Electric techniques Patent Leaders 2017

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

Top Inventors

Rank ↑	Inventor ↕	Patents ↕	Primary Company ↕
1	Wei Xiong	13	Comcast
2	Anwar Mohammed	11	Flextronics Ap
3	Camillo Sassano	11	IBM
#4	Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis	10	Signify Holding B.V.
#5	Harald Josef Günther Radermacher	10	Koniniklijke Philips N.V.
#6	Levi A. Campbell	10	IBM
#7	Milnes P. David	10	IBM
#8	Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu	9	Signify Holding B.V.
#9	Edmond I. Bailey	9	Dell Products
#10	Kevin L. Schultz	9	IBM
#11	Noboru Kato	9	Murata Manufacturing Co.
#12	Peter George Ross	9	Amazon
#13	Roger R. Schmidt	9	IBM
#14	Weifeng Liu	9	Flextronics Ap
#15	Young Gwan Ko	9	Samsung
#16	Aaron R. Cox	8	IBM
#17	Alex Viroli	8	Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
#18	Austin Michael Shelnutt	8	Dell Products
#19	Chao-Jung Chen	8	Quanta Computer
#20	Jinxiang Shen	8	Zhejiang Shenghui Lighting Co.
#21	Joseph P. Chobot	8	Cree
#22	Laurent Jeanneteau	8	Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
#23	Maurizio Galvano	8	Infineon Technologies Ag
#24	Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr.	8	IBM
#25	Shigeru Ido	8	Panasonic
#26	Tom O'Neil	8	Eptronics
#27	Darin Lee Frink	7	Amazon
#28	Hiroshi Kido	7	Panasonic
#29	Hye Man Jung	7	Seoul Semiconductor Co.
#30	Jason E. Lewis	7	Lutron Technology Company
#31	John Ivey	7	Ilumisys
#32	Lee Chiang	7	Eptronics
#33	Lieyi Fang	7	On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co.
#34	Michael T. Peets	7	IBM
#35	Myung Sam Kang	7	Samsung
#36	Patrick Alouisius Martina De Bruycker	7	Philips Lighting Holding B.V.
#37	Qiuming Liu	7	Huizhou Kimree Technology Co., Ltd. Shenzhen Branch
#38	Richard Evans Lewis, II	7	Chatsworth Products
#39	Robert E. Simons	7	IBM
#40	Tim Dekker	7	Philips Lighting Holding B.V.
#41	Adel A. Elsherbini	6	Intel
#42	Akinori Hiramatu	6	Panasonic
#43	Antony Paul Van De Ven	6	Cree
#44	Christopher Strickland Beall	6	Amazon
#45	Chi-Fen Kuo	6	Alson Technology Limited
#46	Chun-Chiang Wang	6	King Slide Works Co.
#47	David C. Long	6	IBM
#48	Dustin W. Demetriou	6	IBM
#49	Eric A. Eckberg	6	IBM
#50	Everett Bradford	6	Cree
#51	Gang Yao	6	GE
#52	Horace C. Ho	6	Lutron Technology Company
#53	Jean C. Raymond	6	Ilumisys
#54	Jos Timmermans	6	Ilumisys
#55	Kazunori Kanai	6	Panasonic
#56	Ken-Ching Chen	6	King Slide Works Co.
#57	Keith L. Davis	6	Comcast
#58	Keisuke Seki	6	Panasonic
#59	Mark Bergman	6	Multek Technologies Limited
#60	Matthew A. Butterbaugh	6	IBM
#61	Michael James Glickman	6	Multek Technologies Limited
#62	MING-JAAN HO	6	Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited.
#63	Michimasa Takahashi	6	Ibiden Co.
#64	Paul Broughton	6	Rolls-Royce Plc
#65	Philip Steven Newton	6	Koniniklijke Philips N.V.
#66	Robert K. Mullady	6	IBM
#67	Sang Soo Park	6	Samsung
#68	Shun-Ho Yang	6	King Slide Works Co.
#69	Thomas Weiss	6	Authentic Vision Gmbh
#70	Timothy P. Gredler	6	Lutron Electronics Co.
#71	Travis L. Berry	6	Comcast
#72	Travis C. North	6	Dell Products
#73	William G. Reed	6	Express Imaging Systems
#74	Young Ghyu Ahn	6	Samsung
#75	Yong-geun Kim	6	Samsung
#76	Zhen Feng	6	Flextronics Ap
#77	Aiming Xiong	5	Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co.
#78	Andrea Fattorini	5	Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
#79	Candice Ungacta	5	Comcast
#80	Chih-Hung Chang	5	Hongfujin Precision Electronics(Tianjin)Co.
#81	Chia-Teh Chen	5	Vaxcel International Co.
#82	Chaoqun Sun	5	Sengled Optoelectronics Co.
#83	Daniel J. Pope	5	Cree
#84	Dmytro Viktorovych Malyna	5	Philips Lighting Holding B.V.
#85	Gary Alan Skinner	5	Rolls-Royce Plc
#86	Gregory Campbell	5	Lumenpulse Lighting
#87	Han-Hung Cheng	5	Alson Technology Limited
#88	Hiroharu Inoue	5	Panasonic
#89	Hiroyuki Tanabe	5	Nitto Denko
#90	Horst Knoedgen	5	Dialog Semiconductor
#91	Jun Zhou	5	On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co.
#92	Kevin D'Angelo	5	Advanced Analogic Technologies Incorporated
#93	Kumar Arulandu	5	Philips Lighting Holding B.V.
#94	Madhusudan K. Iyengar	5	IBM
#95	Michael J. Fisher	5	IBM
#96	Mickey Jay Hunt	5	Thomson Licensing
#97	Murad Kurwa	5	Flextronics Ap
#98	Noriyoshi Shimizu	5	Shinko Electric Industries Co.
#99	Petrus Johannes Maria Welten	5	Eldolab Holding B.V.
#100	Praveen K. Namburu	5	Lincoln Global

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Samsung	166
2	Panasonic	138
3	Philips Lighting Holding B.V.	116
#4	IBM	88
#5	Murata Manufacturing Co.	52
#6	Intel	51
#7	Fujitsu Limited	48
#8	Dell Products	44
#9	Cree	42
#10	LG	42
#11	Ibiden Co.	38
#12	Foxconn	37
#13	Apple	36
#14	GE	34
#15	Lg Innotek Co.	30
#16	Mitsubishi Electric	29
#17	Amazon	26
#18	Tencent	26
#19	BOE	26
#20	Lutron Electronics Co.	25
#21	Asml Netherlands B.V.	21
#22	Kyocera	21
#23	Wistron	21
#24	Comcast	21
#25	Denso	20
#26	Shinko Electric Industries Co.	20
#27	Unknown	20
#28	ITRI	19
#29	Canon	19
#30	Google	19
#31	Abl Ip Holding	18
#32	Fuji Machine Mfg. Co.	18
#33	Osram Gmbh	18
#34	The Boeing	17
#35	Cooper Technologies	16
#36	Hewlett Packard Enterprise	16
#37	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba	16
#38	Honeywell	16
#39	Infineon Technologies Ag	15
#40	Sony	15
#41	Toyota	15
#42	Flextronics Ap	14
#43	Nitto Denko	14
#44	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory	14
#45	Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou)	14
#46	Yazaki	14
#47	Microsoft	14
#48	Applied Materials	13
#49	Lenovo (Singapore) Pte.	13
#50	Seiko Epson	13
#51	Sumitomo Wiring Systems	13
#52	Chatsworth Products	12
#53	Hitachi	12
#54	Seoul Semiconductor Co.	12
#55	Tridonic Gmbh & Co Kg	12
#56	Delta Electronics	11
#57	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	11
#58	Cisco	11
#59	3M	10
#60	Electrolux Home Products Corporation N. V.	10
#61	Fujikura	10
#62	Infineon Technologies Austria Ag	10
#63	Nec	10
#64	Osram Sylvania	10
#65	Quanta Computer	10
#66	Rohm Co.	10
#67	Te Connectivity Co.	10
#68	Unimicron Technology	10
#69	Ford	10
#70	Huawei	10
#71	Meta	10
#72	At&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik	9
#73	Finisar	9
#74	Gigaphoton	9
#75	Hamilton Sundstrand	9
#76	Hitachi Automotive Systems	9
#77	Hubbell Incorporated	9
#78	Ketra	9
#79	Robert Bosch Gmbh	9
#80	Seagate Technology	9
#81	Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha	9
#82	Silicon Works Co.	9
#83	RTX (Raytheon)	9
#84	Continental Automotive Gmbh	8
#85	Emc Ip Holding Company	8
#86	Fanuc	8
#87	Hongqisheng Precision Electronics (Qinhuangdao) Co.	8
#88	Innolux	8
#89	Japan Display	8
#90	Rolls-Royce Plc	8
#91	TSMC	8
#92	Thomson Licensing	8
#93	Eldolab Holding B.V.	7
#94	Fuji Electric Co.	7
#95	Fujifilm	7
#96	Garuda Technology Co.	7
#97	Hongfujin Precision Industry (Wuhan) Co.	7
#98	Ilumisys	7
#99	Koniniklijke Philips N.V.	7
#100	KAIST	7

Electric techniques Patent Leaders in 2017 2017

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