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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Electric techniques Patent Leaders All Time

Primary CPC class H05 · 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 4,261 patents in 2016.peak 4,2611996: 1,272 patents19961997: 1,081 patents1998: 1,673 patents1999: 1,928 patents19992000: 2,119 patents2001: 2,332 patents2002: 2,372 patents20022003: 2,436 patents2004: 2,421 patents2005: 2,050 patents20052006: 2,271 patents2007: 2,262 patents2008: 2,169 patents20082009: 2,162 patents2010: 2,749 patents2011: 2,996 patents20112012: 3,465 patents2013: 3,536 patents2014: 3,742 patents20142015: 4,054 patents2016: 4,261 patents2017: 4,144 patents20172018: 3,760 patents2019: 4,217 patents2020: 3,518 patents20202021: 2,964 patents2022: 2,789 patents2023: 2,689 patents20232024: 2,938 patents2025: 3,206 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Tianyi Gao 191 Baidu Usa
2 Madhusudan K. Iyengar 165 IBM
3 Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. 161 IBM
#4 Robert E. Simons 149 IBM
#5 Levi A. Campbell 146 IBM
#6 Richard C. Chu 143 IBM
#7 Voya R. Markovich 141 IBM
#8 Roger R. Schmidt 134 IBM
#9 Ole K. Nilssen 119 Unknown
#10 Chao-Jung Chen 112 Quanta Computer
#11 John M. Lauffer 94 IBM
#12 William Dunn 93 Comcast
#13 Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis 90 Signify Holding B.V.
#14 Louis R. Nerone 90 GE
#15 Robert C. Newman, Jr. 89 Lutron Technology Company
#16 Masayasu Ito 88 Koito Manufacturing Co.
#17 Bhyrav M. Mutnury 85 Dell Products
#18 Lieyi Fang 84 On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co.
#19 Seiichi Nakatani 83 Sumitomo Electric Industries
#20 Wei Xiong 83 Comcast
#21 Milnes P. David 81 IBM
#22 Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu 80 Signify Holding B.V.
#23 Chun-Chiang Wang 78 King Slide Works Co.
#24 Mark S. Taipale 78 Lutron Electronics Co.
#25 Joseph Kuczynski 77 IBM
#26 Ken-Ching Chen 76 King Slide Works Co.
#27 Osamu Wakabayashi 75 Gigaphoton
#28 Warren M. Farnworth 75 Micron
#29 Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng 75 Quanta Computer
#30 Hao-Yun Ma 74 Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co.
#31 Li-Jui Chen 74 TSMC
#32 Motoo Asai 67 Ibiden Co.
#33 Shun-Ho Yang 67 King Slide Works Co.
#34 John L. Melanson 66 Cirrus Logic
#35 Chandrakant Patel 63 HP
#36 Igor V. Fomenkov 63 Cymer
#37 Igor Y. Khandros 63 Formfactor
#38 Liqiang Zhu 63 On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co.
#39 Michimasa Takahashi 62 Ibiden Co.
#40 Koichi Asai 60 Fuji Machine Mfg. Co.
#41 Richard Evans Lewis, II 60 Chatsworth Products
#42 Cullen E. Bash 59 HP
#43 Joel S. Spira 58 Lutron Electronics Co.
#44 David C. Long 57 IBM
#45 Shunpei Yamazaki 57 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#46 Ali Heydari 56 NVIDIA
#47 Christian L. Belady 56 HP
#48 James P. Steiner 55 Lutron Technology Company
#49 Eric C. Peterson 54 Microsoft
#50 Walter L. Moden 54 Micron
#51 Harald Josef Günther Radermacher 53 Koniniklijke Philips N.V.
#52 Peter George Ross 53 Amazon
#53 Jun Zhou 52 On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co.
#54 Shinsuke Suhara 52 Fuji Machine Mfg. Co.
#55 Takashi Kariya 52 Ibiden Co.
#56 William L. Brodsky 52 IBM
#57 Antony Paul Van De Ven 51 Cree
#58 Noriyuki Matsuoka 51 Yamaichi Electronics Co.
#59 Po-Chung Cheng 51 TSMC
#60 Thomas Ribarich 51 International Rectifier
#61 John Franz 50 Hewlett Packard Enterprise
#62 Joel Richard Goergen 50 Cisco
#63 Michael Miskin 50 Lynk Labs
#64 SHOU-KUO HSU 50 Foxconn
#65 Ronald S. Cok 49 Eastman Kodak
#66 Venkatesh Chitta 49 Lutron Electronics Co.
#67 Andreas Huber 48 IBM
#68 Joseph Fjelstad 48 Tessera
#69 Timothy J. Chainer 48 IBM
#70 Wen-Chi Peng 48 Semisilicon Technology
#71 Yoshihito Otsubo 48 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#72 Edmond I. Bailey 47 Dell Products
#73 John R. Dangler 47 IBM
#74 Shih-Ping Hsu 47 Phoenix Precision Technology
#75 William Krietzman 47 Chatsworth Products
#76 Christopher G. Malone 46 HP
#77 Darin Lee Frink 46 Amazon
#78 Satoshi Seo 46 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#79 Shigeru Ido 46 Panasonic
#80 Toshiki Furutani 46 Ibiden Co.
#81 Hitoshi Takeda 45 Koito Manufacturing Co.
#82 Matthew S. Doyle 45 Globalfoundries
#83 MING-JAAN HO 45 Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited.
#84 Myung Sam Kang 45 Samsung
#85 Jun Ishii 44 Nitto Denko
#86 Konstantinos I. Papathomas 44 IBM
#87 Shang-Chieh Chien 44 TSMC
#88 Wen-Tang Peng 44 Foxconn
#89 Yung-Lin Lin 44 O2Micro
#90 Austin Michael Shelnutt 43 Dell Products
#91 Haimin Tao 43 Signify Holding B.V.
#92 Ming-Lun Szu 43 Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co.
#93 Osamu Okuda 43 Sumitomo Electric Industries
#94 Patrizio Vinciarelli 43 Vlt
#95 Akira Kabeshita 42 Sumitomo Electric Industries
#96 Donald S. Farquhar 42 IBM
#97 Anatoly Shteynberg 41 Point Somee Limited Liability
#98 Belgacem Haba 41 Tessera
#99 Gaetan L. Mathieu 41 Formfactor
#100 Matthias Wendt 41 Signify Holding B.V.

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Samsung 3,045
2 IBM 2,622
3 Panasonic 1,632
#4 Sumitomo Electric Industries 1,464
#5 Intel 1,152
#6 GE 1,133
#7 Foxconn 1,005
#8 Fujitsu Limited 927
#9 LG 894
#10 HP 848
#11 Murata Manufacturing Co. 815
#12 Mitsubishi Electric 696
#13 Dell Products 688
#14 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 677
#15 Hitachi 625
#16 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 615
#17 Ibiden Co. 598
#18 Canon 575
#19 Sony 574
#20 Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co. 536
#21 Motorola 521
#22 Unknown 521
#23 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 518
#24 Nec 515
#25 Apple 512
#26 Tencent 497
#27 Micron 470
#28 Fuji 469
#29 Philips 457
#30 U.S. Philips 413
#31 Denso 406
#32 Seiko Epson 402
#33 Signify Holding B.V. 396
#34 AT&T 390
#35 Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 382
#36 Shinko Electric Industries Co. 350
#37 Lutron Electronics Co. 343
#38 Honeywell 339
#39 Nitto Denko 335
#40 Texas Instruments 319
#41 Lutron Technology Company 295
#42 Delta Electronics 294
#43 Wistron 293
#44 Tdk 289
#45 3M 288
#46 Robert Bosch Gmbh 278
#47 RTX (Raytheon) 274
#48 Comcast 273
#49 Oracle 265
#50 Osram Sylvania 262
#51 Inventec 259
#52 Yazaki 258
#53 The Boeing 255
#54 Cisco 255
#55 Unimicron Technology 254
#56 Lg Innotek Co. 253
#57 BOE 251
#58 Sumitomo Wiring Systems 249
#59 Sanyo Electric Co. 248
#60 Philips Lighting Holding B.V. 242
#61 Quanta Computer 241
#62 Rohm Co. 239
#63 Amazon 235
#64 E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 235
#65 Google 235
#66 Gigaphoton 221
#67 ITRI 221
#68 Whirlpool 220
#69 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 212
#70 Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft Fur Elektrische Gluhlampen Mbh 210
#71 Cree 208
#72 Fuji Machine Mfg. Co. 207
#73 Kyocera 206
#74 Koito Manufacturing Co. 198
#75 Amp 197
#76 Illinois Tool Works 195
#77 Infineon Technologies Ag 195
#78 Ngk Spark Plug Co. 195
#79 Osram Gmbh 193
#80 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory 193
#81 Toyota 193
#82 Baidu Usa 192
#83 Ericsson 192
#84 Te Connectivity Co. 189
#85 Ford 188
#86 Eastman Kodak 183
#87 Huawei 178
#88 Molex 177
#89 Nortel Networks Limited 177
#90 Asml Netherlands B.V. 173
#91 Microsoft 173
#92 Abl Ip Holding 170
#93 TSMC 165
#94 Rockwell Automation 161
#95 Hitachi Chemical Company 160
#96 Delphi Technologies 159
#97 Au Optronics 157
#98 Alps Electric Co. 156
#99 Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited. 147
#100 Yamaha Motor 144