Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
362,028 Patents 2021
548,734 Inventors
31,506 Companies

Top Inventors 2021

RankNamePatentsCompany
1 Frederick E. Shelton, IV 332 Johnson & Johnson
2 Tao Luo 326 Qualcomm
3 Kangguo Cheng 270 IBM
#4 Wanshi Chen 254 Qualcomm
#5 Peter Gaal 229 Qualcomm
#6 Junyi Li 218 Qualcomm
#7 Shan Liu 191 Tencent America
#8 Sarbajit K. Rakshit 187 IBM
#9 Jonathan P. Ive 187 Apple
#10 Kijun Kim 185 LG

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Top Companies 2021

RankCompanyPatents
1 Samsung 9,683
2 IBM 8,938
3 LG 4,746
#4 Canon 3,367
#5 Apple 3,122
#6 Intel 3,011
#7 Huawei 2,871
#8 TSMC 2,795
#9 Sony 2,683
#10 Toyota 2,661

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Top Cities 2021

RankCityPatents
1 Tokyo, JP 25,532
2 Seoul, KR 19,886
3 San Francisco, CA 16,045
#4 San Jose, CA 15,977
#5 Beijing, CN 14,438
#6 San Diego, CA 13,146
#7 Yokohama, JP 13,088
#8 Suwon-si, KR 10,629
#9 Seattle, WA 8,315
#10 Hsinchu, TW 7,046

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