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Electrolysis and electroplating Patent Leaders in 2017 2017

Primary CPC class C25 · Section C

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 534 patents in 2019.peak 5341996: 202 patents19961997: 188 patents1998: 213 patents1999: 242 patents19992000: 262 patents2001: 347 patents2002: 311 patents20022003: 283 patents2004: 276 patents2005: 211 patents20052006: 197 patents2007: 191 patents2008: 192 patents20082009: 199 patents2010: 281 patents2011: 311 patents20112012: 351 patents2013: 362 patents2014: 346 patents20142015: 424 patents2016: 407 patents2017: 487 patents20172018: 454 patents2019: 534 patents2020: 500 patents20202021: 428 patents2022: 465 patents2023: 462 patents20232024: 472 patents2025: 505 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Steven T. Mayer 11 Novellus Systems
2 Bryan L. Buckalew 7 Novellus Systems
3 David W. Porter 7 Novellus Systems
#4 Maria Anna Rzeznik 6 Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials
#5 Motoki Hiraoka 6 Toyota
#6 Robert Rash 6 Novellus Systems
#7 Yuki Sato 6 Toyota
#8 Zuhra I. Niazimbetova 6 Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials
#9 Adam L. Cohen 5 Microfabrica
#10 Hiroshi Yanagimoto 5 Toyota
#11 Jonathan D. Reid 5 Novellus Systems
#12 Shantinath Ghongadi 5 Novellus Systems
#13 Charles L. Arvin 4 IBM
#14 Charlotte Emnet 4 Basf Se
#15 Cornelia Roeger-Goepfert 4 Basf Se
#16 Dieter Mayer 4 Basf Se
#17 Henri Virtanen 4 Outotec (Finland) Oy
#18 Lubomyr T. Romankiw 4 IBM
#19 Michael S. Lockard 4 Microfabrica
#20 Sai Bhavaraju 4 Ceramatec
#21 Scott Blanchet 4 Nuvera Fuel Cells
#22 Trevor Pearson 4 Macdermid Acumen
#23 Weijing Lu 4 Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials
#24 Alexander FLUEGEL 3 Basf Se
#25 Alan C. Lund 3 Xtalic
#26 Andreas Bulan 3 Bayer Materialscience Ag
#27 Bucknell C. Webb 3 IBM
#28 Christopher A. Schuh 3 MIT
#29 Duncan Grant 3 Outotec (Finland) Oy
#30 Eugene J. O'Sullivan 3 IBM
#31 Frederick Dean Wilmot 3 Novellus Systems
#32 Gregory J. Wilson 3 Applied Materials
#33 Hariklia Deligianni 3 IBM
#34 Haiying Fu 3 Novellus Systems
#35 Heiko Brunner 3 Atotech Deutschland
#36 Hiroshi Hashiba 3 Panasonic
#37 James E. Duncan 3 Novellus Systems
#38 Jennifer Y. Sun 3 Applied Materials
#39 Jun Takeuchi 3 Honda Motor Co.
#40 Jun Tamura 3 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#41 Junichiro Yoshioka 3 Ebara
#42 Klaus Schulz 3 Infineon Technologies Ag
#43 Lars Kohlmann 3 Atotech Deutschland
#44 Marco Arnold 3 Basf Se
#45 Masahiro Deguchi 3 Sumitomo Electric Industries
#46 Matthew Thorum 3 Micron
#47 Naigang Wang 3 IBM
#48 Paul R. McHugh 3 Applied Materials
#49 Peter Woltering 3 Uhdenora S.P.A.
#50 Philip Hartmann 3 Atotech Deutschland
#51 Philipp Herget 3 IBM
#52 Philipp Wachter 3 Atotech Deutschland
#53 Roshan V. Chapaneri 3 Macdermid Acumen
#54 Robert E. Fontana, Jr. 3 IBM
#55 Roman Benedikt Raether 3 Basf Se
#56 Roey Shaviv 3 Applied Materials
#57 Satoshi Yotsuhashi 3 Panasonic
#58 Terence Clarke 3 Lever Brothers
#59 Thomas A. Ponnuswamy 3 Novellus Systems
#60 Vivekanand Sista 3 Baker Hughes Holdings
#61 William J. Gallagher 3 MIT
#62 Yuka Yamada 3 Panasonic
#63 Zhian He 3 Novellus Systems
#64 Aaron Berke 2 Lam Research
#65 Akihiko Ono 2 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#66 Alexandra Haag 2 Basf Se
#67 Alison Hyslop 2 Macdermid Acumen
#68 Amy L. Prieto 2 Colorado State University
#69 Anyin Li 2 Purdue Research Foundation
#70 Anthony K. Stamper 2 IBM
#71 Andrew Tieu 2 Vln Advanced Technologies
#72 Arthur Keigler 2 Tel Nexx
#73 Ari Rantala 2 Outotec (Finland) Oy
#74 Ashok V. Joshi 2 Ceramatec
#75 Babak Radi 2 Wistron Neweb
#76 Benjamin Lunt 2 Nuvera Fuel Cells
#77 Bruce R. Daniels 2 Vln Advanced Technologies
#78 Brian P. Demers 2 Apple
#79 Bryan P. Kiple 2 Apple
#80 Burhanuddin Kagajwala 2 Lam Research
#81 Chingchun Huang 2 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#82 Charles B. Woodhull 2 Apple
#83 Daniel Mark Dinneen 2 Lam Research
#84 Daniel Goodman 2 Tel Nexx
#85 Dale Lee Hughes 2 S & J Technologies
#86 Daishi Kobayashi 2 Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
#87 Daisuke Kurashina 2 Honda Motor Co.
#88 David A. Pakula 2 Apple
#89 Dimitrios Argyris 2 Applied Materials
#90 Dirk Hoormann 2 Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions Ag
#91 Dmitri Donst 2 Thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers (Italia) S.R.L.
#92 Eiko Okamoto 2 Mitsubishi Electric
#93 Emilio Panarella 2 Vln Advanced Technologies
#94 Eric J. White 2 IBM
#95 Evgeniya Freydina 2 Siemens Water Technologies
#96 Frederic Lagrange 2 Snecma
#97 Gang Zhang 2 Qualcomm
#98 Geir Wedde 2 Alstom Technology
#99 Hideki Masuda 2 Gs Yuasa International
#100 Hiroshi Miyazawa 2 Seiko Epson

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Lam Research 13
2 Apple 12
3 Applied Materials 12
#4 Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials 12
#5 Ebara 10
#6 Novellus Systems 10
#7 IBM 10
#8 Toyota 9
#9 Atotech Deutschland 8
#10 Panasonic 6
#11 Honda Motor Co. 5
#12 Outotec (Finland) Oy 5
#13 Samsung 5
#14 Basf Se 4
#15 Ceramatec 4
#16 Jx Nippon Mining & Metals 4
#17 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 4
#18 Nuvera Fuel Cells 4
#19 Aquahydrex Pty 3
#20 C.Uyemura & Co. 3
#21 Microfabrica 3
#22 Mtu Aero Engines Ag 3
#23 Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal 3
#24 Swatch Group Research And Development 3
#25 US Air Force 3
#26 WARF 3
#27 Xtalic 3
#28 GE 3
#29 General Motors 3
#30 RTX (Raytheon) 3
#31 Airbus Ds Gmbh 2
#32 Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha 2
#33 Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha 2
#34 Baker Hughes Holdings 2
#35 Byd Company Limited 2
#36 Caltech 2
#37 City University Of Hong Kong 2
#38 Colorado State University 2
#39 CEA 2
#40 Covestro Deutschland Ag 2
#41 Dionex 2
#42 Dowa Metaltech Co. 2
#43 Empire Technology Development 2
#44 Globalfoundries 2
#45 HP 2
#46 Hitachi 2
#47 Hyundai Motor 2
#48 Lg Innotek Co. 2
#49 MIT 2
#50 Metal Industries Research & Development Centre 2
#51 Metalysis Limited 2
#52 Modumetal 2
#53 Murata Manufacturing Co. 2
#54 National Chiao Tung University 2
#55 Nippon Light Metal Company 2
#56 Omron 2
#57 Purdue Research Foundation 2
#58 Savannah River Nuclear Solutions 2
#59 Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) 2
#60 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 2
#61 S & J Technologies 2
#62 Snecma 2
#63 Sumitomo Electric Industries 2
#64 Tel Nexx 2
#65 The Boeing 2
#66 George Washington University 2
#67 USDA 2
#68 The University Of Ottawa 2
#69 Thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers (Italia) S.R.L. 2
#70 Uhdenora S.P.A. 2
#71 United Company Rusal Engineering And Technology Centre 2
#72 United Initiators Gmbh & Co. Kg 2
#73 University Of South Carolina 2
#74 University Of Southern California 2
#75 Unknown 2
#76 Vln Advanced Technologies 2
#77 Wistron Neweb 2
#78 Medtronic 2
#79 Accentus Medical Limited 1
#80 Acciona Energia S.A. 1
#81 Acm Research (Shanghai) 1
#82 Actus Potentia 1
#83 Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment 1
#84 Airbus Operations Limited 1
#85 Aisin Keikinzoku Co. 1
#86 Ak Steel Properties 1
#87 Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V 1
#88 Alcoa Usa 1
#89 Alliance For Sustainable Energy 1
#90 Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 1
#91 Ashworth Bros. 1
#92 Auckland Uniservices Limited 1
#93 Autonetworks Technologies 1
#94 Avantium Knowledge Centre B.V. 1
#95 Blue Cube Ip 1
#96 Blue Planet Strategies 1
#97 Bridgestone 1
#98 Brookhaven Science Associates 1
#99 Carleton Life Support Systems 1
#100 Catcher Technology Co. 1