Combustion equipment 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	Christopher A. Wiklof	12	Clearsign Combustion
2	Gregory Allen Boardman	9	GE
3	JOSEPH COLANNINO	9	Clearsign Combustion
#4	Igor A. Krichtafovitch	8	Clearsign Combustion
#5	Patrick Benedict Melton	8	GE
#6	Christopher Paul Keener	6	GE
#7	Jason Thurman Stewart	6	GE
#8	James Harold Westmoreland	6	GE
#9	Remi Tsiava	6	L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
#10	Sarah Lori Crothers	6	GE
#11	Curtis L. Taylor	5	Honeywell
#12	David Deng	5	Continental Appliances
#13	Robert E. Breidenthal	5	Clearsign Combustion
#14	Robert Sze	5	RTX (Raytheon)
#15	Thomas Edward Johnson	5	GE
#16	Ali Hoteit	4	Ifp Energies Nouvelles
#17	Heath Michael Ostebee	4	GE
#18	Michael Papple	4	RTX (Raytheon)
#19	Nigel Davenport	4	RTX (Raytheon)
#20	Wei-Long Chen	4	Pro-Iroda Industries
#21	Adnan Eroglu	3	Alstom Technology
#22	Andrea Ciani	3	Ansaldo Energia Switzerland Ag
#23	Brad Patterson	3	Honeywell
#24	Carolyn Ashley Antoniono	3	GE
#25	Carsten CLEMEN	3	Rolls-Royce Deutschland
#26	Christian Xavier Stevenson	3	GE
#27	David Kucera	3	Honeywell
#28	DOUGLAS W. KARKOW	3	Clearsign Combustion
#29	Eduardo Hawie	3	RTX (Raytheon)
#30	Gregory Young	3	Honeywell
#31	Jayson Perdue	3	Honeywell
#32	Jason A. Ryon	3	Delavan
#33	Jun Sato	3	Align Technology
#34	Koichi Ishizaka	3	Mitsubishi Electric
#35	Kurt Kraus	3	Honeywell
#36	Lucas John Stoia	3	GE
#37	Massimo Malavasi	3	Ausimont S.P.A.
#38	Mirko Ruben Bothien	3	Ansaldo Energia Switzerland Ag
#39	Norio Yoshimitsu	3	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Environmental & Chemical Engineering Co.
#40	Peter Stuttaford	3	Power Systems Mfg.
#41	Philip E. O. Buelow	3	Delavan
#42	Ronald James Chila	3	GE
#43	Satoshi Tanimura	3	Mitsubishi Electric
#44	Shailesh Pradeep Gangoli	3	Air Products And Chemicals
#45	Taekyu Kang	3	L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
#46	Tadashi Watanabe	3	Seiko Epson
#47	Thierry Gauthier	3	Ifp Energies Nouvelles
#48	Toshihiko Saito	3	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#49	Toshimasa Shirai	3	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Environmental & Chemical Engineering Co.
#50	Urs Benz	3	Alstom Technology
#51	William W. Pankey	3	Siemens Energy
#52	Yasunori Terabe	3	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Environmental & Chemical Engineering Co.
#53	Yen-Wen Wang	3	RTX (Raytheon)
#54	Yoshihiro Nakamura	3	Ngk Spark Plug Co.
#55	Yoshihisa Saito	3	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Environmental & Chemical Engineering Co.
#56	Akinori Hayashi	2	Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems
#57	Akio Kobayashi	2	Nippondenso Co.
#58	Alvise Achille Bassignano	2	Itea S.P.A
#59	Albert K. Cheung	2	RTX (Raytheon)
#60	Aleksandar Georgi Slavejkov	2	Air Products And Chemicals
#61	Andrew H. Strong	2	Chentronics
#62	Armand A. Levasseur	2	GE
#63	Bassam Sabry Mohammad Abd El-Nabi	2	GE
#64	Benoit Grand	2	L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
#65	Bhawan B. Patel	2	—
#66	Bobby D. Garrison	2	Fasco Industries
#67	Carleton Drew Tait	2	Biomass Energy Enhancements
#68	Christophe Cadeau	2	Bsh Bosch Und Siemens Hausgeräte Gmbh
#69	Charles B. Graves	2	—
#70	Christopher J. Webb	2	Diversey
#71	Clinton A. Mayer	2	Siemens Energy
#72	Cody Little	2	Zeeco
#73	David Anthony Cayton	2	Diamond Candles
#74	David William Cihlar	2	GE
#75	David B. Goodson	2	Clearsign Combustion
#76	David B. Ingram	2	—
#77	David J. Wiebe	2	Siemens Energy
#78	Darton J. Zink	2	Zeeco
#79	Denis Jean Maurice Sandelis	2	Snecma
#80	Douglas C. Comrie	2	Nox Ii
#81	Donald J. Kasprzyk	2	Honeywell
#82	Doug Van Thorre	2	Biomass Energy Enhancements
#83	Elizabeth Angelyn Fadde	2	GE
#84	Ervin Eluid Torres	2	—
#85	Ewald Freitag	2	Ansaldo Energia Switzerland Ag
#86	Fernando Biagioli	2	GE
#87	Florent Guillou	2	Ifp Energies Nouvelles
#88	Gabriel Constantin	2	L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
#89	Geoffrey David Myers	2	GE
#90	Giampietro Tedeschi	2	Itea S.P.A
#91	Grazia Di Salvia	2	Itea S.P.A
#92	Heiko Claussen	2	Siemens Energy
#93	Holger Scholzen	2	Robert Bosch Gmbh
#94	Honza Stastny	2	RTX (Raytheon)
#95	Jacques Marcel Arthur Bunel	2	Snecma
#96	James A. Dierberger	2	RTX (Raytheon)
#97	James B. Hoke	2	RTX (Raytheon)
#98	James R. Kenney	2	GE
#99	James McAndrew	2	American Air Liquide
#100	Jared D. Pozarnsky	2	Great River Energy

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	GE	63
2	RTX (Raytheon)	28
3	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	15
#4	Honeywell	15
#5	Clearsign Combustion	14
#6	Siemens Energy	13
#7	Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems	11
#8	Ngk Spark Plug Co.	9
#9	Rolls-Royce Plc	9
#10	Delavan	8
#11	L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude	7
#12	Ansaldo Energia Ip Uk Limited	6
#13	Ansaldo Energia Switzerland Ag	6
#14	Pro-Iroda Industries	6
#15	Air Products And Chemicals	5
#16	Rinnai	5
#17	Snecma	5
#18	Emerson Electric	4
#19	Kyocera	4
#20	Kyungdong Navien Co.	4
#21	Mitsubishi Electric	4
#22	Ifp Energies Nouvelles	3
#23	Ihi	3
#24	Itea S.P.A	3
#25	Lamplight Farms Incorporated	3
#26	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Environmental & Chemical Engineering Co.	3
#27	Phillips Petroleum	3
#28	Rolls-Royce Deutschland	3
#29	Solar Turbines Incorporated	3
#30	Total Sa	3
#31	Unknown	3
#32	Whirlpool	3
#33	ExxonMobil	3
#34	Agc Glass Europe	2
#35	American Air Liquide	2
#36	Andritz	2
#37	Babcock Power Services	2
#38	Bertelli & Partners S.R.L	2
#39	Biomass Energy Enhancements	2
#40	Bosch	2
#41	Bsh Hausgeräte Gmbh	2
#42	Chentronics	2
#43	Diamond Candles	2
#44	Ebm Papst Landshut Gmbh	2
#45	Ener-Core Power	2
#46	Field Controls	2
#47	Gas Technology Institute	2
#48	Gdf Suez	2
#49	Great River Energy	2
#50	Honda Motor Co.	2
#51	Industrial Turbine Company (Uk) Limited	2
#52	Kawasaki	2
#53	Kovea Co.	2
#54	Lennox Industries	2
#55	Linde Gmbh	2
#56	Nox Ii	2
#57	Osaka Gas Co.	2
#58	Regal Beloit America	2
#59	Robert Bosch Gmbh	2
#60	Rolls-Royce North America	2
#61	Saint-Gobain Isover	2
#62	Saudi Arabian Oil	2
#63	Shizuoka Seiki Co.	2
#64	Sit S.P.A.	2
#65	Taiyo Nippon Sanso	2
#66	The Babcock & Wilcox	2
#67	The Maitland Company	2
#68	Woodward	2
#69	Zeeco	2
#70	Aerco International	1
#71	Airbus Defence And Space Gmbh	1
#72	Alter Nrg	1
#73	Areva Nc	1
#74	Arvos Ljungstrom	1
#75	Azbil	1
#76	Beneq Oy	1
#77	Biochar Now	1
#78	Biomass Controls	1
#79	Borgwarner Ludwigsburg Gmbh	1
#80	Bsh Home Appliances	1
#81	Changzheng Engineering Co.	1
#82	China Petroleum & Chemical	1
#83	Clyde Bergemann	1
#84	CEA	1
#85	Coprecitec, S.L.	1
#86	Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.P.A.	1
#87	Dongfang Electric	1
#88	Ebara	1
#89	Edwards Limited	1
#90	Electric Power Development Co.	1
#91	Electrolux Home Products Corporation N. V.	1
#92	Eltek S.P.A.	1
#93	Environmental Energy Services	1
#94	Evonik Röhm Gmbh	1
#95	Exodraft A/S	1
#96	Fives Stein	1
#97	Fluor Technologies	1
#98	Fpi Fireplace Products International	1
#99	Garland Commercial Industries	1
#100	Ghp Group	1

Combustion equipment Patent Leaders in 2017 2017

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Top Companies