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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Nuremberg, DE ranks #345 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 8,967 patents from 1,851 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Nuremberg, DE include Qualcomm, Fraunhofer, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft.

Showing 1–50 of 1,851 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Sven Fischer Qualcomm 223
2 Markus Multrus Fraunhofer 212
3 Markus Vester Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 207
#4 Ralf Geiger Fraunhofer 146
#5 Johannes Hilpert Fraunhofer 132
#6 Dieter Wittmann Bayer Healthcare 128
#7 Nikolaus Rettelbach Fraunhofer 126
#8 Max Neuendorf Fraunhofer 113
#9 Markus Schnell Fraunhofer 112
#10 Frederik Nagel Fraunhofer 105
#11 Stefan Bayer Fraunhofer 99
#12 Konstantin Schmidt Fraunhofer 64
#13 Klaus Muller Robert Bosch Gmbh 63
#13 Georg Fischer AT&T 63
#15 Manfred Lutzky Fraunhofer 60
#16 Angus Wardlaw Adidas Ag 50
#17 Vladyslav Ukis Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 45
#18 Arnaud Redon Puma Se 42
#19 Harald Albrecht Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 41
#20 Rajarajan Balraj Intel 38
#21 Martin Wolters Dolby International Ab 37
#21 Thomas Kauppert Diehl Metering Systems Gmbh 37
#23 Klaus Weinzierl Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 36
#23 Sudeep Manithara Vamanan Apple 36
#25 Rainer Bachl 35
#25 Markus Kowarschik Siemens Healthcare Limited 35
#27 Sascha Dick Fraunhofer 34
#27 Günter Lauritsch Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 34
#27 Matthias Schmitt Voith Patent Gmbh 34
#30 Julien Robilliard Fraunhofer 33
#31 Christoph Brabec Konarka Technologies 32
#31 Florin Ghido Fraunhofer 32
#31 Olaf Boese Schaeffler 32
#34 Robert Kagermeier Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 31
#34 Kurt H. Ahrens Heumann Pharma Gmbh 31
#34 Michael Zenge Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 31
#34 Adrian Murtaza Fraunhofer 31
#38 Johannes Reinschke Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 30
#39 Jouni Paulus Fraunhofer 29
#39 Igor Kaufmann Kennametal 29
#39 Christian Pietsch Qualcomm 29
#42 Eduard Golovatai-Schmidt Ina Schaeffler Kg 28
#43 Uwe Rass Siemens Audiologische Technik Gmbh 27
#43 Hristo Petkov Diehl Metering Systems Gmbh 27
#45 Karsten Linzmeier Dolby International Ab 26
#45 Tom Baeckstroem Fraunhofer 26
#45 Wolfgang Fugel Schaeffler 26
#48 Maik Guenter Seewald Cisco 25
#48 Ralf Dotzel Johnson Matthey Public Limited 25
#50 Conrad Benndorf Fraunhofer 24