Clark Gayne (3)
#141ManpowerGroup——
#142Southwest Airlines1Charles E. Griffith (1)
#143Aflac——
#144Tesla128Franz Von Holzhausen (23)
#145AutoNation——
#146CBRE Group——
#147Lear100David Menzies (15)
#148Whirlpool354John W. McConnell (20)
#149Mcdonald'S——
#150Broadcom664Ilya Sokolov (30)
#151Marriott International——
#152Western Digital——
#153Visa244Ayman Hammad (22)
#154Lennar——
#155WellCare Health Plans——
#156Kohl'S——
#157Aecom1Alastair Niall MacGregor (1)
#158Synnex——
#159Pnc Financial Services Group8Michael Scott Ley (6)
#160Danaher135Werner Knebel (8)
#161Hartford Fire Insurance39David F. Peak (4)
#162Altria Client Services163Christopher S. Tucker (23)
#163The Bank Of New York Mellon3Kumar S. Srivastava (1)
#164Fluor——
#165Avnet——
#166Icahn Enterprises——
#167Occidental Petroleum——
#168Molina Healthcare——
#169Genuine Parts——
#170Freeport-Mcmoran5Mary Amelia Walker (4)
#171Kimberly-Clark——
#172Tenet Healthcare——
#173Synchrony——
#174Carmax Enterprise Services——
#175HollyFrontier——
#176Performance Food Group——
#177The Sherwin-Williams37Michael C. Lambertson, Jr. (11)
#178Emerson Electric39Alex J. Wall (8)
#179NGL Energy Partners——
#180XPO Logistics——
#181Eog Resources4Christopher Michael James (2)
#182Applied Materials674Abhijit Basu Mallick (28)
#183PG&E——
#184Florida Power & Light6Eric Westover (1)
#185C.H. Robinson Worldwide——
#186Gap——
#187Lincoln National——
#188DaVita——
#189Jones Lang LaSalle——
#190Westrock Shared Services11Philip Lazo (2)
#191Cdw——
#192American Electric Power Company1Michael T. Campbell (1)
#193Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S.3Hormoz Shahrzad (2)
#194D.R. Horton——
#195Becton, Dickinson And214Jonathan Karl Burkholz (23)
#196Nordstrom——
#197Netflix49Mark Watson (5)
#198Aramark——
#199Texas Instruments894Lee D. Whetsel (28)
#200General Mills30John J Fenske (5)
#201Supervalu——
#202Colgate-Palmolive206Eduardo Jimenez (23)
#203The Goodyear Tire & Rubber138Armand Rene Gabriel Leconte (21)
#204PayPal275Michael Charles Todasco (22)
#205Ppg Industries——
#206Omnicom Group——
#207Celgene——
#208Jacobs——
#209Ross Stores——
#210Marsh & McLennan——
#211Mastercard261Debashis Ghosh (8)
#212Land O'Lakes8Jonathan Anderson (3)
#213Waste Management——
#214Illinois Tool Works286William Joshua Becker (14)
#215Ecolab——
#216Priceline.Com1Amit Poddar (1)
#217CBS——
#218Parker-Hannifin——
#219Principal Financial——
#220DTE Energy——
#221Blackrock——
#222United States Steel2David Paul Hoydick (1)
#223Community Health Systems——
#224Kinder Morgan1Noel Duckworth (1)
#225Qurate Retail——
#226Loews——
#227Arconic——
#228Stanley Black & Decker——
#229Textron——
#230Las Vegas Sands1Andrew MacDonald (1)
#231Estee Lauder——
#232DISH Network——
#233Stryker125Aaron Douglas Furman (10)
#234Kellogg9Ganapa Sashidhara Murthy (3)
#235Biogen——
#236Alcoa30—
#237Anadarko Petroleum——
#238Dominion Energy——
#239Adp44Jaime McKeever (5)
#240Salesforce372Adam Torman (12)
#241Bath & Body Works Brand Management——
#242Henry Schein——
#243Rubbermaid Incorporated12—
#244Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America——
#245BJ's Wholesale Club——
#246BB&T Corp.——
#247State Street2Rajeev Jain (1)
#248Viacom International7Ellen To (2)
#249Ameriprise Financial——
#250Core-Mark Holding——
#251Reinsurance Group of America——
#252Vf3Stephen H. Zades (3)
#253Discover Financial Services——
#254Global Technology Systems——
#255Edison International——
#256Oneok——
#257Murphy USA——
#258Bed Bath & Beyond——
#259Consolidated Edison Company Of New York5Baeth Fanek (1)
#260CSX——
#261J.C. Penney Corporation——
#262LKQ——
#263Firstenergy——
#264Steel Dynamics——
#265Lithia Motors——
#266MGM Resorts International——
#267Tenneco——
#268NVIDIA637Lucian Shifren (17)
#269Sempra Energy——
#270Farmers Insurance Exchange——
#271Ball9Howard C. Chasteen (2)
#272Group 1 Automotive——
#273Unum Group——
#274Xcel Energy——
#275Reliance Steel & Aluminum——
#276Huntsman——
#277Norfolk Southern1Charles W. Yopp (1)
#278Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings11Ben Barrett Hopkins (2)
#279Corning Incorporated326Dana Craig Bookbinder (25)
#280Expedia3Arthur Francis Champernowne (2)
#281Autozone——
#282W.W. Grainger5Geoffry A. Westphal (4)
#283Quanta Technology——
#284Crown Holdings——
#285Office Depot1Ahmed Youssef (1)
#286Baxter International84Robert W. Childers (19)
#287Lam Research243Alex Paterson (20)
#288Entergy——
#289Charles Schwab & Co.7Valery Zubovsky (2)
#290L3 Technologies9Radivoje Zarubica (3)
#291NRG Energy——
#292Live Nation Entertainment22Dennis Denker (6)
#293Universal Health Services——
#294Molson Coors Brewing——
#295Ebay263Neelakantan Sundaresan (15)
#296AES——
#297Devon Energy1Scott Saltus (1)
#298Pacific Life——
#299CenterPoint Energy——
#300Discovery Technology International——
#301Borgwarner162Larry A. Pritchard (12)
#302Targa Resources——
#303Ally Financial——
#304Truist Bank4—
#305Iqvia12Anil Kapu (2)
#306American Family Insurance Group——
#307Delek US Holdings——
#308Navistar International——
#309Chesapeake Energy——
#310United Natural Foods——
#311Leidos15Richard H. Griffey (1)
#312PulteGroup——
#313Eastman Chemical31Frederick Ignatz-Hoover (6)
#314Republic Services——
#315Mohawk Industries3Thomas R. Clark (2)
#316Sonic Automotive——
#317Owens & Minor——
#318Xerox302Paul J. McConville (29)
#319Boston Scientific Scimed421—
#320DCP Midstream——
#321Autoliv Development Ab50Yuto Kobayashi (7)
#322Interpublic Group——
#323Public Service Electric & Gas——
#324Pvh2Brian Mims (1)
#325Mosaic——
#326Advance Auto Parts——
#327Altice USA——
#328Hormel Foods1Chetan S. Rao (1)
#329O'Reilly Automotive——
#330Calpine——
#331Hertz Global Holdings——
#332First Data23Vijay K. Royyuru (5)
#333Pioneer Natural Resources——
#334Coty2Isabelle Hansenne (2)
#335Agco Sa——
#336Mutual of Omaha Insurance——
#337Vistra Energy——
#338Avis Budget Group——
#339Adobe488Zhe Lin (24)
#340Peter Kiewit Sons'——
#341News Corp.——
#342Brighthouse Financial——
#343Voya Financial——
#344Air Products And Chemicals24Vincent White (3)
#345Hilton Worldwide Holdings——
#346GameStop——
#347Veritiv——
#348Williams Industries——
#349Campbell Soup3Mark Robert Watts (1)
#350Rockwell Collins151Matthew P. Corbett (6)
#351Thrivent Financial for Lutherans——
#352Westlake Chemical——
#353Univar——
#354J.B. Hunt Transport Services——
#355Frontier Communications Holdings2—
#356Jones Financial (Edward Jones)——
#357National Oilwell Varco26Nicholas Ryan Marchand (3)
#358Eversource Energy——
#359Dick'S Sporting Goods3Chinawut Paesang (3)
#360Genworth Financial——
#361Fidelity National Information Services1Michael Sherman (1)
#362Yum China Holdings——
#363Ryder System——
#364Anixter International——
#365Caesars Entertainment——
#366Masco——
#367Thor Gmbh——
#368Alaska Air Group——
#369Amphenol31Brian Kirk (8)
#370Wesco——
#371Newport News Shipbuilding And Dry Dock——
#372Jefferies Financial Group——
#373Dana Industries1John Ricci (1)
#374Expeditors Intl. of Washington——
#375EMCOR Group——
#376Darden Restaurants——
#377SpartanNash——
#378Assurant3Cameron Hurst (3)
#379United Rentals2Silverio Aleman (2)
#380Liberty Media——
#381Erie Insurance Group——
#382Auto-Owners Insurance——
#383Cheniere Energy——
#384Fifth Third Bancorp——
#385Foot Locker——
#386Conagra Foods Rdm11—
#387Zimmer Biomet Holdings——
#388Tractor Supply3Ty Rager (3)
#389Berry Global2Eric W. Kost (1)
#390Alliance Data Systems——
#391The Hershey7Mary Beth Marette (3)
#392Ppl1James R. Conrad (1)
#393Dean Foods2Brett Johnson (1)
#394Builders FirstSource——
#395Oshkosh35David W. Archer (6)
#396EnLink Midstream——
#397W.R. Berkley——
#398WEC Energy Group——
#399JetBlue Airways——
#400UGI——
#401A-Mark Precious Metals——
#402Fidelity National Financial——
#403Constellation Brands——
#404Quest Diagnostics——
#405Activision Blizzard——
#406Weyerhaeuser Nr1Glen Robak (1)
#407Raymond James Financial——
#408Casey's General Stores——
#409Keurig Green Mountain13Paul Metaxatos (8)
#410American Tower——
#411Apache Technologies——
#412Dover Systems——
#413Keycorp Limited——
#414The J. M. Smucker3Keven Walter (2)
#415Citizens Financial Group——
#416Motorola Solutions——
#417Magellan Health——
#418American Axle & Manufacturing20Paul J. Valente (8)
#419Newmont Goldcorp——
#420Spirit Aerosystems5Rahbar Nasserrafi (2)
#421Western & Southern Financial Group——
#422Tektronix27Kan Tan (5)
#423Graybar Electric——
#424NVR——
#425Avery Dennison31Eric L. Bartholomew (5)
#426Celanese——
#427American Financial Group——
#428Toll Brothers——
#429Sanmina17Robert Steven Newberry (7)
#430Insight Holding Group——
#431Owens Corning Intellectual Capital38Lawrence J. Grubka (8)
#432Packaging Corporation Of America1Benjamin Frank (1)
#433TravelCenters of America——
#434Olin3Ben N. Frank (2)
#435Arthur J. Gallagher——
#436MasTec——
#437Alleghany——
#438Owens-Illinois——
#439Asbury Automotive Group——
#440CMS Energy——
#441Markel——
#442Blackstone Group——
#443Ak Steel——
#444Hanesbrands——
#445R. R. Donnelley & Sons11James L. Warmus (3)
#446Wayfair1Patrick G. Clark (1)
#447Regions Financial——
#448Wynn Resorts——
#449Ulta Beauty——
#450Regeneron Pharmaceuticals92Andrew J. Murphy (37)
#451Burlington Stores——
#452Rockwell Automation——
#453Northern Trust——
#454The Chemours Company Fc36Mario Joseph Nappa (9)
#455Seaboard International3Stephen Folmar (2)
#456Marathon Oil——
#457Ascena Retail Group——
#458Dillard's——
#459Cintas——
#460AMD503David A. Roberts (18)
#461Hess——
#462M&T Bank Corp.——
#463Abm International3Neal A. Schwarzberger (3)
#464Beacon Roofing Supply——
#465Ncr119Nathaniel Christopher Herwig (5)
#466iHeartMedia——
#467Franklin Resources——
#468Ameren——
#469Intercontinental Exchange Holdings4Peter Barsoom (1)
#470S&P Global——
#471Post Holdings——
#472Analog Devices——
#473Ralph Lauren——
#474L3Harris Technologies——
#475Booz Allen Hamilton12Keith A. Blanks (3)
#476Polaris Solutions——
#477The Clorox26German R. Gonzalez (5)
#478Realogy Holdings——
#479HD Supply Holdings——
#480Graphic Packaging——
#481Old Republic International——
#482Intuit176Igor A. Podgorny (15)
#483Netapp175Akhil Kaushik (7)
#484Tapestry——
#485ON Semiconductor——
#486Corn Products Development3Christina Odorisio (1)
#487Zoetis——
#488Fiserv——
#489TreeHouse Foods——
#490Robert Half International——
#491First American Financial1Chris Rubio (1)
#492Harley-Davidson——
#493Windstream Holdings——
#494Pizza Hut——
#495Williams-Sonoma26Andrea Parikh (6)
#496Simon Property Group——
#497Navient——
#498The Western Union19Michael Michelsen (4)
#499Peabody Energy——
#500Levi Strauss &2Christopher Schultz (2)

Fortune 500 rankings from Fortune magazine. Patent data from USPTO via PatentsView. Top inventor = most patents granted at that company in 2019.