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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Heidelberg, DE ranks #301 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 398 patents from 254 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Heidelberg, DE include Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V., Sap Se, Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited.

Showing 1–50 of 254 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Claudia Schmaelzle Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V. 10
1 Volker Driesen Sap Se 10
3 Gerrit Simon Kazmaier Sap Se 7
#4 Caroline Rigobert Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited 6
#4 Pavlinka Roy Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V. 6
#4 Ulrich Hersel Ascendis Pharma A/S 6
#4 Thomas Wegge Ascendis Pharma A/S 6
#8 Christoph Weyerhaeuser Sap Se 5
#8 Joachim Dickhaut Basf Se 5
#8 Michael Pohlmann Sap Se 5
#8 Wilfried Lubisch Abbott 5
#8 Stefan Schmid Nec 5
#13 Saverio Niccolini Nec Europe 4
#13 Steffen Meissner Sap Se 4
#13 Johannes Scheerer Sap Se 4
#13 Markus Berberich Danaher 4
#13 Hugo Katus Ruprecht - Karls - Universität Heidelberg 4
#13 Dirk Thomsen Sap Se 4
#13 Frank Brunswig Sap Ag 4
#13 Jean Rommelaere Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum 4
#21 Sebastian Liedtke Roche Diabetes Care 3
#21 Sorin Ivanovici Basf Se 3
#21 Sebastian Schroetel Sap Se 3
#21 Armin LANGE DE OLIVEIRA Basf Se 3
#21 Xavier Perez Costa Nec Europe 3
#21 Nico Licht Sap Se 3
#21 Ralf Neuhaus Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 3
#28 Hinnerk Gildhoff Sap Se 2
#28 Wolfgang Dittrich Sap Se 2
#28 Felix Cleemann Ascendis Pharma Growth Disorders A/S 2
#28 Steffen Witt Sap Se 2
#28 Julia Kristiane Schmidt Wintershall Holding Gmbh 2
#28 Carola Schroeder Octapharma Ag 2
#28 Guido Wasserschaff Basf Se 2
#28 Dirk Kutscher Nec 2
#28 Stephan Schunk Basf Se 2
#28 Giorgio Nunzi Nec Europe 2
#28 Srdjan Boskovic Sap Ag 2
#28 Steffen Koenig IBM 2
#28 Barbara Leuchs Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum 2
#28 Gerd Ritter Sap Se 2
#28 Christian Bensberg Sap Se 2
#28 Mohsen BEN HAHA Heidelbergcement Ag 2
#28 Mirko Voelkers Universität Heidelberg 2
#28 Edward-Robert Tyercha Sap Se 2
#28 Helmut Mach Basf Se 2
#28 Mark Hastenteufel Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 2
#28 Gabriele Iffland Basf Se 2
#28 Marianne Brosche Sap Se 2
#28 Ulrich Keil Sap Se 2