Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Cologne, DE ranks #348 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 371 patents from 232 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Cologne, DE include Crestron Electronics, Bayer Cropscience, Rimowa Gmbh.

Showing 1–50 of 232 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Stefan Kenta Hohn Crestron Electronics 15
2 Kerstin Ilg Bayer Cropscience 14
3 Dieter Morszeck Rimowa Gmbh 10
#4 Robert Spahl Ford 6
#4 Thilo Schmidt Zf Friedrichshafen Ag 6
#6 Arnd Voerste Bayer Cropscience 5
#6 Bernd Springer Bayer Cropscience 5
#6 Frank Linke Lanxess Deutschland Gmbh 5
#6 Ursula Huchel Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa 5
#6 Jan Mehring Ford 5
#11 Yoichiro Yamamoto The Procter & Gamble 4
#11 Andre-Armand Finette Basell Polyolefine Gmbh 4
#11 Reinhold Klipper Bayer Healthcare 4
#11 Kay Hohenboeken Ford 4
#15 Peter Heyl Hanon Systems 3
#15 Uwe Gritzan Bayer Healthcare 3
#15 Ilja Peckermann Covestro Deutschland Ag 3
#15 Udo Bickers Bayer Cropscience 3
#15 Silvio Decker Inficon Ag 3
#15 Felix Girmscheid Hanon Systems 3
#15 Markus Follmann Bayer Pharma 3
#15 Engelbert Engels Siemens Energy Global 3
#15 Katrin Asteman Heraeus Precious Metals 3
#15 Joerg Schaefer Moeller Gmbh 3
#15 Uwe Pulver Ford 3
#15 Elisabeth ARKENAU-MARIC Grünenthal Gmbh 3
#15 Klaus Muellen Basf Se 3
#15 Axel Griesbeck Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa 3
#15 Konstantinos Markou Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa 3
#15 Jochen Endtner Lanxess Deutschland Gmbh 3
#15 Andreas Bosio Miltenyi Biotec 3
#32 Christoph Eggert Covestro Deutschland Ag 2
#32 Winfried Joentgen Bayer Healthcare 2
#32 Bernd Koop Lanxess Deutschland Gmbh 2
#32 Lothar Baldsiefen Ford 2
#32 Johann Kirchhoffer Ford 2
#32 Jan Linsel Ford 2
#32 Alwin Timmermann Saint-Gobain Glass France 2
#32 Axel Klatt Deutsche Telekom Ag 2
#32 Frank Volz Bayer Cropscience 2
#32 Julian Tietze Ford 2
#32 Robert Obermeier-Hartmann Claas Industrietechnik Gmbh 2
#32 Ludwig Stump Ford 2
#32 Jan Siegemund Aptiv Technologies Ag 2
#32 Krystian Dylong Ford 2
#32 Volker Scherer Federal-Mogul Burscheid Gmbh 2
#32 Jens Stefan Roggan Bayer Healthcare 2
#32 Andreas Schmitt Sap Ag 2
#32 Susanne Lisinski Saint-Gobain Glass France 2
#32 Alexander ARLT Bayer Cropscience 2