Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Zürich, CH ranks #143 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 935 patents from 592 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Zürich, CH include IBM, Sika Technology Ag, Google.

Showing 1–50 of 592 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Nikolas Ioannou IBM 31
2 Radu Ioan Stoica IBM 17
3 Urs Burckhardt Sika Technology Ag 9
#4 Gokhan H. Bakir Google 8
#4 Javier Bilbao De Mendizabal Melexis Technologies Sa 8
#4 Gioacchino Noris Meta 8
#7 David Tedaldi Cisco 7
#7 Florian Graf IBM 7
#7 Thomas Locher Abb Schweiz Ag 7
#7 Andreas Kramer Sika Technology Ag 7
#7 Johannes Schmid Trw Repa Gmbh 7
#7 Nadim El Guindi Sonova Ag 7
#13 Hilmar Meier Phonak Ag 6
#13 Lukas Czornomaz IBM 6
#13 Ioannis Koltsidas IBM 6
#13 Sandro Feuz Google 6
#13 Vincent Patureau Specialized Bicycle Components 6
#13 Tamas Visegrady IBM 6
#19 Abdelaziz Djelouah Disney 5
#19 Martin Schmatz IBM 5
#19 Basil Hess Infosec Global 5
#19 Johann Kolar Infineon Technologies Austria Ag 5
#23 Robert Sumner Disney 4
#23 Angelo De Caro IBM 4
#23 Filip Pavetic Google 4
#23 Christoph Auer IBM 4
#23 Effie Pournara Novartis Ag 4
#23 Mauro Marigo H. Lundbeck A/S 4
#23 Ahmet Cengiz Öztireli Disney 4
#23 Andrea Cambruzzi Inventio Ag 4
#23 Thomas Mittelholzer IBM 4
#23 Markus Waibel Verity Ag 4
#23 Michele Dolfi IBM 4
#23 Andrea Giovannini IBM 4
#23 Stephan Hurlemann Vitra Patente Ag 4
#23 Peter Willem Jan Staar IBM 4
#23 Michael Geiser Proceq Ag 4
#38 Daniel Vafi Noonee Ag 3
#38 Alexandru Dovlecel Google 3
#38 Edis Kasemi Sika Technology Ag 3
#38 Sebastian Millius Google 3
#38 Pio Peter Niraj Nirmalraj IBM 3
#38 Olga Sorkine-Hornung Disney 3
#38 Dominik Bortis Infineon Technologies Austria Ag 3
#38 Onur Gökçe IBM 3
#38 Barbara Bonavoglia Dow Global Technologies 3
#38 Markus Hehn Verity Ag 3
#38 Robert Schauwecker Bruker Biospin Gmbh 3
#38 Garance Bruneau Gopro 3
#38 Ali Sengül Meta 3