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Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Düsseldorf, DE ranks #894 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 164 patents from 107 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Düsseldorf, DE include Sumitomo Electric Industries, Grohe Ag, Basf Se.

Showing 1–50 of 107 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Tetsuya Nakanishi Sumitomo Electric Industries 9
2 Duarte Salvador Grohe Ag 6
2 Claudia Brunn Basf Se 6
2 Ansgar Behler Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien 6
#5 Christofer HEDVALL Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland Gmbh 4
#6 Martin König Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 3
#6 Wenjie Yan Vorwerk & Co. Interholding Gmbh 3
#6 Erik Hilfrich Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe Ag 3
#6 Andreas Perscheid Intricon 3
#6 Norbert Truxa Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. 3
#6 Pierre Wasnaire Bayer Intellectual Property Gmbh 3
#6 Jesus Maria Galan Garcia 3
#6 Matthias Ihln Huf Huelsbeck & Fuerst GmbH & Co. KG 3
#6 Karl COLLINS Bayer Healthcare 3
#15 Fabien Louis Cabirol Codexis 2
#15 Florian Golling Covestro Deutschland Ag 2
#15 Fabian Lanze Huf Huelsbeck & Fuerst GmbH & Co. KG 2
#15 Martin Kochon 2
#15 Mihail Jefremow Infineon Technologies Ag 2
#15 Ivo Erler Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. 2
#15 Michael Strerath Bayer Pharma 2
#15 Bernd Lünnemann Sig Technology Ag 2
#15 Harald Greve 2
#15 Sohaib Elgimiabi 3M 2
#15 Marcus Nilsson Ståhl Valinge Innovation Ab 2
#15 Thomas Wenz L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude 2
#15 Kristina Pupovac Covestro Deutschland Ag 2
#28 Patric Fassbender 1
#28 Jonas Christopher Rose 1
#28 Bernhard Koschlig Vallourec Deutschland Gmbh 1
#28 Thorsten Felder Momentive Performance Materials Gmbh 1
#28 Fábio Gosi de Aquino Evonik Operations Gmbh 1
#28 Laurent Wattebled Evonik Degussa Gmbh 1
#28 Elena Schaffnit Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe Ag 1
#28 Kathrin Daniela Brandt Evonik Operations Gmbh 1
#28 Robert Maleika Covestro Deutschland Ag 1
#28 Pascal ELLERBROCK Bayer Pharma 1
#28 Phillipp Raupach Prominent Gmbh 1
#28 Karabet KRIKORIAN Huawei 1
#28 Klaus Scherer Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Föderung Der Wissenschaften E.V. 1
#28 Stephan Scherf Vallourec Deutschland Gmbh 1
#28 Matthias Seiler Presspart Gmbh &Co. Kg 1
#28 Elena Suholutskaja Kiekert Ag 1
#28 Nadine E. Brueckmann 3M 1
#28 David Kihumbu L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude 1
#28 Martin Hassler Rohde & Schwarz 1
#28 Uwe Schulze AMD 1
#28 Petros Terzis Siemens Energy Global 1
#28 Silvia Sauf Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa 1
#28 Lukas Benjamin Inhestern Purdue Research Foundation 1