Coating metals Patent Leaders 2019

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	Daniel Lee	8	Guardian Glass
2	Daniel Schweigert	8	Guardian Glass
3	Guowen Ding	8	Intermolecular
#4	Guizhen Zhang	8	Intermolecular
#5	Scott Jewhurst	8	Guardian Glass
#6	Cesar Clavero	7	Guardian Glass
#7	Juan Carlos Rocha-Alvarez	7	Applied Materials
#8	Katsuhiko Kishimoto	7	Sakai Display Products
#9	Adrien LaVoie	6	Lam Research
#10	Suvi Haukka	6	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#11	Brent Boyce	5	Guardian Glass
#12	Jennifer Y. Sun	5	Applied Materials
#13	Jianhua Zhou	5	Applied Materials
#14	Joseph Yudovsky	5	Applied Materials
#15	Minh Huu Le	5	Intermolecular
#16	Myung-Soo Huh	5	Samsung
#17	Shigehiro Miura	5	Tokyo Electron Limited
#18	Tom E. Blomberg	5	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#19	Amit Kumar BANSAL	4	Applied Materials
#20	David A. Litton	4	RTX (Raytheon)
#21	Gaurav Saraf	4	Guardian Glass
#22	Jeffrey W. Anthis	4	Applied Materials
#23	Karl Leeser	4	Lam Research
#24	Katsunari Obata	4	Dai Nippon Printing Co.
#25	Marcus Frank	4	Guardian Industries
#26	Muhammad M. Rasheed	4	Applied Materials
#27	Satoshi Inoue	4	Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#28	Siegfried Krassnitzer	4	Oerlikon Surface Solutions Ag, Pfäffikon
#29	Sung Tae Je	4	Eugene Technology Co.
#30	Suk-Won Jung	4	Samsung
#31	Susumu Sakio	4	Foxconn
#32	Todd Mathew Spath	4	Eastman Kodak
#33	Toshihiko Takeda	4	Canon
#34	Tze-Liang Lee	4	TSMC
#35	Yixiong Liu	4	Kennametal
#36	Yiwei Lu	4	Guardian Industries
#37	Zhenbin Ge	4	Applied Materials
#38	Abhijit Basu Mallick	3	Applied Materials
#39	Adolph Miller Allen	3	Applied Materials
#40	Aniruddha Joi	3	Lam Research
#41	Bassam Hanna Abraham	3	Ionquest
#42	Bart J. van Schravendijk	3	Novellus Systems
#43	Biraja P. Kanungo	3	Applied Materials
#44	Chloe Baldasseroni	3	Lam Research
#45	Chiyu Zhu	3	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#46	Dale R. Du Bois	3	Applied Materials
#47	Dae Youn Kim	3	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#48	David A. SMITH	3	Silcotek
#49	Dejiang Zhao	3	BOE
#50	Dien-Yeh Wu	3	Applied Materials
#51	Edward Augustyniak	3	Lam Research
#52	Eric James Shero	3	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#53	Eva Tois	3	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#54	Frank L. Pasquale	3	Lam Research
#55	Gregory McGraw	3	Comcast
#56	Hitoshi Kato	3	Tokyo Electron Limited
#57	Jae-Hyun Kim	3	Samsung
#58	James B. Mattzela	3	Silcotek
#59	Jean-Marc Girard	3	L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
#60	Julien Gatineau	3	L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
#61	Katsuya Hoshino	3	Jfe Steel
#62	Kevin Griffin	3	Applied Materials
#63	Kenji Yamamoto	3	Sony
#64	Kyu Jin Choi	3	Samsung
#65	Leif Keto	3	Beneq Oy
#66	Lee W. Tutt	3	Eastman Kodak
#67	Mark R. Jaworowski	3	RTX (Raytheon)
#68	Marko Tuominen	3	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#69	Michael D. Long	3	Aixtron Se
#70	Michinobu Mizumura	3	V Technology Co.
#71	Min YUAN	3	Silcotek
#72	Paul Sheedy	3	RTX (Raytheon)
#73	Pekka Soininen	3	Beneq Oy
#74	Prerna Goradia	3	Applied Materials
#75	Purushottam Kumar	3	Lam Research
#76	Ramesh Chandrasekharan	3	Lam Research
#77	Ramprakash Sankarakrishnan	3	Applied Materials
#78	Roman Chistyakov	3	Zond
#79	Robert Jan Visser	3	Applied Materials
#80	Satoko Gatineau	3	L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
#81	Scott L. Battle	3	Entegris
#82	Shinichi Kawato	3	Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#83	Shinichi Kurita	3	Applied Materials
#84	Shankar Swaminathan	3	Lam Research
#85	Srinivas D. Nemani	3	Applied Materials
#86	Takahito Tanibuchi	3	Kyocera
#87	Un-Cheol Sung	3	Samsung
#88	Viljami Pore	3	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#89	Woo Duck JUNG	3	Eugene Technology Co.
#90	Wontae Noh	3	L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
#91	Yezdi Dordi	3	Lam Research
#92	Yinan Liang	3	BOE
#93	Yong-Suk Lee	3	Samsung
#94	Yuhang Cheng	3	Seagate Technology
#95	Yuhki Kobayashi	3	Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#96	Akihiro Nishida	2	Adeka
#97	Akira Shimizu	2	Hitachi
#98	Alexander R. Fox	2	Lam Research
#99	Anand Harbindu	2	Ecolab Usa
#100	Antti Niskanen	2	Asm Ip Holding B.V.

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Applied Materials	74
2	Tokyo Electron Limited	40
3	BOE	34
#4	Samsung	34
#5	Lam Research	28
#6	Asm Ip Holding B.V.	26
#7	RTX (Raytheon)	16
#8	Jfe Steel	14
#9	Kokusai Electric	12
#10	Oerlikon Surface Solutions Ag, Pfäffikon	11
#11	Nippon Steel	10
#12	GE	10
#13	Aixtron Se	9
#14	Guardian Glass	9
#15	Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa	8
#16	Jx Nippon Mining & Metals	8
#17	Toyota	8
#18	Eastman Kodak	7
#19	Goodrich	7
#20	Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal	7
#21	Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co.	7
#22	TSMC	7
#23	Beneq Oy	6
#24	Entegris	6
#25	Eugene Technology Co.	6
#26	Novellus Systems	6
#27	Sakai Display Products	6
#28	Beijing Naura Microelectronics Equipment Co.	5
#29	CNRS	5
#30	CEA	5
#31	Dai Nippon Printing Co.	5
#32	Halliburton Energy Services	5
#33	Hyundai Motor	5
#34	Kennametal	5
#35	L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude	5
#36	Ulvac	5
#37	LG	5
#38	Atotech Deutschland	4
#39	Ecolab Usa	4
#40	Honda Motor Co.	4
#41	Foxconn	4
#42	Ihi	4
#43	Kyocera	4
#44	Mitsubishi Materials	4
#45	Murata Manufacturing Co.	4
#46	Posco Co.	4
#47	Seagate Technology	4
#48	Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha	4
#49	Silcotek	4
#50	Sumitomo Chemical	4
#51	Toppan Printing Co.	4
#52	Toyo Kohan Co.	4
#53	Us Synthetic	4
#54	Versum Materials Us	4
#55	Ford	4
#56	IBM	4
#57	Adeka	3
#58	Arcelormittal Investigación Y Desarrollo, S.L.	3
#59	Asm International N.V.	3
#60	Baker Hughes Holdings	3
#61	Chemtreat	3
#62	Fei	3
#63	Hamilton Sundstrand	3
#64	Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co.	3
#65	Hitachi High-Technologies	3
#66	Ionquest	3
#67	Japan Display	3
#68	KFUPM	3
#69	Mahle International Gmbh	3
#70	Mahle Metal Leve S/A	3
#71	Materion	3
#72	Nisshin Steel Co.	3
#73	Nuflare Technology	3
#74	Plansee Se	3
#75	Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University	3
#76	Rolls-Royce Plc	3
#77	Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems	3
#78	Tsinghua University	3
#79	US Air Force	3
#80	Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates	3
#81	Veeco Instruments	3
#82	V Technology Co.	3
#83	Walter Ag	3
#84	Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co.	3
#85	General Motors	3
#86	Texas Instruments	3
#87	Apple	2
#88	Advantech Global	2
#89	Arcelormittal	2
#90	Basf Se	2
#91	Byd Company Limited	2
#92	Case Western Reserve University	2
#93	Chemetall Gmbh	2
#94	City University Of Hong Kong	2
#95	Construction Research & Technology Gmbh	2
#96	Corning Incorporated	2
#97	C.Uyemura & Co.	2
#98	Daido Steel Co.	2
#99	Dow Global Technologies	2
#100	Fontaine Engineering Und Maschinen Gmbh	2

Coating metals Patent Leaders in 2019 2019

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Top Companies