Coating metals Patent Leaders 2023

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	Jennifer Y. Sun	9	Applied Materials
2	Seungyong Song	8	Samsung
3	Abhijit Basu Mallick	7	Applied Materials
#4	Carl Louis White	7	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#5	Chikao Ikenaga	7	Dai Nippon Printing Co.
#6	Pravin K. Narwankar	7	Applied Materials
#7	Bhadri N. Varadarajan	6	Lam Research
#8	Biraja P. Kanungo	6	Applied Materials
#9	David Alexander BRITZ	6	Applied Materials
#10	Jing-Cheng Lin	6	TSMC
#11	Kartik Shah	6	Applied Materials
#12	Ludovic Godet	6	Applied Materials
#13	Markku Leskelä	6	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#14	Mikko Ritala	6	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#15	Mohith Verghese	6	Asm America
#16	Prashant Kumar Kulshreshtha	6	Applied Materials
#17	Sukti Chatterjee	6	Applied Materials
#18	Sungsoon Im	6	Samsung
#19	Vahid Firouzdor	6	Applied Materials
#20	Yuriy Melnik	6	Applied Materials
#21	Amit Kumar BANSAL	5	Applied Materials
#22	Brian T. Hazel	5	RTX (Raytheon)
#23	Eva Tois	5	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#24	Fengli Ji	5	BOE
#25	Gregory McGraw	5	Comcast
#26	Mark Saly	5	Applied Materials
#27	Marko Tuominen	5	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#28	Minho Moon	5	Samsung
#29	Suvi Haukka	5	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#30	Xinjian Lei	5	Versum Materials Us
#31	Youngmin Moon	5	Samsung
#32	Bhaskar Jyoti Bhuyan	4	Applied Materials
#33	Bryan C. Hendrix	4	Advanced Technology & Materials Co.
#34	Daigo Aoki	4	Dai Nippon Printing Co.
#35	David Marquardt	4	Applied Materials
#36	David Thompson	4	Applied Materials
#37	Duckjung Lee	4	Samsung
#38	Eric James Shero	4	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#39	Il-Ryoung Sohn	4	Posco Co.
#40	Jaemin Hong	4	Samsung
#41	Jan Willem Maes	4	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#42	JI-HEE SON	4	Samsung
#43	Joseph AuBuchon	4	Applied Materials
#44	Jurgen Ramm	4	Oerlikon Surface Solutions Ag, Pfäffikon
#45	Juan Carlos Rocha-Alvarez	4	Applied Materials
#46	Kevin Griffin	4	Applied Materials
#47	Kwangduk Douglas Lee	4	Applied Materials
#48	Lance A. Scudder	4	Applied Materials
#49	Li Li	4	—
#50	Muhammad M. Rasheed	4	Applied Materials
#51	Pramit Manna	4	Applied Materials
#52	Robert Wright, Jr.	4	Entegris
#53	Sanjeev Baluja	4	Applied Materials
#54	Sanjay Bhat	4	Applied Materials
#55	Sangshin Lee	4	Samsung
#56	Shanshan Bai	4	BOE
#57	Soo Young Choi	4	Applied Materials
#58	Tae-Chul Kim	4	Posco Co.
#59	Thomas H. Baum	4	Advanced Technology & Materials Co.
#60	Timo Hatanpää	4	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#61	Tom K. Cho	4	Applied Materials
#62	Vibhu Jindal	4	Applied Materials
#63	Viljami Pore	4	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#64	William E. Quinn	4	Comcast
#65	Abdul Aziz Khaja	3	Applied Materials
#66	Akinobu Itou	3	Nissan Motor Co.
#67	Alexander Lerner	3	Applied Materials
#68	Anil U. Mane	3	Uchicago Argonne
#69	Bernard Patrick Bewlay	3	GE
#70	Beno Widrig	3	Oerlikon Surface Solutions Ag, Pfäffikon
#71	Bo Qi	3	Applied Materials
#72	Christopher J. Nagel	3	Molten Metal Technology
#73	Christopher S. Olsen	3	Applied Materials
#74	Chiyu Zhu	3	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#75	Clay Purdy	3	Fluid Energy Group
#76	David A. Litton	3	RTX (Raytheon)
#77	Diwakar Kedlaya	3	Applied Materials
#78	Dieter Pierreux	3	Asm Ip Holding B.V.
#79	Dien-Yeh Wu	3	Applied Materials
#80	Eric Jorzik	3	RTX (Raytheon)
#81	Eric Kihara Shono	3	Applied Materials
#82	Eswaranand Venkatasubramanian	3	Applied Materials
#83	Fayaz Shaikh	3	Lam Research
#84	Hayato Hirayama	3	Kyocera Document Solutions
#85	Hitoshi Kato	3	Tokyo Electron Limited
#86	Hiromitsu Ochiai	3	Dai Nippon Printing Co.
#87	Hiroki Oka	3	Sony
#88	Hideyuki Takahashi	3	Jfe Steel
#89	James W. Neal	3	RTX (Raytheon)
#90	Jeffrey W. Anthis	3	Applied Materials
#91	Jeffrey W. Elam	3	Uchicago Argonne
#92	Jeunghoon Kim	3	Samsung
#93	Jong-Sang Kim	3	Posco Co.
#94	Jongbum Kim	3	Samsung
#95	Jothilingam Ramalingam	3	Applied Materials
#96	Jonathan T. Slocum	3	Ltag Systems
#97	Jung Ho Kim	3	Samsung
#98	Keith A. Miller	3	Applied Materials
#99	Kenichi Ohno	3	Applied Materials
#100	Koei KURIBAYASHI	3	Kokusai Electric

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Applied Materials	147
2	Tokyo Electron Limited	53
3	Samsung	52
#4	Asm Ip Holding B.V.	46
#5	Lam Research	19
#6	RTX (Raytheon)	17
#7	Kokusai Electric	16
#8	TSMC	16
#9	Posco Co.	14
#10	BOE	14
#11	Dai Nippon Printing Co.	12
#12	Nippon Steel	11
#13	Oerlikon Surface Solutions Ag, Pfäffikon	11
#14	GE	11
#15	Entegris	8
#16	LG	8
#17	Arcelormittal	7
#18	Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co.	7
#19	Versum Materials Us	7
#20	Ecolab Usa	6
#21	Jfe Steel	6
#22	Nissan Motor Co.	6
#23	Novellus Systems	6
#24	Sky Tech	6
#25	Jx Metals	5
#26	Rolls-Royce Plc	5
#27	Toppan Printing Co.	5
#28	Uchicago Argonne	5
#29	Aixtron Se	4
#30	Goodrich	4
#31	Kojundo Chemical Laboratory Co.	4
#32	L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude	4
#33	Picosun Oy	4
#34	Comcast	4
#35	Beijing Boe Technology Development Co.	3
#36	Halliburton Energy Services	3
#37	Jx Nippon Mining & Metals	3
#38	Kobe Steel	3
#39	Kps Co.	3
#40	Lg Innotek Co.	3
#41	Ltag Systems	3
#42	MIT	3
#43	Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co.	3
#44	Quantum Elements Development	3
#45	Rolls-Royce North America	3
#46	Safran Ceramics	3
#47	Sandisk Technologies	3
#48	Sumitomo Electric Industries	3
#49	Tdk	3
#50	The Boeing	3
#51	University of California	3
#52	Swatch Group Research And Development	3
#53	Ulvac	3
#54	University Of Central Florida	3
#55	Unknown	3
#56	Viavi Solutions	3
#57	Xia Tai Xin Semiconductor (Qing Dao)	3
#58	Toyota	3
#59	Apple	2
#60	Asm International N.V.	2
#61	Averatek	2
#62	Basf Coatings Gmbh	2
#63	Beijing Naura Microelectronics Equipment Co.	2
#64	Beneq Oy	2
#65	Bluescope Steel Limited	2
#66	Michigan State University	2
#67	Chemetall Gmbh	2
#68	CEA	2
#69	Corning Incorporated	2
#70	C.Uyemura & Co.	2
#71	Darwin Precisions	2
#72	Fluid Energy Group	2
#73	Fontaine Holdings Nv	2
#74	Fujifilm	2
#75	H.C. Starck Solutions Euclid	2
#76	Foxconn	2
#77	ITRI	2
#78	Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University	2
#79	Iucf-Hyu (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)	2
#80	Kanto Denka Kogyo Co.	2
#81	Komico	2
#82	Korea Institute Of Science And Technology	2
#83	Lanzhou Institute Of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy Of Sciences	2
#84	Lyten	2
#85	Meidensha	2
#86	Minebea Mitsumi	2
#87	Nanolumens Acquisition	2
#88	Nihon Parkerizing Co.	2
#89	Ningbo Institute Of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy Of Sciences	2
#90	Northwestern University	2
#91	Ppg Industries Ohio	2
#92	Purdue Research Foundation	2
#93	Rasirc	2
#94	Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University	2
#95	Research Institute Of Industrial Science & Technology	2
#96	Saint-Gobain Glass France	2
#97	Schlumberger Technology	2
#98	Screen Holdings Co.	2
#99	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	2
#100	Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.	2

Coating metals Patent Leaders in 2023 2023

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Top Companies