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Lear
— 2,346 Patents
Rank
(All Time):
#356
of
105,732
Top 1%
1,996
inventors
Fortune 500
#189
(2025)
·
Inventor 500 →
2,346
Patents All Time
Patents per Year
Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025
Bar chart with a peak of 201 patents in 2006.
peak 201
1996: 2 patents
1996
1997: 20 patents
1998: 64 patents
1999: 79 patents
1999
2000: 58 patents
2001: 49 patents
2002: 62 patents
2002
2003: 83 patents
2004: 117 patents
2005: 119 patents
2005
2006: 201 patents
2007: 126 patents
2008: 67 patents
2008
2009: 70 patents
2010: 69 patents
2011: 74 patents
2011
2012: 73 patents
2013: 69 patents
2014: 90 patents
2014
2015: 77 patents
2016: 84 patents
2017: 70 patents
2017
2018: 71 patents
2019: 100 patents
2020: 103 patents
2020
2021: 83 patents
2022: 78 patents
2023: 74 patents
2023
2024: 63 patents
2025: 51 patents
2025
Top Inventors at Lear
All Time
Showing
101–150
of
1,996
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
#98
Harald Fischer
12
#98
Jeffrey A. Jones
12
#98
John P. Slaven
12
#98
John Stack
12
#98
Karl Kennedy
12
#98
Miguel Angel Acena
12
#98
Nordine Hamtache
12
#98
Peter Festag
12
#98
Peter Kowtun
12
#98
Samuel Blair
12
#111
Achim Tscherbner
11
#111
Bruce Conner
11
#111
David Dooley
11
#111
Hector Sarnago Andia
11
#111
John E. McConnell
11
#111
Kenan R. Rudnick
11
#111
Mark Feldman
11
#111
Marc Poulin
11
#111
Pawel W. Sleboda
11
#111
Rainer Penzel
11
#111
Robert J. Adams
11
#111
Ronald L. Miotto
11
#111
Thibaud Condamin
11
#111
Thomas LeMense
11
#125
Aftab Ali Khan
10
#125
Bradley C. Duncan
10
#125
Jason Baldas
10
#125
James Masters
10
#125
James Mulvihill
10
#125
John R. Sims
10
#125
Keith A. Christenson
10
#125
Keith R. Kwasny
10
#125
Mohamad Zeidan
10
#125
Odd Jaegtnes
10
#125
Oscar Lucia Gil
10
#125
Parminder Brar
10
#125
Pablo GAONA ROSANES
10
#125
Salman Khreizat
10
#125
Walter T. Cichocki
10
#125
Youssef Ghabbour
10
#141
Andre Schebaum
9
#141
Cecil Brown
9
#141
Edgar Michael Racho
9
#141
Jasmine Pizana
9
#141
Kenneth McQueen
9
#141
Klaus Boes
9
#141
Kyle Calvert
9
#141
Lisa Townley
9
#141
Michael Ferrari
9
#141
Michael Hardy
9
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