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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Munich, DE ranks #1,178 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,853 patents from 128 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Munich, DE include Samsung, Nio Nextev Limited, Infineon Technologies Ag.

Showing 1–50 of 128 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Sung Jin Kim Samsung 434
2 Kris Tomasson Nio Nextev Limited 141
3 Wolfgang Werner Infineon Technologies Ag 126
#4 Honglei Miao Apple 104
#5 Axel Ullrich Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Föderung Der Wissenschaften E.V. 89
#6 Mathias Schmidt Apple 77
#7 Robert Zaus Apple 72
#8 Ralf Rossbach Apple 71
#9 Andreas Wolf Apple 62
#10 Avik Santra Infineon Technologies Ag 56
#11 Yang Peng Sap Se 55
#12 Sebastian Jeuk Cisco 53
#13 Martin Scholz HP 51
#14 Thomas Bauer Epcos Ag 50
#15 Robert Fink Palantir Technologies 45
#16 Peter Alexander Tass Forschungszentrum Jülich Gmbh 40
#17 Wei-Lun Huang United Microelectronics 39
#17 Ulrich Huber Giesecke+Devrient Mobile Security Gmbh 39
#19 Guenter Schmidt Definiens Gmbh 37
#20 Rainer Richter IBM 36
#21 Rainer Bruchhaus Infineon Technologies Ag 35
#22 Hans Kruger Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 33
#22 Philippe Marchand Sequent Medical 33
#24 Kilian Roth Intel 32
#25 Eberhard Sebastian Hansis Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 31
#25 Tobias Bocklet Intel 31
#27 Johannes Steffens Rohde & Schwarz 29
#27 Benjamin Mbouombouo 29
#29 Miltiadis Filippou Intel 28
#30 Peter Meier Metaio Gmbh 27
#31 Benjamin Schmidt Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. 26
#31 Michael Bertram Brainlab Ag 26
#33 Johan Ulrich Lewin Jessen Lyft 22
#33 Joachim Hofer Intel 22
#35 Rolf Guenther Applied Materials 21
#35 Thomas Blon Silicon Line Gmbh 21
#37 Peter F. Sollich Microsoft 20
#38 Holger Hampf S. C. Johnson & Son 19
#38 Sebastian Knorr Apple 19
#38 Ian Russell Bloom Energy 19
#41 Munir Nikolai Alexander Georges Intel 18
#42 John Schoenbeck T-Mobile Usa 17
#43 Joerg Grosse Breker Verification Systems 16
#43 Robert Seidl Adobe 16
#43 John-Daniel Buckingham BMW 16
#43 Lukasz Natkaniec Sonos 16
#43 Gustavo Sonoda Google 16
#43 Stefan Eckart AMD 16
#49 Martin Fischer Harman Becker Automotive Systems Gmbh 15
#50 Juergen Bruegl BMW 14

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