339,994
Patents 2018
503,207
Inventors
30,013
Companies
Top Inventors 2018
| Rank | Name | Patents | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |