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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Hannover, DE ranks #462 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 269 patents from 171 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hannover, DE include Thomson Licensing, Dolby Laboratories Licensing, Basf Se.

Showing 1–50 of 171 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ralf Ostermann Thomson Licensing 19
2 Harald Schiller Thomson Licensing 8
3 Johann-Markus Batke Dolby Laboratories Licensing 7
#4 Andrej Schewzow Thomson Licensing 6
#4 Marco Winter Thomson Licensing 6
#6 Peter Jax Dolby Laboratories Licensing 5
#7 Torsten Neubauer Basf Se 4
#7 Markus Schlosser Thomson Licensing 4
#7 Volkmar Hamacher Advanced Bionics Ag 4
#10 Yvonne Dienes Bayer Intellectual Property Gmbh 3
#10 Hubertus von Grünberg Avateramedical Gmbh 3
#10 Hatem Foudhaili Sennheiser Electronic 3
#10 Andreas Hohl 3
#10 Claudia Wendt Basf Se 3
#10 Martin Streitenberger Sennheiser Electronic 3
#16 Wolf-Georg Forssmann Pharis Biotec Gmbh 2
#16 Gregor Schurmann E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 2
#16 Nils Bode Lange Uhren Gmbh 2
#16 Carsten Lau Honeywell 2
#16 Malte Borsum Thomson Licensing 2
#16 Alexander Krüger Dolby Laboratories Licensing 2
#16 Peter Streuer Johnson Controls Autobatterie Gmbh & Co. Kgaa 2
#16 Philipp Schaefer Konrad Hornschuch Ag 2
#16 Thomas Hassel Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#16 Dominik Brouwer Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#16 Mark Stemmle Nexans 2
#16 Karsten Bettin 2
#16 Waldo Nogueira Advanced Bionics Ag 2
#16 Stefan Fredelake Advanced Bionics Ag 2
#16 Nicklas Hoch Volkswagen 2
#16 Bernhard Mueller Abb Vie 2
#16 Christoph König Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland Gmbh 2
#16 Bjorn Bleckmann Wabco Gmbh 2
#16 Aret Varahram Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#16 Gert Heinrich Leibniz-Institut Fuer Polymerforschung Dresden E.V. 2
#16 Sebastian Mojrzisch Afag Holding Ag 2
#16 Andreas Rummel Ipsen Bioinnovation Limited 2
#16 Philipp Hoffmann IBM 2
#16 Tobias Dahms Airbus Operations Limited 2
#16 Florian Keiler Dolby Laboratories Licensing 2
#16 Martin Strueber Heartware 2
#16 Maike Schulte Continental Reifen Deutschland Gmbh 2
#16 Claudia Worlitz Faurecia Autositze Gmbh 2
#16 Edgar Viktor Huennekes Basf Se 2
#16 Hanno Homann Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 2
#16 Stephan Barcikowski Laser Zentrum Hannover Ev 2
#16 Dirk Kröger Benteler Automobiltechnik Gmbh 2
#48 Holger Thye Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik 1
#48 Christian Lustig Hüttenes-Albertus Chemische Werke Gesellschaft Mit Beschränkter Haftung 1
#48 Tobias BRODMANN Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover 1