Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Berlin, DE ranks #64 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 1,813 patents from 1,088 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Berlin, DE include GE, Fraunhofer, Bugatti International Sa.

Showing 1–50 of 1,088 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Thomas Wiegand GE 39
2 Detlev Marpe GE 30
3 Thomas SCHIERL Fraunhofer 28
#4 Cornelius HELLGE Fraunhofer 19
#4 Robert SKUPIN Fraunhofer 19
#6 Yago SÁNCHEZ DE LA FUENTE Fraunhofer 17
#7 Heiko Schwarz Fraunhofer 16
#8 Achim Anscheidt Bugatti International Sa 14
#9 Karsten Grueneberg Fraunhofer 13
#10 Heiner Kirchhoffer GE 12
#11 Daniel Rolf Here Global B.V. 10
#11 Johannes Brombach Wobben Properties Gmbh 10
#11 Emmanuelle Charpentier University Of Vienna 10
#11 Lars THIELE Fraunhofer 10
#15 Christian Helmrich Fraunhofer 9
#15 Guillaume Jornod Volkswagen 9
#15 Thomas Haustein Fraunhofer 9
#18 Martin Winken GE 8
#18 Valeri George GE 8
#18 Raul Cajias Here Global B.V. 8
#21 Gerhard Tech GE 7
#21 Karsten Mueller GE 7
#21 Martin Kurras Fraunhofer 7
#21 Philipp Helle GE 7
#25 Philipp MERKLE GE 6
#25 Ismail Oukid Snowflake 6
#25 Malte Westerhoff Pme Ip Pty 6
#25 Detlev Stalling Pme Ip Pty 6
#25 Lars Siegfried Dahne Wella Operations Us 6
#25 Sharon Hüffner Proofpoint 6
#25 Tung Nguyen GE 6
#32 Anastasia Henkel GE 5
#32 Garrit Keller Motogadget Gmbh 5
#32 Philipp Wachter Atotech Deutschland 5
#32 Christian Reisswig Sap Se 5
#32 Cedric Kiefer Samsung 5
#32 Karsten Suehring GE 5
#32 Thomas FEHRENBACH Fraunhofer 5
#32 Christian Bartnik GE 5
#32 Henryk Wollik Samsung 5
#32 Predrag Todorovic Rolls-Royce Deutschland 5
#42 Gideon Venter Rolls-Royce Deutschland 4
#42 Joern Ihlenburg Magna Electronics 4
#42 Indra-Lena Kögler Volkswagen 4
#42 Sebastian Schmitz Mubea Carbo Tech Gmbh 4
#42 Klaus-Dieter Lang Fraunhofer 4
#42 Michael Schacht Rolls-Royce Deutschland 4
#42 Derk Oscar Pahlke Otis Elevator 4
#42 Frank Werner Epcos Ag 4
#42 Mathias Kuhn Volkswagen 4