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Electric techniques Patent Leaders in 2018 2018

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 Qiuming Liu 23 Huizhou Kimree Technology Co., Ltd. Shenzhen Branch
2 Edmond I. Bailey 11 Dell Products
3 Joseph Kuczynski 11 IBM
#4 Robert K. Mullady 11 IBM
#5 Chao-Jung Chen 10 Quanta Computer
#6 David C. Long 10 IBM
#7 Timothy J. Chainer 10 IBM
#8 Chun-Chiang Wang 9 King Slide Works Co.
#9 James A. Busby 9 IBM
#10 Ken-Ching Chen 9 King Slide Works Co.
#11 Michael J. Fisher 9 IBM
#12 Roger R. Schmidt 9 IBM
#13 Shun-Ho Yang 9 King Slide Works Co.
#14 Stuart C. Salter 9 Ford
#15 Tsukasa HORI 9 Gigaphoton
#16 Austin Michael Shelnutt 8 Dell Products
#17 Shmuel Silverman 8 Gooee Limited
#18 Simon Coombes 8 Gooee Limited
#19 William L. Brodsky 8 IBM
#20 Young Ghyu Ahn 8 Samsung
#21 James J. Surman 7 Ford
#22 Kevin M. O'Connell 7 IBM
#23 Michael T. Peets 7 IBM
#24 Peter George Ross 7 Amazon
#25 Thomas Weiss 7 Authentic Vision Gmbh
#26 Wei Xiong 7 Comcast
#27 Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis 6 Signify Holding B.V.
#28 Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu 6 Signify Holding B.V.
#29 Fumio Iwamoto 6 Gigaphoton
#30 Hiroyuki Tanabe 6 Nitto Denko
#31 Hideaki Watanabe 6 Sony
#32 Jinxiang Shen 6 Zhejiang Shenghui Lighting Co.
#33 Jonathan Couch 6 Gooee Limited
#34 Kousuke Miura 6 Sumitomo Electric Printed Circuits
#35 Kuniaki YOSUI 6 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#36 Lieyi Fang 6 On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co.
#37 Osamu Wakabayashi 6 Gigaphoton
#38 Pritish R. Parida 6 IBM
#39 Richard S. Chen 6 Super Micro Computer
#40 Tim Dekker 6 Philips Lighting Holding B.V.
#41 Yong Ho Baek 6 Samsung
#42 Young Gwan Ko 6 Samsung
#43 Adam Bowen 5 Juul Labs
#44 Alex Viroli 5 Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
#45 Ashish Vijay Pandharipande 5 Signify Holding B.V.
#46 Bhyrav M. Mutnury 5 Dell Products
#47 Christopher Hibmacronan 5 Juul Labs
#48 Daisuke Yamauchi 5 Nitto Denko
#49 Dominick A. Lovicott 5 Dell Products
#50 Dustin W. Demetriou 5 IBM
#51 Harald Josef Günther Radermacher 5 Koniniklijke Philips N.V.
#52 Hideki Sumi 5 Panasonic
#53 Hiroshi Tajima 5 Tatsuta Electric Wire & Cable Co.
#54 Hirokazu Takehara 5 Panasonic
#55 Hiroshi Ueda 5 Sumitomo Electric Industries
#56 James Monsees 5 Juul Labs
#57 Jonghae Kim 5 Qualcomm
#58 Jong Jin Lee 5 Samsung
#59 Joshua Morenstein 5 Juul Labs
#60 Keith C. Johnson 5 Emc
#61 Levi A. Campbell 5 IBM
#62 Liqiang Zhu 5 On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co.
#63 Marc Alexander 5 Lifi Labs
#64 Mark E. Steinke 5 IBM
#65 Matthias Wendt 5 Signify Holding B.V.
#66 Milnes P. David 5 IBM
#67 Minsoo Kang 5 LG
#68 Mizuho Nozawa 5 Fuji
#69 Ming-Hao Wu 5 Unimicron Technology
#70 Paul Kenneth Dellock 5 Ford
#71 Richard Evans Lewis, II 5 Chatsworth Products
#72 Scott A. Myers 5 Apple
#73 Steven Christensen 5 Juul Labs
#74 Takashi Kobayashi 5 Hitachi
#75 Timothy P. Gredler 5 Lutron Electronics Co.
#76 Venkatesh Chitta 5 Lutron Electronics Co.
#77 Vinod Kamath 5 IBM
#78 Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng 5 Quanta Computer
#79 Yoshifumi Ueno 5 Gigaphoton
#80 Yuki Ito 5 Toyota
#81 Zhiping Chen 5 Shenzhen Smoore Technology Limited
#82 Akshay Bhat 4 Lutron Electronics Co.
#83 Allan C. VanDeventer 4 IBM
#84 Arinobu Nakamura 4 Sumitomo Wiring Systems
#85 Bertrand Johan Edward Hontele 4 Signify Holding B.V.
#86 Bejoy J. Kochuparambil 4 IBM
#87 Bruce J. Chamberlin 4 IBM
#88 Brock Robert Gardner 4 Amazon
#89 Charles Calvin Byers 4 Cisco
#90 Chiao-Cheng Chang 4 Kinsus Interconnect Technology
#91 Chih-Heng Chuo 4 Advanced Flexible Circuits Co.
#92 Chien-Li Huang 4 King Slide Works Co.
#93 Christian Royer 4 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#94 Changhan Hobie Yun 4 Qualcomm
#95 Chengjie Zuo 4 Qualcomm
#96 Cornel Lewis Gardner 4 Ford
#97 David Ricardo Caicedo Fernandez 4 Signify Holding B.V.
#98 David Ciccarelli 4 Abl Ip Holding
#99 Darin Lee Frink 4 Amazon
#100 David P. Graybill 4 IBM

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Samsung 145
2 IBM 99
3 Panasonic 94
#4 Philips Lighting Holding B.V. 91
#5 Dell Products 52
#6 LG 41
#7 Fujitsu Limited 40
#8 Intel 40
#9 Murata Manufacturing Co. 39
#10 GE 39
#11 Apple 36
#12 Denso 33
#13 Amazon 30
#14 Lutron Electronics Co. 30
#15 Cree 28
#16 BOE 24
#17 Gigaphoton 23
#18 Fuji Machine Mfg. Co. 22
#19 Foxconn 22
#20 Huizhou Kimree Technology Co., Ltd. Shenzhen Branch 22
#21 Lg Innotek Co. 21
#22 Yazaki 21
#23 Abl Ip Holding 20
#24 Ford 20
#25 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 18
#26 Ibiden Co. 18
#27 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 18
#28 Google 18
#29 Mitsubishi Electric 17
#30 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 17
#31 Fuji 16
#32 Unimicron Technology 16
#33 Hitachi 15
#34 Sumitomo Electric Industries 15
#35 Comcast 15
#36 Meta 15
#37 Microsoft 15
#38 Nitto Denko 14
#39 Quanta Computer 14
#40 Wistron 14
#41 Emc Ip Holding Company 13
#42 ITRI 13
#43 Infineon Technologies Ag 13
#44 Rohm Co. 13
#45 The Boeing 13
#46 Unknown 13
#47 Bsh Hausgeräte Gmbh 12
#48 Kyocera 12
#49 Cooper Technologies 11
#50 Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co. 11
#51 Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag 11
#52 Fujifilm 11
#53 Japan Display 11
#54 Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company 11
#55 onsemi 11
#56 Sumitomo Wiring Systems 11
#57 Canon 11
#58 3M 10
#59 Abb Schweiz Ag 10
#60 Autonetworks Technologies 10
#61 Continental Automotive Gmbh 10
#62 Hongqisheng Precision Electronics (Qinhuangdao) Co. 10
#63 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 10
#64 Seagate Technology 10
#65 Huawei 10
#66 Oracle 10
#67 Qualcomm 10
#68 RTX (Raytheon) 10
#69 Toyota 10
#70 Applied Materials 9
#71 Asml Netherlands B.V. 9
#72 Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited. 9
#73 Hamilton Sundstrand 9
#74 Hubbell Incorporated 9
#75 Illinois Tool Works 9
#76 Inventec 9
#77 King Slide Technology Co. 9
#78 King Slide Works Co. 9
#79 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 9
#80 Lumens Co. 9
#81 Cisco 9
#82 Dialog Semiconductor 8
#83 Fanuc 8
#84 Gooee Limited 8
#85 Hitachi Automotive Systems 8
#86 Inventec (Pudong) Technology 8
#87 Joled 8
#88 Nippon Mektron 8
#89 Nxp B.V. 8
#90 Osram Gmbh 8
#91 Phoseon Technology 8
#92 Robert Bosch Gmbh 8
#93 Seoul Semiconductor Co. 8
#94 Tdk 8
#95 Tridonic Gmbh & Co Kg 8
#96 Honeywell 8
#97 Sony 8
#98 Texas Instruments 8
#99 Cooler Master Co. 7
#100 Delta Electronics 7