Aircraft and aviation Patent Leaders

Rankings count each patent once by its primary Cooperative Patent Classification. All-time pages aggregate the full database; year pages use patent grant year.

Recent years: 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Rank ↑	Inventor ↕	Patents ↕	Primary Company ↕
1	Frank B. Stamps	161	Textron Innovations
2	Alain Porte	88	Airbus Operations Sas
3	Damon Vander Lind	85	Kitty Hawk
#4	Carlos Alexander Fenny	83	Bell Helicopter Textron
#5	Louis J. Bruno	83	Hamilton Sundstrand
#6	Bernard Guering	80	Airbus Operations Sas
#7	John Richard McCullough	78	Textron Innovations
#8	Bernhard Schlipf	73	Airbus Operations Limited
#9	Kirk Landon Groninga	71	Textron Innovations
#10	Daniel Bryan Robertson	69	Textron Innovations
#11	Brian C. Beckman	66	Amazon
#12	Andreas H. von Flotow	65	Hood Technology
#13	JoeBen Bevirt	65	Joby Aero
#14	Anil Kumar Jha	64	Goodrich Lighting Systems
#15	Kevin R. Tsai	62	The Boeing
#16	Paul K. Oldroyd	62	Textron Innovations
#17	Gur Kimchi	61	Amazon
#18	Isaiah W. Cox	61	Borealis Technical Limited
#19	Mark B. Dowty	60	B/E Aerospace
#20	Andre Prager	58	Wing Aviation
#21	Neil E. Goodzeit	58	Lockheed Martin
#22	Andre Hessling-Von Heimendahl	56	Goodrich Lighting Systems Gmbh & Co. Kg
#23	Mithra M. K. V. Sankrithi	56	The Boeing
#24	Michael R. Smith	55	Textron Innovations
#25	Seiya Sakurai	55	The Boeing
#26	Yu Tian	51	Shanghai Autoflight Co.
#27	Scott Savian	50	C&D Zodiac
#28	Blaine Knight Rawdon	49	The Boeing
#29	Timothy C. Haynes	48	Goodrich
#30	Alex Stoll	47	Joby Aero
#31	Donald E. Army	47	Hamilton Sundstrand
#32	Corydon C. Roeseler	46	Hood Technology
#33	Glenn A. Johnson	46	B/E Aerospace
#34	Alexander Nicholas Pozzi	45	B/E Aerospace
#35	Adam Woodworth	44	Wing Aviation
#36	Hermann Benthien	44	Airbus Operations Limited
#37	Mark S. Good	43	The Boeing
#38	Max U. Kismarton	43	The Boeing
#39	Thomas Huber	43	Telair International Gmbh
#40	Todd Reichert	43	Kitty Hawk
#41	Christopher Edward Foskey	42	Bell Helicopter Textron
#42	Peter John Leslie Burd	42	B/E Aerospace
#43	Drew Hartman	41	Goodrich
#44	Gabriel L. Suciu	41	RTX (Raytheon)
#45	Herman Wiegman	41	Beta Air
#46	Kurt David Murrow	41	GE
#47	Ralf Schliwa	40	Airbus Operations Limited
#48	Ricky Dean Welsh	40	Amazon
#49	Steven Ray Ivans	40	Textron Innovations
#50	Gary E. Georgeson	39	The Boeing
#51	Kyle Thomas Cravener	39	Textron Innovations
#52	Olivier Pautis	39	Airbus Operations Sas
#53	Brandon Wayne Miller	38	GE
#54	James Everett Kooiman	38	Bell Helicopter Textron
#55	Robert Kyle Schmidt	38	Safran Landing Systems Canada
#56	Gregor Veble Mikic	37	Joby Aero
#57	Mark Allan Page	37	Jetzero
#58	Cameron Robertson	36	Kitty Hawk
#59	Louis LeRoi LeGrand, III	36	Amazon
#60	Neal V. Huynh	36	The Boeing
#61	Troy Cyril Schank	36	Textron Innovations
#62	Arvin Shmilovich	35	The Boeing
#63	Charles Eric Covington	35	Textron Innovations
#64	David H. Hunter	35	Sikorsky Aircraft
#65	Jaro S. Volny	35	Goodrich
#66	Richard E. Rauber	35	Textron Innovations
#67	Taber MacCallum	35	World View Enterprises
#68	Thomas Scherer	35	Airbus Deutschland Gmbh
#69	Thomas M. Zywiak	35	Hamilton Sundstrand
#70	Aaron J. Kutzmann	34	The Boeing
#71	David N. Schmaling	34	Sikorsky Aircraft
#72	Florian Lorenz	34	Airbus Operations Limited
#73	Jan A. Kordel	34	The Boeing
#74	Roy L. Fox, Jr.	34	Pioneer Aerospace
#75	Sergey D. Barmichev	34	The Boeing
#76	Abe Karem	33	Karem Aircraft
#77	Christopher Eugene Fisher	33	Aerovironment
#78	Francis E. Byrnes	33	RTX (Raytheon)
#79	Harold W. Hipsky	33	Hamilton Sundstrand
#80	Kelly L. Boren	33	The Boeing
#81	Mark Johnson Cutler	33	Kitty Hawk
#82	Nicholas Moy	33	Beta Air
#83	Trevor Shannon	33	Wing Aviation
#84	Brian T. McGeer	32	Aerovel
#85	Brent Chadwick Ross	32	Bell Helicopter Textron
#86	Bruno Saint-Jalmes	32	Airbus (S.A.S.)
#87	Richard A. Himmelmann	32	Hamilton Sundstrand
#88	Robert Erik Grip	32	The Boeing
#89	George Ryan Decker	31	Bell Helicopter Textron
#90	Kassidy L. Carson	31	Ami Industries
#91	Laurent Lafont	31	Airbus Operations Sas
#92	Neil Hutton	31	Dew Engineering And Development Ulc
#93	Paul A. Carvalho	31	Hamilton Sundstrand
#94	Richard W. Aston	31	The Boeing
#95	Darrell Horner	30	Honeywell
#96	John Peter Zwaan	30	Aerovironment
#97	Kevin Roach	30	Google
#98	Olivier Cazals	30	Airbus Operations Sas
#99	Paul Eglin	30	Airbus Helicopters
#100	Stefan Bensmann	30	Airbus Operations Limited

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	The Boeing	4,796
2	Airbus Operations Limited	1,980
3	Airbus Operations Sas	1,167
#4	RTX (Raytheon)	915
#5	Textron Innovations	874
#6	Goodrich	716
#7	Honeywell	691
#8	Hamilton Sundstrand	615
#9	B/E Aerospace	545
#10	Lockheed Martin	540
#11	GE	536
#12	Sikorsky Aircraft	499
#13	Bell Helicopter Textron	465
#14	US Air Force	435
#15	NASA	339
#16	Airbus Helicopters	337
#17	Airbus Deutschland Gmbh	282
#18	Rolls-Royce Plc	270
#19	Unknown	254
#20	Amazon	215
#21	Northrop Grumman	205
#22	Eurocopter	196
#23	Rohr	196
#24	Mitsubishi Electric	185
#25	Rockwell Collins	182
#26	Bombardier	164
#27	Kitty Hawk	162
#28	Safran Aircraft Engines	161
#29	Airbus Helicopters Deutschland Gmbh	160
#30	Beta Air	158
#31	Airbus France	157
#32	Airbus (S.A.S.)	151
#33	Space Systems/Loral	149
#34	Gulfstream Aerospace	145
#35	Aerovironment	142
#36	Ami Industries	140
#37	Aerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle	139
#38	Thales	137
#39	Safran Seats Usa	121
#40	Bae Systems Plc	118
#41	Hughes Electronics Limited	113
#42	Sz Dji Technology Co.	112
#43	Recaro Aircraft Seating	107
#44	Airbus Defence And Space Gmbh	104
#45	Snecma	104
#46	Wing Aviation	104
#47	Goodrich Lighting Systems	94
#48	Embraer S.A.	90
#49	Airbus Defence And Space Sas	87
#50	Mitsubishi Aircraft	86
#51	Panasonic	85
#52	Israel Aerospace Industries	84
#53	Messerschmitt Bolkow Blohm Gmbh	84
#54	Rosemount Aerospace	84
#55	Safran Landing Systems	83
#56	US Army	82
#57	Grumman Aerospace	81
#58	Honda Motor Co.	79
#59	Hughes Aircraft	79
#60	Messier-Bugatti-Dowty	78
#61	Sundstrand	77
#62	Societe Nationale Industrielle Et Aerospatiale	75
#63	Google	75
#64	Joby Aero	74
#65	British Aerospace Public Limited	73
#66	Safran Landing Systems Uk	72
#67	Aircelle	70
#68	In-Situ	69
#69	Aurora Flight Sciences	67
#70	Borealis Technical Limited	67
#71	Lord	67
#72	Dassault Aviation	66
#73	Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh	65
#74	Airbus	64
#75	Rockwell Automation	64
#76	Leonardo S.P.A.	63
#77	Toyota	61
#78	Archer Aviation	56
#79	X Development	56
#80	Bell Textron	55
#81	Eads Deutschland Gmbh	54
#82	Hyundai Motor	54
#83	C&D Zodiac	53
#84	Kawasaki	53
#85	The Aerospace	53
#86	Safran Nacelles	51
#87	Trw Limited	51
#88	Skydio	50
#89	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency	49
#90	Kia	46
#91	Telair International Gmbh	46
#92	Deutsches Zentrum Für Luft—Und Raumfahrt E.V.	45
#93	Jamco	45
#94	Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg Gmbh	45
#95	Rolls-Royce North America	45
#96	IBM	45
#97	Centre National D'Études Spatiales	44
#98	Subaru	44
#99	Korea Aerospace Research Institute	43
#100	Hood Technology	42

Aircraft and aviation Patent Leaders All Time

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