Coating metals Patent Leaders 2017

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	Adrien LaVoie	9	Lam Research
2	Satoshi Inoue	8	Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
3	Shinichi Kawato	8	Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#4	Jeong Won HAN	6	Samsung
#5	Alan A. Ritchie	5	Applied Materials
#6	Antti Rahtu	5	Asm International N.V.
#7	Hitoshi Kato	5	Tokyo Electron Limited
#8	Hu Kang	5	Lam Research
#9	Jurgen Ramm	5	Oerlikon Surface Solutions Ag, Pfäffikon
#10	Tohru Sonoda	5	Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#11	Charles H. Winter	4	Wayne State University
#12	Jennifer Y. Sun	4	Applied Materials
#13	Jill S. Becker	4	Harvard University
#14	Jun Qian	4	Applied Materials
#15	Karl Leeser	4	Lam Research
#16	Keith A. Miller	4	Applied Materials
#17	Kenji Yamamoto	4	Sony
#18	Muhammad M. Rasheed	4	Applied Materials
#19	Myung-Soo Huh	4	Samsung
#20	Shou-Shan Fan	4	Foxconn
#21	Shunpei Yamazaki	4	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#22	Stephen Burgess	4	Spts Technologies Limited
#23	Suvi Haukka	4	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#24	Tom K. Cho	4	Applied Materials
#25	Yixiong Liu	4	Kennametal
#26	Andy Lok-Fung Chow	3	Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials
#27	Anshu A. Pradhan	3	View
#28	Avgerinos V. Gelatos	3	Applied Materials
#29	Beno Widrig	3	Oerlikon Surface Solutions Ag, Pfäffikon
#30	Biraja P. Kanungo	3	Applied Materials
#31	Byung Sung Kwak	3	Applied Materials
#32	Chloe Baldasseroni	3	Lam Research
#33	Chong Jiang	3	Applied Materials
#34	Chien-Teh Kao	3	Applied Materials
#35	Christopher S. Roper	3	Hrl Laboratories
#36	Crystal P. L. Li	3	Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials
#37	David S. Kuo	3	Seagate Technology
#38	Da-Ming Zhuang	3	Foxconn
#39	Dennis Kwok-Wai Yee	3	Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials
#40	Eiichi Matsumoto	3	Preferred Networks
#41	Frank L. Pasquale	3	Lam Research
#42	Ganesh Sundaram	3	Ultratech
#43	Gary P. Wainwright	3	Eastman Kodak
#44	Gennady Gauzner	3	Seagate Technology
#45	Gregory McGraw	3	Comcast
#46	Hee-Cheol Kang	3	Samsung
#47	Hiroshi Ashihara	3	Hitachi Kokusai Electric
#48	Hideo Takami	3	Jx Nippon Mining & Metals
#49	Hiroshi Tamagaki	3	Kobe Steel
#50	Hung Tat Chan	3	Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials
#51	Igor Milicevic	3	Draka Comteq B.V.
#52	Il-Kwang Yang	3	Eugene Technology Co.
#53	Jaesik Kim	3	Samsung
#54	Jeffrey W. Anthis	3	Applied Materials
#55	Jianhua Zhou	3	Applied Materials
#56	Johannes Antoon Hartsuiker	3	Draka Comteq B.V.
#57	Joseph Yudovsky	3	Applied Materials
#58	Juan Carlos Rocha-Alvarez	3	Applied Materials
#59	Juergen Weichart	3	Evatec Ag
#60	Katsuhiro Kikuchi	3	Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#61	Katsunari Obata	3	Dai Nippon Printing Co.
#62	Ka Ming Yip	3	Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials
#63	Kenji Kameda	3	Hitachi Kokusai Electric
#64	Kim Y. Lee	3	Seagate Technology
#65	Kyong-Hun Kim	3	Eugene Technology Co.
#66	Li Guo	3	Foxconn
#67	Ludovic Godet	3	Applied Materials
#68	Masahiro ICHIHARA	3	Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#69	Markku Leskelä	3	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#70	Mattheus Jacobus Nicolaas Van Stralen	3	Draka Comteq B.V.
#71	Ming-Jie Cao	3	Foxconn
#72	Michael Feldbaum	3	HGST
#73	Mitsuaki Iwashita	3	Tokyo Electron Limited
#74	Mikko Ritala	3	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#75	Ming Zhao	3	Western Digital (Fremont)
#76	Norihiko Nakamura	3	Toyota
#77	Owen Hildreth	3	Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University
#78	Peter R. Leicht	3	Kennametal
#79	Pekka Soininen	3	Beneq Oy
#80	Qun Li	3	Foxconn
#81	Ramesh Chandrasekharan	3	Lam Research
#82	Roger R. Coutu	3	Ultratech
#83	Robert T. Rozbicki	3	View
#84	Robin L. Tiner	3	Applied Materials
#85	Rongjun Wang	3	Applied Materials
#86	Satoshi Hashimoto	3	Sony
#87	Sean T. Barry	3	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#88	Shinji Furukawa	3	Tokyo Electron Limited
#89	Shin-ichi Ogino	3	Jx Nippon Mining & Metals
#90	Shankar Swaminathan	3	Lam Research
#91	Siegfried Krassnitzer	3	Oerlikon Surface Solutions Ag, Pfäffikon
#92	Suk-Won Jung	3	Samsung
#93	Takashi Ochi	3	Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#94	Takeshi Suzuki	3	Canon
#95	Timo Hatanpää	3	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#96	Tobias A. Schaedler	3	Hrl Laboratories
#97	Toshihiko Takeda	3	Canon
#98	Vahid Firouzdor	3	Applied Materials
#99	Yang-Sik Shin	3	Eugene Technology Co.
#100	Yamile A.M. Wasslen	3	Asm Ip Holding B.V.

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Applied Materials	66
2	Samsung	64
3	Tokyo Electron Limited	46
#4	Asm Ip Holding B.V.	19
#5	Hitachi Kokusai Electric	18
#6	Lam Research	17
#7	Oerlikon Surface Solutions Ag, Pfäffikon	14
#8	Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal	13
#9	TSMC	12
#10	RTX (Raytheon)	12
#11	Jx Nippon Mining & Metals	11
#12	GE	10
#13	Jfe Steel	9
#14	Kobe Steel	9
#15	Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha	8
#16	Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates	8
#17	Foxconn	7
#18	Posco Co.	7
#19	Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials	7
#20	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory	7
#21	Tsinghua University	7
#22	BOE	7
#23	Dai Nippon Printing Co.	6
#24	Eastman Kodak	6
#25	Fraunhofer	6
#26	Honda Motor Co.	6
#27	Kennametal	6
#28	Novellus Systems	6
#29	The Boeing	6
#30	Apple	5
#31	Asm International N.V.	5
#32	Evatec Ag	5
#33	Nitto Denko	5
#34	Rolls-Royce Plc	5
#35	Spts Technologies Limited	5
#36	Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe Ag	5
#37	Aixtron Se	4
#38	Asm America	4
#39	Atotech Deutschland	4
#40	Beneq Oy	4
#41	Hrl Laboratories	4
#42	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba	4
#43	Seagate Technology	4
#44	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	4
#45	Ultratech	4
#46	Unknown	4
#47	Wayne State University	4
#48	IBM	4
#49	Arcelormittal Investigación Y Desarrollo, S.L.	3
#50	Baker Hughes Holdings	3
#51	CEA	3
#52	Draka Comteq B.V.	3
#53	Entegris	3
#54	Eugene Technology Co.	3
#55	Federal-Mogul Burscheid Gmbh	3
#56	US Dept of Commerce	3
#57	Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University	3
#58	KAIST	3
#59	L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude	3
#60	Lintec	3
#61	Mahle International Gmbh	3
#62	Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno	3
#63	Nhk Spring Co.	3
#64	Nissan Motor Co.	3
#65	Praxair Technology	3
#66	Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.	3
#67	Sumitomo Metal Mining Co.	3
#68	Tencent	3
#69	Uchicago Argonne	3
#70	View	3
#71	Wacker Chemie Ag	3
#72	Canon	3
#73	3M	2
#74	Aktiebolaget Skf	2
#75	Battelle Memorial Institute	2
#76	Bulk Chemicals	2
#77	Cardinal Cg	2
#78	Chemetall Gmbh	2
#79	Corning Incorporated	2
#80	Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research	2
#81	Daido Steel Co.	2
#82	Dowa Thermotech Co.	2
#83	Dow Global Technologies	2
#84	Ecm Technologies	2
#85	Ecolab Usa	2
#86	Goodrich	2
#87	Guardian Industries	2
#88	Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa	2
#89	HP	2
#90	Hitachi	2
#91	Ihi	2
#92	Intevac	2
#93	KFUPM	2
#94	Korea Institute Of Industrial Technology	2
#95	Lg Innotek Co.	2
#96	Linde Gmbh	2
#97	MIT	2
#98	Materion	2
#99	Mitsubishi Electric	2
#100	Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company	2

Coating metals Patent Leaders in 2017 2017

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Top Companies