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Control systems Patent Leaders in 2024 2024

Primary CPC class G05 · 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 3,447 patents in 2019.peak 3,4471996: 765 patents19961997: 747 patents1998: 965 patents1999: 1,008 patents19992000: 961 patents2001: 1,042 patents2002: 1,064 patents20022003: 1,162 patents2004: 1,204 patents2005: 1,096 patents20052006: 1,432 patents2007: 1,150 patents2008: 1,003 patents20082009: 1,107 patents2010: 1,362 patents2011: 1,382 patents20112012: 1,431 patents2013: 1,641 patents2014: 1,743 patents20142015: 1,864 patents2016: 1,987 patents2017: 2,322 patents20172018: 2,669 patents2019: 3,447 patents2020: 3,327 patents20202021: 3,043 patents2022: 3,219 patents2023: 3,183 patents20232024: 2,961 patents2025: 2,979 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Zehua SHAO 27 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
2 Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi 22 Ai Incorporated
3 Yong LI 17 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
#4 Yaqiang QUAN 16 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
#5 David C. Mazur 14 Rockwell Automation
#6 Andrew R. Stump 13 Rockwell Automation
#7 Haitang XIANG 13 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
#8 Anthony Carrara 12 Rockwell Automation
#9 Christopher W. Como 12 Rockwell Automation
#10 Mark J. Nixon 12 Fisher-Rosemount Systems
#11 Rob A. Entzminger 12 Rockwell Automation
#12 Jonathan A. Mills 11 Rockwell Automation
#13 Daniel Keith Van Ostrand 10 Sigmasense, Llc.
#14 Gerald Dale Morrison 10 Sigmasense, Llc.
#15 Junyan ZHOU 10 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
#16 Patrick Troy Gray 10 Sigmasense, Llc.
#17 Richard Stuart Seger, JR. 10 Sigmasense, Llc.
#18 Xiaojun WEI 10 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
#19 Bin LIU 9 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
#20 Gary K. Law 9 Fisher-Rosemount Systems
#21 Lei Zhang 9 Microsoft
#22 Satoshi Toyoshima 9 Toyota
#23 Shiro Oda 9 Toyota
#24 Srdjan Josipovic 9 Rockwell Automation
#25 Tetsuya Taira 9 Toyota
#26 Yuta Watanabe 9 Toyota
#27 Adam Parker Bry 8 Skydio
#28 Anthony Amaro, Jr. 8 Fisher-Rosemount Systems
#29 Bruce T. McCleave, Jr. 8 Rockwell Automation
#30 Charles Howard Cella 8 Strong Force Iot Portfolio 2016
#31 Matthew Donahoe 8 Skydio
#32 Matthew C. Putman 8 Nanotronics Imaging
#33 Benjamin Lutz 7 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#34 Damas Limoge 7 Nanotronics Imaging
#35 Eashwer Srinivasan 7 Rockwell Automation
#36 Hayk Martirosyan 7 Skydio
#37 Jack Louis Zhu 7 Skydio
#38 Joseph W. Forbes, Jr. 7 Causam Energy
#39 Kei Yoshikawa 7 Toyota
#40 Kirk H. Drees 7 Johnson Controls Technology
#41 Liu Liu 7 Ntt Docomo
#42 Matthew R. Ericsson 7 Rockwell Automation
#43 Michael D. Kalan 7 Rockwell Automation
#44 Sarbajit K. Rakshit 7 IBM
#45 Sharon M. Billi-Duran 7 Rockwell Automation
#46 Takeshi Matsui 7 Sony
#47 Takayoshi Nasu 7 Toyota
#48 Todd A. Wiese 7 Rockwell Automation
#49 Vadim Pinskiy 7 Nanotronics Imaging
#50 Yutaro Ishida 7 Toyota
#51 Yuta NAGATA 7 Omron
#52 Yuji Onuma 7 Toyota
#53 Yusuke Ota 7 Toyota
#54 Abraham Galton Bachrach 6 Skydio
#55 Michael J. Wenzel 6 Johnson Controls Technology
#56 Ryan Christopher Gariepy 6 Clearpath Robotics
#57 Stephen C. Briant 6 Rockwell Automation
#58 Subrata Bhattacharya 6 Johnson Controls Technology
#59 Venkataramana Runkana 6 Tata Consultancy Services Limited
#60 Yongzeng LIANG 6 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
#61 Yuefei WU 6 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
#62 Andrew Sundstrom 5 Nanotronics Imaging
#63 Bijan Sayyarrodsari 5 Rockwell Automation
#64 Brian Adams 5 Equipmentshare.Com
#65 Brian Richman 5 Skydio
#66 David I. Ferguson 5 Google
#67 Daniel Shapiro 5 Glowforge
#68 Donald Gerard Madden 5 Alarm.Com Incorporated
#69 Eun-Sol Kim 5 Nanotronics Imaging
#70 Gerald William Duffy, Jr. 5 Strong Force Iot Portfolio 2016
#71 Harrison Zheng 5 Skydio
#72 Hiroshi Yoshida 5 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#73 Huan Tan 5 GE
#74 Ian Graves 5 Equipmentshare.Com
#75 James Dianics 5 Equipmentshare.Com
#76 Jeffrey P. McGuckin 5 Strong Force Iot Portfolio 2016
#77 John Joseph King 5 Smart Power Co.
#78 Koji Taguchi 5 Toyota
#79 Kyosuke Arai 5 Toyota
#80 Lukas Robinson 5 Ai Incorporated
#81 Marius G. Chis 5 Rockwell Automation
#82 Mark Gosselin 5 Glowforge
#83 Mario Hoernicke 5 Abb Schweiz Ag
#84 Makoto Morita 5 Toyota
#85 Mehul Desai 5 Strong Force Iot Portfolio 2016
#86 Mohammad N. Elbsat 5 Johnson Controls Tyco Ip Holdings Llp
#87 Nathaniel S. Sandler 5 Rockwell Automation
#88 Noel Howard Bell 5 Fisher-Rosemount Systems
#89 Peter Benjamin Henry 5 Skydio
#90 Prasad Narasimha Akella 5 Drishti Technologies
#91 Roberto S. Marques 5 Rockwell Automation
#92 Rob Martin 5 Equipmentshare.Com
#93 Ryan P Dunn 5 Rockwell Automation
#94 Scott Pfursich 5 Equipmentshare.Com
#95 Sho Otaki 5 Toyota
#96 Takayuki Iwamoto 5 Toyota
#97 William J. Schlacks, IV 5 Equipmentshare.Com
#98 Wutu Lin 5 Tusimple
#99 Xing Sun 5 Tusimple
#100 Youngchoon Park 5 Johnson Controls Technology

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Rockwell Automation 82
2 Toyota 72
3 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 65
#4 Omron 49
#5 Mitsubishi Electric 37
#6 Honda Motor Co. 35
#7 Abb Schweiz Ag 34
#8 Google 33
#9 Samsung 32
#10 Honeywell 30
#11 Tyco Fire & Security Gmbh 28
#12 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co. 27
#13 Texas Instruments 27
#14 Amazon 25
#15 Sony 25
#16 Applied Materials 22
#17 Robert Bosch Gmbh 22
#18 Ai Incorporated 21
#19 Hyundai Motor 21
#20 TSMC 21
#21 Intel 21
#22 Apple 19
#23 Kia 19
#24 General Motors 19
#25 Nec 18
#26 IBM 18
#27 LG 18
#28 Panasonic 18
#29 Fisher-Rosemount Systems 17
#30 Uatc 16
#31 Hitachi 15
#32 Johnson Controls Tyco Ip Holdings Llp 15
#33 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 14
#34 Tata Consultancy Services Limited 14
#35 Zoox 14
#36 Caterpillar 14
#37 Fanuc 13
#38 Ford 13
#39 Skydio 12
#40 Sz Dji Technology Co. 12
#41 Lutron Technology Company 11
#42 Yokogawa Electric 11
#43 GE 11
#44 NVIDIA 11
#45 Alarm.Com Incorporated 10
#46 Aurora Operations 10
#47 Motional Ad 10
#48 Amicro Semiconductor Co. 9
#49 Autel Robotics Co. 9
#50 Dell Products 9
#51 Gopro 9
#52 Johnson Controls Technology 9
#53 Yaskawa Electric 9
#54 Mitsubishi Electric 9
#55 Nanotronics Imaging 9
#56 Saudi Arabian Oil 9
#57 Tusimple 9
#58 USAA 9
#59 Unknown 9
#60 Disney 9
#61 Alps Alpine Co. 8
#62 Crown Equipment 8
#63 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 8
#64 Schneider Electric Industries Sas 8
#65 Sigmasense, Llc. 8
#66 The Boeing 8
#67 John Deere 8
#68 Autodesk 7
#69 Beckhoff Automation Gmbh 7
#70 Hitachi Astemo 7
#71 Husqvarna Ab 7
#72 Infineon Technologies Ag 7
#73 KAIST 7
#74 Wing Aviation 7
#75 Canon 7
#76 Qualcomm 7
#77 RTX (Raytheon) 7
#78 3M 6
#79 Aerovironment 6
#80 Changxin Memory Technologies 6
#81 Daikin Industries 6
#82 ITRI 6
#83 State Farm 6
#84 Stmicroelectronics Sa 6
#85 Zhejiang University 6
#86 Huawei 6
#87 Argo Ai 5
#88 Equipmentshare.Com 5
#89 Glowforge 5
#90 Horiba Stec, Co. 5
#91 Jabil 5
#92 Komatsu 5
#93 Milwaukee Electric Tool 5
#94 Naver Labs 5
#95 Plusai 5
#96 Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co. 5
#97 Psemi 5
#98 Schneider Electric Usa 5
#99 Smart Power Co. 5
#100 Strong Force Iot Portfolio 2016 5