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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Heidelberg, DE ranks #312 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 448 patents from 266 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Heidelberg, DE include Sap Se, Nec, Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V..

Showing 1–50 of 266 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Volker Driesen Sap Se 16
2 Ghassan Karame Nec 14
3 Christian Bensberg Sap Se 8
#4 Fabian Schneider Nec 7
#4 Alias Younis Al-Bayati Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V. 7
#4 Claudia Schmaelzle Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V. 7
#7 Christoph Weyerhaeuser Sap Se 6
#7 Roberto Bifulco Nec 6
#7 Dirk Thomsen Sap Se 6
#7 Faqir Zarrar Yousaf Nec 6
#7 Gaëlle Béalle Merck 6
#12 Stephan Schunk Basf Se 5
#12 Xavier Costa Perez Nec 5
#12 Joachim Dickhaut Basf Se 5
#15 Johannes Merx Sap Se 4
#15 Tobias Hoehmann Sap Se 4
#15 Vincenzo Sciancalepore Nec 4
#15 Mohsen BEN HAHA Heidelbergcement Ag 4
#15 Ulrich Hersel Ascendis Pharma A/S 4
#15 Claudio Soriente Nec 4
#21 Robert Brunel Sap Se 3
#21 Domnik Bayer Basf Se 3
#21 Maciej ZAJAC Hconnect 2 Gmbh 3
#21 Michael Weissing Ti Automotive (Fuldabrück) Gmbh 3
#21 Nils-Malte Jahn Sew-Eurodrive Gmbh & Co. Kg 3
#21 Xavier Costa-Perez 3
#21 Christoph Poliwoda Volume Graphics Gmbh 3
#21 Hendrik Frank Heidelberg Druckmaschinen 3
#21 Peter Rost Nokia Technologies Oy 3
#21 Benedikt Schmidt Abb Schweiz Ag 3
#21 Jona Hassforther Sap Se 3
#21 Christof Reinhart Volume Graphics Gmbh 3
#21 Sebastian Gajek Nec 3
#21 Martin Treder Affimed Gmbh 3
#21 Steffen Koenig IBM 3
#21 Mathias Niepert Nec 3
#21 Wolfgang Welsch Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 3
#21 Jason Robert Walkingshaw Borgwarner 3
#39 Anna Prell Henkel Ip & Holding Gmbh 2
#39 Barbara Leuchs Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum 2
#39 Mathias Schelwies Basf Se 2
#39 Timo Ottenstein Roche Diabetes Care 2
#39 Jean Rommelaere Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum 2
#39 Roberto Gonzalez Sanchez Nec 2
#39 Henri-Jacques Delecluse Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum 2
#39 Lorenz JAENIKE Ihi Charging Systems International Gmbh 2
#39 Gerd Ritter Sap Se 2
#39 Nora Kaluza Ascendis Pharma A/S 2
#39 Francesco Alesiani Nec 2
#39 Andres Garcia-Saavedra Nec 2