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Cochlear Limited — 1,130 Patents

Rank (All Time): #756 of 105,732Top 1%
526 inventors
1,130 Patents All Time

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 86 patents in 2014.peak 861996: 4 patents19961997: 4 patents1998: 1 patents1999: 2 patents19992000: 2 patents2001: 2 patents2002: 6 patents20022003: 9 patents2004: 7 patents2005: 3 patents20052006: 7 patents2007: 13 patents2008: 17 patents20082009: 16 patents2010: 22 patents2011: 38 patents20112012: 42 patents2013: 79 patents2014: 86 patents20142015: 74 patents2016: 55 patents2017: 67 patents20172018: 77 patents2019: 85 patents2020: 81 patents20202021: 59 patents2022: 63 patents2023: 69 patents20232024: 85 patents2025: 52 patents2025

Top Inventors at Cochlear Limited All Time

Showing 1–50 of 526 inventors

RankNamePatents
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