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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 Miles Arnone 45 Gamblit Gaming
2 Eric Meyerhofer 38 Gamblit Gaming
3 Frank Cire 27 Gamblit Gaming
#4 Mark B. Gagner 23 Wms Gaming
#5 Bradley Berman 22 King Show Games
#6 John F. Acres 22 Patent Investment & Licensing
#7 Anthony J. Baerlocher 21 Igt
#8 Caitlyn Ross 20 Gamblit Gaming
#9 Joel R. Jaffe 18 Wms Gaming
#10 Binh T. Nguyen 15 Igt
#11 Geoffrey M. Gelman 15 Cfph
#12 Clifford Kaylin 14 Gamblit Gaming
#13 Dean P. Alderucci 14 Cfph
#14 Jason Johnson 14 August Home
#15 Martin S. Lyons 14 Bally Gaming
#16 Alfred Thomas 13 Wms Gaming
#17 Jay S. Walker 13 Walker Digital
#18 Kenta Kitamura 13 Comcast
#19 Allon G. Englman 12 Wms Gaming
#20 James A. Jorasch 12 Walker Digital
#21 Jamie W. Vann 12 Bally Gaming
#22 Masumi Fujisawa 12 Comcast
#23 Andrew C. Guinn 11 Wms Gaming
#24 Bryan D. Wolf 11 Igt
#25 Damon E. Gura 11 Wms Gaming
#26 Howard W. Lutnick 11 Cfph
#27 Jay Chun 11 Fresh Idea Global Limited
#28 Mark C. Nicely 11 Igt
#29 Michael W. Mastropietro 11 Wms Gaming
#30 Timothy C. Loose 11 Wms Gaming
#31 Bryan M. Kelly 10 Bally Gaming
#32 Dwayne R. Nelson 10 Igt
#33 Jason Meyer 10 Ford
#34 Jeremy M. Hornik 10 Wms Gaming
#35 Larry J. Pacey 10 Wms Gaming
#36 Chad Shapiro 9 King Show Games
#37 Fayez Idris 9 Igt
#38 Hans Elias 9 Igt
#39 Matthew J. Ward 9 IBM
#40 Richard B. Robbins 9 Bally Gaming
#41 Russell M. Fine 9 Game Play Network
#42 Scott A. Massing 9 Bally Gaming
#43 Christopher Kim 8 August Home
#44 Craig J. Sylla 8 Wms Gaming
#45 David Chang 8 Gamblit Gaming
#46 David Froy 8 Igt
#47 Daniel P. Louie 8 Wms Gaming
#48 Joseph Aranda 8 August Home
#49 Kazuo Okada 8 Comcast
#50 Sam Johnson 8 Tipping Point Group
#51 Scott A. Caputo 8 Igt
#52 Shih Yu Thomas Cheng 8 August Home
#53 Takehisa Itagaki 8 Comcast
#54 Daniel Marks 7 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#55 Dion K. Aoki 7 Wms Gaming
#56 Lee Amaitis 7 Cfph
#57 Paul M. Lesley 7 Bally Gaming
#58 Peter R. Anderson 7 Wms Gaming
#59 Richard T. Schwartz 7 Wms Gaming
#60 Stefan Keilwert 7 Igt
#61 Stephen C. Tulley 7 Igt
#62 Brian J. Barclay 6 Wms Gaming
#63 Brian Frenkel 6 Ag 18
#64 Daniel J. DeWaal 6 Igt
#65 Hiromoto Yamauchi 6 Comcast
#66 H. Thomas Graef 6 Diebold Nixdorf Incorporated
#67 James Plante 6 Smartdrive Systems
#68 Joseph M. Asher 6 Cfph
#69 Natarajan Ramachandran 6 Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division Of Diebold, Incorporated
#70 Nicholas Luke Bennett 6 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#71 Russell P. Sammon 6 Igt
#72 Ryan Cuddy 6 Igt
#73 Scott Olive 6 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#74 Timothy T. Gronkowski 6 Bally Gaming
#75 Yosuke Tomita 6 Omron Automotive Electronics Co.
#76 Adam Martin 5 Igt
#77 Andrew McIntyre 5 Igt Canada Solutions Ulc
#78 Anthony M. Singer 5 Igt
#79 Benjamin T. Gomez 5 Wms Gaming
#80 Bharat Gadher 5 Igt Canada Solutions Ulc
#81 Bradford Brown 5 Igt
#82 Brian F. Saunders 5 Igt
#83 Brian Watkins 5 Everi Games
#84 Cameron A. Filipour 5 Igt
#85 Chia-Wei Chang 5 TSMC
#86 Chi We Chim 5 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#87 CHIH-CHUNG WENG 5 Foxconn
#88 David E. Detlefsen 5 Bally Gaming
#89 Dragan Pleskonjic 5 Igt Canada Solutions Ulc
#90 Howard M. Marks 5 Igt
#91 Hsin-Nan Chen 5 Foxconn
#92 Ieon C. Chen 5 Innova Electronics
#93 Joze Pececnik 5 Interblock D.O.O.
#94 Jun Hirato 5 Comcast
#95 Kevin Burman 5 Cfph
#96 Kenneth E. Irwin, Jr. 5 Scientific Games International
#97 Kuang-Yao Liao 5 Foxconn
#98 Lee E. Cannon 5 Igt
#99 Michael J. Irby 5 Ford
#100 Michihiko Makino 5 Fuji Electric Co.

Top Companies

Rank Company Patents
1 Bally Gaming 144
2 Igt 144
3 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited 78
#4 Gamblit Gaming 46
#5 Comcast 41
#6 Aruze Gaming America 33
#7 Ford 28
#8 Igt Canada Solutions Ulc 26
#9 Cfph 23
#10 Patent Investment & Licensing 21
#11 Honeywell 18
#12 Konami Gaming 17
#13 Glory 15
#14 Novomatic Ag 15
#15 Unknown 15
#16 August Home 14
#17 IBM 14
#18 Cadillac Jack 13
#19 Grg Banking Equipment Co. 13
#20 Wincor Nixdorf International Gmbh 13
#21 Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division Of Diebold, Incorporated 12
#22 Ncr 12
#23 Zynga 12
#24 General Motors 12
#25 Everi Games 11
#26 Nguyen Gaming 11
#27 Oki Electric Industry Co. 11
#28 Bank of America 11
#29 Toyota 11
#30 Ainsworth Game Technology Limited 10
#31 Foxconn 10
#32 Hyundai Motor 10
#33 Denso 9
#34 Game Play Network 9
#35 Smartdrive Systems 9
#36 Fuji Electric Co. 8
#37 Gamesys 8
#38 Giesecke & Devrient Gmbh 8
#39 Scientific Games International 8
#40 Video Gaming Technologies 8
#41 Ag 18 7
#42 Konami Digital Entertainment Co. 7
#43 Omron Automotive Electronics Co. 7
#44 Google 7
#45 Intel 7
#46 Aftershock Services 6
#47 Ags 6
#48 Assa Abloy Ab 6
#49 Continental Automotive Gmbh 6
#50 Crane Payment Innovations 6
#51 Gentex 6
#52 Kabam, 6
#53 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 6
#54 Komatsu 6
#55 Lytx 6
#56 Nxp B.V. 6
#57 Robert Bosch Gmbh 6
#58 Caterpillar 6
#59 GE 6
#60 Verizon 6
#61 Allstate Insurance 5
#62 Atlas Gaming Technologies Pty 5
#63 Bosch Automotive Service Solutions 5
#64 Cubic 5
#65 Ebay 5
#66 Innova Electronics 5
#67 Schlage Lock Company 5
#68 Snap-On Incorporated 5
#69 The Boeing 5
#70 Unikey Technologies 5
#71 UPS 5
#72 Coca-Cola 5
#73 Panasonic 5
#74 Amazon 4
#75 Accenture Global Services Limited 4
#76 Aim Management 4
#77 Audi Ag 4
#78 Digilock Asia 4
#79 Gemalto Sa 4
#80 Innovia Films 4
#81 Inventio Ag 4
#82 Kapsch Trafficcom Ag 4
#83 Kizzang 4
#84 Lear 4
#85 Lg Cns Co. 4
#86 Nippon Conlux Co. 4
#87 Omron 4
#88 Sightline Interactive 4
#89 State Farm 4
#90 Tata Consultancy Services Limited 4
#91 The Chamberlain Group 4
#92 Tipping Point Group 4
#93 Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 4
#94 Volkswagen 4
#95 Walmart Apollo 4
#96 Yuyama Mfg. Co. 4
#97 Sony 4
#98 AT&T 3
#99 Acsys Ip Holding 3
#100 Bally Technologies Anz Pty 3