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Electric power systems Patent Leaders in 2017 2017

Primary CPC class H02 · Section H

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 8,200 patents in 2019.peak 8,2001996: 1,600 patents19961997: 1,825 patents1998: 2,419 patents1999: 2,516 patents19992000: 2,564 patents2001: 2,636 patents2002: 2,734 patents20022003: 2,550 patents2004: 3,013 patents2005: 2,559 patents20052006: 2,920 patents2007: 2,582 patents2008: 2,657 patents20082009: 3,280 patents2010: 3,881 patents2011: 4,095 patents20112012: 4,439 patents2013: 4,940 patents2014: 5,417 patents20142015: 5,861 patents2016: 6,611 patents2017: 7,514 patents20172018: 7,517 patents2019: 8,200 patents2020: 7,270 patents20202021: 6,839 patents2022: 6,895 patents2023: 6,426 patents20232024: 7,099 patents2025: 7,218 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Lieyi Fang 27 On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co.
2 Michael A. Leabman 17 Energous
3 Dianbo Fu 16 Futurewei Technologies
#4 Sang Wook Kwon 15 Samsung
#5 Se-Ho Park 15 Samsung
#6 Nam Yun Kim 14 Samsung
#7 Gerald Deboy 13 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag
#8 Kyung-Woo Lee 13 Samsung
#9 Kang-Ho Byun 12 Samsung
#10 Masaya Inoue 12 Mitsubishi Electric
#11 Praveen Jain 12 Sparq Systems
#12 Su Ho Bae 12 Lg Innotek Co.
#13 Young Ho Ryu 12 Samsung
#14 Yosuke Shinomoto 12 Mitsubishi Electric
#15 Dong Zo Kim 11 Samsung
#16 Hiroshi Kanno 11 Panasonic
#17 William Henry Von Novak, III 11 Qualcomm
#18 Yun Kwon Park 11 Samsung
#19 Yuki Takahashi 11 Denso
#20 Hitoshi Suzuki 10 Makita
#21 Mitchael C. Freeman 10 Raytrx
#22 Michael H. Freeman 10 Advanced Charging Technologies
#23 Robert Dieter 10 Advanced Charging Technologies
#24 Takuya Shimomugi 10 Mitsubishi Electric
#25 Thomas J. Gretz 10 Arlington Industries
#26 Yasuhiko Hosokawa 10 Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems
#27 Benjamim Tang 9 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag
#28 Chun-Sheng Chen 9 Foxconn
#29 Debabrata Pal 9 Hamilton Sundstrand
#30 Ki Young Kim 9 Samsung
#31 Lixiang Wei 9 Rockwell Automation
#32 Magnus Karlsson 9 Ericsson
#33 Meredith Perry 9 Ubeam
#34 W. J. “Jim” Weaver, Jr. 9 Advanced Charging Technologies
#35 Xiaowu Gong 9 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag
#36 Yike Li 9 Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co.
#37 Yuan Lin 9 On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co.
#38 Amir Babazadeh 8 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag
#39 Atsushi Sakaue 8 Mitsubishi Electric
#40 Chao Yan 8 Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co.
#41 Daoshen Chen 8 Futurewei Technologies
#42 David Michael Hugh Matthews 8 Power Integrations
#43 Di Zhang 8 Huawei
#44 Heping Dai 8 Futurewei Technologies
#45 Hiroyuki Akita 8 Mitsubishi Electric
#46 Hironori Tsuiki 8 Mitsubishi Electric
#47 Jack West 8 Tesla
#48 John Walley 8 Broadcom
#49 Kazuhiko Baba 8 Mitsubishi Electric
#50 Kazunori Hatakeyama 8 Mitsubishi Electric
#51 Kenta Yuasa 8 Mitsubishi Electric
#52 Kimikazu Nakamura 8 Denso
#53 Krzysztof W. Korcz 8 Hubbell Incorporated
#54 Ludovic Andre Chretien 8 Regal Beloit America
#55 Moriyuki Hazeyama 8 Mitsubishi Electric
#56 Oscar Persson 8 Ericsson
#57 Roger Carlos Becerra 8 Regal Beloit America
#58 Shinzo Tamai 8 Mitsubishi Electric
#59 Yehuda Binder 8 May Patents
#60 Yoji Yamada 8 Asmo Co.
#61 Anno Yoo 7 Lsis Co.
#62 David Patrick Magee 7 Texas Instruments
#63 David J. Perreault 7 MIT
#64 David Reginald Trainer 7 Rolls-Royce Plc
#65 Donald J. Barnickel 7 AT&T
#66 Eun Seok Park 7 Samsung
#67 Farhad Barzegar 7 AT&T
#68 Hiroshi Yamamoto 7 Canon
#69 Irwin Gerszberg 7 AT&T
#70 Jae Hyun Park 7 Samsung
#71 Jeffrey P. Baldwin 7 Hubbell Incorporated
#72 Jeong Cheol Jang 7 New Motech Co.
#73 Jiuping Pan 7 Abb Schweiz Ag
#74 Koichi Arisawa 7 Mitsubishi Electric
#75 Kotaro Higashi 7 Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems
#76 Lior Handelsman 7 Solaredge Technologies
#77 Li Qi 7 Abb Schweiz Ag
#78 Mark Childs 7 Dialog Semiconductor (Uk) Limited
#79 Marc Fahlenkamp 7 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag
#80 Masatsugu Nakano 7 Mitsubishi Electric
#81 Masahiro Nigo 7 Mitsubishi Electric
#82 Majid Pahlevaninezhad 7 Sparq Systems
#83 Mark Telefus 7 Flextronics Ap
#84 Paul Shala Henry 7 AT&T
#85 Raymond Kenneth Orr 7 Power Integrations
#86 Robert Bennett 7 AT&T
#87 Roderick A. Hyde 7 Intellectual Ventures
#88 Ryuji Yamada 7 Fuji Electric Co.
#89 Sadao Funahashi 7 Mitsubishi Electric
#90 Sangsun Kim 7 Google
#91 Sang Joon Kim 7 Samsung
#92 Shinsaku Kusube 7 Mitsubishi Electric
#93 Stefan Schroeder 7 GE
#94 Sung-Ku Yeo 7 Samsung
#95 Takashi Ogawa 7 onsemi
#96 Takuya Umemura 7 Makita
#97 Thomas M. Willis, III 7 AT&T
#98 Tsutomu Sakata 7 Panasonic
#99 Tzu-Chen Lin 7 Richtek Technology
#100 Ui Kun Kwon 7 Samsung

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Mitsubishi Electric 229
2 GE 199
3 Samsung 152
#4 Denso 143
#5 Panasonic 117
#6 Toyota 108
#7 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 106
#8 Robert Bosch Gmbh 87
#9 Texas Instruments 80
#10 Infineon Technologies Austria Ag 76
#11 Abb Schweiz Ag 71
#12 Fuji Electric Co. 57
#13 Lsis Co. 57
#14 Qualcomm 57
#15 Canon 56
#16 Unknown 55
#17 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 53
#18 Lg Innotek Co. 53
#19 Hamilton Sundstrand 51
#20 Eaton 50
#21 Infineon Technologies Ag 50
#22 Delta Electronics 48
#23 IBM 47
#24 Rockwell Automation 46
#25 Sony 43
#26 Fanuc 42
#27 Rohm Co. 41
#28 Yazaki 41
#29 Intel 41
#30 Apple 39
#31 Regal Beloit America 37
#32 Hubbell Incorporated 36
#33 Sumitomo Wiring Systems 36
#34 Hitachi Automotive Systems 35
#35 LG 35
#36 Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou) 34
#37 Foxconn 32
#38 Hyundai Motor 32
#39 Power Integrations 32
#40 Hitachi 30
#41 Nxp Usa 30
#42 Stmicroelectronics Sa 30
#43 Fujitsu Limited 29
#44 General Motors 28
#45 Honda Motor Co. 27
#46 Nxp B.V. 27
#47 onsemi 27
#48 Asmo Co. 26
#49 Sumitomo Electric Industries 26
#50 Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems 26
#51 Tesla 26
#52 Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co. 25
#53 On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co. 25
#54 Makita 24
#55 Google 24
#56 Daikin Industries 23
#57 Dialog Semiconductor (Uk) Limited 23
#58 Murata Manufacturing Co. 23
#59 Richtek Technology 23
#60 Yaskawa Electric 22
#61 Nidec 22
#62 The Boeing 22
#63 Continental Automotive Gmbh 21
#64 Johnson Electric S.A. 21
#65 Kyocera 21
#66 Nissan Motor Co. 21
#67 Sunpower 21
#68 Aisin Aw Co. 20
#69 Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co. 20
#70 Lite-On Technology 20
#71 Renesas Electronics 20
#72 Disney 20
#73 Ford 20
#74 Fairchild Korea Semiconductor 19
#75 Nidec Motor 19
#76 Schneider Electric It 19
#77 Abb Research 18
#78 Energous 18
#79 Futurewei Technologies 18
#80 Minebea Co. 18
#81 Ricoh Company 18
#82 Sma Solar Technology Ag 18
#83 Anpec Electronics 17
#84 CEA 17
#85 Ericsson 17
#86 Intersil Americas 16
#87 Lite-On Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited 16
#88 Sanken Electric Co. 16
#89 Sii Semiconductor 16
#90 TSMC 16
#91 Huawei 16
#92 Autonetworks Technologies 15
#93 Leadtrend Technology 15
#94 Nokia Technologies Oy 15
#95 Schneider Electric Usa 15
#96 Seiko Epson 15
#97 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 15
#98 Abb Technology Ag 14
#99 Cooper Technologies 14
#100 Dialog Semiconductor 14