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Global: Top Patents Holders in the Consumer Sector (2002 - 2022)

  • With 63,363 patents published between 2002 and 2022, The Procter & Gamble Co holds the most number of patents in the global Consumer sector.

  • The second largest number of patents were published by L'Oreal SA with 47,447 related patents. The third largest number of patents were published by Nestle SA with 29,181 related patents, of which 51.3% was contributed by its subsidiary Nestec SA. The fourth largest number of patents were published by Unilever Plc with 24,846 related patents. The fifth largest number of patents were published by Unicharm Corp with 23,944 related patents.

  • The top five patent holders, i.e., The Procter & Gamble Co, L'Oreal SA, Nestle SA, Unilever Plc, and Unicharm Corp, together held 188,781 patents during the period.

Global: Top Patents Holders in the Consumer Sector (2002 - 2022)

Note: The number of patents includes patents published by the holding company and its subsidiaries (data till October 2022)
Published: November 2022
Source: GlobalData

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