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Patent Representation Gap: Full Company Data

Detailed patent inventor representation data for 169 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.

170
Companies with meaningful patent data
76
Companies improving (49%)
35
Companies declining (22%)
45
Companies stable (no significant change)

Industry Snapshot

Are Companies Improving?

49% improving
76 improving 45 stable 35 declining

Who Improved the Most in the Last 24 Months?

Robinhood+88.2pp
Broadcom+60.0pp
Etsy+48.1pp
Paccar+19.8pp
Xerox+17.5pp

All-time PbW% Improvement (24mo)

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 where women inventors are most active at that company. This reveals which parts of the organization are including women vs which are not.

All 170 Companies — Sorted by Recent Performance (24mo)

Company Patents Inventors PbW% (Total) Fem Inv% Pat (24mo) PbW% (24mo) Fem% (24mo) Δ PbW Conc. Last Yr Top CPC
Robinhood17911.8%11.1%2100.0%33.3%+88.223%1
Broadcom11,4474,0636.7%2.6%366.7%20.0%+60.046%1H04L, H03M
Etsy11320718.6%13.0%366.7%22.2%+48.121%1A61F, G06Q
Samsung24,91027,54949.8%14.8%1492150.1%15.3%+0.333%5786G06F, H10K
Airbnb20639726.2%10.1%5543.6%14.6%+17.417%20G06F, G06Q
Figma225927.3%16.9%1241.7%20.4%+14.413%5G06F
Match Group454035.6%10.0%1540.0%10.8%+4.416%7H04W
Procter & Gamble19,09513,07926.3%12.5%69634.3%13.1%+8.038%252C11D, A61F
Starbucks23528631.5%16.8%8232.9%17.0%+1.429%36G06Q, G06F
Coinbase12919827.1%5.6%5632.1%5.6%+5.020%21G06Q, H04L
Avalara8910030.3%9.0%4330.2%9.3%-0.133%13G06Q, H04L
SK Hynix17,3056,41230.0%17.9%116929.7%16.4%-0.334%486G11C, H01L
Pinterest13120119.8%8.0%2828.6%8.8%+8.819%8G06F, H04L
Paccar1,1848198.6%2.1%10928.4%3.1%+19.843%27F01N, B60K
Palantir1,6071,37720.8%6.8%21927.9%7.6%+7.125%79G06F, H04L
Xerox33,98615,63510.3%5.6%25527.8%10.7%+17.540%65G03G, B41J
Spotify63058517.1%6.5%9526.3%9.6%+9.227%36G06F, H04N
Tableau29227430.8%8.8%4626.1%10.4%-4.732%16G06F, G06T
Expensify3179.7%14.3%825.0%20.0%+15.365%4H04L
Lyft53571922.1%6.5%15324.2%6.0%+2.125%55G06Q, G01C
Uber94696915.9%4.6%10922.9%6.7%+7.022%33G01C, G06Q
Corning22,48713,54612.9%7.4%66722.8%8.6%+9.938%241G02B, C03C
DoorDash9214010.9%5.0%2020.0%5.8%+9.120%7G06F, G06Q
Silicon Labs152113.3%9.5%520.0%9.1%+6.718%5
Plaid476829.8%10.3%2020.0%11.7%-9.827%6G06Q, H04L
Groupon67854515.8%3.7%1020.0%4.3%+4.223%0G06Q, H04W
Garmin8726167.9%3.7%3119.4%5.9%+11.532%14G01C, B63B
Johnson & Johnson4,5253,83116.2%9.4%12918.6%10.7%+2.436%36A61K, A61F
Shopify29036217.9%8.8%11518.3%8.1%+0.428%43G06Q, G06F
iRobot86858313.4%5.3%7218.1%8.2%+4.728%29A47L, G05D
Twilio3332539.9%5.1%8517.6%4.9%+7.741%36H04L, G06Q
CrowdStrike1501788.7%2.2%5817.2%3.4%+8.530%35G06F, H04L
Docusign16825618.5%5.1%5817.2%2.7%-1.322%17G06F
Peloton17918815.1%5.3%3517.1%4.3%+2.025%19A63B, G08G
Apple17,22313,26816.3%4.1%534117.0%4.3%+0.754%1878G06F, H04W
Boeing23,94021,0209.7%5.0%121816.9%5.6%+7.233%431B64D, B64C
Workday2693276.3%3.7%3616.7%5.0%+10.424%10G06F, G06Q
Bloomberg1651819.7%5.5%616.7%5.0%+7.040%4G06Q, G06F
HubSpot306730.0%7.5%1216.7%4.3%-13.314%9G06F, G06Q
Meta (Facebook)10,1747,38213.3%4.8%67615.7%5.2%+2.436%249G06F, H04L
Splunk1,9631,04513.9%4.8%28215.6%4.8%+1.733%81G06F, H04L
Snap3,3031,46412.0%5.1%112915.1%5.2%+3.137%410G06F, G06T
Arm Holdings4,9194,48024.4%10.7%11514.8%5.7%-9.637%50C07D, A61K
AT&T36,56621,15412.2%6.4%71014.6%8.1%+2.445%260H04L, H04M
Salesforce4,5134,35513.5%5.8%59714.4%6.0%+0.929%229G06F, H04L
Qualtrics83988.4%4.1%714.3%7.7%+5.920%4G06F, G06Q
Alphabet (Google)31,12821,82511.7%4.9%403013.9%4.9%+2.234%1351G06F, H04L
Northrop Grumman3,5824,2639.3%4.0%11013.6%4.9%+4.328%51H01L, G02B
Intuit5,0513,97715.6%8.5%70513.5%6.0%-2.143%232A61B, G06Q
Okta14727811.6%5.4%3713.5%4.8%+1.916%16H04L, G06F
Raytheon13,97511,5147.9%4.3%68513.4%4.9%+5.533%229F01D, G06F
Zillow12513415.2%6.7%2313.0%5.2%-2.224%9G06Q, G06F
Microsoft25,17932,49212.4%4.5%260912.5%4.0%+0.130%959G06F, H04L
MicroStrategy3543035.9%4.0%2412.5%2.9%+6.634%7G06F, H04M
John Deere1811481.1%1.4%1612.5%5.6%+11.430%13
Netflix5035369.3%5.0%5911.9%7.5%+2.626%29H04N, G06F
F5 Networks4733933.8%2.3%1711.8%4.8%+8.029%8H04L
IBM25,87823,32914.0%5.4%331211.5%4.5%-2.542%1242G06F, H04L
Amazon23,21621,4329.2%3.8%220111.4%3.0%+2.238%810G06F, G06Q
Applied Materials14,2028,79210.8%3.9%124011.3%3.1%+0.540%418H01L, C23C
ServiceNow1,1031,33011.6%3.6%13411.2%3.4%-0.426%44G06F, H04L
HP Inc.36,68125,6539.8%5.0%120711.1%4.1%+1.339%441G06F, B41J
Rivian7207928.8%5.2%33411.1%3.6%+2.330%152B60L, H01M
Cloudflare31719711.4%3.6%4610.9%3.1%-0.540%23H04L, G06F
NetApp3,2912,3916.9%2.8%23810.9%3.0%+4.031%89G06F, H04L
Instacart18333010.4%4.8%11110.8%4.7%+0.422%57G06Q
Honeywell27,01820,1916.4%3.3%80710.5%3.2%+4.133%341G06F, G05B
Adobe6,8575,1298.3%4.0%55110.2%3.3%+1.939%200G06F, G06T
Rapid72952178.8%4.6%9810.2%4.9%+1.424%34H04L, G06F
Cadence Design Systems2,5422,5565.0%2.5%7910.1%3.1%+5.130%36G06F, G11C
Zoom5903899.8%4.4%34510.1%4.2%+0.332%144H04L, H04N
KLA17,11126,3078.1%3.4%3569.8%4.4%+1.731%121A61K, G01N
eBay3,7152,94611.4%4.6%2209.5%3.9%-1.931%71G06Q, G06F
Philips43,61830,5956.3%3.4%10929.0%3.6%+2.735%358G02F, A61B
Roku5,3853,7890.8%0.6%1798.9%3.4%+8.132%65H04N, G06Q
Motorola Solutions2,2012,3627.2%3.0%1788.4%3.1%+1.235%77H04W, H04L
SAP9,4659,2486.8%3.0%7388.3%3.2%+1.532%274G06F, G06Q
TE Connectivity1,7761,7167.8%3.7%2658.3%3.2%+0.534%111H01R, H05K
NVIDIA5,3634,2164.4%2.0%6938.2%2.5%+3.835%295G06T, G06F
Oracle13,29412,1748.1%3.9%9128.2%3.1%+0.136%333G06F, G06Q
Snowflake9964694.8%2.6%2698.2%2.5%+3.443%62G06F, H04L
Electronic Arts6076039.4%4.1%868.1%4.4%-1.336%29A63F, G06T
Siemens39,44031,1394.4%2.4%19138.1%3.0%+3.735%718A61B, G06T
Micron Technology40,9308,4884.5%3.3%24187.9%3.9%+3.448%781G11C, G06F
Intel26,06425,0068.4%2.9%64027.8%2.8%-0.644%2463G06F, H01L
MongoDB91892.2%2.2%137.7%2.0%+5.538%4G06F
Databricks921174.3%2.6%557.3%2.8%+3.021%22G06F
Fortinet9815674.3%2.6%1456.9%2.4%+2.629%80H04L
Dell12,6968,4755.6%3.3%29306.8%3.3%+1.242%1237G06F, H04L
PayPal2,6562,1028.5%4.4%3386.8%2.1%-1.728%105G06Q, G06F
Marvell Technology9,0103,1351.7%1.4%2926.5%1.2%+4.848%114G06F, H04L
Autodesk1,2751,2007.6%3.8%776.5%2.0%-1.136%27G06F, G06T
Caterpillar15,00212,6114.5%2.4%6336.5%2.0%+2.031%214F02M, F02D
Infineon17,8548,7454.1%2.6%8006.2%2.4%+2.141%291H01L, H10D
Impinj3791120.3%0.9%166.2%3.8%+5.942%7
Nokia20,58613,1593.8%1.9%14016.1%1.7%+2.340%538H04W, H04L
Cirrus Logic2,6511,4212.6%2.0%1555.8%3.1%+3.240%58H03M, G06F
ASML5,4963,9214.9%1.5%3585.6%1.1%+0.742%137G03F, H01L
Lockheed Martin6,1936,5838.1%4.5%1115.4%3.2%-2.728%33G06F, G02B
Advantest2,3551,2980.5%0.8%755.3%3.8%+4.832%35G01R, G06F
Itron2,3382,2513.6%2.5%1175.1%2.7%+1.529%42G06Q, B42D
Texas Instruments31,88617,0154.9%2.9%12715.0%1.8%+0.139%400H01L, G06F
Juniper Networks4,7172,8543.8%1.8%3425.0%1.8%+1.231%121H04L, G06F
Cisco22,69818,9025.4%2.8%13364.9%2.5%-0.541%510H04L, G06F
Arista Networks7156743.8%2.1%1494.7%1.6%+0.929%57H04L, H01R
Ericsson30,97415,7154.4%2.4%22934.7%2.0%+0.353%795H04W, H04L
Sandisk13,2836,4735.5%1.9%10004.5%1.5%-1.042%416G11C, G06F
Analog Devices4,7773,2245.2%2.7%2644.2%2.0%-1.030%90G01P, B81B
Schneider Electric2,5962,6894.9%2.4%2624.2%1.7%-0.727%103H01H, G06F
QUALCOMM23,3718,7754.7%2.1%53024.1%1.7%-0.671%2144H04W, H04L
Tesla8147815.4%1.9%763.9%1.5%-1.531%32H01M, B60L
Seagate8,8476,1917.0%3.6%943.2%1.4%-3.838%28G11B, G06F
Palo Alto Networks7014773.0%1.7%1933.1%1.5%+0.129%77H04L, G06F
VMware5,5474,3435.2%2.0%4803.1%1.2%-2.133%119G06F, H04L
Tokyo Electron10,5365,3961.2%0.9%8433.0%1.3%+1.834%349H01L, G03F
Sony39,41316,2331.3%1.1%35242.9%1.1%+1.640%1167A63F, H04N
Roblox15315311.8%6.5%362.8%1.1%-9.027%14A63F, G06T
AMD12,9506,3997.4%3.4%5362.6%1.2%-4.843%191H01L, G06F
Synopsys2,4842,5843.7%1.8%1982.5%1.2%-1.230%80G06F, G03F
Keysight6717154.3%2.7%832.4%1.3%-1.925%34H04L, G01R
General Electric1,0971,8394.1%1.7%1652.4%1.0%-1.722%58F01D, H02J
Xiaomi4,0592,7721.2%1.4%8531.2%0.4%+0.041%340H04N, C07D
TSMC24,2308,0120.9%0.4%64351.1%0.3%+0.243%2437H01L, G11C
Murata Manufacturing16,5688,2510.4%0.2%15760.9%0.4%+0.538%623H03H, H01P
Nintendo2,8981,5620.6%0.8%1250.8%0.6%+0.237%61A63F, G06F
Alibaba2,5362,4500.2%0.2%2020.5%0.3%+0.330%76G06F
Tencent6,5535,7610.1%0.0%17060.3%0.1%+0.246%690A63F
Panasonic32,81716,9260.3%0.3%25750.3%0.3%+0.040%880G06F, H04N
Delta Electronics4,0563,3620.3%0.1%3580.3%0.1%+0.037%145H04J, H02M
Lam Research46526.5%5.8%20.0%0.0%-6.519%1
Booking Holdings56458.9%6.7%0.0%0.0%22%0G06Q, G06F
Equinix1681741.8%1.7%230.0%0.0%-1.824%5H04L
Foxconn2,4011,1370.1%0.2%560.0%0.0%-0.141%27H01R
MediaTek5,8703,5850.4%0.2%4280.0%0.0%-0.441%185H04N, G05F
Monolithic Power6822991.3%0.7%600.0%0.0%-1.328%31H05B
Lumentum4463832.5%1.3%780.0%0.0%-2.528%27G02B, H04B
NXP Semiconductors13190.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%15%0
Datadog15230.0%0.0%40.0%0.0%+0.017%1
JD.com4446651.1%0.6%1400.0%0.0%-1.122%58
Expedia356428.6%9.4%40.0%0.0%-28.610%1G06Q, G06F
T-Mobile27563.7%1.8%0.0%0.0%8%0
Nordstrom2862717.0%4.4%0.0%0.0%28%0A61B, C07K
Weyerhaeuser1,2919675.7%5.3%0.0%0.0%34%0A01H, D21C
Cray42338513.7%5.5%10.0%0.0%-13.726%0G06F, H04L
WatchGuard63740.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%14%0
Marchex31343.2%2.9%0.0%0.0%15%0
Apptio33380.0%0.0%30.0%0.0%+0.013%2
Rackspace88662.3%1.5%0.0%0.0%22%0G06F
SolarWinds244212.5%7.1%0.0%0.0%15%0G06F
Bazaarvoice17300.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%10%0
RetailMeNot59493.4%4.1%10.0%0.0%-3.414%0G06Q
Forgent Networks12150.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%8%0
Samsung Austin Semiconductor244712.5%4.3%0.0%0.0%10%0H01L
Bumble37300.0%0.0%70.0%0.0%+0.024%1
Phunware21340.0%0.0%10.0%0.0%+0.08%1
Epicor48902.1%2.2%0.0%0.0%27%0
Benchmark Electronics18225.6%4.5%0.0%0.0%9%0
Conduent3384707.7%4.0%80.0%0.0%-7.726%1G06Q, G06F
Discord13220.0%0.0%90.0%0.0%+0.018%5
Ripple14190.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%10%0
Scale AI153733.3%2.7%70.0%0.0%-33.311%3G06T
3M11,0377,0498.5%4.9%0.0%0.0%28%0C09J, A61K
Grubhub285435.7%9.3%10.0%0.0%-35.715%0G06Q
Morningstar65909.2%6.7%0.0%0.0%20%0A61F
Akamai6214923.9%1.6%430.0%0.0%-3.928%16H04L, G06F
Wayfair314729.0%12.8%20.0%0.0%-29.019%2G06T, G06F
PTC771032.6%1.9%50.0%0.0%-2.621%3
Mailchimp153946.7%20.5%0.0%0.0%6%0H04L
Valve19160.0%0.0%20.0%0.0%+0.022%1

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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