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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Commerce and payment systems Patent Leaders All Time

Primary CPC class G07 · Section G

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: 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2,119 patents in 2013.peak 2,1191996: 552 patents19961997: 559 patents1998: 775 patents1999: 834 patents19992000: 908 patents2001: 854 patents2002: 826 patents20022003: 967 patents2004: 962 patents2005: 915 patents20052006: 1,053 patents2007: 1,001 patents2008: 1,047 patents20082009: 1,054 patents2010: 1,484 patents2011: 1,537 patents20112012: 2,053 patents2013: 2,119 patents2014: 1,927 patents20142015: 1,714 patents2016: 1,776 patents2017: 1,968 patents20172018: 1,797 patents2019: 2,026 patents2020: 1,922 patents20202021: 1,781 patents2022: 1,643 patents2023: 1,699 patents20232024: 1,689 patents2025: 1,603 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Anthony J. Baerlocher 584 Igt
2 Jay S. Walker 566 Walker Digital
3 James A. Jorasch 514 Walker Digital
#4 Dwayne R. Nelson 333 Igt
#5 Miles Arnone 320 Gamblit Gaming
#6 Geoffrey M. Gelman 306 Cfph
#7 Eric Meyerhofer 288 Gamblit Gaming
#8 Alfred Thomas 245 Wms Gaming
#9 John F. Acres 229 Patent Investment & Licensing
#10 Dean P. Alderucci 221 Cfph
#11 Kevin Higgins 208 Igt
#12 Mark B. Gagner 206 Wms Gaming
#13 Binh T. Nguyen 203 Igt
#14 Howard W. Lutnick 202 Cfph
#15 Mark C. Nicely 202 Igt
#16 Allon G. Englman 201 Wms Gaming
#17 Bryan M. Kelly 196 Bally Gaming
#18 Kazuo Okada 194 Comcast
#19 Joel R. Jaffe 191 Wms Gaming
#20 Stephen C. Tulley 187 Igt
#21 Yasushi Shigeta 186 Angel Co.
#22 Frank Cire 180 Gamblit Gaming
#23 Larry J. Pacey 178 Wms Gaming
#24 Steven G. LeMay 177 Igt
#25 Bryan D. Wolf 174 Igt
#26 Bradley Berman 170 King Show Games
#27 Lee Amaitis 167 Cfph
#28 Daniel E. Tedesco 165 Walker Digital
#29 Joseph M. Asher 164 Cfph
#30 Douglas U. Mennie 162 Cummins-Allison
#31 Natarajan Ramachandran 157 Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division Of Diebold, Incorporated
#32 Robert A. Luciano, Jr. 155 Bally Gaming
#33 Joseph E. Kaminkow 152 Igt
#34 Jeremy M. Hornik 151 Wms Gaming
#35 Caitlyn Ross 148 Gamblit Gaming
#36 H. Thomas Graef 143 Diebold Nixdorf Incorporated
#37 Daniel Marks 139 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#38 William J. Jones 123 Cummins-Allison
#39 Scott A. Caputo 115 Igt
#40 James M. Rasmussen 111 Wms Gaming
#41 Timothy C. Loose 109 Wms Gaming
#42 Jeffery Shepherd 107 Igt
#43 Ryan Cuddy 106 Igt
#44 Casey Alexander HUKE 105 Adrenalineip
#45 Damon E. Gura 104 Wms Gaming
#46 Magdalena M. Fincham 102 Walker Digital
#47 Nicholas Luke Bennett 99 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#48 Paulina Rodgers 99 Igt
#49 Robert C. Tedesco 99 Igt
#50 Peter R. Anderson 98 Wms Gaming
#51 Craig J. Sylla 97 Wms Gaming
#52 Anthony M. Singer 95 Igt
#53 Martin S. Lyons 94 Bally Gaming
#54 Craig Paulsen 93 Igt
#55 Russell P. Sammon 92 Igt
#56 John Cronin 91 IBM
#57 Bayard S. Webb 90 Igt
#58 Cameron A. Filipour 88 Igt
#59 Dale H. Blackson 88 Diebold
#60 Michael D'ANDREA 88 Panasonic
#61 Erick T. Ching 87 Igt
#62 Michael M. Oberberger 87 Igt
#63 Andrew C. Guinn 86 Wms Gaming
#64 Hiroshi Abe 86 Asahi Seiko Co.
#65 Lee E. Cannon 86 Igt
#66 Dion K. Aoki 85 Wms Gaming
#67 Kenta Kitamura 85 Comcast
#68 Mark D. Smith 83 Diebold
#69 Howard M. Marks 81 Igt
#70 Matthew J. Ward 81 IBM
#71 Erik Petersen 80 Igt
#72 Jamie W. Vann 79 Bally Gaming
#73 Joseph W. BEYERS 78 Adrenalineip
#74 William D. Beskitt 78 Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division Of Diebold, Incorporated
#75 Benjamin T. Gomez 77 Wms Gaming
#76 Ronald P. Sansone 77 Pitney Bowes
#77 Clifford Kaylin 76 Gamblit Gaming
#78 Thomas M. Sparico 76 Walker Digital
#79 Ernest W. Moody 75 Igt
#80 Hans Elias 75 Igt
#81 Richard E. Rowe 75 Igt
#82 Steven M. Santisi 75 Igt
#83 Natalie Bryant 74 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#84 David A. Peters 73 Diebold
#85 Joseph R. Hedrick 73 Igt
#86 Frederick W. Ryan, Jr. 72 Pitney Bowes
#87 Robert A. Cordery 72 Pitney Bowes
#88 Daniel P. Louie 70 Wms Gaming
#89 Richard J. Schneider 70 Igt
#90 Tim Crews 70 Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division Of Diebold, Incorporated
#91 David Froy 69 Igt
#92 James Block 69 Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division Of Diebold, Incorporated
#93 Michael W. Mastropietro 69 Wms Gaming
#94 Masumi Fujisawa 67 Comcast
#95 Robert W. Crowder, Jr. 67 Bally Gaming
#96 James A. Vasquez 66 Igt
#97 Olaf Vancura 66 Mikohn Gaming
#98 Scott Olive 66 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#99 Edward L. Laskowski 65 Diebold
#100 Dwayne A. Davis 64 Igt

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Igt 3,692
2 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited 1,174
3 Bally Gaming 957
#4 Wms Gaming 893
#5 Pitney Bowes 827
#6 Comcast 682
#7 Ncr 538
#8 IBM 478
#9 Unknown 423
#10 Cfph 397
#11 Aristocrat Technologies 331
#12 Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division Of Diebold, Incorporated 330
#13 Gamblit Gaming 320
#14 Cummins-Allison 318
#15 Toyota 309
#16 Aruze Gaming America 295
#17 Glory 293
#18 Konami Gaming 280
#19 Ford 279
#20 Walker Digital 266
#21 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 263
#22 Diebold 262
#23 General Motors 235
#24 Hitachi 229
#25 Fujitsu Limited 216
#26 Bank of America 191
#27 Denso 176
#28 Asahi Seiko Co. 174
#29 Mars, Incorporated 168
#30 Sony 165
#31 Nippon Conlux Co. 164
#32 Giesecke & Devrient Gmbh 159
#33 Honeywell 159
#34 Nec 157
#35 Laurel Bank Machines Co. 154
#36 Scientific Games International 153
#37 Capital One Services 152
#38 AT&T 142
#39 Mitsubishi Electric 138
#40 Angel Co. 134
#41 Hyundai Motor 134
#42 Aruze 131
#43 Honda Motor Co. 130
#44 Intel 120
#45 Robert Bosch Gmbh 119
#46 Neopost Technologies 117
#47 Oki Electric Industry Co. 117
#48 Multimedia Games 116
#49 Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 111
#50 Wincor Nixdorf International Gmbh 110
#51 Ags 107
#52 Adrenalineip 106
#53 Patent Investment & Licensing 104
#54 Assa Abloy Ab 103
#55 The Boeing 103
#56 Panasonic 101
#57 Visa 99
#58 Video Gaming Technologies 98
#59 Schlage Lock Company 96
#60 Lnw Gaming 94
#61 Novomatic Ag 90
#62 The Chamberlain Group 90
#63 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 89
#64 Everi Games 88
#65 Francotyp-Postalia Gmbh 88
#66 Sumitomo Electric Industries 88
#67 Fuji Electric Co. 87
#68 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 87
#69 GE 87
#70 Acres Technology 86
#71 Microsoft 85
#72 Sg Gaming 82
#73 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 81
#74 Samsung 81
#75 Coca-Cola 79
#76 Continental Automotive Gmbh 77
#77 Omron Tateisi Electronics 77
#78 Sanden 76
#79 Stamps.Com 76
#80 Carrier 75
#81 Snap-On Incorporated 74
#82 First Data 73
#83 HP 73
#84 Igt Canada Solutions Ulc 72
#85 Zynga 72
#86 Digimarc 71
#87 Coin Acceptors 69
#88 Parata Systems 69
#89 Cantor Index 68
#90 Amazon 67
#91 Casio Computer Co. 67
#92 Kia Motors 67
#93 Allstate Insurance 66
#94 Japan Cash Machine Co. 65
#95 American Express 63
#96 Sanyo Electric Co. 63
#97 Caterpillar 63
#98 State Farm 61
#99 Mastercard 61
#100 Cadillac Jack 60