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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bremen, DE ranks #975 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,452 patents from 1,098 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bremen, DE include Thermo Fisher, Bruker Daltonik Gmbh, Ziemer Ophthalmic Systems Ag.

Showing 1–50 of 1,098 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Alexander A. Makarov Thermo Fisher 212
2 Jochen Franzen Bruker Daltonik Gmbh 148
3 Christian Rathjen Ziemer Ophthalmic Systems Ag 84
#4 Martin Feuersaenger Sun Patent Trust 57
#5 Johannes Schwieters Thermo Fisher 45
#6 Hans-Jurgen Bretthauer Focke & 35
#6 Eduard V. Denisov Thermo Fisher 35
#8 Thomas Holm Rottefella As 30
#9 Harald Sikora Sikora Ag 28
#10 Michael Krummen Thermo Fisher 25
#11 Wilko Balschun Thermo Fisher 23
#11 Alexander Kholomeev Thermo Fisher 23
#13 Viktor Kurmis Paul Hellermann Gmbh 22
#13 Hans-Georg Pfaff Thermo Fisher 22
#13 Anastassios Giannakopulos Thermo Fisher 22
#16 Martin Feuersanger Panasonic 21
#16 Peter Sander Airbus Operations Limited 21
#18 Hans-Juergen Schlueter Thermo Fisher 20
#18 Hamish Stewart Thermo Fisher 20
#20 Renate Plate Wolfgang Bock Pflanzenexport Kg 19
#20 Gökhan Baykut Bruker Daltonik Gmbh 19
#20 Klaus Edelmann Airbus Operations Limited 19
#20 Klaus-Dieter Vissing Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Föderung Der Wissenschaften E.V. 19
#20 Alfred Punke Basf Se 19
#25 Xavier Hue Airbus Operations Limited 18
#26 Franz-Josef Wöstmann Fraunhofer 17
#26 Andreas Brekenfeld Bruker Daltonik Gmbh 17
#26 Matthias Busse Fraunhofer 17
#29 Gerd-Volker Röschenthaler 3M 15
#29 Ralf Hartmer Bruker Daltonik Gmbh 15
#29 Peter Appenrodt Medtronic 15
#29 Olaf Eick Medtronic 15
#29 Axel Schreiner Airbus Operations Limited 15
#29 Jens Griep-Raming Thermo Fisher 15
#35 Karsten Michelmann Bruker Daltonik Gmbh 14
#36 Ingo Uckelmann Bego Medical Gmbh 13
#36 Alexander Wagner Thermo Fisher 13
#36 Dirk Nolting Thermo Fisher 13
#39 Siegfried Bernhardt Spinnbau Gmbh 12
#39 Guenter Vogg Deutsche Aerospace Airbus Gmbh 12
#39 Fabian R. Wirth IBM 12
#39 Ulrich Kortz ExxonMobil 12
#39 Sönke Engelken Wobben Properties Gmbh 12
#39 Volker Doring Daimlerchrysler Ag 12
#45 Jens Höhndorf Bruker Daltonik Gmbh 11
#46 Marcus Tillmans Inmusic Brands 10
#46 Katrin Sparbier Bruker Daltonik Gmbh 10
#46 Hartmut Schulz Felix Schoeller Jr. Foto-Und Spezialpapiere Gmbh & Co. Kg 10
#46 Johannes Born Airbus Operations Limited 10
#46 Dirk Salz Fraunhofer 10