Coating metals Patent Leaders 2018

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	Juan Carlos Rocha-Alvarez	6	Applied Materials
2	Aaron T. Nardi	5	RTX (Raytheon)
3	Karl Leeser	5	Lam Research
#4	Michael A. Klecka	5	RTX (Raytheon)
#5	Naoki Maruyama	5	Canon
#6	Adrien LaVoie	4	Lam Research
#7	Anongsack Paseuth	4	Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal
#8	Biraja P. Kanungo	4	Applied Materials
#9	David A. Litton	4	RTX (Raytheon)
#10	Ganesh Balasubramanian	4	Applied Materials
#11	Hideaki Kanaoka	4	Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal
#12	Hirofumi Taketsu	4	Nisshin Steel Co.
#13	Jeffrey W. Anthis	4	Applied Materials
#14	Jean-Michel Mataigne	4	Arcelormittal
#15	Jennifer Y. Sun	4	Applied Materials
#16	Jianhua Zhou	4	Applied Materials
#17	Masaya Yamamoto	4	Panasonic
#18	Myung-Soo Huh	4	Samsung
#19	Ramprakash Sankarakrishnan	4	Applied Materials
#20	Shinichi Kawato	4	Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#21	Vahid Firouzdor	4	Applied Materials
#22	Wei Zhou	4	Byd Company Limited
#23	Xinjian Lei	4	Versum Materials Us
#24	Ageeth A. Bol	3	IBM
#25	Ajit Balakrishna	3	Applied Materials
#26	Akihiro Mizuno	3	Nippon Paint Surf Chemicals Co.
#27	Amit Kumar BANSAL	3	Applied Materials
#28	Andrew Nguyen	3	Applied Materials
#29	Bok Hoen Kim	3	Applied Materials
#30	Choel-Min Jang	3	Samsung
#31	Colin F. Smith	3	Lam Research
#32	David Thompson	3	Applied Materials
#33	Denis Kurapov	3	Oerlikon Surface Solutions Ag, Pfäffikon
#34	Edward Sung	3	Sun Chemical
#35	Egbert Woelk	3	Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials
#36	Hajime Nagano	3	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#37	Hitoshi Kato	3	Tokyo Electron Limited
#38	Hiroyuki Kawata	3	Nippon Steel
#39	Hu Kang	3	Lam Research
#40	Jaesik Kim	3	Samsung
#41	Jeffrey W. Elam	3	Uchicago Argonne
#42	Jeongkuk Kim	3	Samsung
#43	Jian J. Chen	3	Applied Materials
#44	Joseph M. Ranish	3	Applied Materials
#45	Jun Qian	3	Applied Materials
#46	Jurgen Ramm	3	Oerlikon Surface Solutions Ag, Pfäffikon
#47	Katsunari Obata	3	Dai Nippon Printing Co.
#48	Kartik Ramaswamy	3	Applied Materials
#49	Kenji Kameda	3	Hitachi Kokusai Electric
#50	Liming Zhang	3	GE
#51	Lori D. Washington	3	Applied Materials
#52	Masayoshi Minami	3	Kokusai Electric
#53	Mohamad A. Ayoub	3	Applied Materials
#54	Muhammad M. Rasheed	3	Applied Materials
#55	Neill Hamilton Luebke	3	Gold Standard Instruments
#56	Neil MORRISON	3	Applied Materials
#57	Nitin K. Ingle	3	Applied Materials
#58	Norizumi Matsui	3	Nippon Paint Surf Chemicals Co.
#59	Nobuaki Mukai	3	Toyo Kohan Co.
#60	Prerna Goradia	3	Applied Materials
#61	Purushottam Kumar	3	Lam Research
#62	Qing Gong	3	Byd Company Limited
#63	Ravi Mullapudi	3	Tango Systems
#64	Ronald L. DiCarlo, Jr.	3	Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials
#65	Russell A. Beers	3	RTX (Raytheon)
#66	Ryota Sasajima	3	Hitachi Kokusai Electric
#67	Shintaro Kogura	3	Kokusai Electric
#68	Shigehiro Miura	3	Tokyo Electron Limited
#69	Siddharth Harikrishna Mohan	3	Comcast
#70	Siegfried Krassnitzer	3	Oerlikon Surface Solutions Ag, Pfäffikon
#71	Taemin Kang	3	Samsung
#72	Toshihiko Takeda	3	Canon
#73	Yixiong Liu	3	Kennametal
#74	Ying She	3	RTX (Raytheon)
#75	Youngsuk Cho	3	Samsung
#76	Yuhki Kobayashi	3	Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#77	Yuichiro Nakamura	3	Sony
#78	Ahmed Maarouf	2	IBM
#79	Akira Fukushima	2	Denso
#80	Akira Hisano	2	Jx Nippon Mining & Metals
#81	Akinobu Murasato	2	Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal
#82	Akira Shimizu	2	Hitachi
#83	Alpana N. Ranade	2	The Boeing
#84	Amalkumar P. Ghosh	2	Emagin
#85	Amal Kasry	2	IBM
#86	Ankur Agarwal	2	Applied Materials
#87	Anthony Hong Lin	2	Calmar Optcom
#88	Anupama Mallikarjunan	2	Versum Materials Us
#89	Antti Niskanen	2	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#90	Anshu A. Pradhan	2	View
#91	Arash Ghabchi	2	The Boeing
#92	Barry L. Merriman	2	Roswell Biotechnologies
#93	Benjamin Schmiege	2	Applied Materials
#94	Beno Widrig	2	Oerlikon Surface Solutions Ag, Pfäffikon
#95	Bhupesh Chandra	2	IBM
#96	Brian T. Hazel	2	RTX (Raytheon)
#97	Bruno Schmitz	2	Arcelormittal
#98	Brian St. Rock	2	Hamilton Sundstrand
#99	Byoung-Gyu Song	2	Eugene Technology Co.
#100	Cédric Poupon	2	Airbus Operations Sas

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Applied Materials	65
2	Samsung	42
3	Tokyo Electron Limited	37
#4	Lam Research	24
#5	RTX (Raytheon)	18
#6	Hitachi Kokusai Electric	17
#7	BOE	17
#8	Asm Ip Holding B.V.	16
#9	Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal	15
#10	GE	14
#11	TSMC	13
#12	Oerlikon Surface Solutions Ag, Pfäffikon	12
#13	Jx Nippon Mining & Metals	11
#14	Mitsubishi Materials	7
#15	Nisshin Steel Co.	7
#16	Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co.	7
#17	Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials	7
#18	IBM	7
#19	Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa	6
#20	Canon	6
#21	Byd Company Limited	5
#22	Corning Incorporated	5
#23	H.C. Starck	5
#24	Japan Display	5
#25	Jfe Steel	5
#26	L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude	5
#27	Mtu Aero Engines Ag	5
#28	Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha	5
#29	Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal	5
#30	Toshiba Memory	5
#31	Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates	5
#32	Versum Materials Us	5
#33	General Motors	5
#34	Toyota	5
#35	Atotech Deutschland	4
#36	Chemetall Gmbh	4
#37	Dai Nippon Printing Co.	4
#38	Eastman Kodak	4
#39	Eugene Technology Co.	4
#40	Federal-Mogul Burscheid Gmbh	4
#41	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba	4
#42	Mitsubishi Electric	4
#43	Nippon Paint Surf Chemicals Co.	4
#44	Picosun Oy	4
#45	Posco Co.	4
#46	The Boeing	4
#47	Uchicago Argonne	4
#48	Unknown	4
#49	Comcast	4
#50	Apple	3
#51	Aixtron Se	3
#52	Aktiebolaget Skf	3
#53	Arcelormittal	3
#54	Arcelormittal Investigación Y Desarrollo, S.L.	3
#55	Ceres Technologies	3
#56	Dow Global Technologies	3
#57	Fei	3
#58	Fraunhofer	3
#59	Globalfoundries	3
#60	Gold Standard Instruments	3
#61	Goodrich	3
#62	Foxconn	3
#63	Intevac	3
#64	Kennametal	3
#65	Kyocera	3
#66	Ppg Industries Ohio	3
#67	Rolls-Royce Plc	3
#68	Seagate Technology	3
#69	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory	3
#70	Sumitomo Chemical	3
#71	Tango Systems	3
#72	Tencent	3
#73	Tosoh	3
#74	Toyo Kohan Co.	3
#75	Tsinghua University	3
#76	Ulvac	3
#77	US Air Force	3
#78	LG	3
#79	3M	2
#80	Agc Glass Europe	2
#81	Airbus Operations Sas	2
#82	Alta Devices	2
#83	American Air Liquide	2
#84	Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University	2
#85	Asm Genitech Korea	2
#86	Au Optronics	2
#87	Beijing Boe Display Technology Co.	2
#88	Beneq Oy	2
#89	CEA	2
#90	Dowa Thermotech Co.	2
#91	Ecolab Usa	2
#92	Egypt Nanotechnology Center	2
#93	Emagin	2
#94	Evatec Ag	2
#95	Fujimi Incorporated	2
#96	Guardian Glass	2
#97	Halliburton Energy Services	2
#98	Hamilton Sundstrand	2
#99	Hitachi Chemical Company	2
#100	Honda Motor Co.	2

Coating metals Patent Leaders in 2018 2018

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Top Companies