Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
Home › Technologies › Buildings and construction

Buildings and construction Patent Leaders All Time

Primary CPC class E04 · Section E

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: 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 1,806 patents in 2020.peak 1,8061996: 853 patents19961997: 958 patents1998: 1,124 patents1999: 1,149 patents19992000: 1,157 patents2001: 1,239 patents2002: 1,079 patents20022003: 1,013 patents2004: 953 patents2005: 874 patents20052006: 794 patents2007: 629 patents2008: 602 patents20082009: 799 patents2010: 1,246 patents2011: 1,151 patents20112012: 1,307 patents2013: 1,545 patents2014: 1,674 patents20142015: 1,642 patents2016: 1,555 patents2017: 1,519 patents20172018: 1,577 patents2019: 1,739 patents2020: 1,806 patents20202021: 1,559 patents2022: 1,410 patents2023: 1,520 patents20232024: 1,625 patents2025: 1,604 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Darko Pervan 228 Valinge Innovation Ab
2 Mark Cappelle 154 Flooring Industies Limited, Sarl
3 Bernard Thiers 117 Flooring Industies Limited, Sarl
#4 Felix L. Sorkin 109 Generate Technologies
#5 Husnu M. Kalkanoglu 93 Certainteed
#6 Ronald P. Hohmann, Jr. 92 Mitek Holdings
#7 Mark C. Carter 87 International E-Z Up
#8 Gregory F. Jacobs 80 Certainteed
#9 Ming Liang Shiao 73 Certainteed
#10 Thomas M. Espinosa 65 Cetres Holdings
#11 Laurent Meersseman 61 Flooring Industies Limited, Sarl
#12 Eddy Alberic Boucké 57 I4F Licensing Nv
#13 Peder J. Gulbrandsen 55 Usg Interiors
#14 Donald Anthony Pilz 54 California Expanded Metal Products
#15 Christian Boo 53 Valinge Innovation Ab
#16 Stefan Simon Gustaaf Moriau 51 Unilin Beheer B.V.
#17 Alan C. Wendt 49 Usg Interiors
#18 Jan Eddy De Rick 49 Flooring Industies Limited, Sarl
#19 John M. Goettl 47 Gsg Holdings
#20 Philippe Pichon 47 Zodiac Pool Care Europe
#21 Thomas L. Kelly 47 Hologic
#22 Martin Segaert 46 Flooring Industies Limited, Sarl
#23 Geoff Gosling 45 Dirtt Environmental Solutions
#24 James J. Lehane 44 Usg Interiors
#25 Kevin T. Burt 44 Fortress Iron, Lp
#26 Robert C. Lenney 44 Gutterglove
#27 Steven R. Robinson 44 Schul International Co.
#28 Tony Pervan 44 Ceraloc Innovation Ab
#29 Jin-Jie Lin 43 Simpson Strong-Tie Company
#30 Robert L. Jenkins 43 Certainteed
#31 Harold G. Simpson 40 Harold Simpson
#32 Pieter Devos 40 Flooring Industies Limited, Sarl
#33 Robert J. Menchetti 40 National Gypsum
#34 Jeffrey P. Whittemore 39 Zipwall
#35 William J. Platt 39 Worthington Armstrong Venture
#36 Abraham M. Underkofler 38 Usg Interiors
#37 Michael J. Hubbard 38 Firestone Building Products Company
#38 Raymond E. Poliquin 38 California Expanded Metal Products
#39 Adem Chich 37 Bmic
#40 David J. Stucky 37 Certainteed
#41 Todd M. Bergman 37 Awi Licensing
#42 Clinton D. Bunch 36 Acufloor
#43 Edward R. diGirolamo 36 The Steel Network
#44 Joshua A. Bunch 36 Acufloor
#45 Robert J. Simmons 36 Conxtech
#46 Bert W. Elliott 35 Owens Corning Intellectual Capital
#47 Michael Hatzinikolas 35 Fero
#48 Ronald D. Shaw 35 Shaw & Sons
#49 Daniel E. Boss 34 Bmic
#50 George David Richardson 34 Cfs Concrete Forming Systems
#51 N. Eric Knudsen 34 —
#52 Semion Krivulin 34 Cfs Concrete Forming Systems
#53 Shay Witelson 34 Maytronics
#54 Thomas J. Lochtefeld 34 Light Wave
#55 Keith C. Hong 33 Certainteed
#56 Pavel Sebor 33 Gale Group
#57 Stephen W. Steffes 33 Certainteed
#58 Timothy Pendley 33 T&M Inventions
#59 William F. Leek 33 Simpson Strong-Tie Company
#60 Fernando Hernandez Sesma 32 California Expanded Metal Products
#61 Michael E. Evans 32 Owens Corning Intellectual Capital
#62 Romeo Ilarian Ciuperca 32 —
#63 Alfred D. Commins 31 Simpson Strong-Tie Company
#64 Henry H. Bilge 31 Tremco Cpg
#65 Hendrikus Johannes van der Meijden 31 Zodiac Pool Systems
#66 J. Dewayne Allen 31 Allen Engineering
#67 Lester Hensley 31 Emseal Joint Systems
#68 Matti Kiik 31 Building Materials Investment
#69 Mogens Smed 31 Dirtt Environmental Solutions
#70 Stephen A. Koch 31 Certainteed
#71 Artur Schworer 30 Peri Ag
#72 Brian Cecil Stearns 30 Vermont Slate & Copper Services
#73 Christopher Richardson 30 Ultraframe (Uk) Limited
#74 Larry Randall Daudet 30 Simpson Strong-Tie Company
#75 Michael J. McLain 30 T&M Inventions
#76 Olan Leitch 30 Building Materials Investment
#77 Robert J. Alderman 30 —
#78 Matthew Carlyle Sherstad 29 Fortress Iron, Lp
#79 Raymond M. L. Ting 29 Advanced Building Systems
#80 Giora Erlich 28 Aqua Products
#81 G. Matt Krause 28 —
#82 Thomas Luc Martine BAERT 28 Champion Link International
#83 Tyrell T. Gilb 28 Simpson Strong-Tie Company
#84 William H. Porter 28 Unknown
#85 Yu Zheng 28 Microsoft
#86 Arndt Andresen 27 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
#87 Edward L. Gibbs 27 Unknown
#88 Lawrence J. Grubka 27 Owens Corning Intellectual Capital
#89 Michael Gori 27 Leaffilter North
#90 Osamu Itagaki 27 Max Co.
#91 Patrick M. Culpepper 27 Progressive Foam Technologies
#92 Sudhir Railkar 27 Building Materials Investment
#93 Wing-kin Hui 27 Compurobot Technology
#94 Hans-Jürgen Hannig 26 Akzenta Paneele + Profile Gmbh
#95 Kwan Jun Choi 26 Inno-Sports Co.
#96 Martin J. Rotter 26 Unknown
#97 Michele Volponi 26 New Standards Manufacturing
#98 William Edwin Smith 26 Owens Corning Intellectual Capital
#99 Agne Pålsson 25 Valinge Innovation Ab
#100 Luc Vanhastel 25 Flooring Industies Limited, Sarl

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Unknown 1,144
2 Certainteed 333
3 Valinge Innovation Ab 225
#4 Flooring Industies Limited, Sarl 207
#5 Simpson Strong-Tie Company 190
#6 Owens Corning Intellectual Capital 168
#7 Usg Interiors 164
#8 Awi Licensing 156
#9 United States Gypsum 136
#10 Johns Manville 120
#11 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft 113
#12 Owens-Corning Fiberglas 113
#13 Bmic 111
#14 Illinois Tool Works 94
#15 NVIDIA 88
#16 Building Materials Investment 87
#17 Mitek Holdings 85
#18 Columbia Insurance 79
#19 Pergo (Europe) Ab 77
#20 National Gypsum 74
#21 Steelcase 74
#22 GE 70
#23 Peri Ag 68
#24 Steelcase Development 68
#25 Nichia 67
#26 Vkr Holding A/S 66
#27 Zodiac Pool Care Europe 66
#28 Max Co. 64
#29 The Boeing 62
#30 Maytronics 60
#31 Unilin Bv 60
#32 Hayward Industries 59
#33 I4F Licensing Nv 59
#34 California Expanded Metal Products 58
#35 Ceraloc Innovation Ab 54
#36 Worthington Armstrong Venture 54
#37 E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 51
#38 Firestone Building Products Company 51
#39 Haworth 51
#40 Aqua Products 50
#41 Yoshida Kogyo K.K. 49
#42 Herman Miller 48
#43 James Hardie Technology Limited 48
#44 Pentair Water Pool And Spa 47
#45 Schul International Co. 46
#46 Välinge Innovation Ab 46
#47 3M 45
#48 Dirtt Environmental Solutions 45
#49 Rockwool International A/S 45
#50 Unilin Beheer B.V. 45
#51 Kajima 43
#52 Cetres Holdings 42
#53 Donn Incorporated 42
#54 Gutterglove 40
#55 Zodiac Pool Systems 40
#56 Anchor Wall Systems 39
#57 Tapco International 39
#58 Butler Manufacturing 38
#59 Shimizu Construction Co. 38
#60 Akzenta Paneele + Profile Gmbh 37
#61 Fortress Iron, Lp 37
#62 Zipwall 37
#63 Emseal Joint Systems 36
#64 Putzmeister Engineering Gmbh 36
#65 The Steel Network 36
#66 Carefree/Scott Fetzer 34
#67 Cfs Concrete Forming Systems 34
#68 Peri Se 34
#69 Comcast 34
#70 Allen Engineering 33
#71 Dayton Superior 33
#72 Bestway Inflatables & Material 32
#73 Huber Engineered Woods 32
#74 Construction Specialties 30
#75 Dyckerhoff & Widmann 30
#76 Garland Industries 30
#77 Metal-Era 30
#78 Wenger 30
#79 W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. 30
#80 Barrette Outdoor Living 29
#81 Keystone Retaining Wall Systems 29
#82 Knauf Gips Kg 29
#83 Nucor 29
#84 Patent Category 29
#85 Quality Edge 29
#86 Alabama Metal Industries 28
#87 Campvalley (Xiamen) Co. 28
#88 Champion Link International 28
#89 Georgia-Pacific Gypsum 28
#90 Gsg Holdings 28
#91 Nippon Steel 28
#92 Progressive Foam Technologies 28
#93 US Army 28
#94 King Saud University 27
#95 Louisiana-Pacific 27
#96 Valmont Industries 27
#97 Advanced Architectural Products 26
#98 Certainteed Ceilings 26
#99 Dometic 26
#100 Masonite 26