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Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

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 39 Baidu Usa
2 Ali Heydari 24 NVIDIA
3 William Dunn 13 Comcast
#4 Chao-Jung Chen 12 Quanta Computer
#5 Li-Jui Chen 11 TSMC
#6 Husam Atallah ALISSA 10 Microsoft
#7 Bhyrav M. Mutnury 9 Dell Products
#8 James H. Mohan 9 Erp Power
#9 Ali CHEHADE 8 Ovh
#10 Bharath RAMAKRISHNAN 8 Microsoft
#11 Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu 8 Signify Holding B.V.
#12 Feng Zhou 8 Toyota
#13 Shoichiro Sakai 8 Sumitomo Electric Industries
#14 Eric C. Peterson 7 Microsoft
#15 Ioannis Manousakis 7 Microsoft
#16 Jeremy David Fillingim 7 Passivelogic
#17 Koji Nitta 7 Sumitomo Electric Industries
#18 Louis Chen 7 Erp Power
#19 Michael Archer 7 Erp Power
#20 Prabhu Sathyamurthy 7 Frore Systems
#21 Robert C. Newman, Jr. 7 Lutron Technology Company
#22 Seshagiri Rao Madhavapeddy 7 Frore Systems
#23 Suryaprakash Ganti 7 Frore Systems
#24 Troy Aaron Harvey 7 Passivelogic
#25 Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis 6 Signify Holding B.V.
#26 Fei Li 6 BOE
#27 Gregory Francis Louis BAUCHART 6 Ovh
#28 MING-JAAN HO 6 Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited.
#29 Nicholas Andrew KEEHN 6 Microsoft
#30 Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet 6 Signify Holding B.V.
#31 Sandor Farkas 6 Dell Products
#32 Shang-Chieh Chien 6 TSMC
#33 Ties Van Bommel 6 Signify Holding B.V.
#34 Wontae Kim 6 Samsung
#35 Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng 6 Quanta Computer
#36 Yu-Nien Huang 6 Quanta Computer
#37 Zhi Hua Song 6 Lumileds
#38 Alexandre Alain Jean-Pierre MENEBOO 5 Ovh
#39 Ching-Sheng Chen 5 Unimicron Technology
#40 Daisuke Hosokawa 5 Panasonic
#41 Eric Michael Tunks 5 Dell Products
#42 Han-Lung Chang 5 TSMC
#43 Haruna Narita 5 Fuji
#44 Heng-Hsin Liu 5 TSMC
#45 Hiroshi Ukegawa 5 Toyota
#46 John S. Werner 5 IBM
#47 Jun-Rui Huang 5 Unimicron Technology
#48 Matthew V. Harte 5 Lutron Technology Company
#49 Mudasir Ahmad 5 Cisco
#50 Noah Singer 5 IBM
#51 Po-Chung Cheng 5 TSMC
#52 Richard Evans Lewis, II 5 Chatsworth Products
#53 Seongjun KIM 5 LG
#54 Seongho SON 5 LG
#55 Shigeto OYAMA 5 Fuji
#56 Stuart W. DeJonge 5 Lutron Technology Company
#57 Steven C. Krattiger 5 Erp Power
#58 Sunghun Sim 5 LG
#59 TOBIAS BORRA 5 Signify Holding B.V.
#60 Tyler B. Duncan 5 Dell Products
#61 TZE-YANG YEH 5 Amulaire Thermal Technology
#62 Vikram Mukundan 5 Frore Systems
#63 Weikai Jiang 5 Guangzhou Haoyang Electronic Co.
#64 William Krietzman 5 Chatsworth Products
#65 Yongsoo Lee 5 LG
#66 Yoshihiro Yasui 5 Fuji
#67 Zhong-Hui Mao 5 Wistron
#68 Andreas SCHLIPF 4 Türk & Hillinger Gmbh
#69 Ananth Saran Yalamarthy 4 Frore Systems
#70 Ben John Sy 4 Dell Products
#71 Biao Li 4 Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited.
#72 Christian L. Belady 4 HP
#73 Charles T. Carlson 4 Applied Materials
#74 Chi-Min Chang 4 Unimicron Technology
#75 Chien-Yu Chen 4 Auras Technology Co.
#76 Charles Ingalz 4 Lunar Energy
#77 Cheng-Ta Ko 4 Unimicron Technology
#78 Chih-Chiang Lu 4 Epistar
#79 Christian Pompidor 4 Touchtunes Music Company
#80 Cristiano Vito Pastore 4 Whirlpool
#81 David Amos 4 Iceotope Group Limited
#82 Daniel Curtis Raneri 4 Lutron Technology Company
#83 Ed Rivera 4 Touchtunes Music Company
#84 Eunseok HONG 4 Samsung
#85 Eun Sun Kim 4 LG
#86 Fan Li 4 Beijing Boe Technology Development Co.
#87 Francois Beaumier 4 Touchtunes Music Company
#88 François Roy-Moisan 4 Sollum Technologies
#89 Fuxing Lu 4 Xiamen Pvtech Co.
#90 FU-YUN SHEN 4 Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited.
#91 Gabriel Dupras 4 Sollum Technologies
#92 Henryk KLABA 4 Ovh
#93 Herman TAN 4 Quanta Computer
#94 Hiroki Shimoda 4 Autonetworks Technologies
#95 Horace C. Ho 4 Lutron Technology Company
#96 Hsin-Feng Chen 4 TSMC
#97 Hyun Seok Yang 4 Samsung
#98 Jason E. Lewis 4 Lutron Technology Company
#99 Jacques POIRIER 4 Sollum Technologies
#100 Jaekyung Yang 4 LG

Top Companies

Rank Company Patents
1 Samsung 131
2 Signify Holding B.V. 73
3 Dell Products 61
#4 Fuji 52
#5 LG 50
#6 Lutron Technology Company 46
#7 Baidu Usa 40
#8 Murata Manufacturing Co. 39
#9 NVIDIA 33
#10 BOE 29
#11 Sumitomo Electric Industries 26
#12 Lg Innotek Co. 25
#13 Wistron 25
#14 Quanta Computer 24
#15 Panasonic 23
#16 Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited. 22
#17 Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 22
#18 Unimicron Technology 22
#19 Microsoft 21
#20 Apple 19
#21 Huawei 19
#22 Intel 19
#23 Inventec 18
#24 IBM 18
#25 Sony 18
#26 Ibiden Co. 17
#27 Kyocera 17
#28 Mitsubishi Electric 17
#29 Toyota 17
#30 TSMC 16
#31 Altria Client Services 15
#32 Delta Electronics 15
#33 Inventec (Pudong) Technology 15
#34 Sumitomo Wiring Systems 15
#35 Cisco 15
#36 Nitto Denko 14
#37 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 13
#38 Manufacturing Resources International 13
#39 Qing Ding Precision Electronics (Huaian) Co. 13
#40 Whirlpool 13
#41 Canon 13
#42 Applied Materials 12
#43 At&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik 12
#44 Autonetworks Technologies 12
#45 Hitachi Astemo 12
#46 Erp Power 11
#47 Ovh 11
#48 Google 11
#49 Chatsworth Products 10
#50 Denso 10
#51 Hyundai Motor 10
#52 Innolux 10
#53 Lumileds 10
#54 Ngk Insulators 10
#55 Nicoventures Trading Limited 10
#56 Sumitomo Electric Printed Circuits 10
#57 Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co. 10
#58 Fulian Precision Electronics (Tianjin) Co. 9
#59 Hamilton Sundstrand 9
#60 Philip Morris Products S.A. 9
#61 Rohm Co. 9
#62 Micron 9
#63 Eagle Industry Co. 8
#64 Hongqisheng Precision Electronics (Qinhuangdao) Co. 8
#65 Infineon Technologies Ag 8
#66 Jabil 8
#67 Kia 8
#68 Nec Platforms 8
#69 Nichia 8
#70 Valeo Vision 8
#71 Zt Group Int'L 8
#72 Advanced Semiconductor Engineering 7
#73 Aptiv Technologies Ag 7
#74 Frore Systems 7
#75 Japan Display 7
#76 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 7
#77 Passivelogic 7
#78 Tcl China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. 7
#79 Tmeic 7
#80 Watlow Electric Manufacturing 7
#81 3M 6
#82 Bsh Hausgeräte Gmbh 6
#83 Iceotope Group Limited 6
#84 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 6
#85 Shinko Electric Industries Co. 6
#86 Tatsuta Electric Wire & Cable Co. 6
#87 Tdk Electronics Ag 6
#88 Tridonic Gmbh & Co Kg 6
#89 Wangs Alliance 6
#90 Yazaki 6
#91 RTX (Raytheon) 6
#92 Amazon 5
#93 Amulaire Thermal Technology 5
#94 Cellink 5
#95 Commscope Technologies 5
#96 Cooler Master Co. 5
#97 Crestron Electronics 5
#98 Dai Nippon Printing Co. 5
#99 Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 5
#100 Garuda Technology Co. 5