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Detergents and oils Patent Leaders in 2017 2017

Primary CPC class C11 · Section C

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

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 715 patents in 1999.peak 7151996: 460 patents19961997: 393 patents1998: 620 patents1999: 715 patents19992000: 622 patents2001: 671 patents2002: 679 patents20022003: 615 patents2004: 473 patents2005: 342 patents20052006: 392 patents2007: 274 patents2008: 280 patents20082009: 337 patents2010: 353 patents2011: 390 patents20112012: 487 patents2013: 470 patents2014: 587 patents20142015: 424 patents2016: 395 patents2017: 400 patents20172018: 371 patents2019: 425 patents2020: 454 patents20202021: 414 patents2022: 389 patents2023: 332 patents20232024: 322 patents2025: 368 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Brian Joseph Loughnane 14 The Procter & Gamble
2 Frank Hulskotter 13 The Procter & Gamble
3 Bjoern Ludolph 12 The Procter & Gamble
#4 Gregory Scot Miracle 11 The Procter & Gamble
#5 Rajan Keshav Panandiker 11 The Procter & Gamble
#6 Carter M. Silvernail 10 Ecolab Usa
#7 Sophia Ebert 9 Basf Se
#8 Stefano Scialla 9 The Procter & Gamble
#9 Carola Barrera 8 The Procter & Gamble
#10 Mark Robert Sivik 8 The Procter & Gamble
#11 Christof Wilhelm Wigbers 7 Basf Se
#12 Erik C. Olson 7 Ecolab Usa
#13 Patrick Christopher Stenger 7 The Procter & Gamble
#14 Sanjeev K. Dey 7 Milliken &
#15 Bernardo M. AGUILERA-MERCADO 6 The Procter & Gamble
#16 Eduardo Torres 6 Milliken &
#17 Nicholas David Vetter 6 The Procter & Gamble
#18 Renae Dianna Fossum 6 The Procter & Gamble
#19 Steffen Maas 6 Basf Se
#20 Victor Fuk-Pong Man 6 Ecolab Usa
#21 Aaron Flores-Figueroa 5 The Procter & Gamble
#22 Anthony T. Levorse, Jr. 5 International Flavors & Fragrances
#23 Christian Eidamshaus 5 The Procter & Gamble
#24 Mark Levitt 5 Ecolab Usa
#25 Susanne Birkel 5 Wella Gmbh
#26 William L. Smith 5 The Clorox
#27 Amanda Ruth Blattner 4 Ecolab Usa
#28 Andrew Philip Moon 4 The Procter & Gamble
#29 Bernard William Kluesener 4 The Procter & Gamble
#30 Charles Allen Hodge 4 Ecolab Usa
#31 Craig M. Sungail 4 —
#32 Dale Larson 4 —
#33 Dieter Boeckh 4 Basf Se
#34 Heather Anne Doria 4 The Procter & Gamble
#35 Min Ma Wang 4 —
#36 Nicole L. Giffin 4 International Flavors & Fragrances
#37 Oleg Kozyuk 4 Arisdyne Systems
#38 Peter Reimers 4 Arisdyne Systems
#39 Peter Nelson Wainman 4 Equator Global Limited
#40 Robert J. Pinkowski 4 Whirlpool
#41 Sirilak NARONGTANUPONE 4 Equator Global Limited
#42 Thorsten Bastigkeit 4 Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa
#43 Thomas Eiting 4 Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa
#44 Vincenzo Guida 4 The Procter & Gamble
#45 Xin Chen 4 —
#46 Yvonne Marie Killeen 4 Ecolab Usa
#47 Adam Kelliher 3 Basf Pharma (Callanish) Limited
#48 Altony Miralles 3 Ecolab Usa
#49 Amy Eichstadt Waun 3 The Procter & Gamble
#50 Andreas Herrmann 3 Smr Patents S.À.R.L.
#51 Angus Morrison 3 Basf Pharma (Callanish) Limited
#52 Bastiaan Wels 3 Croda International Plc
#53 Benjamin E. Alexander 3 Whirlpool
#54 Christian Kropf 3 Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa
#55 David R. Scheuing 3 The Clorox
#56 Eric P. Wasserman 3 Rohm And Haas
#57 Frederic Bauer 3 Basf Se
#58 Gayle Marie Frankenbach 3 The Procter & Gamble
#59 Heike Weber 3 Basf Se
#60 Jared Heymann 3 The Clorox
#61 John D. Bruhnke 3 Milliken Research
#62 Jonathan Robert Cetti 3 The Procter & Gamble
#63 John Mansergh 3 Ecolab Usa
#64 Johan Smets 3 Encapsys
#65 Johannes Zipfel 3 Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa
#66 Kaustav Ghosh 3 Whirlpool
#67 Kenji Shimada 3 Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company
#68 Kerrie E. Walters 3 Ecolab Usa
#69 Michael McDonnell 3 The Procter & Gamble
#70 Nicole Bode 3 Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa
#71 Patrick Firmin August Delplancke 3 The Procter & Gamble
#72 Rainer Eskuchen 3 Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien
#73 Rebecca Ann Langevin 3 The Procter & Gamble
#74 Ronald A. Masters 3 Stepan
#75 Sungworn Sangsri 3 Equator Global Limited
#76 Tanja Van Bergen-Brenkman 3 Croda International Plc
#77 Thomas Gerke 3 Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa
#78 Wilma Gorman 3 Stepan
#79 Xin Sun 3 Ecolab Usa
#80 Aaron Brown 2 Stepan
#81 Abhilesh Agarwal 2 Basf Pharma (Callanish) Limited
#82 Ajit Manohar Agarkhed 2 Conopco
#83 Alan Thomas Brooker 2 The Procter & Gamble
#84 Allan Svendsen 2 Novozymes A/S
#85 Andreas Bauer 2 Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa
#86 Andreas Gerigk 2 Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa
#87 Andreas Goeke 2 Givaudan Sa
#88 Andrew M. Jensen 2 Ecolab Usa
#89 Anil R. Oroskar 2 Uop
#90 Arnd Kessler 2 Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa
#91 Areerat Lertamornchaikul 2 Equator Global Limited
#92 Ayrookaran J. Poulose 2 Danisco Us
#93 Blanca Nogues Lopez 2 Kao Corporation S.A.
#94 Brian K. Rogers 2 Whirlpool
#95 Chie Ying Lee 2 Lee Tech
#96 Christian Nitsch 2 Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa
#97 Charles J. Schramm, Jr. 2 Colgate-Palmolive
#98 Claire Lucille Notermann 2 Ecolab Usa
#99 Cory Blanchard 2 Inventure Renewables
#100 Colin Ure 2 The Procter & Gamble

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 The Procter & Gamble 70
2 Ecolab Usa 39
3 Basf Se 13
#4 Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa 12
#5 Firmenich Sa 10
#6 Croda International Plc 7
#7 Conopco 6
#8 The Clorox 6
#9 Colgate-Palmolive 5
#10 International Flavors & Fragrances 5
#11 Symrise Ag 5
#12 Whirlpool 5
#13 Arisdyne Systems 4
#14 Equator Global Limited 4
#15 Milliken & 4
#16 Novozymes A/S 4
#17 Stepan 4
#18 Basf Pharma (Callanish) Limited 3
#19 Cargill, Incorporated 3
#20 Kao 3
#21 Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company 3
#22 Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V. 3
#23 Rhodia Operations 3
#24 Rohm And Haas 3
#25 GE 3
#26 3M 2
#27 Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation 2
#28 Dsm Ip Assets B.V. 2
#29 E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 2
#30 Givaudan Sa 2
#31 Grains Research And Development 2
#32 Illinois Tool Works 2
#33 Inventure Renewables 2
#34 Kao Corporation S.A. 2
#35 Monosol 2
#36 Nuseed Pty 2
#37 Takasago International 2
#38 The Nisshin Oillio Group 2
#39 The University Of Toledo 2
#40 Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology 2
#41 V. Mane Fils 2
#42 Zeon 2
#43 Honeywell 2
#44 3D Systems 1
#45 Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany Gmbh 1
#46 Alcon Research 1
#47 Alfa Laval Corporate Ab 1
#48 A.L.M. Holding 1
#49 Amcol International 1
#50 Archer-Daniels-Midland 1
#51 Aspects 1
#52 Basf Plant Science Company Gmbh 1
#53 Biosynthetic Technologies 1
#54 Blue Earth Labs 1
#55 Cabot Microelectronics 1
#56 CNRS 1
#57 Chemlink Laboratories 1
#58 Church & Dwight Co. 1
#59 Clariant 1
#60 Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) Gmbh 1
#61 CEA 1
#62 Cosmetic Warriors Limited 1
#63 Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research 1
#64 Danisco Us 1
#65 Delcotto Ip 1
#66 Dirty Laundry 1
#67 Dow Global Technologies 1
#68 Dynaloy 1
#69 Electric Power Research Institute 1
#70 Elevance Renewable Sciences 1
#71 Encapsys 1
#72 Enf Technology Co. 1
#73 Eni S.P.A. 1
#74 Entegris 1
#75 Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions 1
#76 Everlight Chemical Industrial 1
#77 Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S.A. 1
#78 Henkel Ip & Holding Gmbh 1
#79 Hydrite Chemical 1
#80 Innospec Limited 1
#81 Ivoclar Vivadent Ag 1
#82 Johnson Matthey Public Limited 1
#83 Jx Nippon Oil & Energy 1
#84 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 1
#85 Kemin Industries 1
#86 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 1
#87 Kleancheck Systems 1
#88 Klear Solutions 1
#89 L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude 1
#90 Lamplight Farms Incorporated 1
#91 Lee Tech 1
#92 Lion Group 1
#93 Loders Croklaan B.V. 1
#94 Medivators 1
#95 Metrex Research 1
#96 Monsanto Technology 1
#97 Nippon Shokubai Co. 1
#98 Nippon Suisan Kaisha 1
#99 Nissan Chemical Industries 1
#100 Orlandi 1