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Heidelberg, DE All Time

9,400 patents  ·  2,101 inventors

Ranked #327 of 112,640 cities Top 1%

Heidelberg, DE ranks #327 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 9,400 patents from 2,101 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Heidelberg, DE include Sap Se, Nec, Sap Ag.

Showing 1–50 of 2,101 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Volker Driesen Sap Se 155
2 Ghassan Karame Nec 99
3 Frank Brunswig Sap Ag 95
#4 Wilfried Lubisch Abbott 83
#5 Christian Bensberg Sap Se 74
#6 Wolfgang Reuther Basf Se 66
#7 Klaus Schoettle Basf Se 65
#8 Ulrich Schirmer Basf Se 64
#9 Willi Jeschke Heidelberg Druckmaschinen 63
#10 Dirk Thomsen Sap Se 62
#11 Christoph Weyerhaeuser Sap Se 61
#12 Christos Tsaklakidis Merck 59
#13 Wolfgang Stephan Sap Se 54
#14 Erwin Hahn Basf Se 51
#15 Helmut Mach Basf Se 49
#16 Joachim Dickhaut Basf Se 47
#16 Claudia Schmaelzle Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V. 47
#18 Gerd Ritter Sap Se 46
#19 Stephan Schunk Basf Se 45
#20 Costin Rentzea Basf Se 43
#21 Ulrich Hersel Ascendis Pharma A/S 42
#21 Johannes Merx Sap Se 42
#23 Caroline Rigobert Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited 41
#23 Peter Rost Nokia Technologies Oy 41
#25 Thomas Wegge Ascendis Pharma A/S 38
#26 Rainer Link Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V. 37
#26 Fabian Schneider Nec 37
#26 Pavlinka Roy Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V. 37
#29 Gerhard Pollich Heidelberg Druckmaschinen 36
#29 András Veres Ericsson 36
#29 Friedrich Linhart Basf Se 36
#29 Ralf Neuhaus Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 36
#29 Gerrit Simon Kazmaier Sap Se 36
#34 Wolfgang Welsch Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 35
#34 Gunther Stuhec Sap Ag 35
#36 Dieter Horn Basf Se 34
#36 Dietmar Posselt Basf Se 34
#38 Alias Younis Al-Bayati Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V. 33
#38 Jean Rommelaere Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum 33
#40 Roberto Bifulco Nec 31
#40 Olaf Kinzel Istituto Di Recerche Di Biologia Molecolare P. Angeletti S.R.L. 31
#42 Linghang Fan Nec 29
#42 Steffen Koenig IBM 29
#42 Dirk Vetter Ascendis Pharma A/S 29
#45 Stefan Schmid Nec 28
#45 Hermann Bujard Basf Se 28
#47 Thomas Peh Sap Ag 26
#48 Emil Voutta Sap Se 25
#49 Jens Freund Sap Ag 24
#50 Felix Cleemann Ascendis Pharma Growth Disorders A/S 23

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