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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 Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng 17 Quanta Computer
2 Ali Heydari 15 NVIDIA
3 Bhyrav M. Mutnury 14 Dell Products
#4 Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu 12 Signify Holding B.V.
#5 Husam Atallah ALISSA 12 Microsoft
#6 Anthony Middleton 11 Dell Products
#7 Chao-Jung Chen 11 Quanta Computer
#8 Tyler B. Duncan 11 Dell Products
#9 Yong Liu 11 Fairchild Semiconductor
#10 Tianyi Gao 10 Baidu Usa
#11 Yoshihito Otsubo 10 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#12 Ali CHEHADE 9 Ovh
#13 Craig Alan Casey 9 Lutron Technology Company
#14 Sandor Farkas 9 Dell Products
#15 Wenlong Wu 9 Shenzhen Intellirocks Tech. Co.
#16 William Dunn 9 Comcast
#17 Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis 8 Signify Holding B.V.
#18 Bo Liang 8 Sz Dji Technology Co.
#19 Eric C. Peterson 8 Microsoft
#20 Hayato TAKAKURA 8 Nitto Denko
#21 Ioannis Manousakis 8 Microsoft
#22 James P. Steiner 8 Lutron Technology Company
#23 Ming-Lung WANG 8 Quanta Computer
#24 Suryaprakash Ganti 8 Frore Systems
#25 Berent Willem Meerbeek 7 Signify Holding B.V.
#26 Eduardo Escamilla 7 Dell Products
#27 Fuxing Lu 7 Xiamen Pvtech Co.
#28 Naoki Shibata 7 Toyoda Gosei Co.
#29 Nicholas Andrew KEEHN 7 Microsoft
#30 Seshagiri Rao Madhavapeddy 7 Frore Systems
#31 Takumi SANO 7 Japan Display
#32 TOBIAS BORRA 7 Signify Holding B.V.
#33 Vikram Mukundan 7 Frore Systems
#34 Brent Protzman 6 Lutron Technology Company
#35 Harvey J. Lunsman 6 Hewlett Packard Enterprise
#36 Jiang-Jun Wu 6 Inventec (Pudong) Technology
#37 Prabhu Sathyamurthy 6 Frore Systems
#38 Robert C. Newman, Jr. 6 Lutron Technology Company
#39 Yu-Nien Huang 6 Quanta Computer
#40 Ziqin GUO 6 Guangzhou Rising Dragon Recreation Industrial Co.
#41 Bharath RAMAKRISHNAN 5 Microsoft
#42 Christian L. Belady 5 HP
#43 Chi Won Hwang 5 Samsung
#44 Christopher S. Tucker 5 Altria Client Services
#45 Chun-Te Wu 5 Foxconn
#46 CHING-MING YANG 5 Amulaire Thermal Technology
#47 Cody Hubman 5
#48 Daniel L. Twaddell 5 Lutron Technology Company
#49 Eric Michael Tunks 5 Dell Products
#50 Hyunwook Moon 5 LG
#51 Jian Wang 5 Chimei Innolux
#52 John Franz 5 Hewlett Packard Enterprise
#53 Justin Evans 5 Zeta Global
#54 Kazuya Kotani 5 Fuji
#55 Kerstin Rigorth 5 Bsh Hausgeräte Gmbh
#56 Kosuke Nishio 5 Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
#57 Kuan-Feng Lee 5 Innolux
#58 Li-Jui Chen 5 TSMC
#59 Liqiang Zhu 5 On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co.
#60 Matthew B. Gilbert 5 Dell Products
#61 Masatomo HISHINUMA 5 Japan Display
#62 Matthew Knauss 5 Lutron Technology Company
#63 Markus Kuchler 5 Bsh Hausgeräte Gmbh
#64 Minoru Hatase 5 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#65 Ren-Chun Chang 5 Delta Electronics
#66 Ricky Marsh 5 Lam Research
#67 Sebastian Sterz 5 Bsh Hausgeräte Gmbh
#68 Shuaib Badat 5
#69 Shang-Chieh Chien 5 TSMC
#70 Tahir Cader 5 Hewlett Packard Enterprise
#71 Tadashi Nomura 5 Murata Manufacturing Co.
#72 Tin Poay Chuah 5 Intel
#73 Ting-Yu Pai 5 Wiwynn
#74 Tsuyoshi Sanada 5 Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
#75 Tung-Hsien Wu 5 Quanta Computer
#76 TZE-YANG YEH 5 Amulaire Thermal Technology
#77 Yong Suk Kim 5 Samsung
#78 Yueh-Ming Liu 5 Super Micro Computer
#79 Zongyuan Liu 5 Leedarson Lighting Co.
#80 Alexander Robert Dalziel Paterson 4 Global Locating Systems Llc.
#81 Brian Langness 4 Midea Group Co.
#82 Chen An 4 Zt Group Int'L
#83 Ching-Huei Chen 4 Dell Products
#84 Chia-Wei Chen 4 TSMC
#85 Daisuke Hosokawa 4 Panasonic
#86 David Shia 4 Intel
#87 Daniel J. Trice 4 Midea Group Co.
#88 Feng Zhou 4 Toyota
#89 Gregory Francis Louis BAUCHART 4 Ovh
#90 Hao-An Chuang 4 Au Optronics
#91 Henryk KLABA 4 Ovh
#92 Herman TAN 4 Quanta Computer
#93 Hemu Ye 4 Leedarson Lighting Co.
#94 Hideyuki Sakamoto 4 Hitachi Astemo
#95 Hiroshi Tajima 4 Tatsuta Electric Wire & Cable Co.
#96 Hung-Wei Chen 4 TSMC
#97 HUGO JOSÉ KRAJNC 4 Signify Holding B.V.
#98 Ignacio Lope Moratilla 4 Bsh Hausgeräte Gmbh
#99 Jason C. Killo 4 Lutron Technology Company
#100 James H. Mohan 4 Erp Power

Top Companies

Rank Company Patents
1 Samsung 138
2 Dell Products 66
3 LG 51
#4 Murata Manufacturing Co. 45
#5 Intel 41
#6 Lutron Technology Company 40
#7 Fuji 35
#8 Signify Holding B.V. 35
#9 Lg Innotek Co. 34
#10 Panasonic 34
#11 Huawei 33
#12 BOE 30
#13 Quanta Computer 27
#14 Microsoft 27
#15 Fulian Precision Electronics (Tianjin) Co. 25
#16 NVIDIA 24
#17 Delta Electronics 23
#18 Canon 23
#19 Inventec 20
#20 Inventec (Pudong) Technology 18
#21 Apple 17
#22 Wistron 17
#23 Innolux 16
#24 Mitsubishi Electric 16
#25 Ibiden Co. 15
#26 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 14
#27 Hitachi Astemo 14
#28 Nitto Denko 14
#29 Google 14
#30 IBM 14
#31 Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 13
#32 Sumitomo Electric Industries 13
#33 Micron 13
#34 Altria Client Services 12
#35 TSMC 12
#36 Cisco 12
#37 Asml Netherlands B.V. 11
#38 Shenzhen Zhanpusida Technology Co. 11
#39 Shinko Electric Industries Co. 11
#40 Suzhou Metabrain Intelligent Technology Co. 11
#41 Unimicron Technology 11
#42 Toyota 11
#43 Kyocera 10
#44 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 10
#45 Manufacturing Resources International 10
#46 Whirlpool 10
#47 Japan Display 9
#48 Shenzhen Intellirocks Tech. Co. 9
#49 Unknown 9
#50 Sony 9
#51 At&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik 8
#52 Baidu Usa 8
#53 Denso 8
#54 Honor Device Co. 8
#55 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 8
#56 Leedarson Lighting Co. 8
#57 Sumitomo Wiring Systems 8
#58 Ford 8
#59 General Motors 8
#60 Amazon 7
#61 Applied Materials 7
#62 Bsh Hausgeräte Gmbh 7
#63 Ovh 7
#64 Honeywell 7
#65 Autonetworks Technologies 6
#66 Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited. 6
#67 Ciena 6
#68 Guangzhou Rising Dragon Recreation Industrial Co. 6
#69 Hyundai Motor 6
#70 ITRI 6
#71 Jabil 6
#72 Jt International Sa 6
#73 Kia 6
#74 On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co. 6
#75 Sandisk Technologies 6
#76 Super Micro Computer 6
#77 Wiwynn 6
#78 Zt Group Int'L 6
#79 Meta 6
#80 RTX (Raytheon) 6
#81 3M 5
#82 AMD 5
#83 Abl Ip Holding 5
#84 Amulaire Thermal Technology 5
#85 Asustek Computer 5
#86 Crestron Electronics 5
#87 Frore Systems 5
#88 Garuda Technology Co. 5
#89 Gigaphoton 5
#90 Infineon Technologies Ag 5
#91 Mektec 5
#92 Midea Group Co. 5
#93 Nicoventures Trading Limited 5
#94 Robert Bosch Gmbh 5
#95 Savant Systems 5
#96 Tatsuta Electric Wire & Cable Co. 5
#97 Tmeic 5
#98 Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 5
#99 Triple Win Technology(Shenzhen) Co. 5
#100 Vertiv 5