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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Computing and AI Patent Leaders in 2017 2017

Primary CPC class G06 · 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 56,025 patents in 2020.peak 56,0251996: 5,951 patents19961997: 6,238 patents1998: 10,276 patents1999: 10,538 patents19992000: 10,246 patents2001: 10,784 patents2002: 10,982 patents20022003: 11,922 patents2004: 12,914 patents2005: 12,305 patents20052006: 17,935 patents2007: 16,366 patents2008: 18,424 patents20082009: 20,753 patents2010: 28,116 patents2011: 28,643 patents20112012: 35,055 patents2013: 40,006 patents2014: 43,648 patents20142015: 42,065 patents2016: 42,785 patents2017: 43,497 patents20172018: 41,876 patents2019: 53,356 patents2020: 56,025 patents20202021: 55,883 patents2022: 55,530 patents2023: 54,558 patents20232024: 54,223 patents2025: 52,894 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Michael K. Gschwind 139 IBM
2 Michael Tsirkin 69 IBM
3 Timothy J. Slegel 67 IBM
#4 Valentina Salapura 57 IBM
#5 Sarbajit K. Rakshit 55 IBM
#6 Jason K. Resch 53 IBM
#7 Assaf Natanzon 52 Emc Ip Holding Company
#8 Corville O. Allen 52 IBM
#9 Eric M. Schwarz 51 IBM
#10 Haisheng Wang 49 BOE
#11 Clifford A. Pickover 47 IBM
#12 Shengji Yang 46 BOE
#13 David C. Reed 42 IBM
#14 Xue Dong 42 BOE
#15 John M. Santosuosso 40 IBM
#16 Yingming Liu 40 BOE
#17 Chung-Lung K. Shum 39 IBM
#18 John M. Ganci, Jr. 38 IBM
#19 G. Glenn Henry 37 Via Technologies
#20 Imran Chaudhri 37 Apple
#21 James E. Bostick 37 Kyndryl
#22 Christian Jacobi 36 IBM
#23 Jonathan D. Bradbury 36 IBM
#24 Michael J. Branson 36 IBM
#25 Rick A. Hamilton, II 36 IBM
#26 Lokesh M. Gupta 35 IBM
#27 Fadi Y. Busaba 34 IBM
#28 Mark A. Malamud 33 The Invention Science Fund I
#29 Brian M. O'Connell 31 IBM
#30 Dan F. Greiner 31 IBM
#31 Max D. Smith 31 IBM
#32 Royce A. Levien 31 The Invention Science Fund I
#33 Robert W. Lord 31 The Invention Science Fund I
#34 Aaron J. Quirk 30 IBM
#35 Hiroshi Mizuhashi 30 Japan Display
#36 Danny A. Grant 29 Immersion
#37 Sourav Saha 29 IBM
#38 Xiaoliang Ding 29 BOE
#39 Elmoustapha Ould-Ahmed-Vall 28 —
#40 Ezekiel Kruglick 28 Empire Technology Development
#41 Greg R. Dhuse 27 IBM
#42 Robert Valentine 27 Intel
#43 Andrew D. Baptist 26 IBM
#44 Clarence T. Tegreene 26 Intellectual Ventures
#45 David S. Holz 26 Ultrahaptics Ip Two Limited
#46 Guy L. Guthrie 26 IBM
#47 James R. Kozloski 26 IBM
#48 John Hayes 26 Pure Storage
#49 Joseph Kurth Reynolds 26 Synaptics Incorporated
#50 Sandeep R. Patil 26 IBM
#51 Donna K. Byron 25 IBM
#52 Eric Jason Brandwine 25 Amazon
#53 Andrew R. Freed 24 IBM
#54 Harold W. Cain, III 24 IBM
#55 Jeffrey A. Stuecheli 24 IBM
#56 Maged M. Michael 24 IBM
#57 Omer Tripp 24 IBM
#58 Saar Cohen 24 Emc Ip Holding Company
#59 Vedvyas Shanbhogue 24 Intel
#60 Edward K.Y. Jung 23 The Invention Science Fund I
#61 Eric L. Barsness 23 IBM
#62 James E. Carey 23 IBM
#63 Joseph W. Cropper 23 IBM
#64 Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez 23 —
#65 Lisa Seacat DeLuca 23 Unstoppable Domains
#66 Lowell L. Wood, JR. 23 The Invention Science Fund I
#67 Paul R. Bastide 23 IBM
#68 Weijie Zhao 23 Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co.
#69 Ivan Schreter 22 Sap Se
#70 John Colgrove 22 Pure Storage
#71 Kohei Azumi 22 Japan Display
#72 Kulvir S. Bhogal 22 IBM
#73 Roderick A. Hyde 22 Intellectual Ventures
#74 Sorin Faibish 22 Emc Ip Holding Company
#75 Derek E. Williams 21 IBM
#76 Eli M. Dow 21 IBM
#77 Frederick A. Ware 21 Rambus
#78 Ilya Volvovski 21 IBM
#79 Itzhack Goldberg 21 IBM
#80 Jesse P. Arroyo 21 IBM
#81 Jean-Pierre Bono 21 Emc Ip Holding Company
#82 John E. Petri 21 IBM
#83 Koji Ishizaki 21 Japan Display
#84 Koji Noguchi 21 Japan Display
#85 Richard T. Lord 21 Intellectual Ventures
#86 Stephen J. Todd 21 Emc
#87 Yoshitoshi Kida 21 Japan Display
#88 Chin-Fu Chang 20 Egalax_Empia Technology
#89 Eric Woods 20 IBM
#90 Ned M. Smith 20 Intel
#91 Philippe Armangau 20 Emc Ip Holding Company
#92 Stephen O. Lemay 20 Apple
#93 Su Liu 20 Delta Electronics
#94 Yutaka Oishi 20 IBM
#95 Zhe Lin 20 Adobe
#96 Adam T. Clark 19 IBM
#97 Bas Ording 19 Apple
#98 Brian Mullins 19 Daqri
#99 Cary Lee Bates 19 IBM
#100 Christopher J. Hughes 19 Intel

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 IBM 4,929
2 Microsoft 1,552
3 Intel 1,366
#4 Samsung 1,363
#5 Google 1,319
#6 Amazon 940
#7 Apple 759
#8 Canon 564
#9 Sony 540
#10 Emc Ip Holding Company 515
#11 Oracle 513
#12 Fujitsu Limited 502
#13 Qualcomm 470
#14 LG 378
#15 Sap Se 365
#16 Meta 357
#17 Dell Products 345
#18 NVIDIA 316
#19 Broadcom 311
#20 Disney 258
#21 Adobe 245
#22 Ricoh Company 225
#23 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 216
#24 Tencent 205
#25 Netapp 194
#26 Bank of America 193
#27 Huawei 191
#28 AT&T 187
#29 HP 187
#30 AMD 185
#31 Nec 185
#32 Sandisk Technologies 181
#33 Hitachi 180
#34 BOE 179
#35 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 174
#36 Nokia Technologies Oy 173
#37 Ebay 167
#38 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 165
#39 Salesforce 163
#40 Panasonic 159
#41 Cisco 157
#42 Unknown 147
#43 Nxp Usa 144
#44 PayPal 142
#45 Blackberry Limited 136
#46 Ca 130
#47 Synaptics Incorporated 126
#48 Micron 126
#49 Xerox 120
#50 Seiko Epson 115
#51 Fujifilm Business Innovation 114
#52 Kyocera Document Solutions 113
#53 Empire Technology Development 111
#54 Foxconn 111
#55 Japan Display 109
#56 Lenovo (Beijing) Limited 109
#57 Excalibur Ip 101
#58 Seagate Technology 101
#59 Texas Instruments 101
#60 Visa 100
#61 Western Digital Technologies 97
#62 The Boeing 95
#63 Yahoo Holdings 95
#64 GE 93
#65 Inc Square, Co. 92
#66 Sk Hynix 92
#67 Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 91
#68 KAIST 89
#69 Fujifilm 86
#70 Veritas Technologies 84
#71 Mastercard 83
#72 Brother Kogyo 82
#73 Kyocera 82
#74 Commvault Systems 80
#75 Wistron 80
#76 Accenture Global Services Limited 79
#77 Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 78
#78 Cadence Design Systems 78
#79 Honeywell 78
#80 Open Invention Network Llc Nc 77
#81 Alibaba 76
#82 Verizon 76
#83 Synopsys 75
#84 Konica Minolta 72
#85 Globalfoundries 71
#86 TSMC 71
#87 Hand Held Products 68
#88 Mediatek 68
#89 Thomson Licensing 67
#90 Walmart Apollo 67
#91 Immersion 66
#92 Renesas Electronics 66
#93 The Mathworks 66
#94 Sas Institute 65
#95 Imagination Technologies Limited 64
#96 Palantir Technologies 63
#97 Denso 62
#98 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 62
#99 American Express 61
#100 Dropbox 58