2022 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 |
Panasonic Holdings Corp
|
94,341 | |
| 2 |
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
|
92,593 | |
| 3 |
Hitachi Ltd
|
92,573 | |
| 4 |
Chinese Academy of Sciences CAS
|
88,573 | |
| 5 |
Canon Inc
|
73,448 | |
| 6 |
Toshiba Corp
|
65,316 | |
| 7 |
Midea Group Co Ltd
|
64,895 | |
| 8 |
Toyota Motor Corp
|
64,708 | |
| 9 |
Mitsubishi Electric Corp
|
62,083 | |
| 10 |
China State Construction Engineering Corp Ltd CSCEC
|
58,229 | |
| 11 |
Huawei Investment and Holding Co Ltd
|
52,392 | |
| 12 |
China Petrochemical Corp
|
50,158 | |
| 13 |
Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
|
45,506 | |
| 14 |
Fujifilm Holdings Corp
|
45,211 | |
| 15 |
NEC Corp
|
43,492 | |
| 16 |
International Business Machines Corp
|
43,014 | |
| 17 |
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd
|
40,327 | |
| 18 |
Sony Group Corp
|
39,215 | |
| 19 |
Fujitsu Ltd
|
38,298 | |
| 20 |
Denso Corp
|
38,128 | |
| 21 |
BBK Electronics Co Ltd
|
36,655 | |
| 22 |
Robert Bosch GmbH
|
35,968 | |
| 23 |
China National Petroleum Corp
|
35,190 | |
| 24 |
Tsinghua University
|
35,139 | |
| 25 |
Honda Motor Co Ltd
|
32,729 | |
| 26 |
Ricoh Co Ltd
|
32,166 | |
| 27 |
Siemens AG
|
31,955 | |
| 28 |
Seiko Epson Corp
|
31,816 | |
| 29 |
BOE Technology Group Co Ltd
|
31,628 | |
| 30 |
Microsoft Corp
|
31,563 | |
| 31 |
China Railway Construction Corp Ltd CRCC
|
29,646 | |
| 32 |
CRRC Group Co Ltd
|
29,042 | |
| 33 |
China Railway Group Ltd CREC
|
29,023 | |
| 34 |
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp
|
28,663 | |
| 35 |
LG Electronics Inc
|
28,473 | |
| 36 |
Nippon Steel Corp
|
27,907 | |
| 37 |
TCL Corp
|
27,749 | |
| 38 |
General Electric Co
|
27,008 | |
| 39 |
Zhejiang University ZJU
|
25,456 | |
| 40 |
Kyocera Corp
|
25,184 | |
| 41 |
Tencent Holdings Ltd
|
24,193 | |
| 42 |
Raytheon Technologies Corp
|
24,149 | |
| 43 |
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd
|
24,070 | |
| 44 |
Intel Corp
|
23,758 | |
| 45 |
Qualcomm Inc
|
23,664 | |
| 46 |
Alphabet Inc
|
22,935 | |
| 47 |
Konica Minolta Inc
|
22,679 | |
| 48 |
Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
|
22,484 | |
| 49 |
Volkswagen AG
|
22,186 | |
| 50 |
Apple Inc
|
21,402 | |
| 51 |
Lenovo Group Ltd
|
21,215 | |
| 52 |
Nokia Oyj
|
21,212 | |
| 53 |
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
|
20,753 | |
| 54 |
Brother Industries Ltd
|
20,681 | |
| 55 |
ZTE Corp
|
19,989 | |
| 56 |
Ford Motor Co
|
19,474 | |
| 57 |
Koninklijke Philips NV
|
18,833 | |
| 58 |
Nissan Motor Co Ltd
|
17,973 | |
| 59 |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co TSMC Ltd
|
17,888 | |
| 60 |
JFE Holdings Inc
|
17,854 | |
| 61 |
Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corp
|
17,574 | |
| 62 |
General Motors Co
|
17,023 | |
| 63 |
SEB SA
|
16,983 | |
| 64 |
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB
|
16,790 | |
| 65 |
Olympus Corp
|
16,456 | |
| 66 |
HP Inc
|
16,128 | |
| 67 |
Dell Technologies Inc
|
16,078 | |
| 68 |
Dai Nippon Printing Co Ltd
|
15,369 | |
| 69 |
Honeywell International Inc
|
14,847 | |
| 70 |
BYD Co Ltd
|
14,560 | |
| 71 |
Johnson and Johnson
|
14,241 | |
| 72 |
Xiaomi Corp
|
14,066 | |
| 73 |
Medtronic PLC
|
13,983 | |
| 74 |
Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd
|
13,937 | |
| 75 |
China Electronics Technology Group Corp CETC
|
13,530 | |
| 76 |
Amazon com Inc
|
13,519 | |
| 77 |
Oracle Corp
|
13,426 | |
| 78 |
Beijing Automotive Group Co Ltd
|
13,403 | |
| 79 |
Boeing Co
|
13,327 | |
| 80 |
Zhejiang University of Technology ZJUT
|
13,269 | |
| 81 |
Hyundai Motor Co
|
13,140 | |
| 82 |
Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd
|
13,016 | |
| 83 |
Texas Instruments Inc
|
12,886 | |
| 84 |
TDK Corp
|
12,700 | |
| 85 |
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp Group
|
12,630 | |
| 86 |
Kao Corp
|
12,583 | |
| 87 |
Broadcom Inc
|
12,365 | |
| 88 |
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co Ltd
|
12,071 | |
| 89 |
Cisco Systems Inc
|
11,833 | |
| 90 |
China Mobile Communications Group Co Ltd
|
11,712 | |
| 91 |
Valeo SA
|
11,704 | |
| 92 |
Safran SA
|
11,419 | |
| 93 |
Fuji Electric Co Ltd
|
11,381 | |
| 94 |
Infineon Technologies AG
|
11,342 | |
| 95 |
Bayer AG
|
11,338 | |
| 96 |
Kubota Corp
|
11,015 | |
| 97 |
Aisin Corp
|
11,009 | |
| 98 |
Yazaki Corp
|
10,926 | |
| 99 |
Asahi Kasei Corp
|
10,844 | |
| 100 |
Goertek Inc
|
10,748 | |
| 101 |
Showa Denko KK
|
10,736 | |
| 102 |
China Baowu Steel Group Corp Ltd
|
10,713 | |
| 103 |
BASF SE
|
10,693 | |
| 104 |
Continental AG
|
10,617 | |
| 105 |
Aviation Industry Corp of China AVIC
|
10,614 | |
| 106 |
SK Hynix Inc
|
10,559 | |
| 107 |
Baidu Inc
|
10,481 | |
| 108 |
Airbus SE
|
10,362 | |
| 109 |
NXP Semiconductors NV
|
10,245 | |
| 110 |
Stellantis NV
|
10,240 | |
| 111 |
Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd
|
10,167 | |
| 112 |
Nikon Corp
|
10,131 | |
| 113 |
Micron Technology Inc
|
10,056 | |
| 114 |
LG Display Co Ltd
|
9,926 | |
| 115 |
Shin Etsu Chemical Co Ltd
|
9,764 | |
| 116 |
Kobe Steel Ltd
|
9,598 | |
| 117 |
BlackBerry Ltd
|
9,574 | |
| 118 |
Renesas Electronics Corp
|
9,499 | |
| 119 |
Western Digital Corp
|
9,496 | |
| 120 |
Sekisui Chemical Co Ltd
|
9,481 | |
| 121 |
Procter and Gamble Co
|
9,465 | |
| 122 |
Bridgestone Corp
|
9,337 | |
| 123 |
Toray Industries Inc
|
9,311 | |
| 124 |
LG Chem Ltd
|
9,239 | |
| 125 |
Oki Electric Industry Co Ltd
|
9,238 | |
| 126 |
3M Co
|
9,196 | |
| 127 |
Casio Computer Co Ltd
|
9,155 | |
| 128 |
Daikin Industries Ltd
|
9,124 | |
| 129 |
Toppan Printing Co Ltd
|
9,083 | |
| 130 |
Dalian University of Technology
|
9,022 | |
| 131 |
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
|
9,011 | |
| 132 |
SAP SE
|
8,792 | |
| 133 |
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp
|
8,781 | |
| 134 |
Tokyo Electron Ltd
|
8,713 | |
| 135 |
Omron Corp
|
8,685 | |
| 136 |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co
|
8,677 | |
| 137 |
Mazda Motor Corp
|
8,661 | |
| 138 |
IHI Corp
|
8,609 | |
| 139 |
STMicroelectronics NV
|
8,551 | |
| 140 |
Datang Telecom Technology Co Ltd
|
8,526 | |
| 141 |
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
|
8,448 | |
| 142 |
AT&T Inc
|
8,364 | |
| 143 |
Nike Inc
|
8,337 | |
| 144 |
Corteva Inc
|
8,177 | |
| 145 |
Halliburton Co
|
8,050 | |
| 146 |
China University of Mining and Technology CUMT
|
7,967 | |
| 147 |
National Research Council of Science and Technology
|
7,901 | |
| 148 |
Furukawa Electric Co Ltd
|
7,887 | |
| 149 |
Kia Corp
|
7,800 | |
| 150 |
Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group Co Ltd XCMG
|
7,652 | |
| 151 |
Mitsubishi Materials Corp
|
7,519 | |
| 152 |
Xerox Holdings Corp
|
7,466 | |
| 153 |
AU Optronics Corp
|
7,465 | |
| 154 |
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd
|
7,456 | |
| 155 |
Nidec Corp
|
7,419 | |
| 156 |
Caterpillar Inc
|
7,389 | |
| 157 |
Schlumberger Ltd
|
7,232 | |
| 158 |
Commissariat a lEnergie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives CEA
|
7,214 | |
| 159 |
Tianma Microelectronics Co Ltd
|
7,185 | |
| 160 |
Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
|
7,170 | |
| 161 |
Advanced Micro Devices Inc
|
7,125 | |
| 162 |
ZF Friedrichshafen AG
|
7,051 | |
| 163 |
INA Holding Schaeffler GmbH and Co KG
|
6,886 | |
| 164 |
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology AIST
|
6,878 | |
| 165 |
Industrial Technology Research Institute ITRI
|
6,859 | |
| 166 |
GlobalFoundries Inc
|
6,811 | |
| 167 |
Dow Inc
|
6,801 | |
| 168 |
Thales SA
|
6,783 | |
| 169 |
Yamaha Motor Co Ltd
|
6,743 | |
| 170 |
Applied Materials Inc
|
6,677 | |
| 171 |
Eneos Holding Inc
|
6,659 | |
| 172 |
Kioxia Holdings Corp
|
6,640 | |
| 173 |
Meta Platforms Inc
|
6,581 | |
| 174 |
Nitto Denko Corp
|
6,570 | |
| 175 |
Rohm Co Ltd
|
6,476 | |
| 176 |
Shimadzu Corp
|
6,457 | |
| 177 |
Roche Holding AG
|
6,451 | |
| 178 |
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
|
6,348 | |
| 179 |
Samsung SDI Co Ltd
|
6,330 | |
| 179 |
Renault SAS
|
6,330 | |
| 181 |
Dongfeng Motor Corp
|
6,222 | |
| 182 |
Kyoraku Sangyo Co Ltd
|
6,197 | |
| 183 |
Toyota Industries Corp
|
6,190 | |
| 184 |
TE Connectivity Ltd
|
6,189 | |
| 185 |
Boston Scientific Corp
|
6,179 | |
| 186 |
Changan Automobile Group Co Ltd
|
6,176 | |
| 187 |
JVCKenwood Corp
|
6,095 | |
| 188 |
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co Ltd
|
6,062 | |
| 189 |
Alps Alpine Co Ltd
|
6,047 | |
| 190 |
Subaru Corp
|
6,031 | |
| 191 |
CITIC Group Corp
|
6,030 | |
| 192 |
Suzuki Motor Co Ltd
|
6,015 | |
| 193 |
Schneider Electric SE
|
5,968 | |
| 194 |
MediaTek Inc
|
5,938 | |
| 195 |
Universal Entertainment Corp
|
5,853 | |
| 196 |
Japan Display Inc
|
5,852 | |
| 197 |
Abbott Laboratories
|
5,851 | |
| 198 |
Haier Group Corp
|
5,815 | |
| 199 |
Saudi Arabian Oil Co
|
5,766 | |
| 200 |
University of California
|
5,720 | |
| 201 |
Verizon Communications Inc
|
5,618 | |
| 202 |
Mitsui Chemicals Inc
|
5,596 | |
| 203 |
DIC Corp
|
5,535 | |
| 204 |
Sany Heavy Industry Co Ltd
|
5,520 | |
| 205 |
AGC Inc
|
5,510 | |
| 206 |
Sega Sammy Holdings Inc
|
5,487 | |
| 207 |
Emerson Electric Co
|
5,459 | |
| 208 |
T Mobile US Inc
|
5,442 | |
| 209 |
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS
|
5,433 | |
| 210 |
JTEKT Corp
|
5,403 | |
| 211 |
Deere and Co
|
5,402 | |
| 212 |
Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd
|
5,344 | |
| 213 |
Fanuc Corp
|
5,336 | |
| 214 |
Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd
|
5,273 | |
| 215 |
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd
|
5,246 | |
| 216 |
Marvell Technology Inc
|
5,243 | |
| 217 |
On Semiconductor Corp
|
5,240 | |
| 218 |
NGK Insulators Ltd
|
5,237 | |
| 219 |
Capital Medical University
|
5,157 | |
| 220 |
MinebeaMitsumi Inc
|
5,147 | |
| 221 |
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung eV
|
5,139 | |
| 222 |
Ams Osram AG
|
5,088 | |
| 223 |
Siemens Energy AG
|
5,047 | |
| 224 |
Disco Corp
|
4,972 | |
| 225 |
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Co Ltd
|
4,966 | |
| 226 |
Maxell Holdings Ltd
|
4,962 | |
| 227 |
Faurecia SA
|
4,958 | |
| 228 |
LOreal SA
|
4,936 | |
| 229 |
Corning Inc
|
4,927 | |
| 230 |
Illinois Tool Works Inc
|
4,921 | |
| 231 |
Rolls Royce Holdings PLC
|
4,888 | |
| 232 |
NSK Ltd
|
4,828 | |
| 233 |
Intellectual Ventures LLC
|
4,825 | |
| 234 |
NTN Corp
|
4,803 | |
| 235 |
Becton Dickinson and Co
|
4,776 | |
| 236 |
Berkshire Hathaway Inc
|
4,759 | |
| 237 |
Commscope Holding Co Inc
|
4,745 | |
| 238 |
Hoya Corp
|
4,731 | |
| 239 |
Yoshino Kogyosho Co Ltd
|
4,722 | |
| 240 |
Danaher Corp
|
4,704 | |
| 241 |
Signify NV
|
4,663 | |
| 242 |
Lixil Corp
|
4,640 | |
| 243 |
Eaton Corp PLC
|
4,620 | |
| 244 |
Analog Devices Inc
|
4,607 | |
| 244 |
Exxon Mobil Corp
|
4,607 | |
| 246 |
A Holdings Corp
|
4,581 | |
| 246 |
Fujikura Ltd
|
4,581 | |
| 248 |
Hisense Home Appliances Group Co Ltd
|
4,567 | |
| 249 |
Merck KGaA
|
4,552 | |
| 250 |
Vitesco Technologies Group AG
|
4,537 |
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