Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Shanghai, CN ranks #1,162 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,879 patents from 131 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Shanghai, CN include University of California, Huawei, Rigel Pharmaceuticals.

Showing 1–50 of 131 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Yang Yang University of California 151
1 Jie Xu Huawei 151
3 Jing Zhang Rigel Pharmaceuticals 107
#4 Xiaofeng Zhang Huawei 95
#5 Yihan Wang Shenzhen Targetrx 86
#6 Cong Chen Qualcomm 79
#7 Barrett Comiskey E Ink Holdings 77
#8 Ying Yan Advanced New Technologies Co. 74
#9 Xing Wei AT&T 69
#10 Jing Li Wuxi Biologics Ireland Limited 64
#11 Shuguang Zhang MIT 62
#12 Jian Ding Shanghai Institute Of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy Of Sciences 61
#13 Xiaowei Chen Shenzhen Shenghaina Technology Co. 58
#14 Lin Liu Depuy Acromed 49
#15 Xiaojun Wu Dell Products 44
#15 Han Zhang Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co. 44
#17 Zhen Zhu AbbVie 43
#17 Fan Yang Novartis Ag 43
#19 Dongchen Wang Verizon 39
#19 Ye Zhu Wildcat Discovery Technologies 39
#21 Wei Wang Carestream Dental Technology Topco Limited 37
#22 Meng-Jiao Wang Cabot 36
#23 Ping Dong Ess Tech 35
#24 Yichen Shen Lightelligence Pte. 34
#25 Ming Sun Amazon 33
#25 Ce Wang Enanta Pharmaceuticals 33
#27 Jian Zhang Foxconn Technology Group Co. 32
#27 Yuhao Liu Ledvance Gmbh 32
#29 Liping Sun Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co. 30
#29 Zhifeng Li Tencent 30
#31 Li Xing Pfizer 29
#32 Wei-Sheng Huang Ariad Pharmaceuticals 27
#32 Jerry Guo American Greetings 27
#34 Yaming Wu Synta Pharmaceuticals 26
#34 Lu Ying Enanta Pharmaceuticals 26
#36 Mengjiao Wang Sap Se 24
#36 Qilong Wu Novartis Ag 24
#36 Hong Li IBM 24
#39 Xin Wang Agency For Science, Technology And Research 23
#40 Chengbin Wu Abb Vie 22
#40 Huiping Guan Glaxosmithkline Intellectual Property Development Limited 22
#40 Jing Zhou MIT 22
#40 Feng Yao Brigham and Women's Hospital 22
#40 Huaiyu Meng Lightelligence Pte. 22
#45 Xiujun Li University Of Texas System 21
#46 Deming Tang Lexvu Opto Microelectronics Technology (Shanghai) 20
#47 Meng Cui Howard Hughes Medical Institute 19
#47 Jian Chen Fih (Hong Kong) Limited 19
#49 Yanyan Liu Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co. 18
#49 Lei Jiang Novartis Ag 18

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