2022 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 3, 2023. 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 3, 2023)
Active Families (Jan 4, 2022)
Δ
% Change
IBM
International Business Machines Corp
43,014
41,937
1,077
3
MSFT
Microsoft Corp
31,563
32,173
-610
-2
GE
General Electric Co
27,008
27,584
-576
-2
RTX
Raytheon Technologies Corp
24,149
23,062
1,087
5
INTC
Intel Corp
23,758
25,784
-2,026
-8
QCOM
Qualcomm Inc
23,664
23,351
313
1
GOOGL
Alphabet Inc
22,935
22,822
113
0
AAPL
Apple Inc
21,402
20,491
911
4
F
Ford Motor Co
19,474
19,410
64
0
GM
General Motors Co
17,023
17,900
-877
-5
HON
Honeywell International Inc
14,847
15,127
-280
-2
JNJ
Johnson and Johnson
14,241
13,984
257
2
MDT
Medtronic PLC
13,983
13,902
81
1
AMZN
Amazon com Inc
13,519
12,484
1,035
8
ORCL
Oracle Corp
13,426
13,303
123
1
BA
Boeing Co
13,327
13,001
326
3
TXN
Texas Instruments Inc
12,886
13,264
-378
-3
AVGO
Broadcom Inc
12,365
13,675
-1,310
-10
CSCO
Cisco Systems Inc
11,833
12,215
-382
-3
PG
Procter and Gamble Co
9,465
9,774
-309
-3
MMM
3M Co
9,196
9,472
-276
-3
T
AT&T Inc
8,364
8,925
-561
-6
NKE
Nike Inc
8,337
7,907
430
5
CAT
Caterpillar Inc
7,389
6,994
395
6
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices Inc
7,125
7,125
DOW
Dow Inc
6,801
6,893
-92
-1
FB
Meta Platforms Inc
6,581
5,976
605
10
ABT
Abbott Laboratories
5,851
6,222
-371
-6
VZ
Verizon Communications Inc
5,618
5,623
-5
0
EMR
Emerson Electric Co
5,459
5,446
13
0
TMUS
T Mobile US Inc
5,442
5,130
312
6
BRK.A
Berkshire Hathaway Inc
4,759
4,458
301
7
DHR
Danaher Corp
4,704
4,686
18
0
XOM
Exxon Mobil Corp
4,607
4,847
-240
-5
ADBE
Adobe Inc
4,341
4,096
245
6
NVDA
Nvidia Corp
4,256
4,103
153
4
TMO
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
3,914
3,992
-78
-2
BAC
Bank of America Corp
3,638
2,838
800
28
MRK
Merck and Co Inc
3,310
3,253
57
2
LMT
Lockheed Martin Corp
3,030
3,189
-159
-5
ABBV
AbbVie Inc
2,693
2,855
-162
-6
PFE
Pfizer Inc
2,652
2,767
-115
-4
BMY
Bristol Myers Squibb Co
2,627
2,661
-34
-1
DIS
Walt Disney Co
2,622
2,531
91
4
CRM
Salesforce com Inc
2,589
2,014
575
29
CL
Colgate Palmolive Co
2,409
2,418
-9
0
ACN
Accenture PLC
2,291
2,139
152
7
CVX
Chevron Corp
2,161
2,170
-9
0
CMCSA
Comcast Corp
1,866
1,673
193
12
PM
Philip Morris International Inc
1,836
1,641
195
12
COF
Capital One Financial Corp
1,798
1,529
269
18
LIN
Linde PLC
1,764
1,842
-78
-4
JPM
JPMorgan Chase and Co
1,760
1,404
356
25
MA
Mastercard Inc
1,575
1,382
193
14
WMT
Walmart Inc
1,567
1,401
166
12
V
Visa Inc
1,468
1,271
197
15
PYPL
PayPal Holdings Inc
1,446
1,315
131
10
WFC
Wells Fargo and Co
1,303
1,123
180
16
PEP
Pepsico Inc
1,301
1,318
-17
-1
TGT
Target Corp
1,243
1,202
41
3
AMGN
Amgen Inc
1,135
1,091
44
4
MO
Altria Group Inc
1,041
1,018
23
2
USB
US Bancorp
969
78
891
1,142
MDLZ
Mondelez International Inc
960
981
-21
-2
LLY
Eli Lilly and Co
890
909
-19
-2
CHTR
Charter Communications Inc
823
706
117
17
KO
Coca Cola Co
788
716
72
10
TSLA
Tesla Inc
782
755
27
4
GILD
Gilead Sciences Inc
746
742
4
1
C
Citigroup Inc
720
154
566
368
KHC
Kraft Heinz Co
635
691
-56
-8
COP
ConocoPhillips Co
626
653
-27
-4
GD
General Dynamics Corp
515
514
1
0
MS
Morgan Stanley
408
282
126
45
AXP
American Express Co
344
336
8
2
UPS
United Parcel Service Inc
341
345
-4
-1
NFLX
Netflix Inc
252
221
31
14
UNH
UnitedHealth Group Inc
230
189
41
22
HD
Home Depot Inc
194
189
5
3
GS
Goldman Sachs Group Inc
189
299
-110
-37
WBA
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc
177
181
-4
-2
CVS
CVS Health Corp
154
153
1
1
FDX
FedEx Corp
122
122
0
0
SCHW
Charles Schwab Corp
113
113
SBUX
Starbucks Corp
93
86
7
8
BK
Bank of New York Mellon Corp
92
101
-9
-9
SO
Southern Co
82
83
-1
-1
NEE
NextEra Energy Inc
54
45
9
20
LOW
Lowes Companies Inc
46
47
-1
-2
BKNG
Booking Holdings Inc
36
38
-2
-5
AIG
American International Group Inc
32
29
3
10
BLK
BlackRock Inc
25
25
0
0
MET
MetLife Inc
22
21
1
5
UNP
Union Pacific Corp
21
20
1
5
MCD
McDonalds Corp
19
22
-3
-14
DUK
Duke Energy Corp
19
19
0
0
EXC
Exelon Corp
9
13
-4
-31
AMT
American Tower Corp
7
7
0
0
COST
Costco Wholesale Corp
3
3
0
0
SPG
Simon Property Group Inc
0
0
0
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