Fluid systems and actuators Patent Leaders 2020

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	Bernd Zähe	9	Sun Hydraulics
2	Yasunaga Suzuki	7	Smc
3	Chiaki Fukui	6	Smc
#4	Makoto Yaegashi	6	Smc
#5	Akihiro Kondo	5	Kawasaki
#6	Austin Schneider	5	Crystaphase Products
#7	John N. Glover	5	Crystaphase Products
#8	Peter Ham	5	Crystaphase Products
#9	Alfred Anthony Rizzi	4	Boston Dynamics
#10	Daniel Theobald	3	Vecna Robotics
#11	Hideyasu Muraoka	3	Kawasaki
#12	Michael Berne Rannow	3	Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
#13	Peter Kloft	3	Hydac Technology Gmbh
#14	Alex Khripin	2	Boston Dynamics
#15	Andreas Feiler	2	Festo Se & Co. Kg
#16	Andre Orban	2	Aoi (Advanced Oilfield Innovations, Inc.)
#17	Anatoly Podpaly	2	—
#18	Andreas Weisang	2	Festo Se & Co. Kg
#19	Atsushi Fujiwara	2	Ntt Docomo
#20	Barry T. Brinks	2	Woodward
#21	Bodo Neef	2	Festo Se & Co. Kg
#22	Bo Vigholm	2	Volvo Construction Equipment Ab
#23	Bradly Joe Atkin	2	Asco
#24	David Deloyd Anderson	2	Energy Recovery
#25	Daniel Paul Brzozowski	2	The Boeing
#26	Daniel Maurice Lerner	2	Aoi (Advanced Oilfield Innovations, Inc.)
#27	David Rager	2	Festo Se & Co. Kg
#28	Dietmar Schulze	2	Eco Holding 1 Gmbh
#29	Georg Bachmaier	2	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#30	Guillaume Bonnetot	2	Liebherr-Mining Equipment Colmar Sas
#31	Harald Rohrig	2	Festo Ag & Co. Kg
#32	Herbert Baltes	2	Hydac Technology Gmbh
#33	Hiromasa Takahashi	2	Hitachi
#34	Hirosuke Yamada	2	Smc
#35	Iason Vittorias	2	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#36	Itsuki SHIMAZAKI	2	Honda Motor Co.
#37	Joseph W. Jackan	2	Industries Mailhot
#38	Juri Shimizu	2	Hitachi Construction Machinery Co.
#39	Karl Messerschmidt	2	Festo Se & Co. Kg
#40	Kamran Eftekhari Shahroudi	2	Woodward
#41	Kevin Blankespoor	2	Boston Dynamics
#42	Keiichi Matsuzaki	2	Panasonic
#43	Ken Tamura	2	Smc
#44	Kiwamu Takahashi	2	Hitachi Construction Machinery Tierra Co.
#45	Kouji Ishikawa	2	Hitachi Construction Machinery Co.
#46	Larry M. Wilmot	2	Tk Holdings
#47	Marcin CIS	2	Hamilton Sundstrand
#48	Matthias Doll	2	Festo Se & Co. Kg
#49	Makoto Ito	2	Yamaha Motor
#50	Matthew Neff	2	Mac Valves
#51	Martin Rauwolf	2	Hawe Altenstadt Holding Gmbh
#52	Mathias Schneider	2	Glashütter Uhrenbetrieb Gmbh
#53	Meng Wang	2	Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
#54	Michael Paul Rowe	2	Toyota
#55	Peter Zavadinka	2	Pistonpower Aps
#56	Philipp Hahn	2	Liebherr-Mining Equipment Colmar Sas
#57	Rachid Hammoud	2	Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition
#58	Ranjit Singh	2	Camco International
#59	Rüdiger Neumann	2	Festo Se & Co. Kg
#60	Scott Allen Weickel	2	Asco
#61	Seiji Hijikata	2	Hitachi Construction Machinery Co.
#62	Shigehiro Arai	2	Seiko Instruments
#63	Shane Michael Gransden	2	Asco
#64	Steven F. Griffin	2	The Boeing
#65	Tatsuhiko Goto	2	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#66	Teppei SAITOH	2	Hitachi Construction Machinery Co.
#67	Tsukasa Odaka	2	Smc
#68	Ulderico Busani	2	Walvoil S.P.A.
#69	Uwe Modinger	2	Festo Ag &
#70	Volker Gliniorz	2	Liebherr-Mining Equipment Colmar Sas
#71	William Davis Simmons	2	AT&T
#72	Wolfgang Zöls	2	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#73	Yuji Fukuda	2	Kubota
#74	Yuichi Hidaka	2	Honda Motor Co.
#75	Yuki Ueda	2	Panasonic
#76	Zachary John Jackowski	2	Boston Dynamics
#77	Aaron J. Dowdell	1	Emerson Process Management Regulator Technologies
#78	Aaron W. Smith	1	Rubbermaid Incorporated
#79	Abdulhameed F. Alkhateeb	1	King Abdulaziz University
#80	Abraham Bauer	1	Arbe Robotics
#81	Abdul Raoof Mohamed	1	—
#82	Achim Helbig	1	Moog
#83	Adam Adeeb	1	Caterpillar
#84	Adam Bargh	1	Bifold Fluidpower Limited
#85	Adam Rothschild Hoffman	1	Energy Recovery
#86	Aigbedion Akwara	1	GE
#87	Akira Hasebe	1	Komatsu
#88	Akihiro Narazaki	1	Hitachi Construction Machinery Co.
#89	Akiho Nishimura	1	Smc
#90	Akira Tokito	1	Honda Motor Co.
#91	Ali Abdelmagid	1	The Boeing
#92	Alan Neill Anderson	1	Fugro N.V.
#93	Alexander Douglas Perkins	1	Boston Dynamics
#94	Alex Perkins	1	Boston Dynamics
#95	Andy Borja	1	Sun Hydraulics
#96	Andrew Johnson	1	Dethmers Manufacturing
#97	Andrew Mackey	1	Bae Systems Plc
#98	Anand Parthasarathy	1	Cisco
#99	Andy Patterson	1	Proserv Operations
#100	Angelika Reidi	1	Knorr-Bremse Systeme Für Schienenfahrzeuge Gmbh

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Smc	19
2	Festo Se & Co. Kg	12
3	Sun Hydraulics	10
#4	Eaton Intelligent Power Limited	7
#5	Honda Motor Co.	7
#6	Kawasaki	7
#7	Hamilton Sundstrand	6
#8	Boston Dynamics	5
#9	Crystaphase Products	5
#10	Hitachi Construction Machinery Co.	5
#11	Kubota	5
#12	Kyb	5
#13	The Boeing	5
#14	Dresser Industries	4
#15	Hydac Technology Gmbh	4
#16	Parker-Hannifin	4
#17	Robert Bosch Gmbh	4
#18	Caterpillar	4
#19	Vecna Robotics	3
#20	Voith Patent Gmbh	3
#21	Volvo Construction Equipment Ab	3
#22	Woodward	3
#23	GE	3
#24	Toyota	3
#25	Asco	2
#26	Borgwarner	2
#27	Buerkert Werke Gmbh & Co. Kg	2
#28	Cnh Industrial America	2
#29	Eco Holding 1 Gmbh	2
#30	Energy Recovery	2
#31	Fanuc	2
#32	Festo Ag & Co. Kg	2
#33	Hawe Altenstadt Holding Gmbh	2
#34	Hoerbiger Automatisierungstechnik Holding Gmbh	2
#35	Hydac Fluidtechnik Gmbh	2
#36	Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition	2
#37	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba	2
#38	Toyota Industries	2
#39	Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co.	2
#40	Koganei	2
#41	Komatsu	2
#42	Liebherr-Mining Equipment Colmar Sas	2
#43	Mac Valves	2
#44	Metso Flow Control Oy	2
#45	Pistonpower Aps	2
#46	Harvard University	2
#47	Safran Landing Systems	2
#48	Samson Aktiengesellschaft	2
#49	Seiko Instruments	2
#50	Walvoil S.P.A.	2
#51	John Deere	2
#52	Abb Power Grids Switzerland Ag	1
#53	Abb Schweiz Ag	1
#54	Advics Co.	1
#55	Aerocontrolex Group	1
#56	Agco	1
#57	Airbus Group India Private Limited	1
#58	Airbus Helicopters	1
#59	Aol	1
#60	Asm Automation Sensorik Messtechnik Gmbh	1
#61	Audi Ag	1
#62	Banza Stamping Industry	1
#63	Bastion Technologies	1
#64	BMW	1
#65	Benteler Steel/Tube Gmbh	1
#66	Bermad Cs	1
#67	Bifold Fluidpower Limited	1
#68	Bridgestone	1
#69	B&R Industrial Automation Gmbh	1
#70	Buemach Engineering International B.V.	1
#71	Clark Equipment	1
#72	Claverham Limited	1
#73	Clearmotion	1
#74	Cnh Industrial Canada	1
#75	Crompton	1
#76	Dana Italia S.R.L.	1
#77	Danfoss Power Solutions Aps	1
#78	Denso International America	1
#79	Doosan Infracore Co.	1
#80	Eagle Industry Co.	1
#81	Ebara	1
#82	Emerson Process Management Regulator Technologies	1
#83	Enerpac Tool Group	1
#84	Expro Americas	1
#85	Fisher Controls International	1
#86	Florida State University	1
#87	Fugro N.V.	1
#88	Fujikin Incorporated	1
#89	General Equipment And Manufacturing Company	1
#90	Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited	1
#91	Goodrich Actuation Systems Sas	1
#92	Goodrich Aerospace Services Private Limited	1
#93	Great Plains Manufacturing	1
#94	Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University	1
#95	Gustav Magenwirth Gmbh &	1
#96	Halliburton Energy Services	1
#97	Hawe Hydraulik Se	1
#98	Hengdian Group Innuovo Electric Co.	1
#99	Hitachi Automotive Systems	1
#100	Hitachi Construction Machinery Tierra Co.	1

Fluid systems and actuators Patent Leaders in 2020 2020

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Top Companies