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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Darmstadt, DE ranks #302 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 10,091 patents from 1,865 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Darmstadt, DE include Sun Patent Trust, Merck, Lenovo (Singapore) Pte..

Showing 1–50 of 1,865 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Alexander Golitschek Edler von Elbwart Sun Patent Trust 429
2 Amir Hossain Parham Merck 200
3 Philipp Stoessel Merck 185
#4 Eike Poetsch Merck 152
#5 Genadi Velev Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 151
#6 Peer Kirsch Merck 117
#7 Christof Pflumm Merck 107
#8 Werner Siol Rohm Gmbh Chemische Fabrik 101
#9 Herbert Plach Merck 90
#10 Thomas Eberle Merck 89
#11 Rudolf Pfaendner Ciba Specialty Chemicals 86
#12 Harald Hirschmann Merck 80
#13 Michael Einhaus Panasonic 78
#14 Atsutaka Manabe Merck 77
#15 Kurt Frank Robert Bosch Gmbh 71
#16 Virginie Drugeon Panasonic 70
#17 Christoph Seyfried Tioga Pharmaceuticals 68
#18 Klaus-Otto Minck Merck 65
#19 Joachim Kaiser Merck 63
#20 Thomas Böhm Infineon Technologies Ag 61
#21 Ludwig Pohl Merck 59
#22 Andreas Taugerbeck Merck 57
#22 Henning Bottcher Merck 57
#24 Tobias Grossmann Merck 55
#25 Hans-Ulrich Petereit Evonik Röhm Gmbh 53
#25 Constanze Brocke Merck 53
#25 Hans-Tobias Macholdt Hoechst Gmbh 53
#28 Walter-Gunar Friebe BOE 52
#29 Hans-Adolf Kurmeier Merck 46
#30 Rolf Gericke 45
#30 Alfred Jonczyk Biomet Deutschland Gmbh 45
#32 Eugen Konrad Wella Gmbh 44
#33 Markus Czanta Merck 42
#34 Michael Wolf Merck 39
#35 Peter Wabel Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland Gmbh 38
#35 Ulrich Schneider Carl Freudenberg Kg 38
#37 Markus Klein Merck 37
#37 Bernd Nöcker Kao Germany Gmbh 37
#37 Hans-Michael Eggenweiler Merck 37
#37 Rochus Jonas Merck 37
#41 Jens Hoffmann Continental Teves Ag & Co. Ohg 35
#41 Manfred Baumgarth Merck 35
#41 Izumi Saito Merck 35
#44 Christian EHRENREICH Merck 34
#44 Robert R. Bartlett Hoechst Gmbh 34
#44 Frank Zenke Merck 34
#44 Wolfram Seibert Alfred Teves Gmbh 34
#44 Dagmar Klass Merck 34
#49 Siegmund Besecke Basf Se 33
#49 Horst Pennewiss Rohm Co. 33