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Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

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 Mark C. Nicely 32 Igt
2 Miles Arnone 27 Gamblit Gaming
3 Anthony J. Baerlocher 24 Igt
#4 Jay S. Walker 24 Walker Digital
#5 Larry J. Pacey 23 Wms Gaming
#6 Mark B. Gagner 22 Wms Gaming
#7 Andrew C. Guinn 21 Wms Gaming
#8 James A. Jorasch 21 Walker Digital
#9 Jeremy M. Hornik 21 Wms Gaming
#10 Eric Meyerhofer 19 Gamblit Gaming
#11 Scott A. Caputo 19 Igt
#12 Allon G. Englman 18 Wms Gaming
#13 Damon E. Gura 18 Wms Gaming
#14 Dwayne R. Nelson 18 Igt
#15 Jamie W. Vann 18 Bally Gaming
#16 John F. Acres 18 Patent Investment & Licensing
#17 Kenta Kitamura 17 Comcast
#18 Alfred Thomas 16 Wms Gaming
#19 Dion K. Aoki 16 Wms Gaming
#20 Geoffrey M. Gelman 16 Cfph
#21 Joel R. Jaffe 16 Wms Gaming
#22 Steven G. LeMay 15 Igt
#23 Brian F. Saunders 14 Igt
#24 Caitlyn Ross 13 Gamblit Gaming
#25 Stephen C. Tulley 13 Igt
#26 Bryan D. Wolf 12 Igt
#27 Craig J. Sylla 12 Wms Gaming
#28 Frank Cire 12 Gamblit Gaming
#29 Lee E. Cannon 12 Igt
#30 Masumi Fujisawa 12 Comcast
#31 Matthew J. Ward 12 IBM
#32 Bryan M. Kelly 11 Bally Gaming
#33 Peter R. Anderson 11 Wms Gaming
#34 Takehisa Itagaki 11 Comcast
#35 Dean P. Alderucci 10 Cfph
#36 Binh T. Nguyen 9 Igt
#37 Bradley Berman 9 King Show Games
#38 Daniel P. Louie 9 Wms Gaming
#39 Daniel E. Tedesco 9 Walker Digital
#40 Richard B. Robbins 9 Bally Gaming
#41 Ryan Cuddy 9 Igt
#42 Brian J. Barclay 8 Wms Gaming
#43 Jeffrey L. Allen 8 Bally Gaming
#44 John P. O'Donovan 8 Igt
#45 Leandro Basallo 8 Igt
#46 Michael W. Mastropietro 8 Wms Gaming
#47 Paulina Rodgers 8 Igt
#48 Robert C. Tedesco 8 Igt
#49 Russell M. Fine 8 Game Play Network
#50 Timothy C. Loose 8 Wms Gaming
#51 Daniel J. De Waal 7 Igt
#52 Hiroki Munakata 7 Aruze Gaming America
#53 H. Thomas Graef 7 Diebold Nixdorf Incorporated
#54 Nicholas Luke Bennett 7 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#55 Pamela S. Smith 7 Bally Gaming
#56 Shridhar P. Joshi 7 Wms Gaming
#57 William K. Hughes 7 Igt
#58 Anthony M. Singer 6 Igt
#59 Benjamin C. Hoffman 6 Igt
#60 Bradford Brown 6 Igt
#61 Brian Watkins 6 Everi Games
#62 Chad Shapiro 6 King Show Games
#63 Dale R. Buchholz 6 Motorola
#64 Daniel Lambert 6 Lytx
#65 Daniel Marks 6 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#66 Ernest M. Lafky 6 Igt
#67 Erik Petersen 6 Igt
#68 Howard W. Lutnick 6 Cfph
#69 Jason Todd Sprinkle 6 Video Gaming Technologies
#70 John R. Ahearn 6 Schlage Lock Company
#71 Joseph M. Asher 6 Cfph
#72 Jon M. Leupp 6 Igt
#73 Jun Hirato 6 Comcast
#74 Kazuo Okada 6 Comcast
#75 Kenji Enokido 6 Aruze Gaming America
#76 Martin S. Lyons 6 Bally Gaming
#77 Mark C. Pace 6 Wms Gaming
#78 Richard E. Rowe 6 Igt
#79 Richard T. Schwartz 6 Wms Gaming
#80 Russell P. Sammon 6 Igt
#81 Satoshi Suda 6 Konami Gaming
#82 Yoichi Kato 6 Comcast
#83 Ali Saffari 5 Igt
#84 Budyanto Himawan 5 Bally Gaming
#85 Cameron A. Filipour 5 Igt
#86 Christmas C. Parker 5 Igt
#87 Clint Owen 5 Multimedia Games
#88 David R. Lark 5 Igt
#89 Daisuke Nakamura 5 Konami Gaming
#90 Daisyun Okamoto 5 Aruze Gaming America
#91 Edward Sepich 5 Konami Gaming
#92 Ernest W. Moody 5 Igt
#93 Gabriel D. Focke 5 Schlage Lock Company
#94 George Roukis 5 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#95 Hans Elias 5 Igt
#96 Jay Chun 5 Fresh Idea Global Limited
#97 Jason Johnson 5 August Home
#98 Jason P. Pawloski 5 Igt
#99 Joseph W. Baumgarte 5 Schlage Lock Company
#100 John Walley 5 Broadcom

Top Companies

Rank Company Patents
1 Igt 230
2 Bally Gaming 181
3 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited 55
#4 Comcast 43
#5 Aruze Gaming America 39
#6 Gamblit Gaming 27
#7 Konami Gaming 26
#8 General Motors 23
#9 Cfph 17
#10 Patent Investment & Licensing 17
#11 Cadillac Jack 16
#12 Glory 16
#13 Hyundai Motor 16
#14 Ncr 16
#15 Ford 16
#16 IBM 14
#17 Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division Of Diebold, Incorporated 13
#18 Everi Games 12
#19 Lytx 12
#20 Bank of America 12
#21 Novomatic Ag 11
#22 Zynga 11
#23 Denso 10
#24 Unknown 10
#25 Video Gaming Technologies 10
#26 Wincor Nixdorf International Gmbh 10
#27 Cummins-Allison 9
#28 Honda Motor Co. 9
#29 Oki Electric Industry Co. 9
#30 Schlage Lock Company 9
#31 Intel 9
#32 Continental Automotive Gmbh 8
#33 Game Play Network 8
#34 Grg Banking Equipment Co. 7
#35 Foxconn 7
#36 Google 7
#37 Alps Electric Co. 6
#38 Gamesys 6
#39 Igt Canada Solutions Ulc 6
#40 Mitsubishi Electric 6
#41 GE 6
#42 Honeywell 6
#43 Toyota 6
#44 Verizon 6
#45 AT&T 5
#46 August Home 5
#47 Bosch Automotive Service Solutions 5
#48 Parata Systems 5
#49 The Boeing 5
#50 Tipping Point Group 5
#51 Unikey Technologies 5
#52 Broadcom 5
#53 Ags 4
#54 Continental Automotive France 4
#55 Everi Payments 4
#56 Giesecke & Devrient Gmbh 4
#57 Hongfujin Precision Industry (Wuhan) Co. 4
#58 J.J. Keller & Associates 4
#59 Kabam, 4
#60 Komatsu 4
#61 Lg Cns Co. 4
#62 Nautilus Hyosung 4
#63 Nguyen Gaming 4
#64 State Farm 4
#65 The Chamberlain Group 4
#66 UPS 4
#67 Utique 4
#68 Walmart Apollo 4
#69 Yuyama Mfg. Co. 4
#70 Samsung 4
#71 Sony 4
#72 Ainsworth Game Technology Limited 3
#73 Assa Abloy Ab 3
#74 Cellomat Israel 3
#75 Crane Payment Solutions Limited 3
#76 Cubic 3
#77 Fresh Idea Global Limited 3
#78 Fuji Electric Co. 3
#79 Fujitsu Limited 3
#80 Innova Electronics 3
#81 Innovative Technology Limited 3
#82 Intralot S.A.—Integrated Lottery Systems And Services 3
#83 I-Tek Metal Mfg. Co. 3
#84 Japan Cash Machine Co. 3
#85 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 3
#86 Kia Motors 3
#87 Kwikset 3
#88 Omnitracs 3
#89 Outerwall 3
#90 Pitney Bowes 3
#91 Robert Bosch Gmbh 3
#92 Rockwell Collins 3
#93 Scientific Games International 3
#94 Secured Mobility 3
#95 Smartdrive Systems 3
#96 Tyco Fire & Security Gmbh 3
#97 Video B Holdings Limited 3
#98 Volkswagen 3
#99 Yikes 3
#100 3M 2