Electric techniques 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.

Recent years: 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Rank ↑	Inventor ↕	Patents ↕	Primary Company ↕
1	Levi A. Campbell	25	IBM
2	Madhusudan K. Iyengar	25	IBM
3	Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr.	25	IBM
#4	Roger R. Schmidt	19	IBM
#5	Robert E. Simons	19	IBM
#6	Milnes P. David	18	IBM
#7	John L. Melanson	15	Cirrus Logic
#8	Richard C. Chu	15	IBM
#9	Akinori Hiramatu	14	Panasonic
#10	Shigeru Ido	14	Panasonic
#11	Eric J. King	13	Cirrus Logic
#12	Osamu Wakabayashi	13	Gigaphoton
#13	Haimin Tao	12	Signify Holding B.V.
#14	Hiroshi Kido	11	Panasonic
#15	Wei Xiong	11	Comcast
#16	Chun-Chiang Wang	10	King Slide Works Co.
#17	Edmond I. Bailey	10	Dell Products
#18	Hua Zhang	10	Tencent
#19	Ken-Ching Chen	10	King Slide Works Co.
#20	Shun-Ho Yang	10	King Slide Works Co.
#21	Gwun-Jin Lin	9	Advanced Flexible Circuits Co.
#22	Harald Josef Günther Radermacher	9	Koniniklijke Philips N.V.
#23	William G. Reed	9	Express Imaging Systems
#24	Xianming Zhang	9	Tencent
#25	Horst Knoedgen	8	Dialog Semiconductor
#26	Junichi Hasegawa	8	Furukawa Electric Co.
#27	Kuo-Fu Su	8	Advanced Flexible Circuits Co.
#28	Lieyi Fang	8	On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co.
#29	Toshiki Furutani	8	Ibiden Co.
#30	Yee Na Shin	8	Samsung
#31	Yong-geun Kim	8	Samsung
#32	Yoshihito Otsubo	8	Murata Manufacturing Co.
#33	Zhong-Hui Mao	8	Wistron
#34	Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis	7	Signify Holding B.V.
#35	Chien-Li Huang	7	King Slide Works Co.
#36	Christopher David Ritter	7	—
#37	David Alan Brown	7	Advanced Analogic Technologies Incorporated
#38	David J. Knapp	7	RTX (Raytheon)
#39	Daisuke Ueda	7	Panasonic
#40	Daisuke Yamahara	7	Panasonic
#41	Doo Hwan Lee	7	Samsung
#42	Harold Dail Kimrey, Jr.	7	915 Labs
#43	Jong Heum Yoon	7	Lg Innotek Co.
#44	Kevin D'Angelo	7	Advanced Analogic Technologies Incorporated
#45	Michael P. Czamara	7	Amazon
#46	Michael A. Tischler	7	Cooledge Lighting
#47	Naixing Kuang	7	Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co.
#48	Paul Jungwirth	7	Cooledge Lighting
#49	Ralph Kurt	7	Koniniklijke Philips N.V.
#50	Richard K. Williams	7	Advanced Analogic Technologies Incorporated
#51	Seung Eun Lee	7	Samsung
#52	Takeshi Kamoi	7	Panasonic
#53	Wanfeng Zhang	7	Disney
#54	Yul Kyo Chung	7	Samsung
#55	Austin Michael Shelnutt	6	Dell Products
#56	Dustin W. Demetriou	6	IBM
#57	Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu	6	Signify Holding B.V.
#58	Eric J. McKeever	6	IBM
#59	Jae Man Park	6	Lg Innotek Co.
#60	Julian Tyrrell	6	Dialog Semiconductor
#61	Katsuya Fukase	6	Shinko Electric Industries Co.
#62	Leendert van den Broeke	6	Nxp B.V.
#63	Myeong Jeong Kim	6	Lg Innotek Co.
#64	Peter George Ross	6	Amazon
#65	Ronald S. Cok	6	Eastman Kodak
#66	Robert K. Mullady	6	IBM
#67	Sana Esaki	6	Panasonic
#68	Sang-Young Lee	6	Samsung
#69	Tae-Gyu Kang	6	KAIST
#70	Timothy J. Chainer	6	IBM
#71	Akira Takahashi	5	Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#72	Amilcar R. Arvelo	5	IBM
#73	AN SZU HSU	5	First Dome
#74	Anwar Mohammed	5	Flextronics Ap
#75	Arvind K. Sinha	5	IBM
#76	Ashish Vijay Pandharipande	5	Signify Holding B.V.
#77	Byoung Hwa Lee	5	Samsung
#78	Camillo Sassano	5	IBM
#79	Chih-Heng Chuo	5	Advanced Flexible Circuits Co.
#80	Ching-Chuan Kuo	5	O2Micro
#81	Daniella Atzmony	5	Goji Limited
#82	David P. Graybill	5	IBM
#83	Eric A. Eckberg	5	IBM
#84	Gregory Campbell	5	Lumenpulse Lighting
#85	Hye Man Jung	5	Seoul Semiconductor Co.
#86	In Hee Cho	5	Lg Innotek Co.
#87	Isamu Fujimoto	5	Murata Manufacturing Co.
#88	Jason E. Lewis	5	Lutron Technology Company
#89	John William Eichelberg	5	Amazon
#90	Joseph Kuczynski	5	IBM
#91	Joseph Savage	5	Ketra
#92	Jun Ishii	5	Nitto Denko
#93	Kazuo Hattori	5	Murata Manufacturing Co.
#94	Kazuhiro Kumada	5	Panasonic
#95	Kenichi Fukuda	5	Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
#96	Ki Chul An	5	Silicon Works Co.
#97	Lin Feng	5	Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co.
#98	Lorenzo Feri	5	Koniniklijke Philips N.V.
#99	Marc Saes	5	Eldolab Holding B.V.
#100	Michael A. Kost	5	Cirrus Logic

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Samsung	176
2	Koniniklijke Philips N.V.	142
3	Panasonic	138
#4	IBM	97
#5	Foxconn	46
#6	Murata Manufacturing Co.	45
#7	GE	44
#8	Fujitsu Limited	43
#9	LG	42
#10	Intel	41
#11	Apple	40
#12	Lg Innotek Co.	40
#13	Wistron	37
#14	Ibiden Co.	34
#15	Canon	34
#16	Dell Products	31
#17	Amazon	29
#18	Mitsubishi Electric	28
#19	Shinko Electric Industries Co.	27
#20	Unknown	27
#21	Tencent	26
#22	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba	24
#23	Asml Netherlands B.V.	23
#24	Osram Gmbh	23
#25	Seiko Epson	23
#26	Huawei	21
#27	Comcast	20
#28	Denso	19
#29	Nec	19
#30	Unimicron Technology	19
#31	Google	19
#32	Lutron Electronics Co.	18
#33	Rohm Co.	18
#34	Tridonic Gmbh & Co Kg	18
#35	Cree	17
#36	Dialog Semiconductor	17
#37	Nitto Denko	17
#38	Yazaki	17
#39	Disney	17
#40	Gigaphoton	16
#41	Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha	16
#42	BOE	16
#43	Toyota	16
#44	Lenovo (Singapore) Pte.	15
#45	Abl Ip Holding	14
#46	Inventec	14
#47	Inventec (Pudong) Technology	14
#48	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory	14
#49	Te Connectivity Co.	14
#50	3M	13
#51	Continental Automotive Gmbh	13
#52	Hitachi Automotive Systems	13
#53	ITRI	13
#54	Robert Bosch Gmbh	13
#55	Tdk	13
#56	The Boeing	13
#57	Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co.	12
#58	Ketra	12
#59	Osram Sylvania	12
#60	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	12
#61	Honeywell	12
#62	Cooper Technologies	11
#63	Delta Electronics	11
#64	Kyocera	11
#65	Nxp B.V.	11
#66	Ricoh Company	11
#67	Seagate Technology	11
#68	Sony	11
#69	Applied Materials	10
#70	Eastman Kodak	10
#71	Hitachi	10
#72	King Slide Technology Co.	10
#73	King Slide Works Co.	10
#74	KAIST	10
#75	Ngk Spark Plug Co.	10
#76	Philips Lighting Holding B.V.	10
#77	Sumitomo Wiring Systems	10
#78	Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha	10
#79	Zhen Ding Technology Co.	10
#80	Advanced Flexible Circuits Co.	9
#81	Ams Ag	9
#82	Express Imaging Systems	9
#83	Freeescale Semiconductor	9
#84	Globalfoundries	9
#85	Goji Limited	9
#86	Hewlett Packard Enterprise	9
#87	Illinois Tool Works	9
#88	Molex	9
#89	Power Integrations	9
#90	Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou)	9
#91	Silicon Works Co.	9
#92	Tokyo Electron Limited	9
#93	RTX (Raytheon)	9
#94	Texas Instruments	9
#95	Au Optronics	8
#96	Brocade Communications Systems	8
#97	Citizen Electronics Co.	8
#98	Cooledge Lighting	8
#99	Diehl Aerospace Gmbh	8
#100	Fujikura	8

Electric techniques Patent Leaders in 2016 2016

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Top Companies