Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Zürich, CH ranks #195 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 14,868 patents from 3,852 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Zürich, CH include Sika Technology Ag, Licinvest Ag, IBM.

Showing 1–50 of 3,852 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Andreas Kramer Sika Technology Ag 160
2 Peter Ackeret Licinvest Ag 156
3 Thomas Mittelholzer IBM 131
#4 Nikolas Ioannou IBM 125
#5 Urs Burckhardt Sika Technology Ag 117
#6 Martin Schmatz IBM 105
#7 Johannes Schmid Trw Repa Gmbh 84
#8 Davide Sarchi Montres Breguet S.A. 80
#9 Tamas Visegrady IBM 79
#10 Ioannis Koltsidas IBM 78
#11 Gokhan H. Bakir Google 73
#12 Jurgen Finter Ciba-Geigy 68
#13 Thomas Parnell IBM 65
#14 Lukas Czornomaz IBM 56
#15 Ilias Iliadis IBM 53
#16 Robert Sumner Disney 51
#17 Johann Kolar Infineon Technologies Austria Ag 49
#17 Sandro Feuz Google 49
#19 Derek Edward Bradley Disney 48
#20 Alessandro Sorniotti IBM 47
#20 Martin Schmid Mann+Hummel Gmbh 47
#22 Markus Hehn Verity Ag 43
#22 Thomas Gschwind IBM 43
#24 Mauro Marigo H. Lundbeck A/S 42
#25 Markus Waibel Verity Ag 41
#26 Rene Wyler Hoffmann-La Roche 39
#26 Alexander Ilic Magic Leap 39
#26 Gioacchino Noris Meta 39
#26 Radu Ioan Stoica IBM 39
#26 Reto Schöb Levitronix Gmbh 39
#26 John G. Rooney IBM 39
#32 Rolf Muller Innogel Ag 36
#32 Andrea Giovannini IBM 36
#32 Jacques Meier Ferag Ag 36
#32 Bruno Agostini Abb Schweiz Ag 36
#36 Michael Kowarik Glaxosmithkline Biologicals Sa 35
#36 Michael Elton Nidd IBM 35
#38 Robert Schauwecker Bruker Biospin Gmbh 34
#39 Paolo Scotton IBM 33
#40 Thabo Beeler Disney 32
#41 Hermann H. Nebelung 31
#41 Hilmar Meier Phonak Ag 31
#41 Peter Willem Jan Staar IBM 31
#44 Florian Graf IBM 30
#44 Angelo De Caro IBM 30
#44 Martin Georg Zahnert Magic Leap 30
#44 Ursula Stadelmann Sika Technology Ag 30
#48 Andreas Plückthun Universitat Zurich 28
#48 Lucas Mirelmann Google 28
#50 Peter Ehbets X-Rite Europe Gmbh 27