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Commerce and payment systems Patent Leaders in 2020 2020

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 Miles Arnone 40 Gamblit Gaming
2 Eric Meyerhofer 35 Gamblit Gaming
3 Frank Cire 26 Gamblit Gaming
#4 Yasushi Shigeta 26 Angel Co.
#5 Dwayne R. Nelson 23 Igt
#6 John F. Acres 20 Patent Investment & Licensing
#7 Caitlyn Ross 18 Gamblit Gaming
#8 Kevin Higgins 16 Igt
#9 Bradley Berman 15 King Show Games
#10 Dean P. Alderucci 15 Cfph
#11 Howard W. Lutnick 14 Cfph
#12 Michael M. Oberberger 14 Igt
#13 Clifford Kaylin 13 Gamblit Gaming
#14 Jacob Lamb 13 Rockwell Automation
#15 Lee Amaitis 13 Cfph
#16 Geoffrey M. Gelman 12 Cfph
#17 Joseph M. Asher 11 Cfph
#18 Binh T. Nguyen 10 Igt
#19 Daniel Marks 9 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#20 Jordan Simons 9 Ag 18
#21 Gary Penacho 8 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#22 Jeffery Shepherd 8 Igt
#23 Kenneth E. Irwin, Jr. 8 Scientific Games International
#24 Kengo Takeda 8 Comcast
#25 Mark C. Nicely 8 Igt
#26 Steven G. LeMay 8 Igt
#27 Thomas Tuomey 8 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#28 David Colvin 7 Gaming Arts
#29 David I. Ferguson 7 Google
#30 Daisuke Nakamura 7 Konami Gaming
#31 David Wurmfeld 7 Capital One Services
#32 Erik Petersen 7 Igt
#33 Janak Dadhaniya 7 Capital One Services
#34 Jiajun Zhu 7 Google
#35 Joseph W. Baumgarte 7 Schlage Lock Company
#36 Joshua Edwards 7 Capital One Services
#37 Lisa Whitsitt 7 Capital One Services
#38 Michael Mossoba 7 Capital One Services
#39 Patrick Danielson 7 Igt
#40 Patrick S. Merg 7 Snap-On Incorporated
#41 Robert Smith 7 Capital One Services
#42 Steve Faletti 7 Capital One Services
#43 Abdelkader M'Hamed Benkreira 6 Capital One Services
#44 Anthony J. Baerlocher 6 Igt
#45 Bradley Hendricks 6 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#46 David Froy 6 Igt
#47 Eric D. Colvin 6 Gaming Arts
#48 Gary Dawson 6 Milestone Entertainment
#49 Hiroko Tsujimura 6 Toyota
#50 Joze Pececnik 6 Interblock D.O.O.
#51 Michael Charles Halvorson 6 Adp Gauselmann Gmbh
#52 Michael Low 6 Synergy Blue
#53 Randall M. Katz 6 Milestone Entertainment
#54 Ryan Hawkins 6 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#55 Scott A. Caputo 6 Igt
#56 T. Grant Bolling, JR. 6 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#57 Travis Bussey 6 Everi Games
#58 Yuichiro Haruna 6 Toyota
#59 Andrew Wyer 5 —
#60 Brian Frenkel 5 Ag 18
#61 Bryan D. Wolf 5 Igt
#62 Daryl Bridges 5 —
#63 David Kubajak 5 Japan Cash Machine Co.
#64 Dean Frederick Herring 5 IBM
#65 Ernest W. Moody 5 Igt
#66 Jason Palmer 5 Smartdrive Systems
#67 Mark J. Davidson 5 UPS
#68 Masaki Oyama 5 Comcast
#69 Michael P. Casey 5 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#70 Roy S. Brozovich 5 Snap-On Incorporated
#71 Robert Honeycutt 5 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#72 Satoshi Suda 5 Konami Gaming
#73 Slaven Sljivar 5 Smartdrive Systems
#74 Stefan Keilwert 5 Igt
#75 Toshikazu Jinnouchi 5 Comcast
#76 Adam Kuenzi 4 Carrier
#77 Andrew Fisher 4 Igt
#78 Atsushi Kumita 4 Comcast
#79 Benjamin R. Holsclaw 4 Igt
#80 Bradford Brown 4 Igt
#81 Bryce Cire 4 Gamblit Gaming
#82 Brad M. Johnson 4 Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions
#83 Bruce Urban 4 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#84 Brian Watkins 4 Everi Games
#85 Cameron A. Filipour 4 Igt
#86 Charles Michael McQuade 4 Zonar Systems
#87 Craig Steven Gallagher 4 Everi Games
#88 Daniel A. Deninger 4 Smartdrive Systems
#89 Damon E. Gura 4 Wms Gaming
#90 David Marsh 4 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#91 Eric Bloms 4 T. W. Vending
#92 Evgeny Bronnikov 4 —
#93 Fayez Idris 4 Igt
#94 Hans Elias 4 Igt
#95 Jacob G. Foreman 4 Snap-On Incorporated
#96 Jeffrey George 4 Konami Gaming
#97 Jeffrey J. Smith 4 IBM
#98 Joshua C. Covington 4 Snap-On Incorporated
#99 Josef Alexander Hartl 4 Adp Gauselmann Gmbh
#100 John Robert Van Wiemeersch 4 Ford

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Igt 116
2 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited 103
3 Gamblit Gaming 40
#4 Toyota 33
#5 Capital One Services 30
#6 Cfph 29
#7 Konami Gaming 29
#8 IBM 28
#9 Angel Playing Cards Co. 26
#10 Sg Gaming 25
#11 Ford 24
#12 Ncr 22
#13 Comcast 22
#14 Ags 19
#15 Glory 16
#16 Unknown 16
#17 Acres Technology 14
#18 Everi Games 14
#19 Schlage Lock Company 14
#20 Synergy Blue 14
#21 Honeywell 14
#22 Hyundai Motor 12
#23 Kia Motors 12
#24 Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 12
#25 General Motors 12
#26 Alarm.Com Incorporated 11
#27 Novomatic Ag 11
#28 The Boeing 11
#29 Panasonic 11
#30 Amazon 9
#31 Adp Gauselmann Gmbh 9
#32 Alibaba 9
#33 Bally Gaming 9
#34 Denso 9
#35 Ag 18 8
#36 Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology Gmbh 8
#37 Interblock D.O.O. 8
#38 Nguyen Gaming 8
#39 Snap-On Incorporated 8
#40 State Farm 8
#41 Walmart Apollo 8
#42 Wincor Nixdorf International Gmbh 8
#43 AT&T 7
#44 Cantor Index 7
#45 Continental Automotive Gmbh 7
#46 Fuji Electric Co. 7
#47 Gaming Arts 7
#48 Honda Motor Co. 7
#49 Nuro 7
#50 Scientific Games International 7
#51 Smartdrive Systems 7
#52 Video Gaming Technologies 7
#53 Denso International America 6
#54 Diebold Nixdorf Incorporated 6
#55 Interactive Games 6
#56 Japan Cash Machine Co. 6
#57 Patent Investment & Licensing 6
#58 Mastercard 6
#59 Aruze Gaming (Hong Kong) Limited 5
#60 Carrier 5
#61 Continental Automotive France 5
#62 Johnson Controls Technology 5
#63 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 5
#64 Milestone Entertainment 5
#65 Nxp B.V. 5
#66 Oki Electric Industry Co. 5
#67 Robert Bosch Gmbh 5
#68 Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions 5
#69 UPS 5
#70 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 5
#71 Bank of America 5
#72 GE 5
#73 Sony 5
#74 Americorp Investments 4
#75 Assa Abloy Ab 4
#76 Conduent Business Services 4
#77 Everi Payments 4
#78 Igt Canada Solutions Ulc 4
#79 Konami Digital Entertainment Co. 4
#80 Roxor Gaming 4
#81 Sensormatic Electronics 4
#82 Sikorsky Aircraft 4
#83 The Chamberlain Group 4
#84 Tipping Point Group 4
#85 T. W. Vending 4
#86 Uber Technologies 4
#87 Zonar Systems 4
#88 Caterpillar 4
#89 Intel 4
#90 PayPal 4
#91 Samsung 4
#92 Ainsworth Game Technology Limited 3
#93 Arity International Limited 3
#94 Crane Payment Innovations 3
#95 Cummins 3
#96 Cummins-Allison 3
#97 Dewaal Ip 3
#98 Eingot 3
#99 Epic Tech 3
#100 Gentex 3