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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Leuven, BE ranks #1,008 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,381 patents from 851 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Leuven, BE include Globalfoundries, TSMC, Nxp B.V..

Showing 1–50 of 851 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Bartlomiej Jan Pawlak Globalfoundries 53
2 Shu-Hao Chang TSMC 48
3 Sujan Pandey Nxp B.V. 40
#4 Liesbet Lagae Imec 37
#5 Wonjong Kim Samsung 36
#6 Alexander Ossipov The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 34
#6 Jan Sonsky Nxp B.V. 34
#6 Werner Knaepen Asm Ip Holding B.V. 34
#9 Vladimir Machkaoutsan Qualcomm 33
#9 Mirco Cantoro Samsung 33
#11 Naoto Horiguchi Imec Vzw 32
#12 Dorothée Alice Marie-Eve Bardiot Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 31
#13 Stijn Vandekerckhove Anheuser-Busch Inbev S.A. 30
#14 Steven Mark Thoen Nxp B.V. 29
#15 Johan Lamotte Agfa-Gevaert Nv 27
#15 Andre Trouet Medarex 27
#17 Matty Caymax Imec 25
#18 Gjalt Gerrit De Jong M-Stack Limited 24
#18 Paul Heremans Imec 24
#18 Yangyin Chen Sandisk Technologies 24
#18 Eddy Lodewijk Hortensia Van De Velde Mastercard 24
#22 Geert Van der Plas Imec Vzw 22
#22 Viet Nguyen Hoang Nxp B.V. 22
#22 Roel Gronheid Imec Vzw 22
#25 Robert James Pascoe Lander Nxp B.V. 21
#25 Hans Mertens Nxp B.V. 21
#25 Serge Vanhaelemeersch Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum Vzw 21
#25 Stefan Cosemans Imec Vzw 21
#29 Eric Huygens ICI 19
#29 Chengxun Liu Imec Vzw 19
#29 Yves Vanderveken Solvay (Société Anonyme) 19
#32 Gouri Sankar Kar Imec Vzw 18
#32 Lodewijk Van Noten 18
#32 Simone Severi Imec Vzw 18
#32 Prabhat Agarwal Nxp B.V. 18
#36 Bart P.E. van Coppenolle Right Brain Interface Nv 17
#36 Eric Kiekens Agfa-Gevaert Nv 17
#36 Geert Hellings Imec 17
#36 Tim Stakenborg Imec Vzw 17
#36 Andrea Illiberi Asm Ip Holding B.V. 17
#36 Veronique Rochus Imec Vzw 17
#36 Malgorzata Jurczak Stmicroelectronics Sa 17
#43 Rami Khazaka Asm Ip Holding B.V. 16
#43 Roger Loo Imec 16
#43 Johan Calcoen Key Technology 16
#43 René Henricus Jozef Vervuurt Asm Ip Holding B.V. 16
#43 Maarten J. van der Burgt Shell Oil Compny 16
#48 Erik Jan Marinissen Imec 15
#48 Magdalena Kaniewska Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 15
#48 Robertus Theodorus Fransiscus Van Schaijk Nxp B.V. 15