Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Sept 30, 2025
388,847 Patents 2020
565,922 Inventors
32,488 Companies

Top Inventors 2020

RankNamePatentsCompany
1 Kangguo Cheng 332 IBM
2 Frederick E. Shelton, IV 280 Johnson & Johnson
3 Tao Luo 275 Qualcomm
#4 Wanshi Chen 264 Qualcomm
#5 Peter Gaal 257 Qualcomm
#6 Hanbyul Seo 219 LG
#7 Kijun Kim 213 LG
#8 Yunjung Yi 203 LG
#9 Esmael Hejazi Dinan 198 Ofinno
#10 Shunpei Yamazaki 185 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory

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Top Companies 2020

RankCompanyPatents
1 Samsung 9,658
2 IBM 9,416
3 LG 5,108
#4 Canon 3,630
#5 Intel 3,436
#6 Apple 3,287
#7 Microsoft 3,047
#8 Sony 2,895
#9 Huawei 2,879
#10 TSMC 2,834

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Top Cities 2020

RankCityPatents
1 Tokyo, JP 29,522
#6 Seoul, KR 21,242
#7 San Jose, CA 16,876
#8 San Francisco, CA 16,384
#9 Yokohama, JP 14,701
#14 San Diego, CA 13,652
#15 Beijing, CN 13,602
#23 Suwon-si, KR 9,752
#29 Seattle, WA 9,054
#30 Osaka, JP 7,791

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