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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Oberkochen, DE ranks #1,383 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,431 patents from 377 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Oberkochen, DE include Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh, Carl Zeiss Multisem Gmbh, Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik Gmbh.

Showing 1–50 of 377 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Hans-Juergen Mann Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 119
2 Karl-Heinz Schuster Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 110
3 Johannes Wangler Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 83
#4 Damian Fiolka Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 81
#5 Michael Patra Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 69
#6 Hubert Holderer Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 61
#7 Udo Dinger Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 46
#7 Dirk Zeidler Carl Zeiss Multisem Gmbh 46
#9 Ulrich Wegmann Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 44
#9 Martin Endres Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 44
#11 Daniel Kraehmer Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 41
#12 Dominik Seitz Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik Gmbh 35
#12 Dirk Preikszas Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 35
#12 Hans-Juergen Rostalski Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 35
#15 Stefan Xalter Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 34
#16 Frank Schlesener Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 31
#17 Klaus Herzog Basf Se 27
#17 Hans-Jurgen Mann Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 27
#19 Ralf Meschenmoser Carl Zeiss Vision International Gmbh 25
#20 Marco Pretorius Carl Zeiss Ag 24
#20 Albrecht Vogel Abb Patent Gmbh 24
#22 Michael Kuchel Zygo 23
#22 Sonja Schneider Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 23
#22 Artur Hoegele Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag 23
#25 Fritz Strahle Carl Zeiss Stiftung 22
#26 Daniele Aranzulla Trw Automotive Gmbh 21
#26 Christoph Kuebler Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag 21
#28 Michael Arnz Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 20
#28 Rudolf Von Buenau Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 20
#30 Alexandra Pazidis Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 19
#30 Daniel Kolster Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag 19
#32 Andras G. Major Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 18
#32 Vladimir Kamenov Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 18
#34 Christoph Menke Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 17
#34 Florian Bach Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 17
#36 Thomas Holzhauer Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag 16
#37 Delbert Peter Andrews Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag 15
#37 Andreas Schmaunz Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 15
#37 Wolf Krause Tooz Technologies Gmbh 15
#37 Vladan Blahnik Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 15
#41 Helge Jess Carl Zeiss Meditec Ag 14
#41 Michel Aliman Carl Zeiss Microscopy Gmbh 14
#41 Volker Drexel Carl Zeiss Nts Gmbh 14
#44 Hartmut Gartner Carl Zeiss Stiftung 13
#44 Dietmar Schmid Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 13
#44 Jens Prochnau Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 13
#47 Klaus Knupfer Carl Zeiss Stiftung 12
#48 Jurgen Schwarz Carl Zeiss Stiftung 11
#48 Erich Merz Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh 11
#48 Erich Blaha Carl Zeiss Stiftung 11