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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Control systems Patent Leaders in 2025 2025

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 25 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
2 Charles Howard Cella 23 Strong Force Iot Portfolio 2016
3 Mark J. Nixon 18 Fisher-Rosemount Systems
#4 Anthony Amaro, Jr. 14 Fisher-Rosemount Systems
#5 Yaqiang QUAN 13 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
#6 Yong LI 13 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
#7 Gerald William Duffy, Jr. 12 Strong Force Iot Portfolio 2016
#8 Jeffrey P. McGuckin 12 Strong Force Iot Portfolio 2016
#9 Andrew John Cardno 11 New Bis Safe Luxco S.À R.L
#10 Giancarlo Scaturchio 11 Rockwell Automation
#11 John J. Hagerbaumer 11 Rockwell Automation
#12 Jordan C. Reynolds 11 Rockwell Automation
#13 Mehul Desai 11 Strong Force Iot Portfolio 2016
#14 Thomas K. Jacobsen 11 Rockwell Automation
#15 Troy W. Mahr 11 Rockwell Automation
#16 Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi 10 Ai Incorporated
#17 Peter O. Olson 10 3M
#18 Frederick J. Arsenault 9 3M
#19 Himanshu Nayar 9 3M
#20 Nicholas A. Johnson 9 3M
#21 Sarbajit K. Rakshit 9 IBM
#22 Xiaojun WEI 9 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
#23 Young-Min Lee 9 Samsung
#24 Abraham Galton Bachrach 8 Skydio
#25 Adam Parker Bry 8 Skydio
#26 Bin LIU 8 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
#27 Bruce T. McCleave, Jr. 8 Rockwell Automation
#28 Gary K. Law 8 Fisher-Rosemount Systems
#29 Matthew Donahoe 8 Skydio
#30 Yasuto Nishii 8 Yanmar Power Technology Co.
#31 Anthony Carrara 7 Rockwell Automation
#32 Brian E. Brooks 7 3M
#33 Gilles J. Benoit 7 Humanscale
#34 Hayk Martirosyan 7 Skydio
#35 Haitang XIANG 7 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
#36 Joseph W. Forbes, Jr. 7 Causam Energy
#37 Mario Hoernicke 7 Abb Schweiz Ag
#38 Michael J. Risbeck 7 Johnson Controls Tyco Ip Holdings Llp
#39 Tyler W. Olson 7 3M
#40 Andrew R. Stump 6 Rockwell Automation
#41 Benjamin Lutz 6 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#42 Christopher W. Como 6 Rockwell Automation
#43 Chad S. Samuels 6 Advanced Energy Industries
#44 Eashwer Srinivasan 6 Rockwell Automation
#45 Etsugo Yanagida 6 Denso
#46 Jack Louis Zhu 6 Skydio
#47 Miguel Galvez 6 Tyco Fire & Security Gmbh
#48 Michael J. Wenzel 6 Johnson Controls Technology
#49 Rio Suda 6 Toyota
#50 Robert D. Turney 6 Johnson Controls Technology
#51 Yongzeng LIANG 6 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
#52 Yuefei WU 6 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
#53 Akira Nojima 5 Nikon
#54 Benjamin Kloepper 5 Abb Schweiz Ag
#55 Bhanu Kiran Reddy Palla 5 John Deere
#56 Daisuke HOKUTO 5 Denso
#57 Eric G. Lang 5 Microsoft
#58 John M. Caldwell 5 Fisher-Rosemount Systems
#59 John Redford 5 Five Ai Limited
#60 Junyan ZHOU 5 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
#61 Katharina Stark 5 Abb Schweiz Ag
#62 Kosuke AKATSUKA 5 Toyota
#63 Liu Liu 5 Ntt Docomo
#64 Masaaki Murayama 5 Konica Minolta
#65 Nathan R. Vandike 5 John Deere
#66 Nobuyuki Sakatani 5 Omron
#67 Nobuo Shimizu 5 Seiko Epson
#68 Po-Cheng Chen 5 Au Optronics
#69 Ryo Shimizu 5 Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co.
#70 Srdjan Josipovic 5 Rockwell Automation
#71 Stefano Di Cairano 5 Mitsubishi Electric
#72 Taryl J. Jasper 5 Rockwell Automation
#73 Youngchoon Park 5 Johnson Controls Technology
#74 Adrian Lin 4 Cypress Semiconductor
#75 Ali Shoeb 4 Verily Life Sciences
#76 Anand Ramasundar 4 Intel
#77 Bang Li Liang 4 Skyworks Solutions
#78 Cary Renzema 4 Quantance
#79 Chris Hagen 4 Harman International Industries, Incorporated
#80 Eun Sik Kim 4 Hyundai Motor
#81 Fabrice Paillet 4 Intel
#82 Florian Ölsner 4 BOE
#83 Hang XIANG 4 Tencent
#84 Herman Wiegman 4 Beta Air
#85 Hidenori Sawahara 4 Yokogawa Electric
#86 Hiroshi Yoshida 4 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#87 James Keith Hodgson 4 Intel
#88 Jaw-Juinn Horng 4 TSMC
#89 John C. Chamberlain 4 Commscope Technologies
#90 Kirk H. Drees 4 Johnson Controls Technology
#91 Kristen Marie Holtz 4 Skydio
#92 Lei Zhang 4 Microsoft
#93 Marc Zeller 4 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#94 Michael Guerin 4 Commscope Technologies
#95 Mitsuhiro Yoneda 4 Omron
#96 Mohammad N. Elbsat 4 Johnson Controls Tyco Ip Holdings Llp
#97 Nathaniel S. Sandler 4 Rockwell Automation
#98 Nicolai Schoch 4 Abb Schweiz Ag
#99 Noel W. Anderson 4 John Deere
#100 Noel Howard Bell 4 Fisher-Rosemount Systems

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 56
2 Toyota 52
3 Rockwell Automation 43
#4 Fanuc 39
#5 Samsung 39
#6 Applied Materials 32
#7 Omron 32
#8 Google 31
#9 Tyco Fire & Security Gmbh 30
#10 Sony 29
#11 Intel 28
#12 Mitsubishi Electric 26
#13 Honeywell 26
#14 Abb Schweiz Ag 24
#15 Texas Instruments 24
#16 IBM 23
#17 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co. 22
#18 Honda Motor Co. 22
#19 Amazon 20
#20 Yokogawa Electric 20
#21 Ford 20
#22 Panasonic 18
#23 Fisher-Rosemount Systems 17
#24 John Deere 17
#25 Hyundai Motor 16
#26 Robert Bosch Gmbh 16
#27 TSMC 16
#28 Dell Products 15
#29 Kia 15
#30 The Boeing 15
#31 Skydio 14
#32 Hitachi 13
#33 General Motors 13
#34 NVIDIA 13
#35 Apple 12
#36 Nec 12
#37 Strong Force Iot Portfolio 2016 12
#38 Sz Dji Technology Co. 12
#39 3M 11
#40 Denso 10
#41 Canon 10
#42 Irobot 9
#43 Lutron Technology Company 9
#44 State Farm 9
#45 RTX (Raytheon) 9
#46 Ai Incorporated 8
#47 Basf Se 8
#48 Beta Air 8
#49 Crown Equipment 8
#50 Hyundai Mobis Co. 8
#51 Mitsubishi Electric 8
#52 Strong Force Ee Portfolio 2022 8
#53 Aurora Operations 7
#54 Johnson Controls Technology 7
#55 Tata Consultancy Services Limited 7
#56 Uipath 7
#57 Disney 7
#58 GE 7
#59 Advanced Energy Industries 6
#60 Autodesk 6
#61 Causam Enterprises 6
#62 Changxin Memory Technologies 6
#63 Five Ai Limited 6
#64 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 6
#65 Kubota 6
#66 Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co. 6
#67 Tokyo Electron Limited 6
#68 Zoox 6
#69 Caterpillar 6
#70 Comcast 6
#71 Huawei 6
#72 Qualcomm 6
#73 BMW 5
#74 ITRI 5
#75 Okuma 5
#76 Skyworks Solutions 5
#77 Solaredge Technologies 5
#78 Ericsson 5
#79 Tencent 5
#80 Textron Innovations 5
#81 Tusimple 5
#82 BOE 5
#83 Micron 5
#84 Aveva Software 4
#85 Boston Dynamics 4
#86 Brunswick 4
#87 Fuji 4
#88 Globalfoundries U.S. 4
#89 Hamilton Sundstrand 4
#90 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 4
#91 Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. 4
#92 Joby Aero 4
#93 NTT 4
#94 Nxp B.V. 4
#95 Rakuten Group 4
#96 Realtek Semiconductor 4
#97 Safran Electronics & Defense 4
#98 Saudi Arabian Oil 4
#99 Seiko Epson 4
#100 Shandong University 4