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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Winterthur, CH ranks #1,308 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,570 patents from 771 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Winterthur, CH include Sulzer Brothers Limited, Woodwelding Ag, Alcon.

Showing 1–50 of 771 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Otto Frey Sulzer Brothers Limited 52
2 Andrea Müller Woodwelding Ag 34
3 Niels Alexander Abt Alcon 32
#4 Pascal Gohl Gopro 31
#5 Jörg Zimmermann Sika Technology Ag 29
#6 Emil Briner Rieter Machine Works 27
#7 Alfred Wenger Endress+Hauser Flowtec Ag 26
#8 Gerard Barbezat Sulzer Metco Ag 24
#9 Peter Anderegg Maschinenfabrik Rieter Ag 23
#9 Jean-Michel Moreau Sgs-Thomson Microelectronics S.A. 23
#11 Roman PATSCHEIDER Optotune Ag 21
#11 Daniel Hanselmann Rieter Machine Works 21
#13 Peter Busenhart Maschinenfabrik Rieter Ag 20
#14 Felix Streiff Sulzer Brothers Limited 19
#14 Felix Graf Rieter Machine Works 19
#16 Jurg Bischofberger Rieter Machine Works 18
#16 Matthias Wesselmann Biotronik Ag 18
#18 Heinz Clement Rieter Machine Works 17
#19 Martin Rufli IBM 16
#19 Peter Fritzsche Maschinenfabrik Rieter Ag 16
#19 Ivo Hasler Phonak Ag 16
#19 Giancarlo Mondini Rieter Machine Works 16
#23 Heinz Mutter Rieter Machine Works 15
#23 Matthias Felber Sanofi-Aventis 15
#23 Rolf Heusser Sulzer Chemtech Ag 15
#23 Charles Mandrin Sulzer Brothers Limited 15
#23 Erwin Pfarrwaller Sulzer Brothers Limited 15
#23 Walter Schlepfer Maschinenfabrik Rieter Ag 15
#29 Andrea Mueller Woodwelding Ag 14
#29 Georg Ziegler Sulzer Brothers Limited 14
#29 Kurt Schefer Rieter Machine Works 14
#29 Jürg WEIDMANN Sika Technology Ag 14
#29 Timo Jung Alcon 14
#34 Roger Alberto Mallinckrodt 13
#34 Stefan Reim Vifor (International) Ag 13
#34 Arthur Wurmli Rieter Machine Works 13
#34 Dionizy Simson Sulzer Brothers Limited 13
#38 Reto Braunschweiler Zimmer 12
#38 Ferdinand Schneider Mettler-Toledo Gmbh 12
#38 Urs Mösli Robatech Ag 12
#41 Patrik Maurer Cytos Biotechnology Ag 11
#41 Martin Giger Kistler Holding Ag 11
#41 Walter Vetterli Metacon Ag 11
#41 Heinz Guttinger Escher Wyss Gmbh 11
#41 Mathias Heller Sulzer Orthopaedie Ag 11
#46 Heinz Oswald Rieter Machine Works 10
#46 Markus Ehrensperger Cws International Gmbh 10
#46 Marc Widmer Ansaldo Energia Switzerland Ag 10
#46 Adolf Flueli Rieter Machine Works 10
#46 Gerhard Mandl Rieter Machine Works 10