351,403
Patents 2017
506,227
Inventors
29,974
Companies

Top Inventors 2017

RankNamePatentsCompany
1 Kangguo Cheng 370 IBM
2 Shunpei Yamazaki 359 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
3 Roderick A. Hyde 272 Elwha
#4 Lowell L. Wood, JR. 239 The Invention Science Fund I
#5 Hanbyul Seo 237 LG
#6 Jonathan P. Ive 206 Apple
#7 Alexander Reznicek 204 IBM
#8 Clarence T. Tegreene 161 Elwha
#9 Jordin T. Kare 154 Elwha
#10 Duncan Robert Kerr 145 Apple

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Top Companies 2017

RankCompanyPatents
1 Samsung 9,997
2 IBM 9,353
3 LG 4,360
#4 Intel 3,969
#5 Canon 3,417
#6 Google 3,178
#7 Microsoft 3,006
#8 Qualcomm 2,680
#9 Apple 2,679
#10 Sony 2,529

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