Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Sept 30, 2025
358,662 Patents 2022
548,613 Inventors
30,823 Companies

Top Inventors 2022

RankNamePatentsCompany
1 Tao Luo 515 Qualcomm
2 Junyi Li 270 Qualcomm
3 Xiaoxia Zhang 268 Qualcomm
#4 Shan Liu 268 Tencent America
#5 Frederick E. Shelton, IV 267 Johnson & Johnson
#6 Wanshi Chen 257 Qualcomm
#7 Jing Sun 244 Qualcomm
#8 Esmael Hejazi Dinan 244 Ofinno
#9 Jonathan P. Ive 243 Apple
#10 Peter Gaal 214 Qualcomm

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Top Companies 2022

RankCompanyPatents
1 Samsung 9,679
2 IBM 4,719
3 LG 4,404
#4 Canon 3,036
#5 TSMC 3,023
#6 Huawei 2,991
#7 Apple 2,947
#8 Toyota 2,920
#9 Sony 2,689
#10 Intel 2,639

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Top Cities 2022

RankCityPatents
1 Tokyo, JP 28,067
#6 Seoul, KR 20,282
#7 Beijing, CN 18,086
#15 San Francisco, CA 16,381
#16 San Jose, CA 15,721
#17 San Diego, CA 14,404
#18 Yokohama, JP 12,549
#23 Suwon-si, KR 12,435
#29 Seattle, WA 7,847
#30 Hsinchu, TW 7,789

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