Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Shanghai, CN ranks #2,176 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,462 patents from 76 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Shanghai, CN include Zte, GE, Tencent.

Showing 1–50 of 76 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Feng He Zte 131
2 Ping Y. Liu GE 94
3 Wei Yan Tencent 84
#4 Yu Yin Huawei 70
#5 Di-Jia Liu Uchicago Argonne 49
#6 Jiao Zhang Caterpillar 45
#7 Zheng Zhang University Of Washington 42
#8 Lei Xia GE 39
#9 Jason Chang Google 38
#10 Wenyuan Qi Canon 33
#11 Yong Zhao Huntsman Advanced Materials Americas 32
#12 Xiaoyong Yu Motorola 31
#12 Hong Yang Dow Global Technologies 31
#14 He Zhao Huaneng Clean Energy Research Institute 30
#14 Qingwei Zhang Rohm And Haas 30
#16 Tong Zhao GE 29
#17 Heqing Huang IBM 28
#18 Yan Zheng Polytec Gmbh 27
#18 Zheng Shen Great Wall Semiconductor 27
#20 Rui Yin Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co. 25
#20 Yan Li Dow Global Technologies 25
#22 Yidan Zhao Honeywell 24
#23 Ming Zhang Intel 23
#24 Ming Ying Stats Chippac 22
#25 Haichuan Wang Shanghai Biren Technology Co. 21
#26 Guangli Yang Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) 18
#26 Yun Dong Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co. 18
#26 Xiaofeng Zhou Xi'An Uniic Semiconductors Co. 18
#29 Shoutian Li Cabot Microelectronics 17
#29 Zhi Lu Brunswick 17
#29 Feng Peng Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Manufacturing Co. 17
#32 Zhijun Gu Jiangsu Horizon New Energy Technologies Co. 16
#32 Jay Wang AT&T 16
#32 Werner Johler Littelfuse 16
#35 Guoqiang Qian Polyone 15
#35 Sivakumar Thangavelu Osram Sylvania 15
#37 Yingchun Li Abb Vie 13
#37 Yue Zhu Nio Technology (Anhui) Co. 13
#37 Lin Chen GE 13
#40 Xiaolei Hu Ball Horticultural 11
#40 Ling Luo IBM 11
#40 Wei Cheng Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing 11
#43 John Wang Bobst (Shanghai) 10
#43 Yuanyuan Guo GE 10
#45 Zhifu Liu Beken 9
#46 Cong Du North Dakota State University 8
#46 Peter Zhang Crown Cork & Seal Technologies 8
#46 Lingyu Kong Dell Products 8
#46 Guohua Yang Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. 8
#50 Yansong Yang University Of Illinois 7

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