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Patent Representation Gap: Full Company Data

Detailed patent inventor representation data for 183 companies. Compare all-time performance against the last 24 months to see who is improving, who is stable, and who is declining.

← Back to the Patent Representation Gap Index for key findings, methodology, and the national trend.

Data from Google BigQuery patents-public-data. Gender estimated from first names. CPC codes from primary patent classification. See main index page for full methodology.

183
Companies with meaningful patent data
77
Companies improving (42%)
33
Companies declining (18%)
73
Companies stable (40%)

Industry Snapshot

Are Companies Improving?

42% improving
77 improving 73 stable 33 declining

Who Improved the Most in the Last 24 Months?

Paccar+19.9pp
Xerox+17.4pp
Airbnb+14.7pp
Spotify+12.8pp
CrowdStrike+10.8pp

All-time PbW% Improvement (24mo). Limited to companies with at least 30 patents in the last 24 months, so a one- or two-patent swing cannot top the list.

How to Read This Table

All-Time vs Last 24 Months

PbW% (Total) is the all-time share of patents with at least one woman inventor. PbW% (24mo) is the same metric for the last 24 months only. The Δ column shows the change. Green = improving. Red = declining.

CPC Technology Areas

Top CPC shows the patent classification areas (technology fields) where women inventors are most active at that company. These are technology categories from the patent record, not internal departments or org structure.

All 183 Companies — Sorted by Recent Performance (24mo)

Companies with fewer than 30 patents in the last 24 months are shown "—" in the recent-window columns and ranked after those with a usable sample: one or two recent patents can read 0% or 100% and would otherwise dominate the sort.

Company Patents Inventors PbW% (Total) Fem Inv% Pat (24mo) PbW% (24mo) Fem% (24mo) Δ PbW Conc. Last Yr Top CPC
Samsung170,80387,35245.1%13.2%18,11650.4%15.0%+5.340%8,456G06F, H04W
Airbnb22644226.5%9.3%6841.2%11.1%+14.718%28G06Q, G06F
Starbucks25230132.9%16.9%8639.5%18.9%+6.629%38G06Q, B65D
Procter & Gamble19,28513,17426.5%12.5%76436.0%13.8%+9.538%304C11D, A61F
Spotify65563818.0%6.9%10430.8%10.0%+12.827%37G06F, H04N
Avalara9810230.6%8.8%4630.4%9.5%-0.231%17G06Q, H04L
Pinterest14020720.0%7.7%3030.0%8.5%+10.020%12G06F, G06Q
Paccar1,2108299.1%2.1%10729.0%2.9%+19.943%45F01N, B60K
SK Hynix17,7526,62929.9%17.7%1,44528.4%16.1%-1.534%694G11C, G06F
Palantir1,6781,43321.0%6.6%25528.2%7.5%+7.226%109G06F, G06Q
Coinbase14323025.2%5.2%6127.9%4.6%+2.721%19G06Q, H04L
Xerox39,14817,8189.2%5.0%25226.6%10.4%+17.441%80G03G, B41J
Tableau30227430.5%8.8%4524.4%10.9%-6.132%20G06F, G06T
CrowdStrike18722413.4%3.6%9124.2%4.9%+10.830%53G06F, H04L
Lyft56673821.9%6.5%16523.6%6.5%+1.725%57G06Q, G01C
Uber96399615.9%4.5%10223.5%6.4%+7.622%29G06Q, G01C
Corning22,65713,63212.9%7.4%71521.3%8.4%+8.438%282G02B, C03C
Johnson & Johnson4,5553,84216.3%9.4%12520.0%9.4%+3.737%46A61K, A61F
Shopify33440317.7%8.2%14419.4%7.4%+1.731%71G06Q, G06F
Twilio35227310.5%5.5%9419.1%6.2%+8.641%28H04L, G06Q
iRobot88359013.6%5.4%7919.0%7.7%+5.428%28A47L, G05D
Docusign18127119.3%5.2%6319.0%3.5%-0.321%18G06F, G06Q
Boeing24,29121,4129.9%5.1%1,35718.3%6.0%+8.433%556B64D, B64C
Apple42,19020,94512.5%4.3%5,93617.9%4.6%+5.457%2,469G06F, H04W
Garmin8806237.8%3.7%3417.6%5.3%+9.833%18G01C, B63B
Okta15731412.1%5.1%4017.5%5.0%+5.417%23H04L, G06F
Peloton19122215.2%5.4%4316.3%5.0%+1.128%19A63B, G05D
AT&T44,40726,76711.5%6.3%75915.9%8.2%+4.443%318H04L, H04M
Splunk1,9751,05013.9%4.8%24315.6%4.9%+1.733%63G06F, H04L
Snap3,5931,58712.2%4.9%1,25615.3%5.0%+3.138%473G06F, G06T
Meta (Facebook)10,4157,67913.4%4.9%81814.9%5.4%+1.536%364G06F, G02B
Raytheon14,14911,6558.0%4.4%73014.7%5.2%+6.733%298F01D, G06F
Alphabet (Google)40,66926,18511.1%5.0%4,49614.1%4.9%+3.036%1,797G06F, G06Q
Cloudflare33122011.8%4.1%5313.2%4.8%+1.442%25H04L, G06F
Salesforce4,7124,52513.3%5.7%68713.1%5.8%-0.229%331G06F, H04L
Intuit5,2864,17615.5%8.4%79713.0%5.7%-2.543%363A61B, G06Q
Workday2853546.0%3.4%4613.0%4.0%+7.024%18G06F, G06Q
Northrop Grumman3,6164,3029.3%4.0%12512.8%5.0%+3.528%64H10D, G02B
Microsoft57,42051,55012.0%4.7%3,07012.3%4.0%+0.335%1,353G06F, H04L
Amazon23,91522,4209.3%3.8%2,54312.2%3.1%+2.938%1,144G06F, G06Q
Arm Holdings4,9664,50324.2%10.7%14812.2%5.7%-12.038%68C07D, A61K
Applied Materials14,6639,15110.9%3.9%1,47612.1%3.2%+1.240%663H10P, C23C
Cadence Design Systems2,5782,6005.2%2.5%10712.1%3.7%+6.930%55G06F, G11C
Rivian8609309.4%5.6%41611.8%4.5%+2.431%218H01M, B60L
Instacart25842310.9%5.4%17311.6%5.5%+0.724%106G06Q, G06N
HP Inc.44,07030,3699.4%5.0%1,26711.5%4.5%+2.138%551G06F, B41J
KLA17,23326,4618.1%3.5%41811.0%5.0%+2.931%199A61K, G01N
IBM177,22196,39812.3%5.6%3,92410.9%4.5%-1.447%1,843G06F, H04L
Adobe7,0935,3248.4%4.0%69310.8%3.7%+2.440%337G06F, G06T
TE Connectivity1,8821,7868.0%3.8%3369.8%3.8%+1.835%167H01R, H05K
Honeywell27,30120,4456.4%3.3%9579.7%3.3%+3.333%475G06F, G05B
Philips48,56033,7696.2%3.4%1,2239.6%3.7%+3.435%491G02F, A61B
Roku5,4533,8460.9%0.5%2219.5%3.0%+8.632%100H04N, G06Q
eBay3,7663,00711.3%4.6%2319.5%3.6%-1.831%87G06Q, G06F
NetApp3,3462,4176.8%2.7%2639.5%2.9%+2.731%104G06F, H04L
Zoom72946110.0%4.3%4279.4%3.9%-0.632%213H04L, H04N
Motorola Solutions2,2452,4167.3%3.1%1949.3%3.5%+2.034%84H04W, H04L
Rapid73102218.4%4.5%1009.0%5.0%+0.625%31H04L, G06F
SAP9,6829,4426.8%3.0%8278.7%3.2%+1.932%360G06F, G06Q
ServiceNow1,1461,40511.5%3.6%1618.7%2.7%-2.826%66G06F, H04L
Micron Technology41,6208,6554.6%3.3%2,6488.3%3.6%+3.748%1,090G11C, G06F
Autodesk1,3071,2447.7%3.8%1008.0%2.3%+0.336%46G06F, G06T
NVIDIA5,7424,6164.5%1.9%9707.9%2.2%+3.435%549G06T, G06F
Oracle13,61812,4488.1%3.9%1,0857.7%3.0%-0.436%499G06F, G06Q
Netflix5295768.9%4.7%787.7%5.2%-1.226%46H04N, G06F
Intel84,36556,5337.4%3.5%7,4027.6%2.6%+0.246%3,275G06F, H04L
Siemens57,85142,7243.4%1.9%2,2427.6%2.8%+4.234%1,013A61B, G06T
PayPal2,7422,1628.6%4.4%3547.3%2.8%-1.328%133G06Q, G06F
Snowflake1,0535104.8%2.4%2697.1%1.7%+2.344%82G06F, H04L
Dell13,9709,0285.8%3.4%3,8117.0%3.3%+1.243%1,916G06F, H04L
Roblox16919311.8%5.7%456.7%1.6%-5.127%25G06T, A63F
Nokia21,20213,3523.9%1.9%1,7826.5%1.9%+2.641%891H04W, H04L
Caterpillar15,24512,7814.5%2.4%7636.4%1.8%+1.931%366F02M, F02D
Analog Devices4,8773,3045.3%2.8%3116.4%2.7%+1.131%149G01P, B81B
Fortinet1,0686464.4%2.5%2216.3%1.7%+1.930%138H04L, G06F
Texas Instruments32,24417,1584.9%2.9%1,4075.8%1.9%+0.940%548G06F, H10W
Cisco23,30419,4545.5%2.9%1,7445.8%2.6%+0.341%868H04L, G06F
Lockheed Martin6,2376,6348.0%4.5%1395.8%3.8%-2.228%61G06F, G01N
Databricks1101403.6%2.1%695.8%2.3%+2.224%28G06F
Marvell Technology9,0673,1611.7%1.4%3045.6%1.0%+3.948%113G06F, H04L
Seagate8,8836,2167.0%3.6%1105.5%2.4%-1.538%53G11B, G06F
Infineon18,1558,9624.1%2.6%9805.4%2.3%+1.341%455H10W, H10D
ASML5,6004,0214.8%1.5%4095.4%1.1%+0.642%171G03F, H10P
Ericsson31,69715,9214.5%2.5%2,6345.2%2.3%+0.754%1,119H04W, H04L
QUALCOMM44,00915,0685.3%2.5%6,4375.0%1.8%-0.365%2,994H04W, H04L
Cirrus Logic2,6951,4472.6%2.1%1805.0%2.8%+2.440%76G06F, H03M
Juniper Networks4,7852,8953.8%1.8%3494.9%1.8%+1.131%123H04L, G06F
Sandisk13,6226,6155.5%1.9%1,1684.6%1.7%-0.942%559G11C, G06F
Advantest2,3811,3060.5%0.8%944.3%3.3%+3.833%42G01R, G06F
Electronic Arts6286219.1%4.0%944.3%2.4%-4.836%35A63F, G06F
Schneider Electric2,6842,7594.9%2.4%3124.2%1.9%-0.727%148H01H, H02J
Arista Networks7607163.7%2.1%1694.1%1.4%+0.428%74H04L, H01R
Itron2,3662,2723.5%2.5%1264.0%2.5%+0.529%46G06Q, G06K
Tesla8538495.3%1.9%1023.9%1.4%-1.431%57H02S, B60L
Keysight6987434.4%2.7%1023.9%2.1%-0.526%46H04L, G01R
Tokyo Electron10,8585,5031.4%0.9%1,0373.7%1.2%+2.334%510H10P, H01L
General Electric1,1471,9254.2%1.8%1893.7%1.6%-0.522%80H02J, F03D
Sony75,70527,3031.1%1.0%3,7833.1%1.1%+2.040%1,436H04N, G06F
AMD13,1046,5137.4%3.3%6142.9%1.2%-4.543%264H10W, H10P
VMware5,6134,3975.2%2.1%4752.9%1.4%-2.333%127G06F, H04L
Palo Alto Networks7895832.9%1.7%2512.8%1.4%-0.131%131H04L, G06F
Synopsys2,5492,6563.7%1.8%2252.7%1.3%-1.030%102G06F, G03F
Lumentum4663962.6%1.5%781.3%0.9%-1.328%34G02B, H01S
TSMC41,88014,1421.1%0.5%7,0011.2%0.3%+0.151%2,807H10D, H01L
Murata Manufacturing17,0948,3710.4%0.2%1,8440.9%0.4%+0.538%838H01P, H03H
Xiaomi4,3982,8721.1%1.3%1,0580.9%0.3%-0.242%529H04N, C07D
Delta Electronics4,1803,4340.4%0.2%4210.7%0.4%+0.338%202H04Q, H02M
Nintendo2,9451,5930.5%0.8%1580.6%0.5%+0.137%83A63F, G06F
Panasonic38,01718,9860.4%0.3%2,8540.5%0.3%+0.140%1,107G06F, H03K
MediaTek6,0883,7880.5%0.3%5840.5%0.2%+0.041%322H04N, G06F
Alibaba2,5852,5090.2%0.2%2200.5%0.3%+0.331%83G06F
Tencent7,0676,0680.1%0.0%1,9780.3%0.1%+0.247%884A63F
Foxconn2,4351,1530.1%0.2%860%0.0%-0.141%49H01R
Monolithic Power7053141.3%0.6%780%0.0%-1.329%37H05B
Akamai6355073.8%1.6%500%0.0%-3.829%19H04L, G06F
JD.com4847101.0%0.6%1590%0.0%-1.021%68
Broadcom11,4474,0636.7%2.6%346%0H04L, H04B
3M11,0377,0498.5%4.9%028%0C09J, G02B
Weyerhaeuser1,2919675.7%5.3%034%0A01H, D21C
Groupon67854515.8%3.7%523%0G06Q, H04W
F5 Networks4864143.7%2.2%2629%16H04L, G06F
Cray42338513.7%5.5%126%0G06F, H05K
Impinj3841130.3%0.9%1842%9
MicroStrategy3553035.9%4.0%1834%4G06F, H04M
Conduent3414707.6%4.0%1126%4G06Q, G06F
Nordstrom2872727.0%4.4%128%1A61B, C07K
John Deere1771340%0.0%1229%8
Equinix1691741.8%1.7%1724%2H04L
Bloomberg1661819.6%5.5%640%2G06Q, G06F
Zillow13514816.3%6.1%2925%17G06Q, G06N
Etsy11320718.6%13.0%221%1A61F, G06Q
MongoDB1021092.9%1.8%2336%14G06F
DoorDash9815911.2%5.7%2318%9G06Q, G06F
Rackspace88662.3%1.5%022%0G06F
Qualtrics851089.4%4.6%822%4G06Q, G06F
PTC781042.6%1.9%521%2
Morningstar66969.1%6.2%119%1A61F
WatchGuard63740%0.0%014%0
RetailMeNot59493.4%4.1%014%0G06Q
Booking Holdings56458.9%6.7%022%0G06F, G06Q
Plaid558730.9%9.2%2627%11G06Q, H04L
Epicor49902.0%2.2%125%1
Match Group474036.2%10.0%1417%4H04W
Lam Research46526.5%5.8%219%1
Expedia439127.9%9.9%1112%8G06Q, G06F
Bumble38310%0.0%524%1
HubSpot347135.3%7.0%1615%6G06F, G06Q
Apptio33380%0.0%313%0
Expensify3379.1%14.3%767%4H04L
Marchex31343.2%2.9%015%0
Wayfair314729.0%12.8%219%1G06T, G06F
Figma287128.6%15.5%1616%10G06F
Grubhub285435.7%9.3%115%0G06Q
T-Mobile27563.7%1.8%08%0
SolarWinds244212.5%7.1%015%0
Samsung Austin Semiconductor244712.5%4.3%010%0H10P
Phunware21340%0.0%18%0
Valve19160%0.0%122%0
Benchmark Electronics18225.6%4.5%09%0
Scale AI184027.8%2.5%1019%4G06T
Bazaarvoice17300%0.0%010%0
Robinhood17911.8%11.1%223%0
Notion16356.2%2.9%1412%11
Datadog15230%0.0%417%0
Mailchimp153946.7%20.5%06%0H04L
Discord14220%0.0%917%2
Ripple14190%0.0%010%0
NXP Semiconductors13190%0.0%015%0
Forgent Networks12150%0.0%08%0
Redfin103020.0%6.7%013%0G06Q
Silicon Labs101010.0%10.0%031%0
Smartsheet8160%0.0%012%0
Icertis880%0.0%027%0
Auth0890%0.0%226%0
Reddit81512.5%6.7%17%1
Alaska Airlines7220%0.0%04%0
HP (legacy)72014.3%5.0%05%0
Bungie6120%0.0%415%1
PopCap Games330%0.0%033%0
Remitly130%0.0%033%0
Costco110%0.0%0100%0
Haynes International130%0.0%033%0
NCR120%0.0%050%0

PbW% = Patents by women (at least one woman inventor). Fem Inv% = Female inventors as share of all unique inventors. Δ PbW = Change from all-time to last 24 months (green = improving, red = declining). Conc. = Top 5% of inventors' share of all patent appearances. Top CPC = Patent technology areas where women inventors are most active. Companies with <10 total patents excluded. Data: Google BigQuery patents-public-data.

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