Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Auckland, NZ ranks #4,983 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 537 patents from 48 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Auckland, NZ include Think Green Limited, Apple, Quicklogic.

Showing 1–48 of 48 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Shu Zhang Think Green Limited 49
2 Saining Ren Apple 30
3 Richard J. Wong Quicklogic 27
#4 Michael Stuart Gardner Snpshot Trustee Limited 24
#4 Stephen John Schoenberg Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited 24
#6 David Peter Baldwin Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited 20
#7 Tim Wu Soul Machines Limited 19
#8 James Richard Manley Sistema Plastics Limited 18
#8 Susan Turner Biodiscovery New Zealand Limited 18
#8 Grant Leigh Nelson Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited 18
#11 Peter Toth Endace Technology Limited 17
#12 Michael Ian Palmer Wing Acoustics Limited 16
#13 Wayne Tracy Smith Golden Gate Microsystems 15
#14 Alain Delcayre Genesis Research & Development Corporation Limited 14
#14 Miles Macklin NVIDIA 14
#16 Juergen Brendel Cisco 13
#16 Andrew Martin Letton Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited 13
#16 Robert Gulliver Lynn Joby Aero 13
#19 Jessica K. Chan Acclarent 11
#19 Ian Buckle Nokia 11
#19 Joanne Oliver Logitech Europe S.A. 11
#22 John Scott Icosystem 10
#22 Wen Wen Ebay 10
#22 Armen Gharibans Alimetry Limited 10
#25 Arunim Kumar Apple 9
#25 Colin Harvey Merial 9
#25 Bradley S. Scott 9
#28 Kunal Bhargava Powerbyproxi Limited 8
#29 Michael Shenk Agrigenesis Biosciences Limited 7
#29 Rex Pius Huang Apple 7
#29 Christopher Peter Hutchinson Fisher & Paykel 7
#32 Robert Walton Apple 6
#32 Ho Fai Leung Apple 6
#32 John Han Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited 6
#35 John B. Hennessy Development Finance Corporation Of New Zeland 4
#35 Patrick O'Connor Agouron Pharmaceuticals 4
#35 J. Ranjan Perera Genesis Research & Development Corporation Limited 4
#35 John Carruthers Fender Musical Instruments 4
#39 Junbang Liang Amazon 3
#39 David D. Craig 3
#41 David McDermott 2
#41 Allan R. Langton Usd Group 2
#41 Gregory Stewart 2
#41 Oliver M. Hewitt Apple 2
#41 David Batchelor Neuren Pharmaceuticals Limited 2
#41 Andrew Stitt Compac Technologies Limited 2
#41 Victor Holmes 2
#41 Brett Mason 2

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