Cutting tools Patent Leaders 2016

Rankings count each patent once by its primary Cooperative Patent Classification. All-time pages aggregate the full database; year pages use patent grant year.

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Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Rank ↑	Inventor ↕	Patents ↕	Primary Company ↕
1	Dirk Hendrik Wevers	4	Koniniklijke Philips N.V.
2	Nicholas A. Mascari	4	Bettcher Industries
3	Tomoyasu Niizeki	4	Brother Kogyo
#4	William E. Tucker	4	Shavelogic
#5	Craig A. Provost	3	Shavelogic
#6	Hiroaki Shimizu	3	Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co.
#7	Hubert Francis Carneiro	3	The Gillette Company
#8	Jeffrey A. Whited	3	Bettcher Industries
#9	John W. Griffin	3	Shavelogic
#10	Jyuzaemon Iwasaki	3	Panasonic
#11	Louis D. Tomassetti	3	Heated Blades Holding Company
#12	Matthew Corey Cataudella	3	The Gillette Company
#13	Michael Scot Jacko	3	Urschel Laboratories
#14	Mohamed A. Hashish	3	Flow International
#15	Steven J. Craigen	3	Flow International
#16	Troy C. Thorson	3	Milwaukee Electric Tool
#17	William Bohmer	3	Display Matrix
#18	Carmen Gallo	2	The Gillette Company
#19	Chiaki Osada	2	Seiko Group
#20	Chin-Wen Yen	2	Ykk
#21	David A. Carrier	2	Black & Decker
#22	Daniel Wade King	2	Urschel Laboratories
#23	Dimitrios Efthimiadis	2	Bic-Violex Sa
#24	Eric Viveros Borges	2	The Gillette Company
#25	Gavin D. Hawk	2	Kai U.S.A.
#26	Gerhard Lintelmann	2	Kolbus Gmbh & Co. Kg
#27	Giuseppe Gallucci	2	—
#28	G. Gerry Schmidt	2	Pacific Handy Cutter
#29	Grant W. Hawk	2	Kai U.S.A.
#30	Hendrik Jan Mark Van Der Worp	2	Koniniklijke Philips N.V.
#31	Hirokazu Tanaka	2	Canon
#32	Ishay Halmut	2	Koniniklijke Philips N.V.
#33	Jack Anthony Washington	2	The Gillette Company
#34	Jeffrey W. Nasrallah	2	Prodius
#35	John Madeira	2	The Gillette Company
#36	Jun Mochizuki	2	Canon
#37	Jungmao Tsai	2	Tencent
#38	Katsuhisa Hasegawa	2	Brother Kogyo
#39	Kenji Baba	2	Hitachi
#40	Kenneth R. Pierce	2	Illinois Tool Works
#41	Kenneth James Skrobis	2	The Gillette Company
#42	Kevin V. Stump	2	Bettcher Industries
#43	Kevin James Wain	2	The Gillette Company
#44	Klaus Gerke	2	Kolbus Gmbh & Co. Kg
#45	Kwok Yung Anthony Law	2	Raymond Industrial
#46	Leonid Ugorets	2	Kolbus Gmbh & Co. Kg
#47	Masayuki Hori	2	Brother Kogyo
#48	Mark Johannes Lelieveld	2	Koniniklijke Philips N.V.
#49	Marc Philip Ortins	2	The Gillette Company
#50	Michael Hal Bruno	2	The Gillette Company
#51	Mingfeng Deng	2	Tencent
#52	Mika Matsushima	2	Brother Kogyo
#53	Neville Sonnenberg	2	The Gillette Company
#54	Nikolaus Koch	2	Bizerba Gmbh & Co. Kg
#55	Paul H. Tacheron	2	Flow International
#56	Reinier Alexander Tijssen	2	Tomtom International B.V.
#57	Robert Niblock	2	Flow International
#58	Robert Anthony Peppett	2	—
#59	Scott Ernest Anderson	2	Erico International
#60	Shiueshih Liao	2	Tencent
#61	Siu Wah Wong	2	King'S Flair Development
#62	Songxian Wen	2	Tencent
#63	Toshio Ikuta	2	Panasonic
#64	Toyoki Takeuchi	2	Amgen
#65	Uwe Schneider	2	The Procter & Gamble
#66	William Thomas O'Connor	2	The Gillette Company
#67	Ying Man John Wong	2	Raymond Electric (China)
#68	Yizhuang Zhuang	2	Tencent
#69	Yoshiyuki Horii	2	Honda Motor Co.
#70	Christ Sliver	1	—
#71	Aaron Robert Ayers	1	The Boeing
#72	Aaron Wisniewski	1	Faurecia Interior Systems
#73	Adam W. Duncan	1	—
#74	Akihiro Chida	1	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#75	Akio Mashima	1	Nhk Spring Co.
#76	Akio Okubo	1	Canon
#77	Akinobu Sato	1	Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
#78	Akiko Suzuki	1	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#79	Alex M. Chillman	1	Flow International
#80	Alessandro Colombatto	1	—
#81	Alon Leon Coresh	1	Rolling Razor
#82	Alois Koeppl	1	The Braun
#83	Allen J. Neel	1	J.R. Simplot
#84	Alexander Kirby Tee	1	C.R. Bard
#85	Amit Doshi	1	Edible Arrangements
#86	Andreas Baumuller	1	Baumueller Nuernberg Gmbh
#87	Andrew P. Block	1	Fiskars Brands
#88	Andrew David Johnson	1	Air Products And Chemicals
#89	Andre Kuijper	1	Koniniklijke Philips N.V.
#90	Andreas Larscheid	1	The Braun
#91	Andreas Lembach	1	Profil Verbindungstechnik
#92	Andrea Lee Marder	1	—
#93	André MEZNARIC	1	Hunkeler Ag
#94	Andreas Peter	1	Baker Hughes Holdings
#95	Andreas Plogmann	1	Kompoferm Gmbh
#96	Andrew C. Putrello	1	The Fountainhead Group
#97	Anke Sinnema	1	Koniniklijke Philips N.V.
#98	Andrew Anthony Szczepanowski	1	The Gillette Company
#99	Antonio Tancredi	1	—
#100	Andrew Lee Trimmer	1	GE

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	The Gillette Company	20
2	Koniniklijke Philips N.V.	10
3	Brother Kogyo	8
#4	Bettcher Industries	6
#5	The Boeing	5
#6	Unknown	5
#7	Bizerba Gmbh & Co. Kg	4
#8	Foxconn	4
#9	Milwaukee Electric Tool	4
#10	Bic-Violex Sa	3
#11	Heated Blades Holding Company	3
#12	Shavelogic	3
#13	Tencent	3
#14	The Procter & Gamble	3
#15	Urschel Laboratories	3
#16	Panasonic	3
#17	3M	2
#18	Amgen	2
#19	Benchmade Knife Co.	2
#20	Black & Decker	2
#21	Flow International	2
#22	Illinois Tool Works	2
#23	Kai R&D Center Co.	2
#24	King'S Flair Development	2
#25	Kolbus Gmbh & Co. Kg	2
#26	Martor Kg	2
#27	Nhk Spring Co.	2
#28	Pacific Handy Cutter	2
#29	Prodius	2
#30	Raymond Industrial	2
#31	Robert Bosch Gmbh	2
#32	Seiko Group	2
#33	Spectrum Brands	2
#34	The Braun	2
#35	Vanmark Equipment	2
#36	Weber Maschinenbau Gmbh Breidenbach	2
#37	Canon	2
#38	GE	2
#39	Acme United	1
#40	Adige S.P.A.	1
#41	Advanced Architectural Products	1
#42	Airbus Operations Limited	1
#43	Alltrade Tools	1
#44	Allway Tools	1
#45	A O Shallinox Gmbh	1
#46	Asml Holding N.V.	1
#47	Atlas Die	1
#48	Axon Enterprise	1
#49	Babyliss Faco Srl	1
#50	Bando Kiko Co.	1
#51	Baumueller Nuernberg Gmbh	1
#52	Belron Hungary Kft - Zug Branch	1
#53	Bisso Marine	1
#54	Bobst Mex Sa	1
#55	Bor Sheng Industrial Co.	1
#56	Ching Feng Home Fashions Co.	1
#57	Conair	1
#58	Cook Medical Technologies	1
#59	Covidien Lp	1
#60	Curt G. Joa	1
#61	Denso	1
#62	Dorco Co.	1
#63	Dpx Ventures Limited	1
#64	Edgewell Personal Care Brands	1
#65	Edible Arrangements	1
#66	Edlund Company	1
#67	Emerson Electric	1
#68	Entrust Datacard	1
#69	Esys	1
#70	Faurecia Interior Systems	1
#71	Federal-Mogul Powertrain	1
#72	Fiskars Brands	1
#73	Fiskars France Sas	1
#74	Forever Holdings	1
#75	Fotoba International S.R.L.	1
#76	Fujitsu Component Limited	1
#77	Gb Ii	1
#78	Gea Food Solutions Germany Gmbh	1
#79	Goss International Americas	1
#80	Hamilton Bonaduz Ag	1
#81	Havel'S	1
#82	Hitachi	1
#83	Hitachi Chemical Company	1
#84	Hitachi Metals Precision	1
#85	Honda Motor Co.	1
#86	Hunkeler Ag	1
#87	Hyde Tools	1
#88	Izumi Products	1
#89	Japan Agency For Marine-Earth Science And Technology	1
#90	Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited	1
#91	J.R. Simplot	1
#92	K2M	1
#93	Kabushiki Kaisha Isowa	1
#94	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba	1
#95	Kent State University	1
#96	Kimberly-Clark Worldwide	1
#97	Knipex-Werk C. Gustav Putsch Kg	1
#98	Kompoferm Gmbh	1
#99	Meridian International Co.	1
#100	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery	1

Cutting tools Patent Leaders in 2016 2016

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Top Companies