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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Cologne, DE ranks #351 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 402 patents from 271 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Cologne, DE include Ford, Birkenstock Sales Gmbh, Bayer Cropscience.

Showing 1–50 of 271 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Claudio Messale Ford 11
1 Jordan Demkiw Ford 11
3 Uta Post Birkenstock Sales Gmbh 10
#4 Kerstin Ilg Bayer Cropscience 9
#5 Gerhard Isenberg Vorwerk & Co. Interholding Gmbh 8
#6 Axel Klatt Deutsche Telekom Ag 6
#6 Jan Mehring Ford 6
#8 Daniel Rivas Barragan Intel 5
#9 Daniel Wetzig Inficon Ag 4
#10 Jan Linsel Ford 3
#10 Andreas Fahl Andreas Fahl Medizintechnik-Vertrieb Gmbh 3
#10 Tobias Wagner Reifenhäuser Gmbh & Co. Kg Maschinenfabrik 3
#10 Kai Hirsch Unger Marketing International 3
#10 Christoph Bara Hanon Systems 3
#10 Bernhard Kernig Hydro Aluminium Deutschland Gmbh 3
#10 Peter Heyl Hanon Systems 3
#10 Andreas Schmitt Sap Ag 3
#10 Daniel Rivas Barragan 3
#10 Silvio Decker Inficon Ag 3
#10 Gernot Jäger Covestro Deutschland Ag 3
#10 Dennis Noppeney Infineon Technologies Ag 3
#10 Nadja Wysietzki Ford 3
#10 Amgad Salah Moussa Covestro Deutschland Ag 3
#24 Jonas Ruf BOE 2
#24 Marco Jung Deutz Aktiengesellschaft 2
#24 Andreas Wilmen Bayer Pharma 2
#24 Volker Maier The Procter & Gamble 2
#24 Klaus Schuermanns Ford 2
#24 Julia Otte Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 2
#24 Michael Baecker Basf Se 2
#24 Wolf Kloeckner Covestro Deutschland Ag 2
#24 Denney Vellaramkalayil Ford 2
#24 Liviu Tudoran Ford 2
#24 Arnd Voerste Bayer Cropscience 2
#24 Jan BODDENBERG Bos Gmbh & Co. Kg 2
#24 Caren Roeben Evonik Operations Gmbh 2
#24 Nadine Franke Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa 2
#24 Jan Tebbe Bayer Healthcare 2
#24 Florian Stempfle Covestro Deutschland Ag 2
#24 Cinderella Matuk Ford 2
#24 Bernd Koop Lanxess Deutschland Gmbh 2
#24 Martin Leipnitz Covestro Deutschland Ag 2
#24 Patrick Glet Ford 2
#24 Frank EISENTRAEGER Ineos Styrolution Group Gmbh 2
#24 Tobias Schulz Ineos Styrolution Group Gmbh 2
#24 Ursula Huchel Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa 2
#24 Kathrin Eckhard Hydro Aluminum Rolled Products Gmbh 2
#24 Stephan MÄRSCH Bayer Pharma 2
#24 Guido Weitkus Ford 2
#24 Reinhold Klipper Bayer Healthcare 2