2019 Global 250: The World's Largest Patent Holders
The Global 250 is an Ultimate Owner ranking, providing a complete view of an entity's global patent holdings, including patented technologies held by an entity's subsidiaries or majority-owned companies. Rather than looking at the grants received in a single year, such as the Top 50 ranking, the Global 250 presents the cumulative and active technology holdings in an entity's patent portfolio for a given year.
| Rank | Ultimate Owner | Active Families | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
|
76,638 | |
| 2 |
International Business Machines Corp
|
37,304 | |
| 3 |
Canon Inc
|
35,724 | |
| 4 |
General Electric Co
|
30,010 | |
| 5 |
Microsoft Corp
|
29,824 | |
| 6 |
Robert Bosch GmbH
|
28,285 | |
| 7 |
Panasonic Corp
|
27,298 | |
| 8 |
Siemens AG
|
25,320 | |
| 9 |
Intel Corp
|
24,628 | |
| 10 |
LG Electronics Inc
|
23,043 | |
| 11 |
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd
|
21,522 | |
| 12 |
Qualcomm Inc
|
21,255 | |
| 13 |
Sony Corp
|
21,167 | |
| 14 |
Alphabet Inc
|
21,084 | |
| 15 |
Toyota Motor Corp
|
20,814 | |
| 16 |
Nokia Oyj
|
20,492 | |
| 17 |
Fujifilm Holdings Corp
|
18,538 | |
| 18 |
General Motors Co
|
17,778 | |
| 19 |
Fujitsu Ltd
|
17,564 | |
| 20 |
Hitachi Ltd
|
17,329 | |
| 21 |
Ford Motor Co
|
16,942 | |
| 22 |
United Technologies Corp
|
16,926 | |
| 23 |
Volkswagen AG
|
16,470 | |
| 24 |
Broadcom Inc
|
15,135 | |
| 25 |
Honda Motor Co Ltd
|
15,072 | |
| 26 |
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB
|
14,878 | |
| 27 |
Apple Inc
|
14,849 | |
| 28 |
Seiko Epson Corp
|
14,377 | |
| 29 |
Huawei Investment and Holding Co Ltd
|
14,315 | |
| 30 |
Toshiba Corp
|
14,201 | |
| 31 |
Honeywell International Inc
|
13,892 | |
| 32 |
HP Inc
|
13,673 | |
| 33 |
Ricoh Co Ltd
|
13,321 | |
| 34 |
Dell Technologies Inc
|
13,313 | |
| 35 |
Oracle Corp
|
13,254 | |
| 36 |
Texas Instruments Inc
|
13,253 | |
| 37 |
Denso Corp
|
13,120 | |
| 38 |
Mitsubishi Electric Corp
|
13,062 | |
| 39 |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co TSMC Ltd
|
12,792 | |
| 40 |
Koninklijke Philips NV
|
12,474 | |
| 41 |
Medtronic PLC
|
12,400 | |
| 42 |
Johnson and Johnson
|
12,226 | |
| 43 |
Cisco Systems Inc
|
11,498 | |
| 44 |
Continental AG
|
11,195 | |
| 45 |
BASF SE
|
10,987 | |
| 46 |
Boeing Co
|
10,897 | |
| 47 |
Brother Industries Ltd
|
10,163 | |
| 48 |
NEC Corp
|
10,152 | |
| 49 |
Infineon Technologies AG
|
9,854 | |
| 50 |
Airbus SE
|
9,741 | |
| 51 |
Bayer AG
|
9,654 | |
| 52 |
Amazon com Inc
|
9,455 | |
| 53 |
GlobalFoundries Inc
|
9,426 | |
| 54 |
BlackBerry Ltd
|
9,379 | |
| 55 |
NXP Semiconductors BV
|
9,328 | |
| 56 |
Xerox Holdings Corp
|
9,276 | |
| 57 |
Procter and Gamble Co
|
8,950 | |
| 58 |
Western Digital Corp
|
8,927 | |
| 59 |
Valeo SA
|
8,913 | |
| 60 |
Kyocera Corp
|
8,769 | |
| 61 |
STMicroelectronics NV
|
8,630 | |
| 62 |
LG Display Co Ltd
|
8,523 | |
| 63 |
Hyundai Motor Co
|
8,495 | |
| 64 |
Safran SA
|
8,332 | |
| 65 |
3M Co
|
8,306 | |
| 66 |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co
|
8,125 | |
| 67 |
AT&T Inc
|
8,106 | |
| 68 |
SK Hynix Inc
|
7,934 | |
| 69 |
Olympus Corp
|
7,924 | |
| 70 |
Micron Technology Inc
|
7,488 | |
| 71 |
National Research Council of Science and Technology
|
7,426 | |
| 72 |
Schlumberger Ltd
|
7,412 | |
| 73 |
Konica Minolta Inc
|
7,366 | |
| 74 |
BOE Technology Group Co Ltd
|
7,236 | |
| 75 |
Renesas Electronics Corp
|
7,002 | |
| 76 |
Corteva Inc
|
6,856 | |
| 77 |
Nike Inc
|
6,787 | |
| 78 |
Halliburton Co
|
6,638 | |
| 79 |
Dow Inc
|
6,532 | |
| 80 |
Boston Scientific Corp
|
6,519 | |
| 81 |
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
|
6,466 | |
| 82 |
Lenovo Group Ltd
|
6,379 | |
| 83 |
Abbott Laboratories
|
6,265 | |
| 84 |
Commissariat a lEnergie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
|
6,120 | |
| 85 |
Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd
|
6,116 | |
| 86 |
Nissan Motor Co Ltd
|
6,096 | |
| 87 |
Peugeot SA
|
6,046 | |
| 88 |
TDK Corp
|
5,939 | |
| 89 |
Roche Holding AG
|
5,732 | |
| 90 |
Verizon Communications Inc
|
5,656 | |
| 91 |
Caterpillar Inc
|
5,622 | |
| 92 |
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co Ltd
|
5,586 | |
| 93 |
Thales SA
|
5,500 | |
| 94 |
Kioxia Corp
|
5,285 | |
| 95 |
Schaeffler AG
|
5,172 | |
| 96 |
ZF Friedrichshafen AG
|
5,152 | |
| 97 |
LOreal SA
|
5,116 | |
| 98 |
Applied Materials Inc
|
5,079 | |
| 99 |
TCL Corp
|
4,886 | |
| 100 |
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
|
4,855 | |
| 101 |
Renault SAS
|
4,851 | |
| 102 |
University of California
|
4,841 | |
| 103 |
MediaTek Inc
|
4,826 | |
| 104 |
Industrial Technology Research Institute
|
4,783 | |
| 105 |
LG Chem Ltd
|
4,759 | |
| 106 |
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung eV
|
4,720 | |
| 107 |
Aisin Seiki Co Ltd
|
4,708 | |
| 108 |
ZTE Corp
|
4,568 | |
| 109 |
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS
|
4,560 | |
| 110 |
Eaton Corp PLC
|
4,553 | |
| 111 |
Illinois Tool Works Inc
|
4,518 | |
| 112 |
Bridgestone Corp
|
4,498 | |
| 113 |
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd
|
4,451 | |
| 114 |
Tokyo Electron Ltd
|
4,416 | |
| 115 |
Seagate Technology PLC
|
4,376 | |
| 116 |
Corning Inc
|
4,374 | |
| 117 |
Deere and Co
|
4,370 | |
| 118 |
Raytheon Co
|
4,350 | |
| 119 |
Rolls Royce Holdings PLC
|
4,340 | |
| 120 |
Exxon Mobil Corp
|
4,327 | |
| 121 |
Novartis AG
|
4,265 | |
| 122 |
Marvell Technology Group Ltd
|
4,197 | |
| 123 |
Berkshire Hathaway Inc
|
4,191 | |
| 124 |
Samsung SDI Co Ltd
|
4,174 | |
| 125 |
Stanley Black and Decker Inc
|
3,921 | |
| 126 |
Emerson Electric Co
|
3,919 | |
| 127 |
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp
|
3,860 | |
| 128 |
Danaher Corp
|
3,834 | |
| 129 |
Yazaki Corp
|
3,829 | |
| 130 |
Saudi Arabian Oil Co
|
3,770 | |
| 131 |
Facebook Inc
|
3,716 | |
| 132 |
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
|
3,658 | |
| 133 |
Becton Dickinson and Co
|
3,650 | |
| 134 |
Merck KGaA
|
3,541 | |
| 135 |
InterDigital Inc
|
3,515 | |
| 136 |
Unilever PLC
|
3,471 | |
| 137 |
Sanofi SA
|
3,469 | |
| 138 |
Shin Etsu Chemical Co Ltd
|
3,441 | |
| 139 |
Henkel AG and Co KGaA
|
3,336 | |
| 140 |
Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA
|
3,283 | |
| 141 |
Adobe Inc
|
3,261 | |
| 142 |
Motorola Solutions Inc
|
3,246 | |
| 143 |
Lockheed Martin Corp
|
3,240 | |
| 144 |
Evonik Industries AG
|
3,237 | |
| 145 |
Faurecia SA
|
3,203 | |
| 146 |
Japan Display Inc
|
3,201 | |
| 147 |
Mahle GmbH
|
3,176 | |
| 148 |
Nvidia Corp
|
3,135 | |
| 149 |
Yamaha Motor Co Ltd
|
3,086 | |
| 150 |
Signify NV
|
3,067 | |
| 151 |
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd
|
3,026 | |
| 152 |
Nikon Corp
|
2,990 | |
| 153 |
Merck and Co Inc
|
2,969 | |
| 154 |
Daimler AG
|
2,965 | |
| 155 |
Nippon Steel Corp
|
2,952 | |
| 156 |
Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd
|
2,932 | |
| 157 |
Aptiv PLC
|
2,931 | |
| 158 |
Eastman Kodak Co
|
2,927 | |
| 159 |
Whirlpool Corp
|
2,910 | |
| 160 |
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV
|
2,889 | |
| 161 |
US Secretary of Navy
|
2,871 | |
| 162 |
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp
|
2,773 | |
| 163 |
LG Innotek Co Ltd
|
2,732 | |
| 164 |
Nestle SA
|
2,654 | |
| 165 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|
2,526 | |
| 166 |
Bristol Myers Squibb Co
|
2,490 | |
| 167 |
FANUC Corp
|
2,490 | |
| 168 |
Daikin Industries Ltd
|
2,472 | |
| 169 |
Kimberly Clark Corp
|
2,465 | |
| 170 |
Air Liquide SA
|
2,441 | |
| 171 |
Electrolux AB
|
2,416 | |
| 172 |
JTEKT Corp
|
2,396 | |
| 173 |
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
|
2,389 | |
| 174 |
Omron Corp
|
2,367 | |
| 175 |
Pfizer Inc
|
2,357 | |
| 176 |
Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc
|
2,345 | |
| 177 |
GlaxoSmithKline PLC
|
2,316 | |
| 178 |
Quarterhill Inc
|
2,314 | |
| 179 |
Samsung Electro Mechanics Co Ltd
|
2,307 | |
| 180 |
Colgate Palmolive Co
|
2,282 | |
| 181 |
Syngenta AG
|
2,263 | |
| 182 |
SEB SA
|
2,254 | |
| 183 |
CH Boehringer Sohn AG and Co KG
|
2,235 | |
| 184 |
Fuji Electric Co Ltd
|
2,212 | |
| 185 |
Bank of America Corp
|
2,126 | |
| 186 |
Kao Corp
|
2,101 | |
| 187 |
NGK Insulators Ltd
|
2,097 | |
| 188 |
International Game Technology PLC
|
2,086 | |
| 189 |
Walt Disney Co
|
2,077 | |
| 190 |
Chevron Corp
|
2,042 | |
| 191 |
Nitto Denko Corp
|
2,039 | |
| 192 |
Technicolor SA
|
2,015 | |
| 193 |
Yamaha Corp
|
2,005 | |
| 194 |
IFP Energies Nouvelles IFPEN
|
2,001 | |
| 195 |
Shimano Inc
|
1,992 | |
| 196 |
Asahi Kasei Corp
|
1,971 | |
| 197 |
Royal Dutch Shell PLC
|
1,968 | |
| 198 |
Innolux Corp
|
1,952 | |
| 199 |
DuPont de Nemours Inc
|
1,932 | |
| 200 |
Ningbo Joyson Electronic Corp
|
1,913 | |
| 201 |
Arkema SA
|
1,909 | |
| 202 |
Ecolab Inc
|
1,883 | |
| 203 |
Covestro AG
|
1,809 | |
| 204 |
Orange SA
|
1,796 | |
| 205 |
Alps Alpine Co Ltd
|
1,778 | |
| 206 |
Tencent Holdings Ltd
|
1,769 | |
| 207 |
Nuance Communications Inc
|
1,737 | |
| 208 |
Toray Industries Inc
|
1,730 | |
| 209 |
Hoya Corp
|
1,728 | |
| 210 |
NTN Corp
|
1,725 | |
| 211 |
AGC Inc
|
1,715 | |
| 212 |
Koninklijke DSM NV
|
1,685 | |
| 213 |
Accenture PLC
|
1,668 | |
| 214 |
Leland Stanford Junior University
|
1,660 | |
| 215 |
Voith GmbH and Co KGaA
|
1,644 | |
| 216 |
Cypress Semiconductor Corp
|
1,630 | |
| 217 |
Linde PLC
|
1,568 | |
| 218 |
Toyota Industries Corp
|
1,567 | |
| 219 |
Krones AG
|
1,528 | |
| 220 |
Fortive Corp
|
1,507 | |
| 221 |
Mazda Motor Corp
|
1,485 | |
| 222 |
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd
|
1,480 | |
| 223 |
Allergan PLC
|
1,454 | |
| 224 |
Agilent Technologies Inc
|
1,442 | |
| 225 |
NGK Spark Plug Co Ltd
|
1,428 | |
| 226 |
Toyoda Gosei Co Ltd
|
1,424 | |
| 227 |
MinebeaMitsumi Inc
|
1,422 | |
| 228 |
Weybourne Group Ltd
|
1,404 | |
| 229 |
Chinese Academy of Sciences
|
1,370 | |
| 230 |
JFE Holdings Inc
|
1,367 | |
| 231 |
AstraZeneca PLC
|
1,347 | |
| 232 |
Mitsui Chemicals Inc
|
1,305 | |
| 233 |
Idemia Group SAS
|
1,301 | |
| 234 |
JXTG Holdings Inc
|
1,280 | |
| 235 |
Karl Storz SE and Co KG
|
1,261 | |
| 236 |
Rheinmetall AG
|
1,256 | |
| 237 |
Micro Focus International PLC
|
1,252 | |
| 238 |
Pepsico Inc
|
1,229 | |
| 239 |
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Ltd
|
1,225 | |
| 240 |
AbbVie Inc
|
1,211 | |
| 241 |
Comcast Corp
|
1,201 | |
| 242 |
Dover Corp
|
1,183 | |
| 243 |
Essity AB
|
1,149 | |
| 244 |
Maxell Holdings Ltd
|
1,127 | |
| 245 |
Bruker Corp
|
1,095 | |
| 246 |
Target Corp
|
1,080 | |
| 247 |
Cardinal Health Inc
|
1,066 | |
| 248 |
DISH Network Corp
|
1,056 | |
| 249 |
BT Group PLC
|
1,055 | |
| 250 |
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co Inc
|
1,028 |
This analysis calculates the world's largest active patent holders, including subsidiaries, as a snapshot in time as of January 2, 2020.
