Detergents and oils Patent Leaders

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: 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Rank ↑	Inventor ↕	Patents ↕	Primary Company ↕
1	Mark Robert Sivik	169	The Procter & Gamble
2	Victor Fuk-Pong Man	167	Ecolab Usa
3	Richard M. Boden	153	International Flavors & Fragrances
#4	Toan Trinh	125	The Procter & Gamble
#5	Mark A. Sprecker	122	International Flavors & Fragrances
#6	Gregory Scot Miracle	121	The Procter & Gamble
#7	Carter M. Silvernail	117	Ecolab Usa
#8	Rajan Keshav Panandiker	114	The Procter & Gamble
#9	Guy Broze	97	Colgate-Palmolive
#10	Frederick L. Schmitt	94	International Flavors & Fragrances
#11	Stefano Scialla	93	The Procter & Gamble
#12	Kim R. Smith	92	Ethyl
#13	Johan Smets	91	Encapsys
#14	Steven E. Lentsch	91	—
#15	Braja D. Mookherjee	86	International Flavors & Fragrances
#16	Erik C. Olson	82	Ecolab Usa
#17	Manfred H. Vock	74	International Flavors & Fragrances
#18	Jeffrey John Scheibel	71	The Procter & Gamble
#19	Daniel Thomas Piorkowski	68	Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa
#20	Dieter Boeckh	64	Basf Se
#21	Eugene Paul Gosselink	64	The Procter & Gamble
#22	Jean-Pol Boutique	63	The Procter & Gamble
#23	William L. Smith	63	The Clorox
#24	Charles Allen Hodge	61	Ecolab Usa
#25	Errol Hoffman Wahl	61	The Procter & Gamble
#26	Neil Joseph Lant	61	The Procter & Gamble
#27	Patrick Durbut	61	Colgate-Palmolive
#28	Amanda Ruth Blattner	59	Ecolab Usa
#29	Keith E. Olson	59	—
#30	Marie R. Hanna	58	International Flavors & Fragrances
#31	William Michael Scheper	58	The Procter & Gamble
#32	William L. Schreiber	58	International Flavors & Fragrances
#33	Joaquin F. Vinals	57	International Flavors & Fragrances
#34	Alan Thomas Brooker	54	The Procter & Gamble
#35	Alessandro Corona, III	54	The Procter & Gamble
#36	Regine Labeque	53	The Procter & Gamble
#37	Bernard William Kluesener	52	The Procter & Gamble
#38	David R. Scheuing	52	The Clorox
#39	Anubhav P. S. Narula	51	International Flavors & Fragrances
#40	Jean-Luc Philippe Bettiol	51	The Procter & Gamble
#41	Philip Frank Souter	51	The Procter & Gamble
#42	Yvonne Marie Killeen	51	Ecolab Usa
#43	Frederick Anthony Hartman	50	The Procter & Gamble
#44	Phillip Kyle Vinson	48	The Procter & Gamble
#45	Julien Drapier	47	Colgate-Palmolive
#46	Mark Levitt	47	Ecolab Usa
#47	Aniket Kale	46	Heliae Development
#48	Peter Schmiedel	46	Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa
#49	Robert P. Belko	46	International Flavors & Fragrances
#50	Robby Renilde Francois Keuleers	46	The Procter & Gamble
#51	Karl Schmid	45	Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien
#52	Patrick Firmin August Delplancke	45	The Procter & Gamble
#53	Clement K. Choy	44	The Clorox
#54	John B. Hall	44	International Flavors & Fragrances
#55	Kevin Lee Kott	44	The Procter & Gamble
#56	Barbara Thomas	43	Colgate-Palmolive
#57	Frank Hulskotter	43	The Procter & Gamble
#58	Gregory van Buskirk	43	The Clorox
#59	Jacob Kiwala	43	International Flavors & Fragrances
#60	Dennis S. Murphy	42	Unilever Home & Personal Care Usa, Division Of Conopco
#61	Michael E. Besse	42	—
#62	Sanjeev K. Dey	42	Milliken &
#63	Christian Nitsch	41	Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa
#64	Robert Richard Dykstra	41	The Procter & Gamble
#65	Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu	40	Unilever Home & Personal Care Usa, Division Of Conopco
#66	Myriam Mondin	40	Colgate-Palmolive
#67	Alfred Busch	39	The Procter & Gamble
#68	Brian Joseph Loughnane	39	The Procter & Gamble
#69	Denis Alfred Gonzales	39	The Procter & Gamble
#70	Eduardo Torres	39	Milliken &
#71	Eugene Steven Sadlowski	39	The Procter & Gamble
#72	Gayle Marie Frankenbach	39	The Procter & Gamble
#73	John Cort Severns	39	The Procter & Gamble
#74	Robert W. Trenkle	39	International Flavors & Fragrances
#75	Janel Marie Kieffer	38	Ecolab Usa
#76	Matthias Sunder	38	Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa
#77	Richard Baur	38	Basf Se
#78	Amjad Farooq	37	Colgate-Palmolive
#79	Christiaan Arthur Jacques Kamiel Thoen	37	The Procter & Gamble
#80	Dominick J. Valenti	37	Milliken &
#81	Keith Homer Baker	37	The Procter & Gamble
#82	Yousef Georges Aouad	37	The Procter & Gamble
#83	Ellen Schmidt Baker	36	The Procter & Gamble
#84	Manfred Weuthen	36	Cognis Deutschland
#85	Nigel Patrick Somerville Roberts	36	The Procter & Gamble
#86	Alain Jacques	35	Colgate-Palmolive
#87	Alan David Willey	35	The Procter & Gamble
#88	Fahim U. Ahmed	35	Colgate-Palmolive
#89	Hugo Jean Marie Demeyere	35	The Procter & Gamble
#90	John Mansergh	35	Ecolab Usa
#91	Patrick Christopher Stenger	35	The Procter & Gamble
#92	Philip T. Klemarczyk	35	International Flavors & Fragrances
#93	Terrence P. Everson	35	Ecolab Usa
#94	Futoshi Fujioka	34	International Flavors & Fragrances
#95	James Charles Theophile Roger Burckett-St. Laurent	34	Case Western Reserve University
#96	James Pyott Johnston	34	The Procter & Gamble
#97	Michael E. Burns	34	The Procter & Gamble
#98	Evangelia Arvanitidou	33	Colgate-Palmolive
#99	Gerd Reinhardt	33	Hoechst Gmbh
#100	Harold E. Wixon	33	Colgate-Palmolive

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	The Procter & Gamble	2,756
2	Colgate-Palmolive	932
3	Ecolab Usa	822
#4	International Flavors & Fragrances	535
#5	Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien	426
#6	Lever Brothers	367
#7	Basf Se	366
#8	Kao	365
#9	Lever Brothers Company, Division Of Conopco	324
#10	The Clorox	319
#11	Unilever Home & Personal Care Usa, Division Of Conopco	301
#12	Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa	284
#13	Firmenich Sa	222
#14	Novozymes A/S	195
#15	Monsanto Technology	188
#16	S. C. Johnson & Son	175
#17	Conopco	140
#18	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And	129
#19	Givaudan Sa	125
#20	Rohm And Haas	118
#21	Reckitt Benckiser	113
#22	Unknown	95
#23	Henkel Limited	80
#24	Honeywell	79
#25	Church & Dwight Co.	78
#26	Clariant	76
#27	Dow Global Technologies	72
#28	Novo Nordisk A/S	72
#29	3M	70
#30	Hoechst Gmbh	62
#31	Ciba Specialty Chemicals	61
#32	Dow Corning	60
#33	Cargill, Incorporated	54
#34	Ciba-Geigy	54
#35	Milliken &	51
#36	Genencor International	50
#37	Kimberly-Clark Worldwide	50
#38	Lion Group	50
#39	Cognis Deutschland	49
#40	Henkel Ip & Holding Gmbh	49
#41	Stepan	49
#42	Unilever Patent Holdings B.V.	44
#43	Reckitt & Colman Limited	43
#44	Samsung	43
#45	Heliae Development	42
#46	Takasago International	42
#47	Symrise Ag	41
#48	Uop	41
#49	The Dial	38
#50	Google	38
#51	Amway	37
#52	Akzo Nobel N.V.	35
#53	Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien (Henkel Kgaa)	35
#54	Rhodia Operations	35
#55	Alcon Laboratories	33
#56	The Drackett	33
#57	Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V.	32
#58	Isp Investments	31
#59	Bayer Healthcare	30
#60	Danisco Us	29
#61	Air Products And Chemicals	28
#62	Bausch & Lomb Incorporated	28
#63	Kao Soap Co.	28
#64	National Starch And Chemical Investment Holding Copporation	28
#65	Shell Oil Compny	28
#66	Elevance Renewable Sciences	27
#67	Huntsman Petrochemical	26
#68	Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research	25
#69	Diversey	25
#70	Ethyl	25
#71	Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company	25
#72	The Sun Products	25
#73	Cognis Ip Management Gmbh	24
#74	Degussa Ag	24
#75	Reckitt Benckiser (Uk) Limited	24
#76	USDA	24
#77	Fmc	23
#78	GE	23
#79	Advanced Technology & Materials Co.	22
#80	Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation	22
#81	Illinois Tool Works	22
#82	Rhodia	22
#83	IBM	22
#84	Dsm Ip Assets B.V.	21
#85	Rhodia Chimie	21
#86	Rhone-Poulenc Chimie	21
#87	Chevron	21
#88	Arkema France	20
#89	Diversey Lever	20
#90	Fuji Oil Holdings	20
#91	ICI	20
#92	Interox Chemicals Limited	20
#93	Nippon Shokubai Co.	20
#94	Evonik Degussa Gmbh	19
#95	Naarden-International N.V.	19
#96	Olin	19
#97	The Nisshin Oillio Group	19
#98	Akzo N.V.	18
#99	Kay Chemical	18
#100	Nippon Suisan Kaisha	18

Detergents and oils Patent Leaders All Time

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