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The Inventor 500 2023

199 of 500 Fortune 500 companies were granted US patents in 2023. Top inventor at each company by patent count that year.

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F500 Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕ Top Inventor (patents that year) ↕
1Walmart Apollo276Kannan Achan (40)
2Amazon1,722Ron Diamant (22)
3ExxonMobil297Jo Ann M. Canich (9)
#4Apple3,051Jonathan P. Ive (175)
#5Unitedhealth Group Incorporated18Ralph A. Korpman (8)
#6CVS Health——
#7Berkshire Hathaway——
#8Google2,456Matthew Sharifi (51)
#9Mckesson15Stacy Hopkins (5)
#10Chevron182Max P. McDaniel (21)
#11AmerisourceBergen——
#12Costco Wholesale——
#13Microsoft1,902Michael Bleyer (37)
#14Cardinal Health——
#15Cigna Group——
#16Marathon Petroleum Company Lp38Zachary D. Thobe (9)
#17Phillips 66——
#18Valero Energy——
#19Ford1,455Todd Willing (69)
#20Home Depot Product Authority15Rongkai Zhao (2)
#21General Motors1,000Hojun Choi (28)
#22Elevance Health——
#23JPMorgan Chase239Howard SPECTOR (14)
#24The Kroger——
#25Centene——
#26Verizon538Sudhakar Reddy Patil (36)
#27Walgreen47Andrew Schweinfurth (9)
#28Fannie Mae4Basavaraj R. Hubli (1)
#29Comcast771Esmael Hejazi Dinan (97)
#30AT&T571Eric Zavesky (41)
#31Meta940Andrew John Ouderkirk (59)
#32Bank of America646Brandon Sloane (38)
#33Target Brands115Mariya Kroshinskaya (8)
#34Dell Technologies——
#35Archer-Daniels-Midland4Matthew Shellenberger (2)
#36Citigroup——
#37UPS56Robert J. Gillen (8)
#38Pfizer50James R. Apgar (4)
#39Lowe'S Companies6Mason E. Sheffield (3)
#40Johnson & Johnson256Duan Li Ou (13)
#41FedEx——
#42Humana6Bing Zhang (2)
#43Energy Transfer——
#44State Farm271Brian Mark Fields (24)
#45Freddie Mac——
#46PepsiCo60Klaus Rosburg (11)
#47Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.537Ashish B. Kurani (41)
#48Disney566Hongyuan Zhang (39)
#49ConocoPhillips——
#50Tesla64Emil Talpes (5)
#51The Procter & Gamble474Paul Thomas Weisman (20)
#52GE1,272Ravindra Shankar Ganiger (31)
#53Albertsons——
#54Metropolitan Life Isurance3Denise Cartledge (1)
#55Goldman Sachs13Paul Burchard (3)
#56Sysco——
#57RTX (Raytheon)1,113Lawrence A. Binek (22)
#58Boeing——
#59StoneX Group——
#60Lockheed Martin88Jason Stewart Wrigley (5)
#61Morgan Stanley Services Group20Sujit Eapen (3)
#62Intel2,422Joydeep Ray (61)
#63HP658Michael W. Cumbie (28)
#64TD Synnex——
#65IBM3,948Sarbajit K. Rakshit (176)
#66HCA Healthcare——
#67Prudential Insurance Company Of America9Christopher John Schille (5)
#68Caterpillar473Douglas C. Serrurier (14)
#69Merck174Amir Hossain Parham (17)
#70World Fuel Services——
#71New York Life Insurance——
#72Enterprise Products Partners——
#73AbbVie9Xiaojie Yu (2)
#74Plains GP Holdings——
#75Dow Global Technologies175Andrzej Malek (9)
#76American Systems——
#77American Express72Andras L. Ferenczi (10)
#78Publix Super Markets——
#79Charter Communications Operating202Volkan Sevindik (43)
#80Tyson Foods6Doug Foreman (4)
#81John Deere446Noel W. Anderson (29)
#82Cisco1,290Jerome Henry (63)
#83Nationwide Industries1E. Erik Timothy (1)
#84Allstate Insurance117Howard Hayes (10)
#85Delta Air Lines1Sterling Gerdes (1)
#86Liberty Mutual Insurance9Christopher Weed (2)
#87TJX——
#88Progressive Technology——
#89American Airlines14Daniel Muzich (3)
#90Chs——
#91Performance Food Group——
#92PBF Energy——
#93Nike1,294Zachary M. Elder (39)
#94Best Buy——
#95Bristol-Myers Squibb98Antonia Lopez-Girona (6)
#96United Airlines5Andrew Williams (1)
#97Thermo Fisher121Michael E. Goodwin (7)
#98Qualcomm3,871Tao Luo (1,042)
#99Abbott101Gary Alan Hayter (15)
#100Coca-Cola——
#101Oracle808Douglas S. McNair (31)
#102Nucor9Kishlay MISHRA (3)
#103TIAA——
#104Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance39Jiby John (9)
#105General Dynamics——
#106Capital One Financial——
#107HF Sinclair——
#108Dollar General——
#109Arrow Electronics——
#110Occidental Petroleum——
#111Northwestern Mutual——
#112The Travelers Indemnity24Hoa Ton-That (4)
#113Northrop Grumman——
#114Usaa——
#115Honeywell621Michael Barson (9)
#1163M398John A. Wheatley (12)
#117US Foods Holding——
#118Warner Bros. Discovery——
#119Lennar——
#120D.R. Horton——
#121Jabil43Erik Gjovik (9)
#122Cheniere Energy——
#123Broadcom761Wenguang Wang (31)
#124Carmax Enterprise Services2Chris Ferguson (2)
#125Starbucks13Clayton Timothy Brandt (2)
#126Molina Healthcare——
#127Uber Technologies——
#128Philip Morris International——
#129Netflix64Zhi Li (7)
#130NRG Energy——
#131Mondelez International——
#132Danaher146Florian Fahrbach (6)
#133Salesforce670Caiming Xiong (40)
#134Paramount Global——
#135CBRE Group——
#136Micron2,250Kishore Kumar Muchherla (85)
#137Visa365Kim R. Wagner (17)
#138Southern——
#139United Natural Foods——
#140Paccar60Jonathan Duncan (11)
#141Duke Energy8Jason C. Green (2)
#142Eli Lilly54Roy Howard Byerly (5)
#143Hewlett Packard Enterprise495John Paul Strachan (16)
#144Dollar Tree——
#145Lithia Motors——
#146Cummins——
#147Penske Automotive Group——
#148PayPal317Michael Charles Todasco (12)
#149U.S. Bancorp——
#150Gilead Sciences64Richard L. Mackman (7)
#151AutoNation——
#152NVIDIA770Elad Mentovich (33)
#153Kraft Heinz——
#154Amgen135Joseph V. Ierulli (9)
#155Applied Materials948Abhijit Basu Mallick (32)
#156Eog Resources3James G. Nanney (2)
#157Truist Bank48Amy Leigh Rose (6)
#158Macy's——
#159Union Pacific——
#160C.H. Robinson Worldwide——
#161Rite Aid——
#162Constellation Energy——
#163Avnet——
#164Pioneer Natural Resources——
#165Southwest Airlines——
#166Cdw6Michael Alan Robinson (3)
#167AMD554John Kalamatianos (16)
#168Pnc Financial Services Group23Michael Nitsopoulos (13)
#169Mcdonald'S——
#170Cleveland-Cliffs——
#171Freeport-Mcmoran3Hung Jung Lu (3)
#172Builders FirstSource——
#173Oneok——
#174Hartford Fire Insurance40Keren Shemesh (4)
#175Charles Schwab & Co.18William Page (4)
#176Steel Dynamics——
#177Mastercard270Steven Charles Davis (12)
#178The Sherwin-Williams9Michael C. Lambertson, Jr. (5)
#179Genuine Parts——
#180PG&E——
#181Wesco——
#182Murphy USA——
#183Westrock Shared Services19Thomas Dean Graham (7)
#184Paper Systems——
#185Baker Hughes Holdings62Andrew Walter Hutchinson (3)
#186United States Steel4Brian E. Meacham (2)
#187Florida Power & Light11Eric D. Schwartz (4)
#188Targa Resources——
#189Lear74Joshua Hallock (7)
#190Jones Lang LaSalle——
#191The Goodyear Tire & Rubber127Jonathan James Shondel (8)
#192Marriott International——
#193Marsh & McLennan——
#194Altria Client Services193Eric Hawes (23)
#195Coupang73Jeong Seok Oh (6)
#196Carrier273Adam Kuenzi (25)
#197Halliburton——
#198Delek US Holdings——
#199Kimberly-Clark——
#200Texas Instruments978Mihir Narendra Mody (38)
#201The Bank Of New York Mellon7Song He (1)
#202ManpowerGroup——
#203Whirlpool378Abhay Naik (27)
#204Waste Management——
#205American Electric Power Company1Douglas Ritzenthaler (1)
#206Emerson Electric15John F. Broker (5)
#207Aflac——
#208Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S.6Risto Miikkulainen (5)
#209Becton, Dickinson And234Jonathan Karl Burkholz (23)
#210BJ's Wholesale Club——
#211Modernatx26Stephen Hoge (9)
#212DTE Energy——
#213Land O'Lakes7Lisa Ryan (3)
#214Kinder Morgan——
#215Tenet Healthcare——
#216Devon Energy1Jacob R. Melton (1)
#217Mosaic——
#218Exelon——
#219General Mills20Goeran Walther (2)
#220Global Technology Systems——
#221Western Digital——
#222Lincoln National——
#223Ross Stores——
#224Stryker228Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu (22)
#225Kyndryl172Jeremy R. Fox (24)
#226Kohl'S1Alan Lee (1)
#227Stanley Black & Decker——
#228Colgate-Palmolive102Michael Prencipe (8)
#229Blackrock3Daniel Yem (1)
#230Fiserv——
#231Estee Lauder——
#232Ppg Industries——
#233Adobe480Zhe Lin (44)
#234Block122Brian Grassadonia (10)
#235Synchrony——
#236Principal Financial——
#237Lumen Technologies——
#238Corteva Agriscience23Shreedharan Sriram (2)
#239The Andersons1Joseph Schumski (1)
#240Lam Research96Karl Leeser (8)
#241Edison International——
#242Dominion Energy——
#243Priceline.Com1Jacob Avital (1)
#244Quanta Technology——
#245Expeditors International of Washington——
#246L3Harris Technologies——
#247Reliance Steel & Aluminum——
#248Live Nation Entertainment22David Scarborough (5)
#249DISH Network——
#250DuPont——
#251Automatic Data Processing——
#252Group 1 Automotive——
#253Aramark——
#254Thor Gmbh——
#255DXC Technology——
#256Mylan——
#257Reinsurance Group of America——
#258Autozone——
#259PulteGroup——
#260Illinois Tool Works340William Joshua Becker (12)
#261Parker-Hannifin——
#262Borgwarner56Kirk Neet (5)
#263Westlake——
#264Consolidated Edison Company Of New York7George Murray (1)
#265Gap——
#266Opendoor Technologies——
#267Nordstrom——
#268Asbury Automotive Group——
#269Ball8Jonathan A. Whitmore (4)
#270Kellogg8John Joseph Michels (2)
#271Xcel Energy——
#272W.W. Grainger4Geoffry A. Westphal (3)
#273Discover Financial Services2Bryan L. Manka (1)
#274Baxter International53Yuanpang Samuel Ding (8)
#275Southwestern Energy——
#276DCP Midstream——
#277Jacobs——
#278Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings9Stephen Erickson (3)
#279CSX——
#280J.B. Hunt Transport Services——
#281Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America——
#282Jackson Financial——
#283Fidelity National Information Services1Neil PALMER (1)
#284Berry Global22Jonathan Eickhoff (8)
#285Sempra——
#286Iqvia15Lucas Glass (2)
#287O'Reilly Automotive——
#288Leidos6Vinayaka Kotraiah (2)
#289Ameriprise Financial——
#290Omnicom Group——
#291Tractor Supply2Christian D. Fogg (2)
#292Corning Incorporated399Timothy Michael Gross (23)
#293Ecolab——
#294Icahn Enterprises——
#295Farmers Insurance Exchange——
#296Keurig Green Mountain12John Couture (5)
#297Loews——
#298Equitable Holdings——
#299Sonic Automotive——
#300Fox——
#301American Family Insurance Group——
#302Entergy——
#303Fluor——
#304Vistra——
#305State Street5Ahmed Gheith (1)
#306Otis Elevator148Tadeusz Pawel Witczak (10)
#307Peter Kiewit Sons'——
#308Carvana18Grant Schindler (4)
#309Republic Services——
#310Aecom——
#311Universal Health Services——
#312Pacific Life——
#313VMware——
#314Western & Southern Financial Group——
#315MGM Resorts International——
#316Casey's General Stores——
#317Crown Holdings——
#318Textron4Jacob Rutledge Kuglar (1)
#319LKQ——
#320Norfolk Southern2Ilya A. Lavrik (1)
#321Intuit254Yair Horesh (23)
#322Air Products And Chemicals21Mark Julian Roberts (4)
#323Boston Scientific Scimed381Paul Smith (21)
#324Agco Sa——
#325Henry Schein——
#326Amphenol36Marc B. Cartier, Jr. (16)
#327AES——
#328Mutual of Omaha Insurance——
#329Ovintiv——
#330Hormel Foods——
#331Alcoa18—
#332International Flavors & Fragrances4Li Xu (1)
#333Jones Financial (Edward Jones)——
#334Dick'S Sporting Goods2William E. Clegg (2)
#335Eversource Energy——
#336Wayfair5Christian Vázquez (4)
#337Community Health Systems——
#338Ally Financial1William A. McDonald, II (1)
#339Regeneron Pharmaceuticals138Andrew J. Murphy (22)
#340Liberty Media——
#341APA——
#342Qurate Retail——
#343Firstenergy——
#344Analog Devices——
#345Ryder System——
#346Avis Budget Group——
#347Unum Group——
#348Newmont——
#349Vf——
#350Chesapeake Energy——
#351Mohawk Industries——
#352Markel——
#353Expedia4Wan-Shuan Cheng (2)
#354Caesars Entertainment——
#355United Rentals1Richard Benjamin Cunliffe (1)
#356Apollo Global Management——
#357DaVita——
#358Hess——
#359Fidelity National Financial——
#360Conagra Foods Rdm10Steven R. Baker (3)
#361Univar Solutions——
#362Auto-Owners Insurance——
#363Raymond James Financial——
#364Seaboard International——
#365CF Industries Holdings——
#366S&P Global——
#367W.R. Berkley——
#368Advance Auto Parts——
#369EMCOR Group——
#370Williams Industries——
#371Interpublic Group——
#372TravelCenters of America——
#373American Tower——
#374Molson Coors Beverage——
#375Newport News Shipbuilding And Dry Dock——
#376NVR——
#377Eastman Chemical30Spencer Erich Hochstetler (5)
#378Graybar Electric——
#379Insight Holding Group——
#380The Hershey11Andrew Anthony Markle (3)
#381News Corp.——
#382Toll Brothers——
#383Ulta Beauty——
#384Assurant15Stuart Saunders (4)
#385Weyerhaeuser Nr——
#386Biogen——
#387Dana Industries——
#388UGI——
#389Chewy——
#390Owens & Minor——
#391Quest Diagnostics——
#392Public Service Electric & Gas——
#393Ebay273Robinson Piramuthu (18)
#394MasTec——
#395Owens Corning Intellectual Capital22William Edwin Smith (5)
#396Celanese——
#397Altice USA——
#398Alaska Air Group——
#399SpartanNash——
#400Diamondback Energy——
#401Intercontinental Exchange Holdings14Marc Carl Batten (5)
#402Darden Restaurants——
#403Ufp Industries1Russell H. Springborn (1)
#404WEC Energy Group——
#405Yum China Holdings——
#406EnLink Midstream——
#407Continental Resources——
#408Rubbermaid Incorporated14Greg Shoemaker (4)
#409Graphic Packaging——
#410Olin1Gerald T. Eberhart (1)
#411Fifth Third Bancorp——
#412Thrivent Financial for Lutherans——
#413CenterPoint Energy——
#414Erie Insurance Group——
#415Commscope——
#416Kla-Tencor132Amnon Manassen (13)
#417JetBlue Airways——
#418Motorola Solutions——
#419Citizens Financial Group2Sudip Mukhopadhyay (1)
#420Coterra Energy——
#421Avery Dennison18Robert Charles Uschold (2)
#422Pvh——
#423GXO Logistics——
#424Polaris Solutions1Mark Gleason (1)
#425Global Payments——
#426Arconic——
#427Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated23Sara S. Hadida Ruah (8)
#428Commercial Metals——
#429Autoliv Development Ab51Yuto Kobayashi (8)
#430Constellation Brands——
#431Hilton Worldwide Holdings——
#432Foot Locker——
#433Huntsman——
#434Burlington Stores——
#435Hertz Global Holdings——
#436Masco——
#437Williams-Sonoma34William Jackson (11)
#438Chipotle Mexican Grill——
#439M&T Bank——
#440LPL Financial Holdings——
#441CMS Energy——
#442Campbell Soup1Hua Liu (1)
#443Arthur J. Gallagher——
#444Blackstone——
#445Dover Systems——
#446ODP——
#447Packaging Corporation Of America2Casey E. Coleman, Jr. (1)
#448Brighthouse Financial——
#449Beacon Roofing Supply——
#450Airbnb31Alana Lima Hanada (4)
#451Boise Cascade2David Bolton (2)
#452Booz Allen Hamilton28Joshua Peters (21)
#453Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies——
#454ON Semiconductor——
#455Oshkosh95Joshua D. Rocholl (22)
#456Franklin Resources——
#457Taylor Morrison Home——
#458A-Mark Precious Metals——
#459Keycorp Limited——
#460ARKO——
#461Lululemon Athletica Canada23Natasa Lazic (3)
#462Old Republic International——
#463Zoetis——
#464Marathon Oil——
#465The J. M. Smucker1Rebecca L. Scheidler (1)
#466Huntington Bancshares——
#467NGL Energy Partners——
#468Corn Products Development7Brandon Roa (3)
#469Fortune Brands Innovations——
#470Ppl——
#471Sanmina3Franz Michael Schuette (1)
#472Bed Bath & Beyond——
#473Cintas——
#474Ncr100Christopher John Costello (8)
#475Abm International——
#476Rockwell Automation——
#477Northern Trust2Arijit Das (1)
#478XPO——
#479Science Applications International9George Fortney (2)
#480Ameren——
#481First American Financial7Dianna L. Serio (2)
#482Bath & Body Works——
#483Regions Financial——
#484Activision Blizzard——
#485Avantor Performance Materials1James Farina (1)
#486Genworth Financial——
#487EQT——
#488Skechers U.S.A., Inc. Ii55John Maxwell Weeks (21)
#489Landstar System——
#490Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings——
#491SVB Financial Group——
#492Par Pacific Holdings——
#493Albemarle3William J. Layman, Jr. (3)
#494Vulcan Materials——
#495Watsco——
#496KKR——
#497Equinix24Muhammad Durrani (6)
#498Sonoco Products——
#499Servicenow145Robert Bitterfeld (7)
#500Robert Half International——

Fortune 500 rankings from Fortune magazine. Patent data from USPTO via PatentsView. Top inventor = most patents granted at that company in 2023.