2020 Patent Assets of the S&P 100
Our unique patent analysis of the S&P 100 gives financial analysts a powerful tool to evaluate the intangible assets of major publicly traded companies.
The ranking below includes S&P 100 companies and their global patent assets on January 4, 2021. Subsidiaries with patent assets are also included. A patent family includes filings of the same invention by the same applicant in multiple countries or jurisdictions.
| Ticker | Name | Active Families (Jan 4, 2021) | Active Families (Jan 2, 2020) | Δ | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM |
International Business Machines Corp
|
38,541 | 37,304 | 1,237 | 3 |
| MSFT |
Microsoft Corp
|
30,042 | 29,824 | 218 | 1 |
| GE |
General Electric Co
|
23,630 | 30,010 | -6,380 | -21 |
| INTC |
Intel Corp
|
23,523 | 24,628 | -1,105 | -4 |
| GOOGL |
Alphabet Inc
|
21,762 | 21,084 | 678 | 3 |
| QCOM |
Qualcomm Inc
|
21,522 | 21,255 | 267 | 1 |
| RTX |
Raytheon Technologies Corp
|
20,800 | 20,800 | ||
| AAPL |
Apple Inc
|
18,161 | 14,849 | 3,312 | 22 |
| F |
Ford Motor Co
|
17,905 | 16,942 | 963 | 6 |
| GM |
General Motors Co
|
17,384 | 17,778 | -394 | -2 |
| HON |
Honeywell International Inc
|
14,163 | 13,892 | 271 | 2 |
| TXN |
Texas Instruments Inc
|
13,282 | 13,253 | 29 | 0 |
| ORCL |
Oracle Corp
|
13,212 | 13,254 | -42 | 0 |
| MDT |
Medtronic PLC
|
12,980 | 12,400 | 580 | 5 |
| JNJ |
Johnson and Johnson
|
12,442 | 12,226 | 216 | 2 |
| BA |
Boeing Co
|
11,966 | 10,897 | 1,069 | 10 |
| CSCO |
Cisco Systems Inc
|
11,874 | 11,498 | 376 | 3 |
| AMZN |
Amazon com Inc
|
11,060 | 9,455 | 1,605 | 17 |
| PG |
Procter and Gamble Co
|
8,997 | 8,950 | 47 | 1 |
| T |
AT&T Inc
|
8,376 | 8,106 | 270 | 3 |
| MMM |
3M Co
|
8,250 | 8,306 | -56 | -1 |
| SLB |
Schlumberger Ltd
|
7,311 | 7,412 | -101 | -1 |
| NKE |
Nike Inc
|
7,141 | 6,787 | 354 | 5 |
| DOW |
Dow Inc
|
6,761 | 6,532 | 229 | 4 |
| VZ |
Verizon Communications Inc
|
6,197 | 5,656 | 541 | 10 |
| ABT |
Abbott Laboratories
|
5,939 | 6,265 | -326 | -5 |
| CAT |
Caterpillar Inc
|
5,936 | 5,622 | 314 | 6 |
| FB |
Facebook Inc
|
4,931 | 3,716 | 1,215 | 33 |
| XOM |
Exxon Mobil Corp
|
4,434 | 4,327 | 107 | 2 |
| EMR |
Emerson Electric Co
|
4,178 | 3,919 | 259 | 7 |
| BRK.A |
Berkshire Hathaway Inc
|
4,121 | 4,191 | -70 | -2 |
| DHR |
Danaher Corp
|
4,024 | 3,834 | 190 | 5 |
| NVDA |
Nvidia Corp
|
3,787 | 3,135 | 652 | 21 |
| ADBE |
Adobe Inc
|
3,654 | 3,261 | 393 | 12 |
| TMO |
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
|
3,552 | 3,658 | -106 | -3 |
| LMT |
Lockheed Martin Corp
|
3,272 | 3,240 | 32 | 1 |
| MRK |
Merck and Co Inc
|
2,818 | 2,969 | -151 | -5 |
| ABBV |
AbbVie Inc
|
2,616 | 1,211 | 1,405 | 116 |
| BAC |
Bank of America Corp
|
2,440 | 2,126 | 314 | 15 |
| BMY |
Bristol Myers Squibb Co
|
2,422 | 2,503 | -81 | -3 |
| DIS |
Walt Disney Co
|
2,314 | 2,077 | 237 | 11 |
| CL |
Colgate Palmolive Co
|
2,312 | 2,282 | 30 | 1 |
| PFE |
Pfizer Inc
|
2,096 | 2,357 | -261 | -11 |
| CVX |
Chevron Corp
|
2,016 | 2,042 | -26 | -1 |
| DD |
DuPont de Nemours Inc
|
1,891 | 1,932 | -41 | -2 |
| ACN |
Accenture PLC
|
1,828 | 1,668 | 160 | 10 |
| CRM |
Salesforce com Inc
|
1,618 | 1,618 | ||
| CMCSA |
Comcast Corp
|
1,356 | 1,201 | 155 | 13 |
| PEP |
Pepsico Inc
|
1,234 | 1,229 | 5 | 0 |
| COF |
Capital One Financial Corp
|
1,184 | 691 | 493 | 71 |
| WMT |
Walmart Inc
|
1,163 | 905 | 258 | 29 |
| TGT |
Target Corp
|
1,126 | 1,080 | 46 | 4 |
| PYPL |
PayPal Inc
|
1,121 | 976 | 145 | 15 |
| MA |
Mastercard Inc
|
1,077 | 805 | 272 | 34 |
| PM |
Philip Morris International Inc
|
1,055 | 829 | 226 | 27 |
| JPM |
JPMorgan Chase and Co
|
1,035 | 1,007 | 28 | 3 |
| V |
Visa Inc
|
1,011 | 904 | 107 | 12 |
| AMGN |
Amgen Inc
|
944 | 917 | 27 | 3 |
| MO |
Altria Group Inc
|
907 | 833 | 74 | 9 |
| MDLZ |
Mondelez International Inc
|
876 | 847 | 29 | 3 |
| LLY |
Eli Lilly and Co
|
779 | 925 | -146 | -16 |
| WFC |
Wells Fargo and Co
|
722 | 560 | 162 | 29 |
| TSLA |
Tesla Inc
|
689 | 633 | 56 | 9 |
| GILD |
Gilead Sciences Inc
|
648 | 525 | 123 | 23 |
| KO |
Coca Cola Co
|
633 | 626 | 7 | 1 |
| CHTR |
Charter Communications Inc
|
577 | 506 | 71 | 14 |
| KHC |
Kraft Heinz Co
|
561 | 615 | -54 | -9 |
| COP |
ConocoPhillips Co
|
483 | 486 | -3 | -1 |
| GD |
General Dynamics Corp
|
480 | 484 | -4 | -1 |
| UPS |
United Parcel Service Inc
|
314 | 298 | 16 | 5 |
| ALL |
Allstate Corp
|
310 | 248 | 62 | 25 |
| BIIB |
Biogen Inc
|
290 | 296 | -6 | -2 |
| AXP |
American Express Co
|
268 | 229 | 39 | 17 |
| MS |
Morgan Stanley
|
246 | 257 | -11 | -4 |
| NFLX |
Netflix Inc
|
181 | 137 | 44 | 32 |
| HD |
Home Depot Inc
|
171 | 154 | 17 | 11 |
| C |
Citigroup Inc
|
159 | 175 | -16 | -9 |
| GS |
Goldman Sachs Group Inc
|
142 | 132 | 10 | 8 |
| WBA |
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc
|
139 | 140 | -1 | -1 |
| CVS |
CVS Health Corp
|
131 | 122 | 9 | 7 |
| FDX |
FedEx Corp
|
118 | 111 | 7 | 6 |
| UNH |
UnitedHealth Group Inc
|
115 | 97 | 18 | 19 |
| BK |
Bank of New York Mellon Corp
|
104 | 124 | -20 | -16 |
| USB |
US Bancorp
|
83 | 94 | -11 | -12 |
| SBUX |
Starbucks Corp
|
72 | 67 | 5 | 7 |
| SO |
Southern Co
|
71 | 74 | -3 | -4 |
| LOW |
Lowes Companies Inc
|
43 | 35 | 8 | 23 |
| BKNG |
Booking Holdings Inc
|
37 | 39 | -2 | -5 |
| NEE |
NextEra Energy Inc
|
37 | 28 | 9 | 32 |
| UNP |
Union Pacific Corp
|
23 | 25 | -2 | -8 |
| AIG |
American International Group Inc
|
22 | 17 | 5 | 29 |
| BLK |
BlackRock Inc
|
21 | 19 | 2 | 11 |
| MET |
MetLife Inc
|
18 | 10 | 8 | 80 |
| DUK |
Duke Energy Corp
|
14 | 12 | 2 | 17 |
| EXC |
Exelon Corp
|
13 | 15 | -2 | -13 |
| MCD |
McDonalds Corp
|
11 | 14 | -3 | -21 |
| KMI |
Kinder Morgan Inc
|
9 | 7 | 2 | 29 |
| AMT |
American Tower Corp
|
7 | 7 | ||
| COST |
Costco Wholesale Corp
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SPG |
Simon Property Group Inc
|
0 | 0 | 0 |
