Most Innovative Companies
Top 100 by Innovation Score — volume, velocity, breadth & claim depth combined. USPTO PatentsView 2015–2025.
The Innovation Score blends four signals from US patent grants 2015–2025: portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth across CPC subclasses (25%), and average claims per patent as a proxy for invention depth (15%). The top 100 below is drawn from 100 ranked companies in PlainPatent's USPTO PatentsView extract. Top scorers tend to combine large absolute volume with diversified technology footprints — pure volume alone (e.g., a single product line filing thousands of similar patents) is dampened by the breadth and claim-depth components.
Read these rankings as a structural snapshot, not a verdict on R&D quality. A company at score 80 with 20,000 patents across 200 CPC subclasses tells a different story than one at 75 with 1,000 patents across 5 subclasses — the first signals broad incumbency, the second concentrated specialty leadership. Pair the score with the per-company profile to read the underlying portfolio shape, including five-year velocity and top CPC concentration.
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85.4
QUALCOMM Incorporated
30,354 patents
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82.3
SNAP INC.
3,345 patents
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82.2
Cilag GmbH International
2,210 patents
| Rank | Company | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | QUALCOMM Incorporated WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS | 85.4 |
| 2 | SNAP INC. ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING | 82.3 |
| 3 | Cilag GmbH International DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION | 82.2 |
| 4 | Kioxia Corporation STATIC STORES | 81.9 |
| 5 | TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10 | 81.5 |
| 6 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING | 81.4 |
| 7 | KIA CORPORATION CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE | 81.4 |
| 8 | Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS | 81.4 |
| 9 | Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES | 81.2 |
| 10 | KLA Corporation PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR; | 80.7 |
| 11 | FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp. ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING | 80.0 |
| 12 | VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD. WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS | 79.9 |
| 13 | CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10 | 79.5 |
| 14 | LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD. PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY | 79.3 |
| 15 | Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING | 79.3 |
| 16 | Apple Inc. ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING | 79.0 |
| 17 | HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD. VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR | 79.0 |
| 18 | NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION | 78.9 |
| 19 | TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS | 78.8 |
| 20 | Micron Technology, Inc. STATIC STORES | 78.8 |
| 21 | GM Cruise Holdings LLC CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE | 78.7 |
| 22 | Comcast Cable Communications, LLC TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION | 78.7 |
| 23 | Meta Platforms, Inc. ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING | 78.6 |
| 24 | BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES | 78.6 |
| 25 | Charter Communications Operating, LLC WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS | 78.6 |
| 26 | Dell Products L.P. ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING | 78.6 |
| 27 | RTX CORPORATION INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS | 78.5 |
| 28 | TENCENT AMERICA LLC PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION | 78.4 |
| 29 | Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS | 78.3 |
| 30 | GE Precision Healthcare LLC DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION | 78.2 |
| 31 | Kyndryl, Inc. ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING | 77.9 |
| 32 | NVIDIA Corporation ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING | 77.7 |
| 33 | Adeia Guides Inc. PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION | 77.5 |
| 34 | Motional AD LLC CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE | 77.4 |
| 35 | Intel Corporation ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING | 77.4 |
| 36 | BETA AIR LLC EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT | 77.4 |
| 37 | Google LLC ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING | 77.4 |
| 38 | GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc. INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES | 77.1 |
| 39 | Honor Device Co., Ltd. ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING | 77.1 |
| 40 | TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICA | 77.0 |
| 41 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION | 77.0 |
| 42 | Rivian IP Holdings, LLC PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES ; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES ; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL ; MAGNETIC SU | 76.9 |
| 43 | BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING | 76.9 |
| 44 | TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS | 76.8 |
| 45 | Zoox, Inc. CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE | 76.5 |
| 46 | Siemens Healthineers AG DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION | 76.4 |
| 47 | TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING | 76.4 |
| 48 | T-Mobile Innovations LLC WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS | 76.3 |
| 49 | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS | 76.2 |
| 50 | MARVELL ASIA PTE LTD TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION | 76.1 |
| 51 | AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING | 75.9 |
| 52 | Exxon Mobil Technology and Engineering Company CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS | 75.9 |
| 53 | Geotab Inc. TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FO | 75.9 |
| 54 | MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING | 75.7 |
| 55 | Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd. CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY | 75.7 |
| 56 | CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING | 75.7 |
| 57 | International Business Machines Corporation ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING | 75.7 |
| 58 | Marathon Petroleum Company LP CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION ; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GAS | 75.6 |
| 59 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION | 75.5 |
| 60 | Stryker European Operations Limited DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION | 75.5 |
| 61 | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, | 75.4 |
| 62 | Hitachi Astemo, Ltd. CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE | 75.3 |
| 63 | NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10 | 75.0 |
| 64 | SIGMASENSE, LLC. ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING | 75.0 |
| 65 | GE Infrastructure Technology LLC INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS | 75.0 |
| 66 | Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS | 75.0 |
| 67 | SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS | 74.9 |
| 68 | CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY | 74.8 |
| 69 | Bank of America Corporation ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING | 74.6 |
| 70 | Salesforce, Inc. ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING | 74.6 |
| 71 | KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS | 74.6 |
| 72 | BLUEOWL, LLC INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, | 74.5 |
| 73 | NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES | 74.5 |
| 74 | LG ELECTRONICS INC. WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS | 74.4 |
| 75 | SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION | 74.3 |
| 76 | Cisco Technology, Inc. TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION | 74.3 |
| 77 | BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION | 74.3 |
| 78 | Rovi Guides, Inc. PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION | 74.2 |
| 79 | Argo AI, LLC CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE | 74.2 |
| 80 | NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS | 74.2 |
| 81 | HL MANDO CORPORATION MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS | 74.2 |
| 82 | Applied Materials, Inc. SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10 | 74.2 |
| 83 | Skydio, Inc. UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR | 74.0 |
| 84 | Waymo LLC CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE | 74.0 |
| 85 | Wolfspeed, Inc. SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10 | 74.0 |
| 86 | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION | 73.9 |
| 87 | ZTE CORPORATION WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS | 73.8 |
| 88 | BNSF Railway Company GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC | 73.8 |
| 89 | The Boeing Company EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT | 73.7 |
| 90 | Roku, Inc. PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION | 73.6 |
| 91 | AURORA OPERATIONS, INC. RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRA | 73.6 |
| 92 | BMIC LLC ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS | 73.5 |
| 93 | ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL | 73.5 |
| 94 | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING | 73.5 |
| 95 | Hitachi Energy Switzerland AG MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES | 73.5 |
| 96 | QUALCOMM Technologies Inc. ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING | 73.4 |
| 97 | SONY GROUP CORPORATION PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION | 73.4 |
| 98 | Motherson Innovations Company Limited VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR | 73.4 |
| 99 | Oracle International Corporation ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING | 73.4 |
| 100 | SK hynix Inc. STATIC STORES | 73.4 |
Score = Volume (40%) + Velocity (20%) + Tech Breadth (25%) + Claim Depth (15%)