2020 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
80,577
2
International Business Machines Corp
38,541
3
Canon Inc
36,161
4
Microsoft Corp
30,042
5
Robert Bosch GmbH
28,235
6
Panasonic Corp
26,705
7
LG Electronics Inc
24,313
8
General Electric Co
23,630
9
Intel Corp
23,523
10
Siemens AG
22,373
11
Toyota Motor Corp
22,157
12
Sony Corp
21,931
13
Alphabet Inc
21,762
14
Hitachi Ltd
21,619
15
Qualcomm Inc
21,522
16
Raytheon Technologies Corp
20,800
17
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd
20,646
18
Nokia Oyj
18,742
19
Fujifilm Holdings Corp
18,456
20
Apple Inc
18,161
21
Ford Motor Co
17,905
22
General Motors Co
17,384
23
Volkswagen AG
17,269
24
Huawei Investment and Holding Co Ltd
17,112
25
Fujitsu Ltd
16,237
26
Dell Technologies Inc
15,607
27
Honda Motor Co Ltd
15,307
28
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB
15,226
29
Seiko Epson Corp
14,475
30
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co TSMC Ltd
14,268
31
Broadcom Inc
14,219
32
Honeywell International Inc
14,163
33
Denso Corp
14,144
34
Mitsubishi Electric Corp
13,751
35
HP Inc
13,565
36
Texas Instruments Inc
13,282
37
Oracle Corp
13,212
38
Medtronic PLC
12,980
39
Toshiba Corp
12,940
40
Koninklijke Philips NV
12,733
41
Ricoh Co Ltd
12,521
42
Johnson and Johnson
12,442
43
Boeing Co
11,966
44
Cisco Systems Inc
11,874
45
Infineon Technologies AG
11,151
46
Amazon com Inc
11,060
47
Continental AG
10,909
48
Brother Industries Ltd
10,279
49
NEC Corp
10,175
50
BASF SE
10,095
51
Airbus SE
10,027
52
NXP Semiconductors BV
9,787
53
Hyundai Motor Co
9,773
54
Bayer AG
9,658
55
BlackBerry Ltd
9,498
56
Kyocera Corp
9,395
57
BOE Technology Group Co Ltd
9,373
58
Valeo SA
9,279
59
Safran SA
9,252
60
LG Display Co Ltd
9,112
61
Procter and Gamble Co
8,997
62
Western Digital Corp
8,824
63
STMicroelectronics NV
8,544
64
SK Hynix Inc
8,543
65
Xerox Holdings Corp
8,529
66
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co
8,421
67
AT&T Inc
8,376
68
3M Co
8,250
69
Olympus Corp
8,045
70
Micron Technology Inc
8,034
71
GlobalFoundries Inc
7,600
72
Konica Minolta Inc
7,427
73
National Research Council of Science and Technology
7,349
74
Schlumberger Ltd
7,311
75
Renesas Electronics Corp
7,146
76
Nike Inc
7,141
77
Halliburton Co
7,089
78
Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
6,853
79
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
6,812
80
Corteva Inc
6,767
81
Dow Inc
6,761
82
Lenovo Group Ltd
6,648
83
Boston Scientific Corp
6,468
84
Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd
6,440
85
Commissariat a lEnergie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
6,431
86
Verizon Communications Inc
6,197
87
Nissan Motor Co Ltd
6,160
88
Abbott Laboratories
5,939
89
Caterpillar Inc
5,936
90
TDK Corp
5,849
91
TCL Corp
5,823
92
Kioxia Corp
5,709
93
LG Chem Ltd
5,698
94
Roche Holding AG
5,609
95
Thales SA
5,536
96
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co Ltd
5,396
97
Schaeffler AG
5,301
98
Applied Materials Inc
5,272
99
Renault SAS
5,109
100
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
5,102
101
LOreal SA
5,080
102
University of California
5,053
103
MediaTek Inc
5,033
104
ZF Friedrichshafen AG
4,987
105
On Semiconductor Corp
4,974
106
Facebook Inc
4,931
107
ZTE Corp
4,878
108
T Mobile US Inc
4,846
109
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS
4,834
110
Marvell Technology Group Ltd
4,766
111
Industrial Technology Research Institute ITRI
4,764
112
Rolls Royce Holdings PLC
4,760
113
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung eV
4,750
114
Aisin Seiki Co Ltd
4,745
115
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd
4,686
116
Deere and Co
4,643
117
Illinois Tool Works Inc
4,559
118
Ams AG
4,559
119
Bridgestone Corp
4,525
120
Tokyo Electron Ltd
4,497
121
Kia Motors Corp
4,470
122
Corning Inc
4,464
123
Exxon Mobil Corp
4,434
124
Samsung SDI Co Ltd
4,322
125
Seagate Technology PLC
4,290
126
Saudi Arabian Oil Co
4,286
127
Eaton Corp PLC
4,267
128
Commscope Holding Company Inc
4,190
129
Emerson Electric Co
4,178
130
TE Connectivity Ltd
4,133
131
Schneider Electric SE
4,133
132
Berkshire Hathaway Inc
4,121
133
Merck KGaA
4,078
134
Stanley Black and Decker Inc
3,958
135
Yazaki Corp
3,920
136
AU Optronics Corp
3,810
137
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp
3,800
138
Nvidia Corp
3,787
139
Becton Dickinson and Co
3,764
140
Carl Zeiss AG
3,763
141
CNH Industrial NV
3,687
142
Signify NV
3,682
143
Adobe Inc
3,654
144
Shin Etsu Chemical Co Ltd
3,569
145
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
3,552
146
Advanced Micro Devices Inc
3,512
147
InterDigital Inc
3,473
148
Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA
3,460
149
Unilever PLC
3,406
150
Japan Display Inc
3,392
151
Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA
3,388
152
Henkel AG and Co KGaA
3,378
153
Analog Devices Inc
3,331
154
Faurecia SA
3,290
155
Lockheed Martin Corp
3,272
156
Sanofi SA
3,270
157
Rohm Co Ltd
3,263
158
Motorola Solutions Inc
3,256
159
Microchip Technology Inc
3,236
160
Xilinx Inc
3,218
161
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd
3,212
162
BorgWarner Inc
3,146
163
Nippon Steel Corp
3,145
164
Yamaha Motor Co Ltd
3,132
165
FANUC Corp
3,111
166
Evonik Industries AG
3,087
167
Nikon Corp
2,992
168
Stryker Corp
2,986
169
Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd
2,951
170
Aptiv PLC
2,931
171
United Microelectronics Corp
2,908
172
Whirlpool Corp
2,908
173
LG Innotek Co Ltd
2,889
174
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV
2,883
175
ASML Holding NV
2,867
176
Mahle GmbH
2,864
177
State University System of Florida
2,863
178
SAP SE
2,835
179
Syngenta AG
2,832
180
Novartis AG
2,824
181
Merck and Co Inc
2,818
182
Daimler AG
2,741
183
Softbank Group Corp
2,739
184
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2,734
185
Omron Corp
2,716
186
Masco Corp
2,700
187
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp
2,683
188
Nestle SA
2,682
189
AbbVie Inc
2,616
190
Nidec Corp
2,560
191
Daikin Industries Ltd
2,542
192
Electrolux AB
2,511
193
Samsung Electro Mechanics Co Ltd
2,501
194
Eastman Kodak Co
2,500
195
JTEKT Corp
2,478
196
Northrop Grumman Corp
2,451
197
Air Liquide SA
2,451
198
Bank of America Corp
2,440
199
Wistron Corp
2,433
200
Bristol Myers Squibb Co
2,422
201
L3Harris Technologies Inc
2,416
202
Total SA
2,409
203
Macronix International Co Ltd
2,400
204
Provenance Asset Group LLC
2,398
205
Casio Computer Co Ltd
2,397
206
Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc
2,394
207
Siemens Energy AG
2,377
208
Delta Electronics Inc
2,374
209
Fuji Electric Co Ltd
2,353
210
Magna International Inc
2,349
211
Kimberly Clark Corp
2,348
212
MinebeaMitsumi Inc
2,329
213
Lam Research Corp
2,327
214
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
2,320
215
Tsinghua University
2,318
216
Walt Disney Co
2,314
217
Colgate Palmolive Co
2,312
218
Tencent Holdings Ltd
2,311
219
CH Boehringer Sohn AG and Co KG
2,274
220
Avaya Inc
2,252
221
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology KAIST
2,224
222
Quarterhill Inc
2,207
223
Komatsu Ltd
2,193
224
NGK Insulators Ltd
2,138
225
Koch Industries Inc
2,134
226
EssilorLuxottica SA
2,133
227
Kobe Steel Ltd
2,123
228
Pfizer Inc
2,096
229
Juniper Networks Inc
2,083
230
BAE Systems PLC
2,078
231
Arkema SA
2,071
232
International Game Technology PLC
2,070
233
Autoliv Inc
2,056
234
Kao Corp
2,031
235
Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
2,028
236
HTC Corp
2,017
237
Chevron Corp
2,016
238
Shimano Inc
2,015
239
Cook Group Inc
2,012
240
IFP Energies Nouvelles IFPEN
2,010
241
Johnson Controls International PLC
2,009
242
Yamaha Corp
1,972
243
Nitto Denko Corp
1,965
244
IPvalue Management Inc
1,956
245
SKF AB
1,953
246
Wsou Investments LLC
1,940
247
KLA Corp
1,932
248
Innolux Corp
1,920
249
Orange SA
1,909
250
NetApp Inc
1,901
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This analysis calculates the world's largest active patent holders, including subsidiaries, as a snapshot in time as of January 4, 2021.