Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
348,374 Patents 2023
537,848 Inventors
29,687 Companies

Top Inventors 2023

RankNamePatentsCompany
1 Tao Luo 1,051 Qualcomm
2 Junyi Li 588 Qualcomm
3 Xiaoxia Zhang 547 Qualcomm
#4 Jing Sun 442 Qualcomm
#5 Peter Gaal 350 Qualcomm
#6 Frederick E. Shelton, IV 323 Johnson & Johnson
#7 Wanshi Chen 307 Qualcomm
#8 Esmael Hejazi Dinan 305 Ofinno
#9 Shan Liu 294 Tencent America
#10 Sony Akkarakaran 287

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Top Companies 2023

RankCompanyPatents
1 Samsung 10,006
2 IBM 3,948
3 Qualcomm 3,871
#4 LG 3,808
#5 TSMC 3,681
#6 Canon 3,161
#7 Apple 3,051
#8 Toyota 2,636
#9 Google 2,456
#10 Intel 2,422

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Top Cities 2023

RankCityPatents
1 Tokyo, JP 21,927
2 San Diego, CA 18,965
3 Seoul, KR 18,781
#4 San Jose, CA 16,961
#5 San Francisco, CA 16,882
#6 Beijing, CN 13,975
#7 Suwon-si, KR 12,491
#8 Yokohama, JP 10,988
#9 Hsinchu, TW 8,790
#10 Seattle, WA 7,414

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