Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Shanghai, CN ranks #1,463 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,307 patents from 87 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Shanghai, CN include Human Genome Sciences, Huawei, Finisar.

Showing 1–50 of 87 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jian Ni Human Genome Sciences 219
2 Wei Zhou Huawei 174
3 Zhenfei Tang Huawei 156
#4 William Wang Finisar 134
#5 Jiayin Zhang Huawei 125
#6 Yu-Ting Chen Alcatel Lucent 110
#7 Pengfei Wu Emc Ip Holding Company 98
#8 Jian Yao General Motors 79
#9 Xi Zhang Huawei 53
#9 Xia Zhang China Tobacco Yunnan Industrial Co. 53
#11 Jian Zhao 49
#12 Yue Yang Inc Square, Co. 44
#13 Wei Li Autodesk 38
#14 Wei-Ping Huang Ericsson 34
#15 Ping Chen Broadcom 32
#15 Ke Liu General Motors 32
#15 Min Wang Shanghai University 32
#18 Jie Huang Au Optronics 31
#18 Xiaopeng Zhang Huawei 31
#18 Min Wei Chongqing University Of Posts And Telecommunications 31
#18 Li Huang Tencent 31
#22 Shaojun Li Trent University 30
#22 Xiaoxiao Li The Procter & Gamble 30
#24 Zhigang Luo Alcatel Lucent 28
#25 Jianping Huang Dongguan City Wonderful Ceramics Industrial Park Co. 27
#26 Xu Chu Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co. 26
#27 Yuxin Chen Dell Products 25
#27 Minggang Liu Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co. 25
#29 Yue Feng University Of Maryland, Baltimore 22
#30 Lidong Chen Mosaid Technologies Incorporated 20
#31 Bo Cui Intel 19
#31 Juncheng Wang Photonic Technologies (Shanghai) Co. 19
#31 Kang Lu Lumileds 19
#34 Jin Jiang Huawei 18
#35 Zhaopeng Li Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co. 17
#35 Hongjun Jiang Casco Signal 17
#37 Yong Guan Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co. 16
#37 Jiasheng LU Risen (Suzhou) Pharma Tech Co. 16
#39 Ka-Hing Lin Rockwell Automation 15
#40 Xiao Wu Governing Council Of The University Of Toronto 13
#40 Xiaowen Wu Nxp Usa 13
#40 Yijun Xu Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. Of Zhuhai 13
#40 Lian Zhang Inventec 13
#40 Lingjie Li Wi-Lan 13
#45 Xiufeng Shi Opple Lighting Co. 12
#45 Haibo Zhou Chervon (Hk) Limited 12
#45 Vincent Ma Autodesk 12
#45 Yang Ling AMD 12
#45 Yong Zheng Wuxi Biologics Ireland Limited 12
#50 Wei-Jia Yu Shanghai Bright Power Semiconductor Co. 11