Yes, the Advanced Research Center (EXPEC), affiliated with Saudi Aramco , has been granted hundreds of patents, with an average of six per week in 2020 alone. By April 2021, EXPEC had surpassed one thousand patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In 2010, ''Saudi Aramco'' celebrated its hundredth patent granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. A decade later, in 2020 alone, the company was granted over 650 patents from the same office, making Aramco ...