The Patent 300®, developed by Harrity Patent Analytics, is the intellectual property industry’s premier resource for patent insights and competitive intelligence on the world’s leading technology organizations. The Patent 300® is an annual compilation of the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities in the patent field, based on the quantity of issued U.S. patents each year.
| Rank | Organization | 2019 Patents | Change from 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IBM | 9477 | 4% |
| 2 | Samsung Electronics | 8735 | 9% |
| 3 | Canon | 4102 | 15% |
| 4 | Intel | 3680 | 8% |
| 5 | Microsoft | 3144 | 32% |
| 6 | GE | 3110 | 19% |
| 7 | Huawei | 2938 | 33% |
| 8 | United Technologies | 2847 | 31% |
| 9 | LG Electronics | 2810 | 13% |
| 10 | Toyota | 2705 | 6% |
| 11 | Sony | 2675 | 24% |
| 12 | Alphabet | 2621 | 0% |
| 13 | Ford | 2519 | 17% |
| 14 | Apple | 2512 | 15% |
| 15 | Amazon | 2504 | 18% |
| 16 | Dell | 2482 | 18% |
| 17 | Qualcomm | 2376 | 0% |
| 18 | TSMC | 2352 | -6% |
| 19 | BOE | 2190 | 33% |
| 20 | Panasonic | 2033 | 8% |
| 21 | Siemens | 1684 | 18% |
| 22 | Ericsson | 1613 | 17% |
| 23 | Hyundai | 1561 | 1% |
| 24 | Hitachi | 1546 | 18% |
| 25 | Toshiba | 1495 | -11% |
| 26 | Johnson & Johnson | 1474 | 44% |
| 27 | AT&T | 1455 | 14% |
| 28 | Medtronic | 1446 | 10% |
| 29 | Boeing | 1433 | 14% |
| 30 | GM | 1404 | 17% |
| 31 | Fujifilm | 1375 | 11% |
| 32 | Seiko Epson | 1346 | 5% |
| 33 | Mitsubishi Electric | 1333 | 12% |
| 34 | 1317 | 78% | |
| 35 | Honeywell | 1295 | 13% |
| 36 | Fujitsu | 1282 | -1% |
| 37 | Micron | 1276 | 37% |
| 38 | Robert Bosch | 1272 | -2% |
| 39 | Denso | 1218 | 5% |
| 40 | Koninklijke Philips N.V. | 1194 | -10% |
| 41 | Halliburton | 1112 | 25% |
| 42 | Honda | 1104 | 15% |
| 43 | Kyocera | 1085 | 2% |
| 44 | Cisco | 1049 | 21% |
| 45 | NEC | 1011 | 22% |
| 46 | Ricoh | 994 | -6% |
| 47 | HP Inc. | 959 | 31% |
| 48 | Murata Manufacturing | 933 | 25% |
| 49 | Nokia | 905 | 1% |
| 50 | Texas Instruments | 902 | 13% |
| 51 | Schlumberger | 894 | 42% |
| 52 | Oracle | 888 | 20% |
| 53 | LG Display | 866 | 28% |
| 54 | Sharp | 856 | 28% |
| 55 | Infineon | 849 | -3% |
| 56 | HPE | 818 | 57% |
| 57 | Bayer | 814 | 10% |
| 58 | SK Hynix | 804 | 0% |
| 59 | LG Chem | 795 | 31% |
| 60 | Brother | 782 | 28% |
| 61 | STMicroelectronics | 775 | 9% |
| 62 | Mubadala Investment | 771 | -6% |
| 63 | Applied Materials | 747 | 27% |
| 64 | Western Digital | 743 | 1% |
| 65 | Toshiba Memory | 726 | 4% |
| 66 | Olympus | 712 | 6% |
| 67 | University of California | 706 | 20% |
| 68 | Semiconductor Energy Lab | 701 | -20% |
| 69 | Porsche | 693 | 38% |
| 70 | Sumitomo Electric | 689 | 43% |
| 71 | Japan Display | 685 | 11% |
| 72 | China Star Optoelectronics | 678 | New |
| 73 | SAP | 674 | 50% |
| 74 | Konica Minolta | 672 | 2% |
| 75 | Fanuc | 668 | 70% |
| 76 | Verizon | 655 | 1% |
| 77 | NXP | 646 | -7% |
| 78 | Lenovo | 628 | 8% |
| 79 | Capital One | 625 | 232% |
| 80 | Airbus | 622 | 4% |
| 81 | Safran | 615 | 20% |
| 82 | Softbank | 612 | -10% |
| 83 | BASF | 596 | 18% |
| 84 | Broadcom | 595 | 72% |
| 85 | Rolls-Royce | 593 | 50% |
| 86 | 3M | 591 | 4% |
| 87 | ETRI | 589 | 14% |
| 88 | Boston Scientific | 582 | 13% |
| 88 | TCL | 582 | -39% |
| 90 | Dow Chemical | 565 | New |
| 91 | Corning | 560 | 14% |
| 92 | Commscope | 557 | 79% |
| 93 | Procter & Gamble | 548 | 5% |
| 94 | Corteva | 547 | New |
| 95 | TDK | 545 | 36% |
| 96 | Saudi Aramco | 536 | 62% |
| 97 | Renesas | 530 | -8% |
| 98 | Caterpillar | 525 | 6% |
| 99 | Abbott Labs | 522 | -1% |
| 100 | Continental | 516 | 25% |
| 101 | Nissan | 504 | 13% |
| 102 | Hon Hai | 499 | 4% |
| 102 | Roche | 499 | -3% |
| 104 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | 490 | 45% |
| 105 | Adobe | 483 | 40% |
| 106 | Becton Dickinson | 481 | 74% |
| 107 | Fuji Electric | 473 | 41% |
| 107 | Nike | 473 | 21% |
| 107 | Mediatek | 473 | -21% |
| 110 | Eaton | 462 | 17% |
| 111 | Tencent | 450 | 40% |
| 112 | CEA | 433 | 0% |
| 113 | Walmart | 418 | 115% |
| 114 | Bank of America | 417 | 30% |
| 115 | ZTE | 416 | -13% |
| 116 | Tokyo Electron | 414 | 6% |
| 117 | Xerox | 410 | -9% |
| 118 | Deere & Company | 409 | 46% |
| 119 | ABB | 406 | 14% |
| 120 | Valeo | 405 | 22% |
| 121 | CNH Industrial | 404 | 7% |
| 122 | MIT | 403 | 14% |
| 123 | LG Innotek | 402 | -5% |
| 124 | Raytheon | 398 | 23% |
| 125 | Seagate | 390 | -2% |
| 126 | Osram | 387 | 30% |
| 127 | Samsung Electro-Mechanics | 383 | 16% |
| 127 | State Univ. System of FL | 383 | 10% |
| 129 | Samsung SDI | 381 | 13% |
| 130 | Emerson Electric | 378 | 62% |
| 131 | Yazaki | 375 | 15% |
| 132 | Stryker | 374 | 47% |
| 133 | BBK Electronics | 372 | New |
| 134 | Carl Zeiss | 367 | 0% |
| 135 | Exxon Mobil | 356 | -6% |
| 136 | United Microelectronics | 350 | 2% |
| 137 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 348 | 4% |
| 138 | Blackberry | 343 | -7% |
| 139 | Pure Storage | 341 | New |
| 139 | Dolby Laboratories | 341 | 14% |
| 141 | Lockheed Martin | 340 | 32% |
| 142 | Signify | 339 | New |
| 142 | ON Semiconductor | 339 | -3% |
| 142 | Interdigital | 339 | -10% |
| 145 | Salesforce.com | 332 | 64% |
| 146 | US Navy | 327 | 11% |
| 146 | Intellectual Ventures | 327 | -42% |
| 148 | Koch Industries | 326 | 86% |
| 149 | University of Texas System | 322 | 50% |
| 149 | ITRI | 322 | 11% |
| 151 | TE Connectivity | 321 | 4% |
| 152 | ASML | 318 | 27% |
| 153 | ZF Friedrichshafen | 311 | 37% |
| 154 | Alibaba | 308 | 96% |
| 154 | Magna | 308 | 19% |
| 156 | Marvell | 307 | -5% |
| 157 | Fraunhofer | 305 | 47% |
| 158 | Illinois Tool Works | 300 | 11% |
| 159 | Sumitomo Rubber | 299 | 31% |
| 160 | Whirlpool | 298 | -6% |
| 161 | NTT | 296 | 18% |
| 161 | Juniper Networks | 296 | 11% |
| 163 | Johnson Controls | 295 | 4% |
| 164 | Aisin Seiki | 294 | 0% |
| 165 | Sanofi | 292 | 13% |
| 166 | Skyworks | 286 | 39% |
| 167 | Deutsche Telekom | 285 | 60% |
| 168 | Omron | 283 | 44% |
| 168 | Xiaomi | 283 | 27% |
| 170 | Tsinghua University | 278 | 60% |
| 171 | Paypal | 276 | 19% |
| 171 | Schaeffler | 276 | 6% |
| 173 | Nikon | 275 | 15% |
| 174 | Accenture | 274 | 36% |
| 175 | Bridgestone | 272 | 8% |
| 176 | Comcast | 270 | 14% |
| 177 | State Farm Insurance | 269 | 35% |
| 178 | Analog Devices | 268 | 39% |
| 179 | Nippon Steel | 265 | 24% |
| 179 | Ebay | 265 | 18% |
| 179 | Rohm | 265 | 1% |
| 182 | Tata Sons | 264 | 110% |
| 183 | Nichia | 263 | 21% |
| 184 | Mastercard | 262 | 79% |
| 184 | BMW | 262 | 38% |
| 186 | Lam Research | 261 | -6% |
| 187 | Saint-Gobain | 260 | 38% |
| 188 | Casio | 259 | 26% |
| 189 | Disney | 257 | 8% |
| 190 | Nidec | 253 | 30% |
| 191 | Sumitomo Chemical | 251 | 17% |
| 192 | AMD | 248 | 39% |
| 193 | Echostar | 247 | -6% |
| 194 | Zimmer Biomet | 244 | -1% |
| 195 | Novartis | 243 | -8% |
| 196 | Haier | 242 | 37% |
| 197 | Schneider Electric | 240 | 45% |
| 198 | Danaher | 238 | -4% |
| 199 | KFUPM | 236 | 8% |
| 200 | Visa | 235 | 46% |
| 200 | SMIC | 235 | 41% |
| 202 | KLA | 234 | New |
| 202 | Shimadzu | 234 | 72% |
| 204 | Textron | 230 | 49% |
| 205 | AAC Technologies | 229 | 32% |
| 206 | USAA | 226 | 66% |
| 206 | Motorola Solutions | 226 | 53% |
| 208 | Merck | 225 | 0% |
| 209 | Baidu | 220 | New |
| 210 | Stanford University | 219 | -10% |
| 211 | Shin-Etsu Chemical | 218 | -12% |
| 212 | Nielsen | 217 | New |
| 212 | Mahle | 217 | 39% |
| 214 | Terumo | 216 | 28% |
| 215 | Asahi Kasei | 215 | 19% |
| 216 | Saudi Basic Industries | 209 | 28% |
| 217 | Chinese Academy of Sciences | 205 | 43% |
| 218 | Dupont | 203 | New |
| 218 | Sun Patent Trust | 203 | 0% |
| 220 | BAE Systems | 202 | 20% |
| 221 | Rambus | 200 | 29% |
| 221 | Mazda | 200 | 26% |
| 221 | Ecolab | 200 | 20% |
| 224 | Partners Healthcare | 197 | -13% |
| 225 | Cadence | 196 | New |
| 225 | Evonik | 196 | 4% |
| 225 | Jtekt | 196 | 4% |
| 228 | Thales | 195 | 7% |
| 229 | Cal Tech | 194 | 23% |
| 230 | Fresenius | 192 | 49% |
| 231 | Thyssenkrupp | 191 | 48% |
| 232 | Borgwarner | 189 | -6% |
| 233 | Xilinx | 188 | 37% |
| 233 | Immersion | 188 | 32% |
| 233 | Johns Hopkins University | 188 | 28% |
| 233 | Shimano | 188 | 20% |
| 237 | Berkshire Hathaway | 187 | -1% |
| 237 | Tivo | 187 | -4% |
| 239 | Henkel | 185 | 26% |
| 240 | Tianma Microelectronics | 184 | New |
| 240 | Here Holding | 184 | 10% |
| 242 | Univ of Michigan | 183 | 30% |
| 243 | Micro Focus | 181 | New |
| 243 | AGC | 181 | 41% |
| 245 | Intuitive Surgical | 180 | 37% |
| 246 | Altria | 179 | New |
| 246 | Cummins | 179 | 2% |
| 248 | NetApp | 177 | New |
| 248 | Cook Group | 177 | -16% |
| 250 | NGK Insulators | 176 | 38% |
| 251 | Daikin | 174 | 14% |
| 251 | Sonos | 174 | -7% |
| 253 | Wisconsin Alumni Research | 172 | 1% |
| 253 | Merck & Co. | 172 | -3% |
| 253 | Toray Industries | 172 | -9% |
| 256 | Northrop Grumman | 171 | 10% |
| 257 | Delta Electronics | 170 | -17% |
| 258 | Bose | 169 | 20% |
| 259 | Open Invention Network | 168 | 30% |
| 260 | Weatherford | 166 | 21% |
| 261 | Colgate-Palmolive | 165 | 27% |
| 261 | Nvidia | 165 | -17% |
| 263 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries | 164 | -1% |
| 263 | L'Oreal | 164 | -5% |
| 263 | Microchip Technology | 164 | -15% |
| 266 | Cirrus Logic | 163 | New |
| 267 | Harvard University | 162 | 21% |
| 267 | Rockwell Automation | 162 | -6% |
| 269 | Au Optronics | 161 | 5% |
| 269 | US Health & Human Services | 161 | 5% |
| 271 | Splunk | 160 | New |
| 271 | Mitsubishi Chemical | 160 | 21% |
| 271 | Fila Korea | 160 | 3% |
| 274 | Hubbell | 159 | New |
| 274 | Intuit | 159 | New |
| 274 | Wells Fargo | 159 | New |
| 277 | Ingersoll-Rand | 158 | 27% |
| 277 | Michelin | 158 | 11% |
| 277 | IGT | 158 | 4% |
| 280 | Arkema | 157 | 11% |
| 281 | Fujikura | 155 | 11% |
| 281 | Nitto Denko | 155 | -3% |
| 283 | Innolux | 154 | New |
| 283 | Synopsys | 154 | New |
| 283 | Kobe Steel | 154 | 14% |
| 283 | HTC | 154 | 10% |
| 287 | GoPro | 153 | 30% |
| 287 | SKF | 153 | -12% |
| 289 | Subaru | 151 | New |
| 289 | Qorvo | 151 | -6% |
| 289 | Synaptics | 151 | -23% |
| 292 | Bristol Myers Squibb | 150 | New |
| 292 | Dropbox | 150 | New |
| 292 | JFE | 150 | 13% |
| 292 | Nestle | 150 | -9% |
| 296 | Edwards Lifesciences | 149 | New |
| 297 | Purdue University | 148 | 17% |
| 298 | HRL Laboratories | 147 | New |
| 299 | Smith & Nephew | 146 | -7% |
| 300 | Endress+Hauser | 143 | New |
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