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Cochlear Limited
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Cochlear Limited
— 1,130 Patents
Rank
(All Time):
#756
of
105,732
Top 1%
526
inventors
1,130
Patents All Time
Patents per Year
Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025
Bar chart with a peak of 86 patents in 2014.
peak 86
1996: 4 patents
1996
1997: 4 patents
1998: 1 patents
1999: 2 patents
1999
2000: 2 patents
2001: 2 patents
2002: 6 patents
2002
2003: 9 patents
2004: 7 patents
2005: 3 patents
2005
2006: 7 patents
2007: 13 patents
2008: 17 patents
2008
2009: 16 patents
2010: 22 patents
2011: 38 patents
2011
2012: 42 patents
2013: 79 patents
2014: 86 patents
2014
2015: 74 patents
2016: 55 patents
2017: 67 patents
2017
2018: 77 patents
2019: 85 patents
2020: 81 patents
2020
2021: 59 patents
2022: 63 patents
2023: 69 patents
2023
2024: 85 patents
2025: 52 patents
2025
Top Inventors at Cochlear Limited
All Time
Showing
1–50
of
526
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Werner Meskens
86
2
Marcus Andersson
81
3
Peter Gibson
78
#4
John Louis Parker
65
#5
Koen Van den Heuvel
48
#6
Fysh Dadd
47
#7
Paul Michael Carter
45
#8
Martin Evert Gustaf Hillbratt
42
#9
Kristian Asnes
40
#10
Zachary Mark Smith
39
#11
Charles Roger Aaron Leigh
37
#11
Claudiu Treaba
37
#13
Michael Goorevich
34
#14
Johan Gustafsson
30
#15
Frank Risi
28
#15
John Michael Heasman
28
#15
Tadeusz Jurkiewicz
28
#18
Derek Ian Darley
23
#18
Peter Scott Vallack Single
23
#20
Oliver John Ridler
22
#21
Jan Patrick Frieding
20
#21
Sean Lineaweaver
20
#23
Kenneth Oplinger
19
#24
Hans Leysieffer
18
#24
Stephen Fung
18
#24
Stefan J. Mauger
18
#27
Göran Björn
17
#27
Patrik Kennes
17
#27
Peter Seligman
17
#30
Adam Hersbach
16
#30
Brett Anthony Swanson
16
#30
Henrik Fyrlund
16
#30
Nicholas Charles Kendall Pawsey
16
#30
Wim Bervoets
16
#35
Daniel Smyth
15
#35
Dusan Milojevic
15
#35
James F. Patrick
15
#35
Mark Alan Von Huben
15
#35
Tommy Bergs
15
#40
Alexander von Brasch
14
#40
Edmond Capcelea
14
#40
Ibrahim Ibrahim
14
#40
Jan Vermeiren
14
#40
Mark Flynn
14
#40
Peter Schuller
14
#46
David Harte
13
#46
Erik Holgersson
13
#46
Grahame Walling
13
#46
Jan Janssen
13
#46
Stefan Magnander
13
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