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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Munster, DE ranks #1,554 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,165 patents from 649 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Munster, DE include Basf Coatings Gmbh, Merck, Degussa Ag.

Showing 1–50 of 649 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Heinz-Peter Rink Basf Coatings Gmbh 62
1 Gerhard Pfaff Merck 62
3 Hubert Baumgart Basf Coatings Gmbh 46
#4 Helmut Mangold Degussa Ag 45
#5 Carl-Henrik Heldin Ludwig Institute For Cancer Research 41
#6 Ulrich Poth Basf Lacke & Farben 34
#7 Ulrich Heimann Basf Lacke & Farben 25
#8 Jens Pohl Biopharm Gesellschaft Zur Biotechnologischen Entwicklung Von Pharmaka Mbh 23
#8 Klaas Ahlers Basf Se 23
#10 Walter Jouck Basf Lacke & Farben 21
#11 Hubertus Volmary Volmary Gmbh 19
#12 Rene Kiesewetter Wolff Walsrode Ag 18
#12 Anton Harle Unknown 18
#12 Christian Biewer 18
#15 Peter Paulus Pilkington Group Limited 17
#15 Rainer Lomoelder Evonik Degussa Gmbh 17
#15 Gerhard Erker Targor Gmbh 17
#18 Stephan Ludwig Atriva Therapeutics Gmbh 16
#18 Jan Eberhardt Basf Se 16
#20 Fatmir Raka Basf Coatings Gmbh 15
#20 Joachim Thiem Hoechst Gmbh 15
#22 Günter Klein Basf Coatings Gmbh 14
#22 Dagmar Klement Merck 14
#22 Leonidas Kiriazis Basf Coatings Gmbh 14
#25 Dmitry USHAKOV Merck 13
#25 Martina WINDHORST Merck 13
#25 Odo Wunnicke Qimonda Ag 13
#25 Christian Schröder Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 13
#29 Dirk Eierhoff Basf Coatings Gmbh 12
#29 Michael Brunnemann Basf Coatings Gmbh 12
#31 Guido Wilke Basf Coatings Gmbh 11
#31 Thorsten Krüger Intuit 11
#31 Werner Traunecker BOE 11
#34 Werner W. Jungbluth Deutsche Forschungs- Und Versuchsanstalt Fur Luft- Und Raumfahrt E.V. 10
#34 Guenter Klein Basf Coatings Gmbh 10
#34 Andreas Urbaniak Delphi Technologies 10
#34 Nicole Freitag Basf Coatings Gmbh 10
#34 Nabil Henein Alfred Teves Gmbh 10
#34 Wolfgang Batzill Basf Farben Fasern 10
#34 Udo Strauss Basf Lacke & Farben 10
#41 Harald Borgholte Basf Coatings Gmbh 9
#41 Martina Weidner Merck 9
#41 Theodor Eckert Ciba-Geigy 9
#41 Klaus Opitz Lts Lohmann Therapie-Systeme Ag 9
#41 Matthias Orschel Evonik Degussa Gmbh 9
#41 Martin Konemann Basf Se 9
#41 Ralf Rosskopf Merck 9
#41 Anja Thiessenhusen Evonik Degussa Gmbh 9
#41 Markus Poetter Evonik Degussa Gmbh 9
#41 Olle Melander Sphingotec Gmbh 9