Electrolysis and electroplating Patent Leaders 2023

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: 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Rank ↑	Inventor ↕	Patents ↕	Primary Company ↕
1	Stuart Licht	8	C2Cnt
2	Muhammad Ali Ehsan	7	KFUPM
3	Eric J. Bergman	6	Semitool
#4	Jin Dawson	6	Utility Global
#5	Matthew Dawson	6	Utility Global
#6	Nicholas Farandos	6	Utility Global
#7	Takehiro Takahashi	6	Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co.
#8	Bryan L. Buckalew	5	Novellus Systems
#9	Masashi Shimoyama	5	Ebara
#10	Abdul Rehman	4	KFUPM
#11	Andrew T. B. Stuart	4	Stuart Energy Systems
#12	Edward D. B. Stuart	4	Key Dh Ip Inc./Ip Strategiques Dh
#13	Gregory J. Wilson	4	Applied Materials
#14	Kenji Kubota	4	Mitsubishi Materials
#15	Kiyokazu Ishizuka	4	Nippon Steel
#16	Kyle M. Hanson	4	Semitool
#17	Matsutaro Miyamoto	4	Ebara
#18	Mizuki Nagai	4	Ebara
#19	Nolan L. Zimmerman	4	Applied Materials
#20	Raynald G. LaChance	4	Key Dh Ip Inc./Ip Strategiques Dh
#21	Stephen P. Gaydos	4	The Boeing
#22	Vijaykumar S. Ijeri	4	The Boeing
#23	Akihiko Ono	3	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#24	Arne Ballantine	3	Bloom Energy
#25	Chockkalingam Karuppaiah	3	Bloom Energy
#26	Christopher M. Saffron	3	Michigan State University
#27	Etosha R. Cave	3	Twelve Benefit
#28	Günter Schmid	3	Infineon Technologies Ag
#29	Haruki KONDOH	3	Toyota
#30	James A. Curran	3	Apple
#31	James Jackson	3	AT&T
#32	Jaideep S. Spal	3	Key Dh Ip Inc./Ip Strategiques Dh
#33	Kazuhito Tsuji	3	Ebara
#34	Kendra P. Kuhl	3	Twelve Benefit
#35	Kiyotaka Nakaya	3	Mitsubishi Materials
#36	Md. Abdul Aziz	3	KFUPM
#37	Mitsuhiro Shamoto	3	Ebara
#38	Om Prakash	3	The Boeing
#39	Paul R. McHugh	3	Applied Materials
#40	Ryan J. Gilliam	3	Calera
#41	Ryota Kitagawa	3	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#42	Satoshi Mikoshiba	3	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#43	Shao Hua Chang	3	Ebara
#44	Stephen J. Banik, II	3	Lam Research
#45	Steven T. Mayer	3	Novellus Systems
#46	Yasuto Goto	3	Nippon Steel
#47	Yoshie Tarutani	3	Mitsubishi Materials
#48	Yusuke KOFUJI	3	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#49	Yuki Kudo	3	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#50	Aaron Berke	2	Lam Research
#51	Abbas Hakeem Saeed	2	KFUPM
#52	Ajay R. Kashi	2	Twelve Benefit
#53	Akira Kato	2	Sumitomo Rubber Industries
#54	Akinobu KOBAYASHI	2	Nippon Steel
#55	Albert Esser	2	Ohmium International
#56	Aleksandr Olegovich Gusev	2	United Company Rusal Engineering And Technology Centre
#57	Ali Unal	2	Alcoa
#58	Andrew Edmonds	2	Fabric8Labs
#59	Anthony Myers	2	Calcean Minerals And Materials
#60	Arto Yli-Pentti	2	Savroc
#61	Aruna Zhamu	2	Nanotek Instruments Group
#62	Asahi Motoshige	2	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#63	Bamdad Bahar	2	Ffi Ionix Ip
#64	Bharat Kumar Menon	2	Alfred E. Mann Institute For Biomedical Engineering At The University Of Southern California
#65	Bor Z. Jang	2	Honeycomb Battery
#66	Chen Chen	2	Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials
#67	Chunhui Dou	2	Ebara
#68	Christina A. Lomasney	2	Modumetal
#69	Charles Sharbono	2	Applied Materials
#70	Chen-Yu Tsai	2	TSMC
#71	David Crettenand	2	—
#72	David Pain	2	Fabric8Labs
#73	Dameracharla Srinivasa Rao	2	The Boeing
#74	Dan Taroata	2	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#75	David Tyvoll	2	HP
#76	David Wakerley	2	Dioxycle
#77	Deepak Saagar Kalaikadal	2	Applied Materials
#78	Dennis J. Miller	2	Michigan State University
#79	Dong Ding	2	Battelle Energy Alliance
#80	Douglas P. Riemer	2	—
#81	Edward Hartley Sargent	2	Invisage Technologies
#82	Gabriel Hay Graham	2	Lam Research
#83	Gad Licht	2	C2Cnt
#84	George Leonard	2	Twelve Benefit
#85	Glenn Sklar	2	Honeywell
#86	Govindan Sundararajan	2	International Advanced Research Centre For Powder Metallurgy And New Materials (Arci)
#87	Grégoire Chappot	2	—
#88	Gregory J. Kearns	2	Lam Research
#89	Heather Michelle Grandin	2	Alfred E. Mann Institute For Biomedical Engineering At The University Of Southern California
#90	Herbert Gübeli	2	—
#91	Hiroshi Kobayashi	2	Toyota
#92	Hui Wang	2	Acm Research (Shanghai)
#93	Jason Dana	2	Utility Global
#94	James M. Marinelli	2	Alcoa
#95	James Piascik	2	Honeywell
#96	Jacob Zerby	2	Ffi Ionix Ip
#97	Jia-Jia Chen	2	University Court Of The University Of Glasgow
#98	Jianfeng Huang	2	Shaanxi University Of Science And Technology
#99	Jiyoung Park	2	3M
#100	Jing Wang	2	Dalian Institute Of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy Of Sciences

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Ebara	23
2	Applied Materials	12
3	KFUPM	10
#4	TSMC	10
#5	C2Cnt	8
#6	Nippon Steel	8
#7	Mitsubishi Materials	7
#8	Utility Global	6
#9	Honda Motor Co.	5
#10	Macdermid Enthone	5
#11	Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials	5
#12	The Boeing	5
#13	Lam Research	5
#14	Apple	4
#15	Key Dh Ip Inc./Ip Strategiques Dh	4
#16	MIT	4
#17	Panasonic	4
#18	Toyota	4
#19	Battelle Energy Alliance	3
#20	Michigan State University	3
#21	Fabric8Labs	3
#22	Hyundai Motor	3
#23	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba	3
#24	Korea Institute Of Science And Technology	3
#25	Lawrence Livermore National Security	3
#26	Mitsubishi Electric	3
#27	Obshchestvo S Ogranichennoy Otvetstvennost'Yu “Obedinennaya Kompaniya Rusal Inzhenerno-Tekhnologicheskiy Tsentr”	3
#28	Ohmium International	3
#29	Siemens Energy Global	3
#30	University of California	3
#31	Twelve Benefit	3
#32	Verdagy	3
#33	GE	3
#34	RTX (Raytheon)	3
#35	3M	2
#36	Acm Research (Shanghai)	2
#37	Alcoa	2
#38	Alfred E. Mann Institute For Biomedical Engineering At The University Of Southern California	2
#39	Analog Devices	2
#40	Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University	2
#41	Basf Se	2
#42	Calcean Minerals And Materials	2
#43	Caltech	2
#44	De Nora Permelec	2
#45	Dioxycle	2
#46	Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (Epfl)	2
#47	Ffi Ionix Ip	2
#48	Fulian Yuzhan Precision Technology Co.	2
#49	Global Graphene Group	2
#50	Hamilton Sundstrand	2
#51	Hutchinson	2
#52	Hydrogenics	2
#53	Hymeth Aps	2
#54	Imec Vzw	2
#55	Industrie De Nora S.P.A.	2
#56	Kia Motors	2
#57	Lacks Enterprises	2
#58	Modumetal	2
#59	Murata Manufacturing Co.	2
#60	Nant Holdings Ip	2
#61	Newsouth Innovations Pty Limited	2
#62	Northwestern University	2
#63	Novellus Systems	2
#64	Savroc	2
#65	Shaanxi University Of Science And Technology	2
#66	Soochow University	2
#67	Sumitomo Metal Mining Co.	2
#68	Suzhou Shinhao Materials	2
#69	University Of Arkansas	2
#70	University Court Of The University Of Glasgow	2
#71	Toyo Kohan Co.	2
#72	Uacj	2
#73	Unist(Ulsan National Institute Of Science And Technology)	2
#74	University Of Central Florida	2
#75	WARF	2
#76	Honeywell	2
#77	Intel	2
#78	LG	2
#79	Adeka	1
#80	Airbus Defence And Space Gmbh	1
#81	Alliance For Sustainable Energy	1
#82	Ancosys Gmbh	1
#83	Aqua Metals	1
#84	University Of Arizona	1
#85	Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha	1
#86	Atotech Deutschland	1
#87	Avantium Knowledge Centre B.V.	1
#88	Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited.	1
#89	Battelle Memorial Institute	1
#90	B. G. Negev Technologies And Applications Ltd., At Ben-Gurion University	1
#91	Board Of Supervisors Of Louisiana State University	1
#92	Board Of Trustees Of Southern Illinois University	1
#93	Brown University	1
#94	Carbon Holdings Intellectual Properties	1
#95	Case Western Reserve University	1
#96	CNRS	1
#97	Chang Chun Petrochemical Co.	1
#98	Chang Chun Plastics Co.	1
#99	Changzhou Institute Of Technology	1
#100	Changzhou University	1

Electrolysis and electroplating Patent Leaders in 2023 2023

Patents per Year

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Top Companies