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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
151–200
of
1,996
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
#141
Nizar Freijy
9
#141
Thomas J. Fowler
9
#141
Wee Gam
9
#141
Yann Darroman
9
#155
Anthony Butcher
8
#155
Bari W. Brown
8
#155
Bert W. Eakins
8
#155
Brian D. Phillips
8
#155
Bruce Pierik
8
#155
Carter Scott Cannon
8
#155
Chris J. Edwards
8
#155
Curtis Hudson
8
#155
Derek K. Gauger
8
#155
Federico Giordano
8
#155
Gregory A. Homann
8
#155
Jason Summerford
8
#155
James S. Wawrzyniak
8
#155
James B. Wright
8
#155
Joseph D. King
8
#155
Keith Walker
8
#155
Marcel C. Ban
8
#155
Michael Scott Duco
8
#155
Michael R. Powell
8
#155
Neil G. Goodbred
8
#155
Norbert Hertling
8
#155
Peter Robert McCulloch
8
#155
Peter Stutika
8
#155
Pusheng Chen
8
#155
Reshma Rathod
8
#155
Richard Mühlbacher
8
#155
Robert A. Stewart
8
#155
Thomas O'Brien
8
#183
Alexej Niederhaus
7
#183
Antonio MARTINEZ PEREZ
7
#183
Benedict J. Messina
7
#183
Benjamin D. Sweet
7
#183
Brian Cristea
7
#183
Carl L. Gilbert
7
#183
David Emerling
7
#183
Eric Woods
7
#183
Eugene S. Dudash
7
#183
Frank Buccinna
7
#183
Gordon Ebbitt
7
#183
Hugh H. Christopher
7
#183
Ian D. Haynes
7
#183
Iris Drew
7
#183
James W. Hendry
7
#183
Jack Van Ert
7
#183
John Burca
7
#183
Jose Marques
7
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