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Commerce and payment systems Patent Leaders in 2021 2021

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 Dwayne R. Nelson 31 Igt
2 Kevin Higgins 28 Igt
3 John F. Acres 22 Patent Investment & Licensing
#4 Yasushi Shigeta 20 Angel Co.
#5 Dean P. Alderucci 19 Cfph
#6 Lee Amaitis 19 Cfph
#7 Joseph M. Asher 18 Cfph
#8 Michael M. Oberberger 18 Igt
#9 Howard W. Lutnick 17 Cfph
#10 Jeffery Shepherd 15 Igt
#11 Geoffrey M. Gelman 14 Cfph
#12 Casey Alexander HUKE 12 Adrenalineip
#13 Miles Arnone 12 Gamblit Gaming
#14 Bradley Berman 11 King Show Games
#15 Eric Meyerhofer 11 Gamblit Gaming
#16 John Cronin 11 IBM
#17 Masaki Oyama 11 Comcast
#18 Toshikazu Jinnouchi 11 Comcast
#19 Daniel Marks 10 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#20 Michael D'ANDREA 10 Panasonic
#21 Ryan Hawkins 10 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#22 David Froy 9 Igt
#23 Patrick Danielson 9 Igt
#24 Raymond Michael Stitt 9 Denso
#25 Stefan Keilwert 9 Igt
#26 Adam Kuenzi 8 Carrier
#27 Angelo Palmisano 8 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#28 Billy Tam 8 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#29 Erik Petersen 8 Igt
#30 Joseph W. BEYERS 8 Adrenalineip
#31 Michael Low 8 Synergy Blue
#32 Robert Honeycutt 8 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#33 Gary Dawson 7 Milestone Entertainment
#34 Hanna Sanborn 7 Aristocrat Technologies
#35 Joseph W. Baumgarte 7 Schlage Lock Company
#36 Rajendrasinh Jadeja 7 Aristocrat Technologies
#37 Randall M. Katz 7 Milestone Entertainment
#38 Scott Olive 7 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#39 Yanis Tsombanidis 7 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#40 Alfred Thomas 6 Wms Gaming
#41 Binh T. Nguyen 6 Igt
#42 Cameron A. Filipour 6 Igt
#43 Daniel Gates 6 Fedex Corporate Services
#44 Erick T. Ching 6 Igt
#45 Frank Cire 6 Gamblit Gaming
#46 Frank Mayfield 6 Fedex Corporate Services
#47 Jiajun Zhu 6 Google
#48 Kevin Burman 6 Cfph
#49 Kirk E. Sanford 6 Sightline Interactive
#50 Matthew Chan 6 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#51 Michael Russ 6 Igt
#52 Oliver Crispino 6 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#53 Ole-Petter Skaaksrud 6 Fedex Corporate Services
#54 Thomas M. Sears 6 Sightline Interactive
#55 Yuki Tokunaga 6 Denso
#56 Ali Hassani 5 Ford
#57 Bradley Hendricks 5 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#58 Chad La Guardia 5 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#59 Clark Li 5 Consumer 2.0
#60 Colin Fong 5 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#61 David I. Ferguson 5 Google
#62 David Small 5 Igt
#63 Eli Weissman 5 Gameco
#64 Harrison GRANT 5 Adrenalineip
#65 Jordan Simons 5 Ag 18
#66 Lipi Gupta 5 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#67 Mark Miller 5 Cfph
#68 Mark C. Nicely 5 Igt
#69 Merrick Schmidt-Lackner 5 Consumer 2.0
#70 Michael P. Casey 5 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#71 Mike Nguyen 5 Japan Cash Machine Co.
#72 Omer Sattar 5 Sightline Interactive
#73 Phillip Flaherty 5 Cfph
#74 Rogelio Decasa, JR. 5 Aristocrat Technologies
#75 Sean Malek 5 Unknown
#76 Steven G. LeMay 5 Igt
#77 Alicia Y. Moore 4 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
#78 A Warren Pratten 4 The Toronto-Dominion Bank
#79 Anthony J. Baerlocher 4 Igt
#80 Blaine Goldman Graboyes 4 Gameco
#81 Bradford Brown 4 Igt
#82 Brian Frenkel 4 Ag 18
#83 Caitlyn Ross 4 Gamblit Gaming
#84 Christopher Cleveland 4 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#85 David Chang 4 Gamblit Gaming
#86 Darren M. Goetz 4 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
#87 Dennis E. Montenegro 4 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
#88 Dominic Mohrhardt 4 Jcm American
#89 Dwayne A. Davis 4 Igt
#90 Eric Dahl 4 Blueowl
#91 Georg Washington 4 Synergy Blue
#92 Glen M. Rose 4 Exacta Systems
#93 Hua Xu 4 OPPO
#94 Jacob Lamb 4 Rockwell Automation
#95 Jason Meyer 4 Ford
#96 Jefferson C. Lind 4 Multimedia Games
#97 Jeremy F. Stein 4 Exacta Systems
#98 Joshua Edwards 4 Capital One Services
#99 Joseph R. Enzminger 4 Multimedia Games
#100 Jonah J. Harkema 4 Carrier

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited 125
2 Igt 119
3 Cfph 40
#4 Ford 36
#5 Toyota 33
#6 Sg Gaming 24
#7 Comcast 24
#8 Acres Technology 22
#9 Synergy Blue 21
#10 Capital One Services 17
#11 IBM 17
#12 Aristocrat Technologies 16
#13 Carrier 16
#14 Glory 16
#15 Ags 15
#16 Angel Playing Cards Co. 15
#17 Konami Gaming 15
#18 Bank of America 13
#19 General Motors 13
#20 Geotab 12
#21 Honda Motor Co. 12
#22 Ncr 12
#23 Unknown 12
#24 Adrenalineip 11
#25 Denso 11
#26 Denso International America 11
#27 Everi Games 11
#28 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 11
#29 Schlage Lock Company 10
#30 Assa Abloy Ab 9
#31 Gamblit Gaming 9
#32 Nec 9
#33 The Boeing 9
#34 Video Gaming Technologies 9
#35 Allstate Insurance 8
#36 Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 8
#37 Everi Payments 7
#38 Milestone Entertainment 7
#39 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machinery Systems 7
#40 State Farm 7
#41 Honeywell 7
#42 Panasonic 7
#43 Advanced New Technologies Co. 6
#44 Ag 18 6
#45 Alarm.Com Incorporated 6
#46 Ebay 6
#47 Fedex Corporate Services 6
#48 Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology Gmbh 6
#49 Hyundai Motor 6
#50 Interblock D.O.O. 6
#51 Jcm American 6
#52 Kia Motors 6
#53 Nguyen Gaming 6
#54 The Chamberlain Group 6
#55 The Toronto-Dominion Bank 6
#56 Angel Co. 5
#57 Aries Technology 5
#58 Cantor Index 5
#59 Consumer 2.0 5
#60 Fujifilm Business Innovation 5
#61 Fusion Holdings Limited 5
#62 Gameco 5
#63 Interactive Games 5
#64 Mitsubishi Electric 5
#65 Novomatic Ag 5
#66 Nuro 5
#67 Scientific Games International 5
#68 Sensormatic Electronics 5
#69 Shandong New Beiyang Information Technology Co. 5
#70 USAA 5
#71 Continental Automotive Gmbh 4
#72 Diebold Nixdorf Incorporated 4
#73 Epic Tech 4
#74 Exacta Systems 4
#75 Igt Global Soulutions 4
#76 Inventio Ag 4
#77 Johnson Controls Tyco Ip Holdings Llp 4
#78 Shenzhen Launch Software Co. 4
#79 Sightline Interactive 4
#80 Stamps.Com 4
#81 Textron Innovations 4
#82 Touchtunes Music Company 4
#83 United States Postal Service 4
#84 GE 4
#85 Google 4
#86 Amazon 3
#87 Apple 3
#88 Aruze Gaming (Hong Kong) Limited 3
#89 Blackberry Limited 3
#90 Brain Games, L.C. 3
#91 Cg Technology Development 3
#92 Crane Payment Innovations 3
#93 Deutsche Post Ag 3
#94 Diogenes Limited 3
#95 Evolution Malta Limited 3
#96 Fujitsu Frontech Limited 3
#97 Innova Electronics 3
#98 Japan Cash Machine Co. 3
#99 Jvckenwood 3
#100 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 3