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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Sofia, BG ranks #1,118 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,011 patents from 1,349 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sofia, BG include Murata Manufacturing Co., Atmel, Sap Se.

Showing 1–50 of 1,349 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ventsislav Yantchev Murata Manufacturing Co. 120
2 Luben Hristov Atmel 40
3 Stoyan Zhivkov Boshev Sap Se 35
#4 Petio Petev Sap Ag 30
#5 Boris Savov Broadcom 28
#5 Georgi Stanev Sap Ag 28
#7 Branimir Angelov Wacom Co. 27
#8 Ventsyslav Raikov Broadcom 25
#9 Ivo Petkov Broadcom 23
#10 Chavdar S. Baikov Sap Ag 18
#11 Galin Galchev Sap Ag 17
#11 Shenol Hulmi Yousouf Sap Se 17
#13 Krasimir P. Semerdzhiev Sap Ag 16
#13 Zdravko Ivanov D-Wave Systems 16
#13 Diyan Asparuhov Yordanov Sap Se 16
#16 Evgeny Aronov Broadcom 15
#17 Rostislav Georgiev Broadcom 14
#17 Miroslav R. Petrov Sap Ag 14
#17 George P. Dimitrov Broadcom 14
#17 Dimitar Ivanov Broadcom 14
#17 Nikolai Veselinov Neichev Sap Se 14
#22 Anna Delcheva Broadcom 13
#22 Nikolai D. Tankov Sap Ag 13
#24 Anton Enakiev Acronis International Gmbh 12
#25 Ilya Mayorski Broadcom 11
#25 Peter K. Matov Sap Ag 11
#25 Ivan I. Georgiev Sanbolic 11
#25 Ivaylo Radoslavov Radev Broadcom 11
#25 Rumen Marinov Peev Melexis Bulgaria 11
#25 Maria Jurova Sap Ag 11
#31 Georgi Manev Hitachi Energy 10
#31 Stephan Zlatarev Sap Ag 10
#31 Svetoslav Manolov Sap Ag 10
#31 Militsa Borisova Broadcom 10
#31 Vasily Semyonov Acronis International Gmbh 10
#31 Alexander Dimitrov Broadcom 10
#31 Dobromir Ivanov Broadcom 10
#31 Monika M. Kovachka-Dimitrova Sap Ag 10
#31 Kakuhei Isawa Meiji Co. 10
#31 Petar Rusev Rusev Sap Se 10
#41 Rosen Spasov Broadcom 9
#41 Georgi Mitsov Broadcom 9
#41 Danail Grigorov Broadcom 9
#41 Stoyko C. Fakirov University Of Delaware 9
#41 Dimitar Ivanov Petrov Insight Automation 9
#46 Nikola Atanasov Broadcom 8
#46 Ivo Kostadinov Yanev Activbody 8
#46 Ivan Strelkov Broadcom 8
#46 Zahari Ivanov Broadcom 8
#46 Dimitar Hristov Barfonchovski Broadcom 8