Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Shanghai, CN ranks #1,617 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,072 patents from 33 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Shanghai, CN include Starkey Laboratories, Microsoft, Huawei.

Showing 1–33 of 33 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Tao Zhang Starkey Laboratories 736
2 Jie Liu Microsoft 463
3 Chi Zhang Huawei 300
#4 Yong Lu Seagate Technology 148
#5 Chang Xie Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. 54
#6 Hao Wang IBM 44
#7 Hui Ye Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co. 43
#8 Ye Yang Motorola Mobility 40
#9 Lijun Zu 3M 35
#10 Li Wang Medtronic 21
#11 Qing Cai Foxconn 17
#11 Xiaohua Ma King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology 17
#13 Peter B. Madson Bracco Diagnostics 16
#14 Ling Chen University of Minnesota 14
#15 Youlu Duan H.B. Fuller Licensing & Financing 11
#15 Wanli Jiang BMW 11
#17 Xiaoyang Zhu Qingdao University Of Technology 9
#17 Jean-Cheui Hsung Cardiac Pacemakers 9
#17 Gang Lin Microsoft 9
#17 Zhifang Li Shanghai Ic R&D Center Co. 9
#21 Xinkai Wu University of Minnesota 8
#21 Zhijie Zhu 8
#23 Roy Wang Via Technologies 7
#24 Xueyi Zhang Shandong University Of Technology 6
#24 Wei Tan Covidien Lp 6
#26 Xun Yu GE 5
#26 Huan Li Aac Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co. 5
#28 Michael Chen Ecolab Usa 4
#28 Yu Ren Cymetech, L.L.C. 4
#28 Jian Xu Shenzhen Fugui Precision Ind. Co. 4
#28 Taotao Yan Disney 4
#32 C. Arthur Dins Honeywell 3
#33 Xiao Li Yin 2

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