2021 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, 2022. 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.
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Ticker
Name
Active Families (Jan 4, 2022)
Active Families (Jan 4, 2021)
Δ
% Change
IBM
International Business Machines Corp
41,937
38,541
3,396
9
MSFT
Microsoft Corp
32,173
30,042
2,131
7
GE
General Electric Co
27,584
23,630
3,954
17
INTC
Intel Corp
25,784
23,523
2,261
10
QCOM
Qualcomm Inc
23,351
21,522
1,829
8
RTX
Raytheon Technologies Corp
23,062
20,800
2,262
11
GOOG
Alphabet Inc
22,822
21,762
1,060
5
AAPL
Apple Inc
20,491
18,161
2,330
13
F
Ford Motor Co
19,410
17,905
1,505
8
GM
General Motors Co
17,900
17,384
516
3
HON
Honeywell International Inc
15,127
14,163
964
7
JNJ
Johnson and Johnson
13,984
12,442
1,542
12
MDT
Medtronic PLC
13,902
12,980
922
7
AVGO
Broadcom Inc
13,675
14,219
-544
-4
ORCL
Oracle Corp
13,303
13,212
91
1
TXN
Texas Instruments Inc
13,264
13,282
-18
0
BA
Boeing Co
13,001
11,966
1,035
9
AMZN
Amazon com Inc
12,484
11,060
1,424
13
CSCO
Cisco Systems Inc
12,215
11,874
341
3
PG
Procter and Gamble Co
9,774
8,997
777
9
MMM
3M Co
9,472
8,250
1,222
15
T
AT&T Inc
8,925
8,376
549
7
NKE
Nike Inc
7,907
7,141
766
11
CAT
Caterpillar Inc
6,994
5,936
1,058
18
DOW
Dow Inc
6,893
6,761
132
2
ABT
Abbott Laboratories
6,222
5,939
283
5
FB
Meta Platforms Inc (Facebook)
5,976
4,931
1,045
21
VZ
Verizon Communications Inc
5,623
6,197
-574
-9
EMR
Emerson Electric Co
5,446
4,178
1,268
30
TMUS
T Mobile US Inc
5,130
4,846
284
6
XOM
Exxon Mobil Corp
4,847
4,434
413
9
DHR
Danaher Corp
4,686
4,024
662
16
BRK.A
Berkshire Hathaway Inc
4,458
4,121
337
8
NVDA
Nvidia Corp
4,103
3,787
316
8
ADBE
Adobe Inc
4,096
3,654
442
12
TMO
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
3,992
3,552
440
12
MRK
Merck and Co Inc
3,253
2,818
435
15
LMT
Lockheed Martin Corp
3,189
3,272
-83
-3
ABBV
AbbVie Inc
2,855
2,616
239
9
BAC
Bank of America Corp
2,838
2,440
398
16
PFE
Pfizer Inc
2,767
2,096
671
32
BMY
Bristol Myers Squibb Co
2,661
2,422
239
10
DIS
Walt Disney Co
2,531
2,314
217
9
CL
Colgate Palmolive Co
2,418
2,312
106
5
DD
DuPont de Nemours Inc
2,275
1,891
384
20
CVX
Chevron Corp
2,170
2,016
154
8
ACN
Accenture PLC
2,139
1,828
311
17
CRM
Salesforce com Inc
2,014
1,618
396
24
LIN
Linde Plc
1,842
1,732
110
6
CMCSA
Comcast Corp
1,673
1,356
317
23
PM
Philip Morris International Inc
1,641
1,055
586
56
COF
Capital One Financial Corp
1,529
1,184
345
29
JPM
JPMorgan Chase and Co
1,404
1,035
369
36
WMT
Walmart Inc
1,401
1,163
238
20
MA
Mastercard Inc
1,382
1,077
305
28
PEP
Pepsico Inc
1,318
1,234
84
7
PYPL
PayPal Holdings Inc
1,315
1,121
194
17
V
Visa Inc
1,271
1,011
260
26
TGT
Target Corp
1,202
1,126
76
7
WFC
Wells Fargo and Co
1,123
722
401
56
AMGN
Amgen Inc
1,091
944
147
16
MO
Altria Group Inc
1,018
907
111
12
MDLZ
Mondelez International Inc
981
876
105
12
LLY
Eli Lilly and Co
909
779
130
17
TSLA
Tesla Inc
755
689
66
10
GILD
Gilead Sciences Inc
742
648
94
15
KO
Coca Cola Co
716
633
83
13
CHTR
Charter Communications Inc
706
577
129
22
KHC
Kraft Heinz Co
691
561
130
23
COP
ConocoPhillips Co
653
483
170
35
GD
General Dynamics Corp
514
480
34
7
BIIB
Biogen Inc
389
290
99
34
UPS
United Parcel Service Inc
345
314
31
10
AXP
American Express Co
336
268
68
25
GS
Goldman Sachs Group Inc
299
142
157
111
MS
Morgan Stanley
282
246
36
15
NFLX
Netflix Inc
221
181
40
22
HD
Home Depot Inc
189
171
18
11
UNH
UnitedHealth Group Inc
189
115
74
64
WBA
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc
181
139
42
30
C
Citigroup Inc
154
159
-5
-3
CVS
CVS Health Corp
153
131
22
17
FDX
FedEx Corp
122
118
4
3
BK
Bank of New York Mellon Corp
101
104
-3
-3
SBUX
Starbucks Corp
86
72
14
19
SO
Southern Co
83
71
12
17
USB
US Bancorp
78
83
-5
-6
LOW
Lowes Companies Inc
47
43
4
9
NEE
NextEra Energy Inc
45
37
8
22
BKNG
Booking Holdings Inc
38
37
1
3
AIG
American International Group Inc
29
22
7
32
BLK
BlackRock Inc
25
21
4
19
MCD
McDonalds Corp
22
11
11
100
MET
MetLife Inc
21
18
3
17
UNP
Union Pacific Corp
20
23
-3
-13
DUK
Duke Energy Corp
19
14
5
36
EXC
Exelon Corp
13
13
0
0
AMT
American Tower Corp
7
7
0
0
COST
Costco Wholesale Corp
3
1
2
200
SPG
Simon Property Group Inc
0
0
0
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