Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Leuven, BE ranks #803 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 158 patents from 106 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Leuven, BE include Qualcomm, TSMC, Imec.

Showing 1–50 of 106 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Vladimir Machkaoutsan Qualcomm 6
2 Shu-Hao Chang TSMC 5
3 Roger Loo Imec 4
#4 Philip W.J. Vandormael Right Brain Interface Nv 3
#4 Jan Sonsky Nxp B.V. 3
#4 Viet Hoang Nguyen Nxp B.V. 3
#4 Bart Van Grinsven Imec 3
#4 Johan Calcoen Key Technology 3
#4 Bart P.E. van Coppenolle Right Brain Interface Nv 3
#4 Bartlomiej Jan Pawlak Globalfoundries 3
#4 Stefaan Decoutere Imec 3
#12 Bart Preneel Sony 2
#12 Uwe Pahner Atlas Copco Airpower, Naamloze Vennootschap 2
#12 Nilesh Madhu Nxp B.V. 2
#12 Sara Allasia Remynd N.V. 2
#12 Gouri Sankar Kar Imec Vzw 2
#12 Robert James Pascoe Lander Nxp B.V. 2
#12 Wouter Foulon Commscope Connectivity Belgium Bvba 2
#12 Hans Mertens Nxp B.V. 2
#12 Ann Witvrouw Imec 2
#12 Dixian Zhao St-Ericsson Sa 2
#12 Geoffrey Pourtois Imec Vzw 2
#12 Wilfried Mertens Terumo Bct 2
#12 Niamh Waldron Imec Vzw 2
#12 Maria Jesus Recaman Payo Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 2
#12 Jozef Szlufcik Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum Vzw 2
#12 Geert Hellings Imec 2
#12 Patrick Reynaert St-Ericsson Sa 2
#12 Matty Caymax Imec 2
#12 Qiuya Huang Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Ku Leuven R&D 2
#12 Mirco Cantoro Samsung 2
#12 Marin Steenackers Agfa-Gevaert Nv 2
#12 Roland Biset Terumo Bct 2
#12 Nils Faber Materialise N.V. 2
#12 Stijn Vandekerckhove Anheuser-Busch Inbev S.A. 2
#36 Yuhei Kuwahara Tokyo Electron Limited 1
#36 Pilar Gonzalez Imec 1
#36 Anitha Ethirajan Universiteit Hasselt 1
#36 Robertus Theodorus Fransiscus Van Schaijk Nxp B.V. 1
#36 Geert Jannes Innogenetics N.V. 1
#36 Angel Uruena De Castro Imec Vzw 1
#36 Johannes Victor Maria Swinnen Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 1
#36 Erika Baelen Cochlear Limited 1
#36 Muralidhara Rao Bagadi Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 1
#36 Daniel Orban 1
#36 Koen De Munck Imec 1
#36 Marloes Peeters Imec 1
#36 Alain Suttels Atlas Copco Airpower, Naamloze Vennootschap 1
#36 Ward De Ceunick Imec 1
#36 Thierry Verbiest Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 1