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Lear — 2,346 Patents

Rank (All Time): #356 of 105,732Top 1%
1,996 inventors
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2,346 Patents All Time

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 201 patents in 2006.peak 2011996: 2 patents19961997: 20 patents1998: 64 patents1999: 79 patents19992000: 58 patents2001: 49 patents2002: 62 patents20022003: 83 patents2004: 117 patents2005: 119 patents20052006: 201 patents2007: 126 patents2008: 67 patents20082009: 70 patents2010: 69 patents2011: 74 patents20112012: 73 patents2013: 69 patents2014: 90 patents20142015: 77 patents2016: 84 patents2017: 70 patents20172018: 71 patents2019: 100 patents2020: 103 patents20202021: 83 patents2022: 78 patents2023: 74 patents20232024: 63 patents2025: 51 patents2025

Top Inventors at Lear All Time

Showing 151–200 of 1,996 inventors

RankNamePatents
#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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