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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Gifhorn, DE ranks #4,706 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 578 patents from 204 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Gifhorn, DE include Volkswagen, Hauni Maschinenbau Gmbh, Delphi Technologies.

Showing 1–50 of 204 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Stephan Max Volkswagen 47
2 Ekkehard Pott Volkswagen 42
3 Ruprecht Sinnhuber Volkswagen 27
#4 Andreas Noack Hauni Maschinenbau Gmbh 14
#5 Thomas Drescher Delphi Technologies 12
#6 Bernd Winkelhake Intier Automotive Seating Systems Gmbh 11
#6 Jörg Möckel Volkswagen 11
#8 Sven Meyer Dürr Systems Ag 9
#8 Michael Knust Volkswagen 9
#8 Rune Staeck Volkswagen 9
#11 Björn Fröhlich Volkswagen 8
#11 Marie Puhle Volkswagen 8
#11 Peter Andreas Volkswagen 8
#11 Rolf Warnecke Volkswagenwerk Ag 8
#15 Lothar Brandt Hoechst Gmbh 7
#15 Matthias Ullrich Evonik Degussa Gmbh 7
#15 Christian Riechert Fraunhofer 7
#18 Axel Groenendijk Volkswagen 6
#18 Jonathan Edward Mueller Volkswagen 6
#18 Frank Niebuhr 6
#18 Robin Richter Volkswagen 6
#18 Mathias Hommel Robert Bosch Gmbh 6
#23 Bernard Lohmann Volkswagen 5
#23 Sebastian Kirsch Volkswagen 5
#23 Jürgen Hillmann Volkswagen 5
#23 Denis Dupper Volkswagen 5
#23 Christian Appelt Volkswagen 5
#23 Joerg Lilienthal Volkswagen 5
#23 Peter Lueck IBM 5
#30 Peter Buchholz Volkswagenwerk Ag 4
#30 Juergen Esser GE 4
#30 Michael Tomforde Volkswagen 4
#30 Heiko Rabba Volkswagen 4
#30 Peter Dettmer 4
#30 Klaus Reimer Fraunhofer 4
#30 Bernd Jahrsau Volkswagen 4
#30 Eleonore Dettmer 4
#30 Torsten Schwarz Volkswagen 4
#30 Herbert Schapertons Volkswagen 4
#40 Marcus Grober Microsoft 3
#40 Marcus Lutz 3
#40 Bernd Stiebels Volkswagen 3
#40 Jens Kühlmeyer Volkswagen 3
#40 Gunter Sohlke Volkswagen 3
#40 Hans-Joachim Boy Volkswagen 3
#40 Manfred-Andreas Beeck Saint-Gobain Vitrage 3
#40 Thorsten Graf Volkswagen 3
#40 Hans-Dieter Beckmann Volkswagen 3
#40 Otmar Schnurer Volkswagenwerk Ag 3
#40 Gunter Leineweber Volkswagenwerk Ag 3