Combustion equipment Patent Leaders 2016

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	Patrick Benedict Melton	23	GE
2	Christopher A. Wiklof	16	Clearsign Combustion
3	Lucas John Stoia	14	GE
#4	JOSEPH COLANNINO	13	Clearsign Combustion
#5	Igor A. Krichtafovitch	10	Clearsign Combustion
#6	Richard Martin DiCintio	10	GE
#7	Thomas Edward Johnson	10	GE
#8	James Harold Westmoreland	9	GE
#9	Christopher Paul Keener	8	GE
#10	Gregory Allen Boardman	8	GE
#11	Jonathan Dwight Berry	8	GE
#12	Johnie Franklin McConnaughhay	8	GE
#13	Frank J. Cunha	7	RTX (Raytheon)
#14	Michael John Hughes	7	GE
#15	Nurhak Erbas-Sen	7	RTX (Raytheon)
#16	Carsten CLEMEN	6	Rolls-Royce Deutschland
#17	David B. Goodson	6	Clearsign Combustion
#18	Heath Michael Ostebee	6	GE
#19	Geoffrey David Myers	5	GE
#20	Gilbert Otto Kraemer	5	GE
#21	Gregory Scott Means	5	GE
#22	Jason Thurman Stewart	5	GE
#23	Mark Carmine Bellino	5	GE
#24	Steven Charles Woods	5	GE
#25	Tracy A. Prevo	5	Clearsign Combustion
#26	David Deng	4	Continental Appliances
#27	James Christopher Monaghan	4	GE
#28	Kimiyoshi Satoh	4	Ihi
#29	Kwanwoo Kim	4	GE
#30	Robert E. Breidenthal	4	Clearsign Combustion
#31	Shohei Yoshida	4	Seiko Epson
#32	Stephen A. Ramier	4	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#33	Wei-Long Chen	4	Pro-Iroda Industries
#34	William David York	4	GE
#35	Willy Steve Ziminsky	4	GE
#36	Abdul Rafey Khan	3	GE
#37	Ali Hoteit	3	Ifp Energies Nouvelles
#38	Almaz Valeev	3	GE
#39	Angelo Bettinzoli	3	Sabaf S.P.A.
#40	Brandon Taylor Overby	3	GE
#41	Bruno E. Struck	3	Solar Turbines Incorporated
#42	Christopher Paul Willis	3	GE
#43	David H. Bretz	3	Delavan
#44	Daniel W. Garan	3	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#45	David J. Wiebe	3	Siemens Energy
#46	Douglas Hamrin	3	Ener-Core Power
#47	DOUGLAS W. KARKOW	3	Clearsign Combustion
#48	Franklin Marie Genin	3	GE
#49	Jacques Marcel Arthur Bunel	3	Snecma
#50	James B. Hoke	3	RTX (Raytheon)
#51	Jeffrey Armstrong	3	Ener-Core Power
#52	Jong Ho Uhm	3	GE
#53	Katsuhiko Yokohama	3	Mitsubishi Electric
#54	Mark Allan Hadley	3	GE
#55	Madhavan Narasimhan Poyyapakkam	3	Alstom Technology
#56	Martin Zajadatz	3	Alstom Technology
#57	Miklos Gerendas	3	Rolls-Royce Deutschland
#58	Neal A. Thomson	3	Delavan
#59	Paul Bryan Cadima	3	Haier Us Appliance Solutions
#60	Pauli Dernjatin	3	Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems
#61	Reed Jacob Hendershot	3	Air Products And Chemicals
#62	Samir Barudi	3	Superior Fireplace
#63	Stefano Bernero	3	GE
#64	Sven Georg Bethke	3	GE
#65	Takeo Oda	3	Kawasaki
#66	Thomas Olivier Marie Noel	3	Snecma
#67	Timothy S. Snyder	3	RTX (Raytheon)
#68	Wei Chen	3	GE
#69	Adnan Eroglu	2	Alstom Technology
#70	Albert D. LaRue	2	The Babcock & Wilcox
#71	Aleksandar Georgi Slavejkov	2	Air Products And Chemicals
#72	Armand A. Levasseur	2	GE
#73	Atsushi Horikawa	2	Kawasaki
#74	Bernard Joseph Jean Pierre Carrere	2	Turbomeca
#75	Bettina Paikert	2	Alstom Technology
#76	Boris Maslov	2	Wavecrest Laboratories, Llc.
#77	Borys Borysovych Shershnyov	2	GE
#78	Brian K. Richardson	2	RTX (Raytheon)
#79	Bryan Wesley Romig	2	GE
#80	Bruno Schuermans	2	Alstom Technology
#81	Chris Caron	2	Duraflame
#82	Christian Xavier Stevenson	2	GE
#83	DayNa M. Decker	2	Lumetique
#84	Daisuke Hayashi	2	Tokyo Electron Limited
#85	David Leach	2	GE
#86	David Livshits	2	Turbulent Energy
#87	David Merrill	2	Duraflame
#88	Danning You	2	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#89	Donald J. Kasprzyk	2	Honeywell
#90	Eduardo Hawie	2	RTX (Raytheon)
#91	Fernando Biagioli	2	GE
#92	Fei Han	2	GE
#93	Florent Guillou	2	Ifp Energies Nouvelles
#94	Gilles Ulryck	2	Snecma
#95	Gregory Young	2	Honeywell
#96	Hitoshi Fujiwara	2	Ricoh Company
#97	Hikaru Katano	2	Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems
#98	Hirofumi Okazaki	2	Hitachi
#99	Hideshi Yamada	2	Sony
#100	Honza Stastny	2	RTX (Raytheon)

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	GE	115
2	RTX (Raytheon)	27
3	Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems	17
#4	Clearsign Combustion	16
#5	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	16
#6	Rolls-Royce Plc	15
#7	Rolls-Royce Deutschland	10
#8	Siemens Energy	9
#9	Honeywell	9
#10	Alstom Technology	8
#11	Snecma	8
#12	Solar Turbines Incorporated	8
#13	Ihi	7
#14	Ener-Core Power	6
#15	Air Products And Chemicals	4
#16	L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude	4
#17	Pro-Iroda Industries	4
#18	Duraflame	3
#19	Ifp Energies Nouvelles	3
#20	Kawasaki	3
#21	Kyungdong Navien Co.	3
#22	Mitsubishi Electric	3
#23	Sabaf S.P.A.	3
#24	Total Sa	3
#25	Borgwarner Ludwigsburg Gmbh	2
#26	Electric Power Development Co.	2
#27	Institute Of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy Of Sciences	2
#28	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency	2
#29	Lamplight Farms Incorporated	2
#30	Lumetique	2
#31	Ngk Spark Plug Co.	2
#32	Noritz	2
#33	Outotec Oyj	2
#34	Rolls-Royce North America	2
#35	The Babcock & Wilcox	2
#36	The Boeing	2
#37	The Maitland Company	2
#38	Turbomeca	2
#39	Turbulent Energy	2
#40	Unknown	2
#41	Woodward	2
#42	ExxonMobil	2
#43	AMD	1
#44	Abengoa Bioenergy New Technologies	1
#45	Aga Ab	1
#46	Air Liquide Advanced Technologies U.S.	1
#47	Algas-Sdi International	1
#48	American Air Liquide	1
#49	Andritz	1
#50	Astec Co.	1
#51	Atmos Nation	1
#52	Azbil	1
#53	Babington Technology	1
#54	Bayer Intellectual Property Gmbh	1
#55	Bekaert Combustion Technology B.V.	1
#56	Bernard Dalsin Manufacturing	1
#57	Biomass Controls	1
#58	Bsh Hausgeräte Gmbh	1
#59	Burner Systems International	1
#60	Caldwell Tanks	1
#61	Capstone Turbine	1
#62	Carrier	1
#63	Central Research Institute Of Electric Power Industry	1
#64	Changzhou Gardensun Furnace Co.	1
#65	Chentronics	1
#66	Chinook Sciences	1
#67	Chubu Electric Power Company, Incorporated	1
#68	Columbia Insurance	1
#69	Coorstek	1
#70	Delavan	1
#71	Doosan Babcock Limited	1
#72	Dresser-Rand	1
#73	Eberspächer Climate Control Systems Gmbh	1
#74	Eisenmann Gmbh	1
#75	Electrolux Home Products Corporation N. V.	1
#76	Eltek S.P.A.	1
#77	Emerson Electric	1
#78	Fisher-Rosemount Systems	1
#79	Fives North American Combustion	1
#80	Gas Technology Institute	1
#81	Geek Wraps	1
#82	Georgia Tech Research	1
#83	Grand Mate Co.	1
#84	Grannus	1
#85	Greatpoint Energy	1
#86	Guilbert Express	1
#87	Haier Us Appliance Solutions	1
#88	Haldor Topsøe A/S	1
#89	Halliburton Energy Services	1
#90	Hamilton Sundstrand	1
#91	Hanwha Techwin Co.	1
#92	Hino Motors	1
#93	Hokkaido Electric Power Co.	1
#94	Hokuriku Electric Power	1
#95	Indesit Company S.P.A.	1
#96	Infilco Degremont	1
#97	Intergas Heating Assets B.V.	1
#98	International Controls And Measurements	1
#99	Itw Industrial Components S.R.I. Con Unico Socio	1
#100	John Zink Company	1

Combustion equipment Patent Leaders in 2016 2016

Patents per Year

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Top Companies