339,994
Patents 2018
503,207
Inventors
30,013
Companies

Top Inventors 2018

RankNamePatentsCompany
1 Kangguo Cheng 338 IBM
2 Shunpei Yamazaki 307 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
3 Jonathan P. Ive 184 Apple
#4 Hanbyul Seo 176 LG
#5 Roderick A. Hyde 175 Elwha
#6 Alexander Reznicek 171 IBM
#7 Chen-Hua Yu 148 TSMC
#8 Frederick E. Shelton, IV 147 Johnson & Johnson
#9 Duncan Robert Kerr 138 Apple
#10 Lowell L. Wood, JR. 137 The Invention Science Fund I

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Top Companies 2018

RankCompanyPatents
1 IBM 9,410
2 Samsung 9,249
3 LG 4,480
#4 Intel 3,642
#5 Canon 3,204
#6 Google 2,658
#7 Apple 2,576
#8 Microsoft 2,551
#9 TSMC 2,454
#10 Toyota 2,442

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