Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Sept 30, 2025
348,374 Patents 2023
537,848 Inventors
29,688 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 23,522
#6 San Diego, CA 18,965
#7 Seoul, KR 18,781
#8 San Jose, CA 16,961
#9 San Francisco, CA 16,882
#10 Beijing, CN 14,399
#18 Suwon-si, KR 12,530
#24 Yokohama, JP 11,020
#29 Hsinchu, TW 8,855
#35 Seattle, WA 7,414

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