Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Melbourne, AU ranks #192 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 15,066 patents from 4,989 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Melbourne, AU include OPPO, The Decor Corporation Pty., IBM.

Showing 1–50 of 4,989 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Huei-Ming Lin OPPO 169
2 Arthur R. Carlson The Decor Corporation Pty. 115
3 Timothy M. Lynar IBM 85
#4 David Dewitt Ford 84
#5 Max Tran Ford 78
#6 Jim Samartgis The Decor Corporation Pty. 72
#7 Tae-hoon Kang Ford 70
#8 Leigh H. Cosentino Ford 65
#9 Keith G. Watson Ici Australia Limited 63
#10 Rahil Garnavi IBM 60
#11 Anthony Upton Enlitic 56
#12 German Spangenberg Agriculture Victoria Services Pty 51
#13 Ezio Rizzardo Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation 50
#13 Simon Kidd Blackmagic Design Pty 50
#15 Malcolm McKechnie Knog Pty 49
#16 Todd Anthony Layt Versascapes L.L.C. 48
#17 Lisa Edlund Tjernberg B.Box For Kids Developments Pty 43
#17 David John Aughton Rubicon Research Pty 43
#19 David Alexander Vodden Morton Vesture 42
#20 Gordon Francis Meijs Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation 40
#21 George Kotsiopoulos The Decor Corporation Pty. 38
#22 Paul Anthony Stupple Pfizer 35
#22 Laurence J. Plant IBM 35
#24 Pedro Guarinon Ford 34
#24 Andrew Bruce Holmes Cambridge Display Technology Limited 34
#26 Shannon Smith Blackmagic Design Pty 33
#26 Marilyn Anne Anderson Inc. Hexima Limited 33
#28 San Hoa Thang Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation 32
#28 Bernard Luke Flynn Bionomics Limited 32
#30 Nicholas Polidoros Ihs Global Design Pty 30
#30 David Matthew Cooper Dolby Laboratories Licensing 30
#30 Suman Sedai IBM 30
#33 Andrew Donald Nash Csl Limited 29
#33 Phillip John Crothers The Boeing 29
#35 Richard J. Simpson Ludwig Institute For Cancer Research 28
#35 Peter Seligman Cochlear Limited 28
#35 Lenin Mehedy IBM 28
#35 Leigh Michael Ryan Annex Products Pty 28
#35 Kon Euan Gerard Wong Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V. 28
#35 Shaila Pervin IBM 28
#41 Efstratios Skafidas Bandspeed 27
#41 Angeline Ingrid Bartholomeusz Melbourne Health 27
#43 Michael Cornish Blackmagic Design Pty 26
#43 Graham J. Bird Ici Australia Limited 26
#43 Hugh McDermott Cochlear Limited 26
#43 Martin A. Szarski The Boeing 26
#43 Lee P. Imrie Ford 26
#43 Pathiraja Arachchillage Gunatillake Polynovo Biomaterials Pty Limited 26
#49 Sylvain Jacques Amatoury B.Box For Kids Developments Pty 25
#50 David Martin Stuckey David Stuckey Investments Pty 24