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The Inventor 500 2020

191 of 500 Fortune 500 companies were granted US patents in 2020. Top inventor at each company by patent count that year.

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F500 Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕ Top Inventor (patents that year) ↕
1Walmart Apollo372Donald R. High (42)
2Amazon2,427Christopher Loew (46)
3ExxonMobil438Matthew W. Holtcamp (19)
#4Apple3,287Jonathan P. Ive (164)
#5CVS Health——
#6Berkshire Hathaway——
#7Unitedhealth Group Incorporated3David Shapiro (1)
#8Mckesson12Patrick Harris (4)
#9AT&T1,386Paul Shala Henry (162)
#10Cencora——
#11Google2,404Justin Lewis (53)
#12Ford2,310Stuart C. Salter (89)
#13Cigna——
#14Costco Wholesale——
#15Chevron168Max P. McDaniel (18)
#16Cardinal Health——
#17JPMorgan Chase131Jonathan Beck (10)
#18General Motors894Igal Bilik (24)
#19Walgreen30Benjamin Weiss (8)
#20Verizon481Sudhakar Reddy Patil (24)
#21Microsoft3,047Amer A. Hassan (50)
#22Marathon Petroleum Company Lp3Nikolas A. Larsen (1)
#23The Kroger——
#24Fannie Mae2Akash Karlapudi (1)
#25Bank of America443Manu Kurian (68)
#26Home Depot Product Authority24Erica Knight (9)
#27Phillips 66——
#28Comcast580Esmael Hejazi Dinan (56)
#29Elevance Health——
#30Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.279Chris Kalaboukis (22)
#31Citigroup——
#32Valero Energy——
#33GE2,345Detlev Marpe (77)
#34Dell Technologies——
#35Johnson & Johnson815Frederick E. Shelton, IV (276)
#36State Farm306Scott T. Christensen (36)
#37Target Brands92Michael M. Habig (8)
#38IBM9,416Kangguo Cheng (304)
#39RTX (Raytheon)1,622Frederick M. Schwarz (53)
#40Boeing——
#41Freddie Mac——
#42Centene——
#43UPS62Robert J. Gillen (8)
#44Lowe'S Companies10Mason E. Sheffield (5)
#45Intel3,436Abhishek R. Appu (75)
#46Meta1,585Andrew John Ouderkirk (37)
#47FedEx——
#48Metropolitan Life Isurance8Terrance Luciani (2)
#49Disney618Hongyuan Zhang (43)
#50The Procter & Gamble626Jeromy Thomas Raycheck (20)
#51PepsiCo80Martin Eduardo Broen (10)
#52Humana3Ahmed Ghouri (1)
#53Prudential Insurance Company Of America1Edwin C. Barron (1)
#54Archer-Daniels-Midland18Eric L. Dias (5)
#55Albertsons——
#56Sysco——
#57Lockheed Martin147Shaun Coleman (11)
#58HP919Jan Morovic (36)
#59Energy Transfer——
#60Goldman Sachs18Paul Burchard (4)
#61Morgan Stanley Services Group11Kumar Vadaparty (6)
#62Caterpillar413Jonathan W. Anders (13)
#63Cisco1,275Jean-Philippe Vasseur (60)
#64Pfizer90Annaliesa Sybil Anderson (8)
#65HCA Healthcare——
#66AIG——
#67American Express64Andras L. Ferenczi (6)
#68Delta Air Lines1—
#69Merck286Amir Hossain Parham (13)
#70American Airlines7Yuxi Xiao (4)
#71Charter Communications Operating64Haider Syed (10)
#72Allstate Insurance132Jennifer A. Brandmaier (14)
#73New York Life Insurance1Corey Blaine Multer (1)
#74Nationwide Industries1Aaron M. Mizner (1)
#75Best Buy——
#76United Airlines1David Oppenheim (1)
#77Liberty Mutual Insurance10Brian Piccolo (3)
#78Dow Global Technologies278Mohamed Esseghir (12)
#79Tyson Foods7James Ruff (3)
#80TJX——
#81TIAA——
#82Oracle851Bjørn Dag Johnsen (43)
#83General Dynamics——
#84John Deere428Elijah B. Garner (19)
#85Nike1,084Jessica Small (28)
#86Progressive Technology——
#87Publix Super Markets——
#88Coca-Cola——
#89Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance63Michal Knas (24)
#90Tech Data——
#91World Kinect——
#92Honeywell778Matthew Wade Puckett (13)
#93ConocoPhillips——
#94Usaa——
#95Exelon——
#96Northrop Grumman——
#97Capital One Financial——
#98Plains GP Holdings——
#99AbbVie81David J. Schuessler (6)
#100StoneX Group——
#101Enterprise Products Partners——
#102Northwestern Mutual——
#1033M671Klaus Hintzer (15)
#104Abbott155Gary Alan Hayter (10)
#105Chs2Brian Kuehl (1)
#106The Travelers Indemnity11Dean M. Collins (2)
#107Philip Morris International——
#108RTX (Raytheon)1,622Frederick M. Schwarz (53)
#109Hewlett Packard Enterprise810Kevin B. Leigh (36)
#110Arrow Electronics——
#111Paramount Global——
#112Dollar General——
#113U.S. Bancorp——
#114Starbucks10Izaak Koller (3)
#115Bristol-Myers Squibb171Jeffrey Alan Stafford (16)
#116US Foods Holding——
#117Mondelēz International——
#118Paccar49Jonathan Duncan (16)
#119Thermo Fisher189Alexander A. Makarov (10)
#120Macy's——
#121Jabil14David Eckerson (3)
#122Kraft Heinz——
#123Duke Energy5Stuart Laval (2)
#124Tesla93Franz Von Holzhausen (15)
#125PBF Energy——
#126Qualcomm2,282Tao Luo (269)
#127NGL Energy Partners——
#128CBRE Group——
#129Baker Hughes Holdings375Michael H. Johnson (11)
#130TD Synnex——
#131Dollar Tree——
#132Cummins——
#133United Natural Foods——
#134Micron1,547Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy (30)
#135Amgen138Masamichi Udagawa (9)
#136Penske Automotive Group——
#137Visa235Ayman Hammad (21)
#138Broadcom575Wenguang Wang (16)
#139Nucor7Jeffery Edward Keffer (2)
#140Gilead Sciences36Hyung-Jung Pyun (6)
#141Southwest Airlines——
#142Halliburton——
#143Lumen Technologies——
#144Paper Systems——
#145Eli Lilly46Stephen Demarest (3)
#146Aflac——
#147Lennar——
#148Occidental Petroleum——
#149Union Pacific——
#150Rite Aid——
#151Pnc Financial Services Group5Loretta Lehman (2)
#152DuPont——
#153Southern Company——
#154AutoNation——
#155DXC Technology——
#156Mcdonald'S——
#157Marriott International2Neil R. Schubert, III (2)
#158ManpowerGroup——
#159The Bank Of New York Mellon8Kumar S. Srivastava (4)
#160Hartford Fire Insurance55Paul Brendan Olson (3)
#161Danaher125Allen Olson (7)
#162Whirlpool359John W. McConnell (25)
#163Aecom2Michael House (1)
#164Netflix55Zhi Li (6)
#165Kohl'S1Stephanie Sansoucie (1)
#166Lear103David Menzies (11)
#167Altria Client Services172Christopher S. Tucker (15)
#168Performance Food Group——
#169Avnet——
#170Synchrony1Robert Jett Field (1)
#171Genuine Parts——
#172Florida Power & Light10Eric D. Schwartz (7)
#173Carmax Enterprise Services——
#174Tenet Healthcare——
#175Kimberly-Clark——
#176Emerson Electric41Alex J. Wall (8)
#177Westrock Shared Services22David G. Couture (7)
#178Cdw2Michael Alan Robinson (1)
#179Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)——
#180The Sherwin-Williams28Michael C. Lambertson, Jr. (8)
#181Fluor——
#182PayPal314Michael Charles Todasco (17)
#183D.R. Horton——
#184HF Sinclair——
#185Tenneco——
#186Eog Resources——
#187Becton, Dickinson And243Jonathan Karl Burkholz (24)
#188Lincoln National——
#189PG&E——
#190Salesforce556Caiming Xiong (15)
#191Mastercard315Manoneet Kohli (12)
#192General Mills42Ralph A Stenvik (7)
#193Molina Healthcare——
#194Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S.6Babak Hodjat (2)
#195Marsh McLennan Agency, Midwest Region——
#196XPO——
#197Dominion Energy——
#198Western Digital——
#199Gap——
#200Aramark——
#201Principal Financial Group——
#202Ross Stores——
#203Colgate-Palmolive202Michael Prencipe (19)
#204American Electric Power Company1Kevin P. Schneider (1)
#205Nordstrom——
#206Jacobs——
#207Waste Management——
#208C.H. Robinson Worldwide——
#209Ppg Industries——
#210Priceline.Com——
#211Omnicom Group——
#212Loews——
#213Ecolab——
#214Stryker171Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu (14)
#215Estee Lauder——
#216The Goodyear Tire & Rubber130Jonathan James Shondel (14)
#217Truist Bank18—
#218Applied Materials679Abhijit Basu Mallick (29)
#219Blackrock1Courtney Armstrong (1)
#220Stanley Black & Decker——
#221Freeport-Mcmoran3Mary Amelia Walker (3)
#222Texas Instruments1,149Benjamin Stassen Cook (38)
#223Biogen——
#224Parker-Hannifin——
#225Reinsurance Group of America——
#226Howmet Aerospace——
#227Automatic Data Processing——
#228Uber Technologies——
#229Illinois Tool Works373Christopher Hsu (14)
#230DaVita——
#231Discover——
#232Land O'Lakes2Sharon K. Cody (1)
#233Vf1Justin T. Mark (1)
#234Corteva Agriscience——
#235Las Vegas Sands——
#236Textron7John Lawrence Stocks (3)
#237Kellanova——
#238Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America——
#239QVC Group——
#240Core-Mark Holding——
#241Community Health Systems——
#242Kinder Morgan1Noel Duckworth (1)
#243BJ's Wholesale Club——
#244State Street1Kartikesh Herur (1)
#245Ameriprise Financial——
#246Global Technology Systems——
#247United States Steel——
#248Bath & Body Works——
#249MGM Resorts International——
#250L3Harris Technologies——
#251DISH Network——
#252Lithia Motors——
#253DTE Energy——
#254American Family Insurance Group——
#255Farmers Insurance Exchange——
#256Consolidated Edison Company Of New York5John-Paul Laglenne (2)
#257LKQ——
#258Sempra——
#259Edison International——
#260CenterPoint Energy——
#261Quanta Technology——
#262Murphy USA——
#263Expedia3Angus Yee-Jen Fan (1)
#264Group 1 Automotive——
#265Bed Bath & Beyond——
#266Unum Group——
#267CSX——
#268Autozone——
#269Pacific Life——
#270Vistra——
#271Charles Schwab & Co.8Charles E. Gotlieb (2)
#272Crown Holdings——
#273Ally Financial——
#274Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings12Russell Philip Grant (2)
#275Live Nation Entertainment19Dennis Denker (4)
#276Xcel Energy——
#277Corning Incorporated314Matthew John Dejneka (19)
#278W.W. Grainger6Geoffry A. Westphal (6)
#279Ball14Anthony J. Scott (5)
#280Fox——
#281Universal Health Services——
#282Baxter International78Douglas Hansell (7)
#283Norfolk Southern——
#284Navistar International——
#285Adobe497Zhe Lin (36)
#286J.C. Penney Corporation——
#287Warner Bros. Discovery——
#288Keurig Green Mountain13Iain James Sabberton (7)
#289Leidos13Ramses Ayala (2)
#290Iqvia12Dong Dai (2)
#291Reliance International——
#292NVIDIA717Milosch Meriac (19)
#293Entergy——
#294Firstenergy——
#295Ebay239Robinson Piramuthu (10)
#296Boston Scientific Scimed441Paul Smith (21)
#297ODP——
#298Molson Coors Beverage——
#299Steel Dynamics——
#300Mutual of Omaha——
#301Sonic Automotive——
#302Alcoa24—
#303Fidelity National Information Services1James Heystek (1)
#304Henry Schein——
#305Republic Services——
#306Liberty Media——
#307Peter Kiewit Sons'——
#308Interpublic Group——
#309PulteGroup——
#310AES——
#311Fiserv——
#312Borgwarner121Larry A. Pritchard (11)
#313Oneok——
#314O'Reilly Automotive——
#315Assurant6Cameron Hurst (5)
#316Rubbermaid Incorporated5—
#317Public Service Electric & Gas——
#318News Corp.——
#319Calpine——
#320Auto-Owners Insurance——
#321Mohawk Industries——
#322Campbell Soup——
#323Pvh2Jeanine Ann Ballone (1)
#324NRG Energy——
#325Fifth Third Bancorp——
#326Hertz Global Holdings——
#327Optimum Communications——
#328Newmont——
#329Cheniere Energy——
#330Advance Auto Parts——
#331Lam Research238Adrien LaVoie (20)
#332Owens & Minor——
#333Equitable Holdings——
#334Conagra Foods Rdm21—
#335Markel——
#336Jones Financial (Edward Jones)——
#337Hormel Foods1Steven D. Leitch (1)
#338Hilton Worldwide Holdings——
#339Univar Solutions——
#340United Rentals2Rickey L. Crozier (1)
#341Pioneer Natural Resources——
#342Delek US Holdings——
#343Eastman Chemical54Matthew Allen Boone (10)
#344EMCOR Group——
#345Avis Budget Group——
#346J.B. Hunt Transport Services——
#347Xerox241Paul J. McConville (18)
#348Wayfair10Arun Hampapur (2)
#349KKR——
#350Agco Sa——
#351Alleghany——
#352Icahn Enterprises——
#353Voya Financial——
#354Ryder System——
#355Air Products And Chemicals35Mark Julian Roberts (9)
#356Mosaic——
#357Newport News Shipbuilding And Dry Dock——
#358Berry Global3Ralph A. Moody, III (1)
#359Anixter International——
#360Alaska Air Group——
#361Yum China Holdings——
#362Dick'S Sporting Goods2William E. Clegg (1)
#363Caesars Holdings——
#364Genworth Financial——
#365Targa Resources——
#366Coty3Tiziana Monaco (2)
#367Dana Industries——
#368Thrivent Financial——
#369Autoliv Development Ab42Yutaka Nakajima (6)
#370SpartanNash——
#371Eversource Energy——
#372Darden Restaurants——
#373Expand Energy——
#374National Oilwell Varco47Frank Benjamin Springett (4)
#375Fidelity National Financial——
#376Erie Insurance Group——
#377Oshkosh29Harish Sivasubramanian (4)
#378Casey's General Stores——
#379Wesco——
#380Tractor Supply——
#381Commscope——
#382Huntsman——
#383American Financial Group——
#384Masco——
#385Sanmina15Robert Steven Newberry (6)
#386Amphenol34Mark W. Gailus (11)
#387Williams Industries——
#388Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies——
#389Expeditors Intl. of Washington——
#390The Andersons——
#391Westlake——
#392Constellation Brands——
#393Frontier Communications Holdings4—
#394JetBlue Airways——
#395Citizens Financial Group——
#396Raymond James Financial——
#397Foot Locker——
#398The Hershey2Burton Douglas Brown (1)
#399Zimmer Biomet Holdings——
#400Cincinnati Financial——
#401Western & Southern Financial Group——
#402W.R. Berkley——
#403Motorola Solutions——
#404Thor Gmbh1Thomas Wunder (1)
#405Regeneron Pharmaceuticals93Andrew J. Murphy (31)
#406Spirit Aerosystems19Mark Anthony Wadsworth (8)
#407The J. M. Smucker——
#408Ppl2Yi Li (1)
#409Insight Holding Group2Jason T. Yang (2)
#410Quest Diagnostics——
#411Keycorp Limited——
#412Veritiv——
#413DCP Midstream——
#414American Tower——
#415Graybar Electric——
#416WEC Energy Group——
#417NVR——
#418Ulta Beauty——
#419Devon Energy——
#420Blackstone——
#421Dean Foods1John Kreider (1)
#422Tektronix18Daniel G. Knierim (4)
#423UGI——
#424Burlington Stores——
#425Builders FirstSource——
#426Toll Brothers——
#427Old Republic International——
#428Asbury Automotive Group——
#429Arthur J. Gallagher——
#430MasTec——
#431Owens Corning Intellectual Capital31David M. Cook (6)
#432Magellan Health——
#433Dover Systems——
#434QXO Building Products——
#435Avery Dennison19Brandon S. Miller (4)
#436Hanesbrands——
#437Packaging Corporation Of America2Keith A. Jackson (1)
#438M&T Bank——
#439NCR Voyix——
#440Northern Trust——
#441Cintas——
#442Polaris Solutions——
#443CMS Energy——
#444Seaboard International2Duc Thanh Tran (1)
#445Intuit216Gang Wang (22)
#446Regions Financial——
#447Fm Industries——
#448AMD582David J. Riddoch (20)
#449Ovintiv——
#450Booz Allen Hamilton12James J. Ter Beest (4)
#451S&P Global——
#452Rockwell Automation——
#453Owens-Illinois——
#454Wynn Resorts——
#455Securian Financial Group——
#456Bread Financial Holdings——
#457Brighthouse Financial——
#458Weyerhaeuser Nr——
#459Intercontinental Exchange Holdings8Alexei Lebedev (3)
#460American Axle & Manufacturing30Paul J. Valente (7)
#461Hess——
#462Abm International5Neal A. Schwarzberger (5)
#463Activision Blizzard——
#464GameStop——
#465APA——
#466Science Applications International9George Fortney (2)
#467Ak Steel——
#468Dillard's——
#469Ralph Lauren——
#470Celanese——
#471R. R. Donnelley & Sons7Carlos Enriquez (2)
#472Zoetis——
#473Mahwah Bergen Retail Group——
#474The Clorox15Ashish Jha (4)
#475Corn Products Development7Brad Ostrander (3)
#476First American Financial5David H. Blackman (2)
#477Graphic Packaging——
#478HD Supply Holdings——
#479Netapp130Ling Zheng (6)
#480TravelCenters of America——
#481Olin3Kyle A. Masinelli (2)
#482Robert Half——
#483EnLink Midstream——
#484Avantor Performance Materials——
#485Tapestry——
#486Td Ameritrade Ip Company6Raviteja Lokineni (1)
#487Analog Devices——
#488Ameren——
#489Williams-Sonoma33James Ian Killinger (12)
#490Anywhere Real Estate——
#491Commercial Metals1Timothy P. Zeien (1)
#492Rush Company——
#493Franklin Resources——
#494Fortune Brands Innovations——
#495Levi Strauss &5Jennifer Schultz (4)
#496Crown Castle——
#497Simon Property Group——
#498Cerner——
#499Post Holdings——
#500Huntington Bancshares——

Fortune 500 rankings from Fortune magazine. Patent data from USPTO via PatentsView. Top inventor = most patents granted at that company in 2020.