Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Afula, IL ranks #3,216 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 938 patents from 287 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Afula, IL include Tower Partners Semiconductor Co., Prochon Biotech, IBM.

Showing 1–50 of 287 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Yakov Roizin Tower Partners Semiconductor Co. 69
2 Avner Yayon Prochon Biotech 32
3 Marcel Apfelbaum IBM 31
#4 Zvi Nitzan Power Paper 24
#5 Eyal Artsiely Caesarstone 19
#5 Amiram Steinberg Active Implants 19
#5 Ron Keren Netafim 19
#8 Yair Daar Lancet S.A. 15
#9 Dafna Sheinwald IBM 14
#10 David Chiel 13
#11 Yossi Mesika IBM 12
#11 David Ziv Elcam Medical Agricultural Cooperative Association 12
#11 Zohar Bar-On Enzymotec 12
#14 Nir Paz Disney 11
#14 Guy Ben-Zvi Carl Zeiss Sms 11
#14 Benjamin Giloh Elta Systems 11
#17 Shahar Schloss Aquatron Robotic Technology 10
#18 Yair Dan Javelin Medical 9
#18 Tali Yatzkar-Haham IBM 9
#18 Gilad Tzori HP 9
#18 Michael Rolnik Amazon 9
#22 Amir Ancel NVIDIA 8
#22 Yael Miriam Harkabi Dental Smartmirror 8
#22 Baruch Levine Syneron Medical 8
#22 Esteban Socolsky Netafim 8
#26 Oded Sudarsky Mediguide 7
#26 Shim'on Shitrit Iscar 7
#26 Yoni Hertzberg Insightec 7
#26 Erez Shaizaf Xsight Labs 7
#26 Yitzchak Kempinski Umoove Services 7
#26 Oren Bogin Prochon Biotech 7
#26 Dmitry Lekhtman Cima Nanotech Israel 7
#26 Eitan Zait Carl Zeiss Sms 7
#34 Dan Nir Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited 6
#34 Nachman Pundak Ricor 6
#34 Ronen Yogev Landa Labs (2012) 6
#34 David Shavit Israel Aerospace Industries 6
#38 Oded Degani The State Of Israel, Ministry Of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization 5
#38 Shoham Livaderu Landa Corporation 5
#38 Ran Ditcovski Technology Innovation Momentum Fund (Israel) Limited Partnership 5
#38 Eyal Frost NVIDIA 5
#38 Yosef Rosen 5
#38 Nitsa G. Nachshon Common Sense 5
#38 Yoel Amir Aprion Digital 5
#38 Omri Mairon Angioslide 5
#38 Yuri Postolov Camtek 5
#47 Aida Porat Vim Technologies 4
#47 Chen Mann Given Imaging 4
#47 Gilles Fitoussi 4
#47 Amihood Doron Intel 4