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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kürten, DE ranks #4,706 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 578 patents from 165 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kürten, DE include Wirtgen Gmbh, Gkn Automotive Limited, Tesa Se.

Showing 1–50 of 165 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Dieter Simons Wirtgen Gmbh 48
2 Jan Haupt Gkn Automotive Limited 23
3 Axel Burmeister Tesa Se 22
#4 Gerhard Langstein Bayer Healthcare 19
#5 Ulrich Grosser Covestro Deutschland Ag 17
#5 Siegfried Anders Bayer Healthcare 17
#7 Christian Stork Sap Se 16
#8 Albert Stitz Barmag Ag 15
#9 Stefan Hauttmann Philips 12
#10 Markus Feuser Philips 10
#10 Werner Heinz Daimler-Benz Ag 10
#10 Klaus Biskup Bayer Healthcare 10
#13 Erwin Kausch B.A.T. Cigarettenfabriken Gmbh 8
#13 Johannes-Peter Schafer Solarworld Ag 8
#13 Ernst Brinkmeyer U.S. Philips 8
#16 Karsten Schroeder Airbus Operations Limited 7
#16 Gerd Berghaus Voss Fluid Gmbh 7
#18 Werner Kluge-Paletta Tesa Ag 6
#18 Gottfried Wilhelm Haesemann Emitec Gesellschaft Fuer Emissionstechnologie Mbh 6
#18 Hans-Jurgen Kuhn U.S. Philips 6
#18 Burkhard Goelling Airbus Operations Limited 6
#18 Bodo Rehbold Bayer Healthcare 6
#18 Volker Nolle Miltenyi Biotec 6
#24 Andreas GÖBBELS Bos Gmbh & Co. Kg 5
#24 Manfred Stuttem Barmag Ag 5
#24 Peter Mahneke ITRI 5
#24 Thomas Frenzel Bayer Cropscience 5
#24 Alfred Reck Emitec Gesellschaft Fuer Emissionstechnologie Mbh 5
#24 Sylvia Harders Total Raffinage Marketing 5
#24 Volker Fricke IBM 5
#24 Gunther Peters Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken Gmbh 5
#32 Claus Mueller Bayer Healthcare 4
#32 Volker Graeger U.S. Philips 4
#32 Gert G. Niggemeyer 4
#32 Philippe Hesse Tesa Ag 4
#32 Ulrich Heukamp Bayer Healthcare 4
#32 Claus F. Gosswein 4
#32 Friedrich Jordan Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz Ag 4
#32 Sebastian Trotter Beiersdorf Ag 4
#32 Matthias Lehder Beiersdorf Ag 4
#32 Hugh Andrews Bsn Medical Gmbh 4
#32 Stanislaus Iwelski Intel 4
#32 Ekkehard Gorski BMW 4
#32 Gerhard Matz Bruker Optik Gmbh 4
#32 Thorsten Butz Sasol Wax Gmbh 4
#32 Waltraud Suer Euroimmun Medizinische Labordiagnostika Ag 4
#47 Johannes de la Haye Dynamit Nobel Gmbh 3
#47 Hans J. Reuter Mecan Arbed S.A.R.L. 3
#47 Alexander Niesigk Airbus Deutschland Gmbh 3
#47 Ekkehard Lohse Airbus Operations Limited 3