The Harrity Analytics Team compiled a list of the top 50 companies, ranked based on the total number of U.S. utility patents issued in 2022, where the art unit is in technology center 2100. Patents granted to wholly owned subsidiaries of each company are included in the count. An attempt was made to correct for typographical errors.
| Rank | UltimateParent | 2022 Patents | 2021 Patents | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 1987 | 3535 | -44% |
| 2 | DELL TECHNOLOGIES | 1548 | 1298 | 19% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 743 | 1014 | -27% |
| 4 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 739 | 721 | 2% |
| 5 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC. | 729 | 579 | 26% |
| 6 | INTEL CORPORATION | 584 | 784 | -26% |
| 7 | AMAZON.COM, INC. | 583 | 552 | 6% |
| 8 | ALPHABET INC. | 514 | 503 | 2% |
| 9 | SK GROUP | 471 | 404 | 17% |
| 10 | SAP SE | 460 | 459 | 0% |
| 11 | ORACLE CORPORATION | 397 | 368 | 8% |
| 12 | APPLE INC. | 370 | 404 | -8% |
| 13 | SALESFORCE.COM, INC. | 365 | 363 | 1% |
| 14 | HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. | 356 | 346 | 3% |
| 15 | VMWARE, INC. | 307 | 336 | -9% |
| 16 | WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION | 271 | 281 | -4% |
| 17 | HITACHI, LTD. | 236 | 229 | 3% |
| 18 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | 206 | 195 | 6% |
| 19 | SOFTBANK GROUP CORP. | 198 | 204 | -3% |
| 20 | FUJITSU LIMITED | 185 | 227 | -19% |
| 21 | SPLUNK INC. | 176 | 164 | 7% |
| 22 | KIOXIA HOLDINGS CORPORATION | 173 | 149 | 16% |
| 23 | THE BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION | 167 | 166 | 1% |
| 24 | PURE STORAGE, INC. | 166 | 153 | 8% |
| 25 | SNOWFLAKE INC. | 164 | 120 | 37% |
| 26 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 162 | 218 | -26% |
| 27 | SIEMENS AG | 159 | 141 | 13% |
| 27 | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | 159 | 151 | 5% |
| 29 | THE HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY | 155 | 173 | -10% |
| 30 | ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED | 149 | 91 | 64% |
| 31 | THE HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY (HP INC.) | 145 | 84 | 73% |
| 32 | CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION | 144 | 136 | 6% |
| 33 | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES | 141 | 124 | 14% |
| 34 | ADOBE INC. | 133 | 151 | -12% |
| 35 | BAIDU, INC. | 132 | 85 | 55% |
| 36 | JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC | 131 | 124 | 6% |
| 37 | VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. | 127 | 125 | 2% |
| 38 | FANUC CORPORATION | 125 | 125 | 0% |
| 38 | SONY CORPORATION | 125 | 139 | -10% |
| 40 | QUALCOMM | 118 | 119 | -1% |
| 41 | CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. | 114 | 69 | 65% |
| 42 | COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC. | 112 | 93 | 20% |
| 43 | MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION | 109 | 82 | 33% |
| 43 | NEC CORPORATION | 109 | 98 | 11% |
| 45 | CANON K.K. | 108 | 102 | 6% |
| 45 | MAXLINEAR INC. | 108 | 103 | 5% |
| 47 | NETAPP, INC. | 107 | 85 | 26% |
| 48 | FUJIFILM HOLDINGS CORP | 102 | 106 | -4% |
| 49 | SERVICENOW | 101 | 96 | 5% |
| 50 | SNAP INC. | 97 | 59 | 64% |
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