Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Jena, DE ranks #540 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 6,284 patents from 1,492 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Jena, DE include Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh, Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag, Mepla-Werke Lautenschlager.

Showing 1–50 of 1,492 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ralf Wolleschensky Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 115
2 Mark Bischoff Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag 104
3 Gregor Stobrawa Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag 81
#4 Helmut Lippert Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 64
#5 Gerhard Lautenschlager Mepla-Werke Lautenschlager 56
#6 Frank Wippermann Fraunhofer 52
#7 Ingo Kleppe Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 50
#8 Daniel Haase Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 48
#9 Tiemo Anhut Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 43
#10 Hans-Reiner Figulla Jenavalve Technology 42
#10 Ralf Netz Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 42
#10 Daniel Schwedt Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 42
#13 Manuel Amthor Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 38
#14 Christoph Damm Jenavalve Technology 35
#15 Markus Ferrari Jenavalve Technology 34
#16 Matthias Wald Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 33
#17 Peter Westphal Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 30
#17 Martin Stohr Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 30
#17 Guenter Rudolph Carl Zeiss Ag 30
#20 Lars Stoppe Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 29
#20 Matthias Reich Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag 29
#22 Yauheni Novikau Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 28
#22 Jens Limpert Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena 28
#22 Wilhelm Frank Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 28
#22 Markus Klippstein Sioptica Gmbh 28
#22 Frank G. Lehmann Pierce Biotechnology 28
#22 Matthias S. Wenzel Pierce Biotechnology 28
#22 Michael Willsch Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 28
#29 Johannes Winterot Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 27
#29 Jörg Siebenmorgen Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 27
#29 Ilka Schlesiger Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 27
#29 Marco Hanft Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag 27
#33 Markus Sticker Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag 26
#33 Christoph Nieten Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag 26
#33 Sven Ring Schering 26
#36 Ingo Koschmieder Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag 25
#36 Wolfram Wintzer Docter Optics Se 25
#36 Klaus Schubert Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe Gmbh 25
#39 Michael Oettel Jenapharm Gmbh & Co. Kg 24
#39 Roland Bergner Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag 24
#39 Tobias Kaufhold Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 24
#42 Thomas Kuckelkorn Schott Ag 23
#42 Christoph Husemann Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 23
#44 Michael Winterot Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 22
#45 Martin Hager Robert Bosch Gmbh 21
#45 Enrico Geissler Carl Zeiss Ag 21
#45 Wilfried Bissmann Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag 21
#45 Peter Heist Lambda Physik Ag 21
#45 Guido Hergenhan Xtreme Technologies Gmbh 21
#50 Matthias Schnabelrauch Heraeus Kulzer Gmbh & Co. Kg 20