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The Inventor 500 2021

207 of 500 Fortune 500 companies were granted US patents in 2021. Top inventor at each company by patent count that year.

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F500 Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕ Top Inventor (patents that year) ↕
1Walmart Apollo241Donald R. High (15)
2Amazon2,080James Siminoff (36)
3Apple3,122Jonathan P. Ive (187)
#4CVS Health——
#5Unitedhealth Group Incorporated4Matthew Rudd (1)
#6Berkshire Hathaway——
#7Mckesson10Patrick Harris (4)
#8Cencora——
#9Google1,987Justin Lewis (46)
#10ExxonMobil365John R. Hagadorn (21)
#11AT&T1,029Eric Zavesky (72)
#12Costco Wholesale——
#13Cigna——
#14Cardinal Health——
#15Microsoft2,517Amer A. Hassan (44)
#16Walgreen27Kartik Subramanian (6)
#17The Kroger1Lauren K. Fariello (1)
#18Home Depot Product Authority18Nicholas Jackson (3)
#19JPMorgan Chase158Howard SPECTOR (5)
#20Verizon710Jin Yang (26)
#21Ford1,888Aed M. Dudar (75)
#22General Motors891Igal Bilik (20)
#23Elevance Health——
#24Centene——
#25Fannie Mae3Eric Rosenblatt (2)
#26Comcast569Esmael Hejazi Dinan (58)
#27Chevron163Max P. McDaniel (23)
#28Dell Technologies——
#29Bank of America513Manu Kurian (73)
#30Target Brands102Terrence J. Hornsby, Jr. (14)
#31Lowe'S Companies4Aaron Randall Ferber (1)
#32Marathon Petroleum Company Lp7Kyle Miller (2)
#33Citigroup——
#34Meta1,271Andrew John Ouderkirk (56)
#35UPS36Robert J. Gillen (6)
#36Johnson & Johnson573Frederick E. Shelton, IV (141)
#37Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.388Ashish B. Kurani (22)
#38GE1,447Brandon Wayne Miller (29)
#39State Farm280Gregory Hayward (31)
#40Intel3,011Abhishek R. Appu (88)
#41Humana2Jeff Fehling (1)
#42IBM8,938Kangguo Cheng (252)
#43The Procter & Gamble544Uwe Schneider (22)
#44PepsiCo59Bruno Telesca (7)
#45FedEx——
#46Metropolitan Life Isurance4Manish Bhatt (1)
#47Freddie Mac——
#48Phillips 66——
#49Lockheed Martin105Kyle Martin Ringgenberg (5)
#50Disney599Hongyuan Zhang (33)
#51Archer-Daniels-Midland12Shireen Baseeth (3)
#52Albertsons——
#53Valero Energy——
#54Boeing——
#55Prudential Insurance Company Of America4Brian James Perra (2)
#56HP948Michael W. Cumbie (31)
#57RTX (Raytheon)1,296Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley (31)
#58StoneX Group——
#59Goldman Sachs16Paul Burchard (5)
#60Sysco——
#61Morgan Stanley Services Group24Kranthi Darapu (3)
#62HCA Healthcare——
#63Cisco1,216Jean-Philippe Vasseur (50)
#64Charter Communications Operating126Volkan Sevindik (11)
#65Merck270Amir Hossain Parham (17)
#66Best Buy——
#67New York Life Insurance1Aaron M. Zachko (1)
#68AbbVie65Futian Liu (5)
#69Publix Super Markets——
#70Allstate Insurance123Regina Madigan (11)
#71Liberty Mutual Insurance4Brian Ironside (1)
#72AIG——
#73Tyson Foods3Anthony Lynn Lockard (1)
#74Progressive Technology——
#75Bristol-Myers Squibb145John E. Macor (8)
#76Nationwide Industries——
#77Pfizer67Kathrin Ute Jansen (11)
#78Caterpillar468Thomas Marshall Congdon (17)
#79TIAA——
#80Oracle681Bjørn Dag Johnsen (27)
#81Energy Transfer——
#82Dow Global Technologies221Bharat I. Chaudhary (10)
#83American Express56Sandeep Bose (6)
#84General Dynamics——
#85Nike938Nate Durflinger (25)
#86Northrop Grumman——
#87Usaa——
#88John Deere429Felix Nagelin (26)
#89Abbott182Gary Alan Hayter (18)
#90Northwestern Mutual——
#91Dollar General——
#92Exelon——
#93Coca-Cola——
#94Honeywell627Matthew Wade Puckett (17)
#95Thermo Fisher155Alexander A. Makarov (11)
#963M524Thomas P. Klun (14)
#97TJX——
#98The Travelers Indemnity8Hoa Ton-That (2)
#99Capital One Financial——
#100Tesla71Franz Von Holzhausen (13)
#101Philip Morris International——
#102Arrow Electronics1Christian Pruett (1)
#103Chs2Brian Kuehl (1)
#104Jabil26Erik Gjovik (4)
#105Enterprise Products Partners——
#106Hewlett Packard Enterprise525Kyu-Han Kim (18)
#107United Natural Foods——
#108Mondelēz International——
#109Paramount Global——
#110Kraft Heinz——
#111Dollar Tree——
#112Amgen130Ning Chen (7)
#113U.S. Bancorp——
#114Performance Food Group——
#115Netflix52Ioannis Katsavounidis (10)
#116Gilead Sciences41Suet C. Yeung (6)
#117TD Synnex——
#118Eli Lilly54David Coates (4)
#119Truist Bank16—
#120Pnc Financial Services Group9Bryan L. Mackrell (2)
#121Broadcom716Wenguang Wang (20)
#122CBRE Group——
#123Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance61Michal Knas (24)
#124Qualcomm2,149Tao Luo (318)
#125Starbucks13Izaak Koller (5)
#126Duke Energy3Stuart Laval (2)
#127Plains GP Holdings——
#128US Foods Holding——
#129Lennar——
#130Danaher146George THEMELIS (9)
#131Aflac——
#132Rite Aid——
#133Visa309Christian Aabye (15)
#134PayPal328Michael Charles Todasco (14)
#135Micron1,802Kishore Kumar Muchherla (47)
#136Carmax Enterprise Services——
#137Salesforce637Caiming Xiong (15)
#138Altria Client Services135Eric Hawes (13)
#139Lumen Technologies——
#140Baker Hughes Holdings195—
#141Paper Systems——
#142Hartford Fire Insurance26Arthur Paul Drennan, III (3)
#143Penske Automotive Group——
#144DuPont——
#145AutoNation——
#146Southern Company——
#147World Kinect——
#148D.R. Horton——
#149Nucor10Weiping Sun (3)
#150Cummins——
#151NGL Energy Partners——
#152DXC Technology——
#153Union Pacific——
#154Whirlpool290John W. McConnell (28)
#155Molina Healthcare——
#156ConocoPhillips——
#157Mcdonald'S——
#158Kimberly-Clark——
#159Paccar80Jonathan Duncan (37)
#160PG&E——
#161Cdw4Gregory Tomezak (1)
#162The Sherwin-Williams20Michael C. Lambertson, Jr. (7)
#163L3Harris Technologies——
#164Macy's——
#165ManpowerGroup——
#166Florida Power & Light5Adam D. Meranda (2)
#167Tenet Healthcare——
#168Avnet1Nishant Nishant (1)
#169General Mills22Carina Claudia Cammarota (7)
#170Westrock Shared Services23Thomas Dean Graham (6)
#171Carrier266Patrick McDonald (18)
#172Lincoln National——
#173Genuine Parts——
#174American Airlines10Hyder Alkasimi (2)
#175Marsh McLennan Agency, Midwest Region——
#176Applied Materials725Abhijit Basu Mallick (24)
#177Becton, Dickinson And193Dwight Livingston (12)
#178Delta Air Lines1Michael W. Smith (1)
#179Lear83David Menzies (8)
#180The Bank Of New York Mellon7Madhusudan Rana (2)
#181Emerson Electric24Jeremy Sanders (4)
#182Western Digital——
#183Occidental Petroleum——
#184NVIDIA694Milosch Meriac (20)
#185Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S.8Risto Miikkulainen (3)
#186Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)——
#187Synchrony——
#188Colgate-Palmolive163Brian Bloch (18)
#189Aecom1Liam Thomas (1)
#190XPO——
#191C.H. Robinson Worldwide——
#192Blackrock——
#193Dominion Energy——
#194Rocket Companies——
#195Kohl'S1Twinkle Desai (1)
#196Fluor——
#197DISH Network——
#198BJ's Wholesale Club——
#199Tenneco——
#200United Airlines2James Stathopoulos (1)
#201Mastercard314Peter Groarke (11)
#202Waste Management——
#203PBF Energy——
#204American Electric Power Company3David J. Ziegler (1)
#205Fiserv——
#206Principal Financial Group——
#207Reinsurance Group of America——
#208Automatic Data Processing——
#209Stanley Black & Decker——
#210Texas Instruments973Lee D. Whetsel (27)
#211Halliburton——
#212Stryker169Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu (24)
#213Estee Lauder——
#214Corteva Agriscience13Steven R. Webb (5)
#215Freeport-Mcmoran——
#216QVC Group——
#217Wayfair7Patrick G. Clark (2)
#218Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings6Christopher Michael Shuford (2)
#219Land O'Lakes8Joseph V. Burger (4)
#220Ppg Industries——
#221Gap——
#222Kellanova——
#223Parker-Hannifin——
#224Core-Mark Holding——
#225Jacobs——
#226Edison International——
#227Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America——
#228Biogen——
#229Omnicom Group——
#230Unum Group——
#231Lithia Motors——
#232American Family Insurance Group——
#233Discover——
#234Adobe491Sachin Soni (19)
#235Aramark——
#236Otis Elevator170Walter Thomas Schmidt (11)
#237Ecolab——
#238Autozone——
#239Loews——
#240Illinois Tool Works356Todd Earl Holverson (11)
#241Fidelity National Information Services1Michael Sherman (1)
#242Ross Stores——
#243Peter Kiewit Sons'——
#244Equitable Holdings——
#245Wesco——
#246The Goodyear Tire & Rubber81Nicholas Thomas Schoeppner (9)
#247Fox——
#248Leidos5Noah Christian (2)
#249Consolidated Edison Company Of New York6Thomas Edison Slanover (1)
#250DTE Energy——
#251Charles Schwab & Co.6Toby R. Kendall (2)
#252State Street5Ana Baltazar (1)
#253Ameriprise Financial——
#254Mylan2Rohan Pai (1)
#255Sempra——
#256Farmers Insurance Exchange——
#257Bath & Body Works——
#258W.W. Grainger6Geoffry A. Westphal (4)
#259Community Health Systems——
#260Ball6John R. Ross (2)
#261Berry Global22Seth Tempel (6)
#262Kinder Morgan——
#263Vf——
#264Baxter International57Matthew Banet (13)
#265Textron7—
#266LKQ——
#267Keurig Green Mountain21William Pacheco (7)
#268O'Reilly Automotive——
#269Crown Holdings——
#270Universal Health Services——
#271DaVita——
#272Xcel Energy——
#273Newmont——
#274Vistra——
#275Iqvia8Lucas Glass (4)
#276Ebay266Robinson Piramuthu (14)
#277Corning Incorporated326Dana Craig Bookbinder (26)
#278Quanta Technology——
#279HF Sinclair——
#280Bed Bath & Beyond——
#281Uber Technologies——
#282Mutual of Omaha——
#283Conagra Foods Rdm17—
#284PulteGroup——
#285Eog Resources3Shashank Raizada (1)
#286Group 1 Automotive——
#287Ally Financial——
#288Fidelity National Financial——
#289Nordstrom1Luong-Ngoc Thai Phan-Quiroga (1)
#290Warner Bros. Discovery——
#291Tractor Supply2Ling Ye (2)
#292CSX——
#293Marriott International1David M. Straitiff (1)
#294Firstenergy1William Bagnal Timms, III (1)
#295Borgwarner107Kirk Neet (9)
#296Jones Financial (Edward Jones)——
#297Republic Services——
#298Henry Schein——
#299Expeditors Intl. of Washington——
#300Entergy——
#301Advance Auto Parts——
#302Assurant2Stuart Saunders (1)
#303Pacific Life——
#304Lam Research130Karl Leeser (10)
#305Boston Scientific Scimed368Paul Smith (18)
#306Optimum Communications——
#307Norfolk Southern1Greg Temple (1)
#308Sonic Automotive——
#309AMD505Steven L. Pope (14)
#310United States Steel3Daniel James Branagan (2)
#311Markel——
#312ODP——
#313AES——
#314Molson Coors Beverage——
#315J.B. Hunt Transport Services——
#316KKR——
#317Hormel Foods——
#318Public Service Electric & Gas——
#319Steel Dynamics——
#320Dick'S Sporting Goods13Lucas Ferrari (7)
#321Mohawk Industries——
#322Murphy USA——
#323Block——
#324Quest Diagnostics——
#325Rubbermaid Incorporated13Marcel Arantes Souza (8)
#326Liberty Media——
#327Newport News Shipbuilding And Dry Dock——
#328Cheniere Energy——
#329SpartanNash——
#330Alcoa11Ali Unal (3)
#331Agco Sa——
#332Voya Financial——
#333NRG Energy——
#334Interpublic Group——
#335Campbell Soup5Maia Ketola Lapic (2)
#336Southwest Airlines1Justin Bundick (1)
#337News Corp.——
#338Eversource Energy——
#339Alleghany——
#340Air Products And Chemicals19Anandkumar Makwana (2)
#341Auto-Owners Insurance——
#342CenterPoint Energy——
#343Reliance International1Pei-Chi Chu (1)
#344EMCOR Group——
#345Owens & Minor——
#346Mosaic——
#347Erie Insurance Group——
#348Genworth Financial——
#349Amphenol33Marvin Bryant (8)
#350Builders FirstSource——
#351Oneok——
#352United Rentals2E. B. (Bart) Ros (2)
#353Brighthouse Financial——
#354Regeneron Pharmaceuticals110Andrew J. Murphy (33)
#355Eastman Chemical38—
#356Commscope——
#357Ryder System——
#358Fifth Third Bancorp——
#359Constellation Brands——
#360Insight Holding Group——
#361Global Technology Systems——
#362Univar Solutions——
#363Yum China Holdings——
#364Targa Resources——
#365Intercontinental Exchange Holdings15Jerry Perullo (3)
#366The Andersons2Joseph Schumski (2)
#367Raymond James Financial——
#368Thor Gmbh1Thomas Wunder (1)
#369Thrivent Financial——
#370The Hershey10John Russell Stiff (6)
#371Casey's General Stores——
#372W.R. Berkley——
#373Activision Blizzard——
#374Western & Southern Financial Group——
#375American Tower——
#376American Financial Group——
#377Darden Restaurants——
#378The J. M. Smucker1Jae Kwang Lee (1)
#379Williams Industries——
#380Intuit200Kevin M. McCluskey (15)
#381Citizens Financial Group——
#382Ppl——
#383NVR——
#384Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies——
#385Foot Locker——
#386Cincinnati Financial——
#387Weyerhaeuser Nr1Luiz C. Oliveira (1)
#388Westlake——
#389Navistar International——
#390Magellan Health——
#391Booz Allen Hamilton17Andre Tai Nguyen (4)
#392Autoliv Development Ab39Yuto Kobayashi (6)
#393S&P Global——
#394Global Payments——
#395Motorola Solutions——
#396Keycorp Limited——
#397Delek US Holdings——
#398Masco1Brian Johnson (1)
#399Graybar Electric——
#400WEC Energy Group——
#401Old Republic International——
#402Frontier Communications Holdings2—
#403Chewy——
#404Pvh——
#405Asbury Automotive Group——
#406Seaboard International3Keith M. Murdoch (1)
#407Polaris Solutions——
#408Dana Industries4John Ricci (4)
#409First American Financial3Mark Fleming (2)
#410Cintas——
#411Toll Brothers——
#412Science Applications International7George Fortney (2)
#413Owens Corning Intellectual Capital39William Edwin Smith (9)
#414Zimmer Biomet Holdings——
#415Xerox195Paul J. McConville (23)
#416Arthur J. Gallagher——
#417Avery Dennison34Robert Charles Uschold (5)
#418Sanmina11Robert Steven Newberry (5)
#419Jefferies Financial Group——
#420QXO Building Products——
#421Securian Financial Group——
#422Oshkosh66Cody D. Clifton (12)
#423Fm Industries——
#424Priceline.Com1Jim Chen (1)
#425Williams-Sonoma13Justin Crocker (4)
#426Coty2Andrew Gregory Spitz (1)
#427The Clorox19Nikhil P. Dani (4)
#428Pioneer Natural Resources——
#429Dover Systems——
#430CMS Energy——
#431Zoetis——
#432Hanesbrands——
#433Packaging Corporation Of America1Nicholas A. Philips (1)
#434Regions Financial——
#435Graphic Packaging——
#436UGI——
#437Sprouts Farmers Market——
#438Avantor Performance Materials1Jianhua Liu (1)
#439Veritiv——
#440Rockwell Automation——
#441MasTec——
#442DCP Midstream——
#443Northern Trust1Arijit Das (1)
#444M&T Bank——
#445Anywhere Real Estate——
#446NCR Voyix——
#447T. Rowe Price——
#448Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated24Mark Miller (5)
#449Big Lots——
#450Ralph Lauren——
#451Ulta Beauty——
#452Taylor Morrison Home——
#453Icahn Enterprises——
#454Blackstone——
#455Owens-Illinois——
#456Fortune Brands Innovations——
#457National Oilwell Varco31Nicholas Ryan Marchand (3)
#458Ovintiv——
#459Alexion Pharmaceuticals16Pamela B. Conley (2)
#460Huntsman——
#461Equinix14Danjue Li (4)
#462Abm International——
#463Corn Products Development6Christopher Lane (3)
#464Chipotle Mexican Grill——
#465Sinclair Systems International——
#466LPL Financial Holdings——
#467Crown Castle——
#468Kla-Tencor141Amnon Manassen (9)
#469Ameren——
#470Kellogg Brown & Root9Michael Tallman (3)
#471Burlington Stores——
#472Olin2Kyle A. Masinelli (2)
#473Caci, Inc.—Federal8Gerald Nykolak (3)
#474Post Holdings——
#475Academy Sports and Outdoors——
#476Arconic——
#477Celanese——
#478Pizza Hut——
#479Fastenal——
#480Nasdaq29Leo Golubovsky (5)
#481Analog Devices——
#482Mccormick & Company3Chungsea Shen (2)
#483Carvana23Alan Turksu (17)
#484Franklin Resources——
#485Electronic Arts77Kazi Atif-Uz Zaman (15)
#486MDU Resources Group——
#487Select Medical Holdings——
#488Roper Holdings——
#489Rpm Industries4John K. Apostolides (4)
#490Cerner——
#491Patterson——
#492Commercial Metals1Martin Allen Swayze (1)
#493Boise Cascade5David Bolton (5)
#494Hasbro——
#495Gold.com——
#496Camping World Holdings——
#497Netapp111Akhil Kaushik (10)
#498Avis Budget Group——
#499R. R. Donnelley & Sons2Michael Carson, JR. (1)
#500Moody's——

Fortune 500 rankings from Fortune magazine. Patent data from USPTO via PatentsView. Top inventor = most patents granted at that company in 2021.