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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Aalen, DE ranks #555 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 222 patents from 122 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Aalen, DE include Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh, Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh, Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag.

Showing 1–50 of 122 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Markus Deguenther Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 15
2 Yim-Bun Patrick Kwan Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 8
3 Thomas Kemen Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 5
3 Thomas Schicketanz Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 5
#5 Christoph Hauger Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag 4
#5 Franz Merz Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag 4
#5 Markus Seesselberg Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag 4
#5 Wilhelm Ulrich Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 4
#5 Joachim Hartjes Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 4
#5 Stephan Muellender Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 4
#11 Bernhard Geuppert Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 3
#11 Michael Gerhard Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 3
#11 Oliver Natt Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 3
#11 Jens-Werner Falkenstein Robert Bosch Gmbh 3
#11 Ralf Stuetzle Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 3
#11 Hartmut Enkisch Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 3
#11 Johannes Ruoff Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 3
#11 Alexander Epple Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 3
#11 Rolf Freimann Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 3
#11 Manfred Maul Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 3
#11 Heiko Feldmann Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 3
#11 Carsten Weber Ford 3
#11 Armin Schoeppach Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 3
#11 Gerhard-Wilhelm Ziegler Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 3
#25 Timo Kratzer 2
#25 Franz-Josef Stickel Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 2
#25 Pascal Anger Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 2
#25 Guido Limbach Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 2
#25 Rodolfo Rabe Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 2
#25 Andreas Schertel Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 2
#25 Bernd Doerband Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 2
#25 Sascha Migura Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 2
#25 Alexander Kohl Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 2
#25 Jens Kugler Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 2
#25 Jesús-Miguel Cabeza-Guillén Carl Zeiss Ag 2
#25 Joern WEBER Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 2
#25 Moritz Becker Microsoft 2
#25 Helmut Haidner Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 2
#25 Stefanie Hilt Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 2
#25 Sascha Bleidistel Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 2
#25 Helmut Wietschorke Infineon Technologies Ag 2
#25 Wolfgang Hoegele Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik Gmbh 2
#25 Martin Edelmann Carl Zeiss Ag 2
#25 Gisela Von Blanckenhagen Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 2
#25 Holger Walter Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 2
#25 Christian Siegel Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag 2
#25 Rainer Hoch Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 2
#25 Albrecht Ehrmann Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 2
#25 Johannes Zellner Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 2
#50 Frank Eisert Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 1