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Commerce and payment systems Patent Leaders in 2025 2025

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 Kevin Higgins 42 Igt
2 Dwayne R. Nelson 39 Igt
3 Yasushi Shigeta 34 Angel Co.
#4 Jeffery Shepherd 20 Igt
#5 Dean P. Alderucci 17 Cfph
#6 John F. Acres 16 Patent Investment & Licensing
#7 Casey Alexander HUKE 15 Adrenalineip
#8 Chris Peterson 14 Igt
#9 Nathan Ajhar 14 Igt
#10 Geoffrey M. Gelman 13 Cfph
#11 Craig Mateer 12 Baggage Airline Guest Services
#12 Howard W. Lutnick 12 Cfph
#13 Nick Hillstrom 12 Igt
#14 Erik Petersen 11 Igt
#15 John Cronin 11 IBM
#16 Michael D'ANDREA 11 Panasonic
#17 Raymond Anthony Joao 11 Gtj Ventures
#18 Allon G. Englman 10 Wms Gaming
#19 Binh T. Nguyen 10 Igt
#20 Daniel Marks 10 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#21 Joseph W. BEYERS 10 Adrenalineip
#22 Lee Amaitis 10 Cfph
#23 Michael Russ 9 Igt
#24 Yu Chong 9 Igt
#25 Bradley Berman 8 King Show Games
#26 Brian J. Herron 8 Drew Technologies
#27 Rajendrasinh Jadeja 8 Aristocrat Technologies
#28 Angelo Palmisano 7 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#29 Bruce Urban 7 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#30 Darren M. Goetz 7 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
#31 Dennis E. Montenegro 7 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
#32 Frank Digangi 7 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
#33 Kirk E. Sanford 7 Sightline Interactive
#34 Masaaki Sumi 7 Omron
#35 Omer Sattar 7 Sightline Interactive
#36 Thomas M. Sears 7 Sightline Interactive
#37 Adam Fong 6 Everi Payments
#38 Erick T. Ching 6 Igt
#39 Hanna Sanborn 6 Aristocrat Technologies
#40 Kevin Burman 6 Cfph
#41 Michael DeBrabander 6 Igt
#42 Nimish Purohit 6 Aristocrat Technologies
#43 Rogelio Decasa, JR. 6 Aristocrat Technologies
#44 Robin Hare 6 Igt
#45 Vincent Lai 6 In Win Development
#46 Adrian Bulzacki 5 Arb Labs
#47 Christian Mande 5 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
#48 David Colvin 5 Gaming Arts
#49 David Marsh 5 Aristocrat Technologies
#50 Dinh Toan Tran 5 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#51 Eric Taylor 5 Aristocrat Technologies
#52 Frank Rodriguez 5 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#53 George BOUVIER 5 Lnw Gaming
#54 Hua Xu 5 OPPO
#55 Jeffrey Uss 5 Aristocrat Technologies
#56 Joseph M. Asher 5 Cfph
#57 Joseph W. Baumgarte 5 Schlage Lock Company
#58 Martin S. Lyons 5 Bally Gaming
#59 Michael P. Casey 5 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#60 Michael D. Jurmo 5 Opus Ivs
#61 Patrick Danielson 5 Igt
#62 Vlad Cazan 5 Arb Labs
#63 Yanis Tsombanidis 5 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#64 Alfred Thomas 4 Wms Gaming
#65 Andrew Wyllie 4 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#66 Babak Forutanpour 4 Qualcomm
#67 Bradford Brown 4 Igt
#68 Bradford Minsley 4 Davinci Lock
#69 Bruno Rittner 4 Igt
#70 Christopher Levin 4 Igt
#71 Christmas Uberuaga 4 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#72 Clifton Minsley 4 Davinci Lock
#73 Craig Paulsen 4 Igt
#74 David Froy 4 Igt
#75 Daniel Marston 4 Aristocrat Technologies
#76 David Small 4 Igt
#77 Dieter Goriup 4 Igt
#78 Eric D. Colvin 4 Gaming Arts
#79 Eric P. Winston 4 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#80 Frans Lundberg 4 Assa Abloy Ab
#81 Gary Penacho 4 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#82 Jennifer Mizzi 4 Aristocrat Technologies
#83 Joseph Masinter, II 4 Aristocrat Technologies
#84 Julia-Ines Lerchbaumer 4 Igt
#85 Kenji Saito 4 Sumitomo Electric Industries
#86 Lauren Hillstrom 4 Igt
#87 Nicholas O'Sullivan 4 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#88 Paul A. Bucci 4 Igt Global Soulutions
#89 Patrick S. Merg 4 Snap-On Incorporated
#90 Richard Milosevich 4 Lnw Gaming
#91 Roy S. Brozovich 4 Snap-On Incorporated
#92 Robert Honeycutt 4 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
#93 Samantha Ascheri-Phillips 4 Igt
#94 Satish Poddar 4 —
#95 Stephen Robert Calvert 4 Veea Systems Limited
#96 Stephen Shaffer, Jr. 4 Aristocrat Technologies
#97 Taketo Kochi 4 Nec
#98 Wolfgang Rauscher 4 Giesecke & Devrient Gmbh
#99 Adam Narducci 3 Igt
#100 Alessandro Sidoti 3 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Igt 121
2 Aristocrat Technologies 66
3 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited 48
#4 Toyota 43
#5 Angel Co. 31
#6 Lnw Gaming 30
#7 Nec 26
#8 Cfph 23
#9 General Motors 17
#10 Glory 16
#11 Acres Technology 15
#12 Adrenalineip 14
#13 Assa Abloy Ab 12
#14 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 12
#15 Bank of America 12
#16 Honda Motor Co. 10
#17 Konami Gaming 10
#18 Ford 10
#19 Honeywell 10
#20 Capital One Services 9
#21 Amazon 8
#22 Robert Bosch Gmbh 8
#23 Comcast 8
#24 Denso 7
#25 Sightline Payments 7
#26 State Farm 7
#27 USAA 7
#28 Video Gaming Technologies 7
#29 Allstate Insurance 6
#30 Dk Crown Holdings 6
#31 Everi Payments 6
#32 Geotab 6
#33 Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology Gmbh 6
#34 Schlage Lock Company 6
#35 Tyco Fire & Security Gmbh 6
#36 Hyundai Motor 5
#37 Igt Global Soulutions 5
#38 Kia 5
#39 Laurel Bank Machines Co. 5
#40 Ncr Atleos 5
#41 Omron 5
#42 Opus Ivs 5
#43 Ags 4
#44 Everi Games 4
#45 Hyosung Tns 4
#46 Interactive Games 4
#47 Japan Cash Machine Co. 4
#48 Kone 4
#49 Laurel Machinery Co. 4
#50 Laurel Precision Machines Co. 4
#51 Motorola 4
#52 Ncr 4
#53 Samsara 4
#54 Subaru 4
#55 The Boeing 4
#56 Google 4
#57 Panasonic 4
#58 Alarm.Com Incorporated 3
#59 Arb Labs 3
#60 Aries Technology 3
#61 Automated Cashless Systems 3
#62 Cambridge Mobile Telematics 3
#63 Davinci Lock 3
#64 Dormakaba Schweiz Ag 3
#65 Iloq Oy 3
#66 Innova Electronics 3
#67 Quanata 3
#68 Rivian Ip Holdings 3
#69 Scheidt & Bachmann Gmbh 3
#70 Security Enhancement Systems 3
#71 Snap-On Incorporated 3
#72 Touchtunes Music Company 3
#73 Transportation Ip Holdings 3
#74 Volvo Car 3
#75 Walker Digital Table Systems 3
#76 John Deere 3
#77 Apple 2
#78 Accesso Technology Group Plc 2
#79 Ag 18 2
#80 Audi Ag 2
#81 Aurora Operations 2
#82 Automated Retail Technologies 2
#83 Axess Ag 2
#84 Biofire Technologies 2
#85 Carrier 2
#86 Castle Island Ip Holding 2
#87 Cg Technology Development 2
#88 Continental Automotive Gmbh 2
#89 Diebold Nixdorf Incorporated 2
#90 Dormakaba Canada 2
#91 Ecoatm 2
#92 Evolution Malta Limited 2
#93 Ez Lynk Sezc 2
#94 Federal Express 2
#95 Geotoll 2
#96 Hid Global 2
#97 Hitachi Astemo 2
#98 Inspired Gaming (Uk) Limited 2
#99 Interblock D.O.O. 2
#100 Inventec 2