Glass Patent Leaders 2016 | Patent Leaderboard

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Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Rank ↑	Inventor ↕	Patents ↕	Primary Company ↕
1	Muhammad Imran	9	Guardian Industries
2	Guowen Ding	8	Intermolecular
3	John Christopher Mauro	8	Corning Incorporated
#4	Minh Huu Le	8	Intermolecular
#5	Brent Boyce	7	Guardian Glass
#6	Dana Craig Bookbinder	7	Corning Incorporated
#7	Steven Roy Burdette	7	Corning Incorporated
#8	Adam James Ellison	6	Corning Incorporated
#9	Alexander Mikhailovich Streltsov	6	Corning Incorporated
#10	Christian Ritzberger	6	Ivoclar Vivadent Ag
#11	David Myron Lineman	6	Corning Incorporated
#12	Timothy Michael Gross	6	Corning Incorporated
#13	Volker Rheinberger	6	Ivoclar Vivadent Ag
#14	Wolfram Höland	6	Ivoclar Vivadent Ag
#15	George E. Sakoske	5	Ferro
#16	James Gary Anderson	5	Corning Incorporated
#17	Laurent Joubaud	5	Corning Incorporated
#18	Marcel Schweiger	5	Ivoclar Vivadent Ag
#19	Makoto Yoshida	5	Fujitsu Limited
#20	Richard Blacker	5	Guardian Industries
#21	Robert Anthony Schaut	5	Corning Incorporated
#22	Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux	5	Corning Incorporated
#23	Timothy James Kiczenski	5	Corning Incorporated
#24	Toshiaki Sudo	5	Sumco
#25	Aaron Morgan Huber	4	Johns Manville
#26	Akihiro Koyama	4	Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited
#27	Bernd Disteldorf	4	Guardian Industries
#28	Charlene Marie Smith	4	Corning Incorporated
#29	Daniel Ralph Harvey	4	Corning Incorporated
#30	Kevin Lee Wasson	4	Corning Incorporated
#31	Ljerka Ukrainczyk	4	Corning Incorporated
#32	Lothar Brehm	4	J-Fiber Gmbh
#33	Matthew John Dejneka	4	Corning Incorporated
#34	Masaaki Hirano	4	Sumitomo Electric Industries
#35	Matthew Walp	4	Guardian Industries
#36	Melinda Ann Drake	4	Corning Incorporated
#37	Natesan Venkataraman	4	Corning Incorporated
#38	Pushkar Tandon	4	Corning Incorporated
#39	Robert Michael Morena	4	Corning Incorporated
#40	Santona Pal	4	Corning Incorporated
#41	Takuma Yoshioka	4	Japan Super Quartz
#42	Tetsuya Haruna	4	Sumitomo Electric Industries
#43	Vijayen S. Veerasamy	4	Guardian Industries
#44	Yoshiaki Tamura	4	Sumitomo Electric Industries
#45	Yongli Xu	4	Guardian Industries
#46	Zhi-Wen Sun	4	Intermolecular
#47	Akihisa Shimomura	3	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#48	Allan Mark Fredholm	3	Corning Incorporated
#49	Bruce Gardiner Aitken	3	Corning Incorporated
#50	Brian L. Swift	3	Knauf Insulation
#51	Bulent Kocatulum	3	Corning Incorporated
#52	Carlos Alberto Duran	3	Corning Incorporated
#53	Daniel Warren Hawtof	3	Corning Incorporated
#54	Daniel Schweigert	3	Guardian Glass
#55	Elias Panides	3	Xerox
#56	Eric Tixhon	3	Agc Glass Europe
#57	Falk Gabel	3	Schott Ag
#58	Francis Wuillaume	3	Guardian Industries
#59	Gautam Narendra Kudva	3	Corning Incorporated
#60	George Halsey Beall	3	Corning Incorporated
#61	George Clinton Shay	3	Corning Incorporated
#62	Guizhen Zhang	3	Intermolecular
#63	Heather Debra Boek	3	Corning Incorporated
#64	Hong Li	3	Infineon Technologies Ag
#65	Igor Milicevic	3	Draka Comteq B.V.
#66	Jaymin Amin	3	Corning Incorporated
#67	Jeremy Cheng	3	Intermolecular
#68	Jean-Marc Lemmer	3	Guardian Industries
#69	Johannes Antoon Hartsuiker	3	Draka Comteq B.V.
#70	Jun Hou	3	China Enfi Engineering
#71	Keith Raymond Gaylo	3	Corning Incorporated
#72	Kenji Takashima	3	Canon
#73	Liming Wang	3	Corning Incorporated
#74	Mark William Charbonneau	3	Johns Manville
#75	Marcus Frank	3	Guardian Industries
#76	Martin Trommer	3	Heraeus Quarzglas
#77	Mattheus Jacobus Nicolaas Van Stralen	3	Draka Comteq B.V.
#78	Masanori Wada	3	Nippon Electric Glass Co.
#79	Michel Gaubil	3	Saint-Gobain Centre De Recherches Et D'Etudes Europeen
#80	Michael Yoshiya Nishimoto	3	Corning Incorporated
#81	Mohd Fadzli Anwar Hassan	3	Intermolecular
#82	Namjin Kim	3	Samsung
#83	Paul Stephen Danielson	3	Corning Incorporated
#84	Ronald E. Kissell	3	Knauf Insulation
#85	Rostislav Vatchev Roussev	3	Corning Incorporated
#86	Robert T. Rozbicki	3	View
#87	Satoshi Ami	3	Avanstrate
#88	Shawn Rachelle Markham	3	Corning Incorporated
#89	Steven Edward DeMartino	3	Corning Incorporated
#90	Stephane Poissy	3	Corning Incorporated
#91	Tetsuya Otosaka	3	Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
#92	Timothy A. Dennis	3	Guardian Glass
#93	Tomoaki Negishi	3	Hoya
#94	Uwe Kriltz	3	Centre Luxembourgeois De Recherches Pour Le Verre Et La Ceramique S.A. (C.R.V.C.)
#95	Vladislav Yuryevich Golyatin	3	Corning Incorporated
#96	Wenchao Wang	3	Fuzhou Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co.
#97	Xinghua Li	3	Corning Incorporated
#98	Youn-Ki Jun	3	Lg Hausys
#99	Youngseok Kim	3	Samsung
#100	Yoshinori Kotani	3	Canon

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Corning Incorporated	109
2	Guardian Industries	28
3	Asahi Glass Co.	21
#4	Nippon Electric Glass Co.	15
#5	Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.	15
#6	Hoya	13
#7	Schott Ag	13
#8	Saint-Gobain Glass France	12
#9	Agc Glass Europe	10
#10	Heraeus Quarzglas	10
#11	Intermolecular	8
#12	Ivoclar Vivadent Ag	7
#13	Johns Manville	7
#14	Owens-Brockway Glass Container	7
#15	Samsung	7
#16	Ppg Industries Ohio	6
#17	Saint-Gobain Isover	6
#18	Sumitomo Electric Industries	6
#19	LG	6
#20	Avanstrate	5
#21	Ferro	5
#22	Canon	5
#23	Cdgm Glass Co.	4
#24	Fujikura	4
#25	Saint-Gobain Centre De Recherches Et D'Etudes Europeen	4
#26	Sumco	4
#27	3M	3
#28	Centre Luxembourgeois De Recherches Pour Le Verre Et La Ceramique S.A. (C.R.V.C.)	3
#29	CEA	3
#30	Draka Comteq B.V.	3
#31	Emhart Glass S.A.	3
#32	Heye International Gmbh	3
#33	Knauf Insulation	3
#34	Knauf Insulation Sprl	3
#35	Lg Hausys	3
#36	Ofs Fitel	3
#37	Olympus	3
#38	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory	3
#39	Sumita Optical Glass	3
#40	View	3
#41	3B-Fibreglass Sprl	2
#42	Agc Flat Glass North America	2
#43	Cardinal Cg	2
#44	Corning Optical Communications	2
#45	Corning Precision Materials Co.	2
#46	Corsam Technologies	2
#47	Eurokera S.N.C.	2
#48	Furukawa Electric Co.	2
#49	Glasstech	2
#50	Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.	2
#51	James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics	2
#52	Japan Display	2
#53	J-Fiber Gmbh	2
#54	Lehigh University	2
#55	Momentive Performance Materials Gmbh	2
#56	Nihon Yamamura Glass Co.	2
#57	Nitto Boseki Co.	2
#58	Ocv Intellectual Capital	2
#59	Ohara	2
#60	Pittsburgh Glass Works	2
#61	Pochet Du Courval	2
#62	Prysmian S.P.A.	2
#63	Rockwool International A/S	2
#64	Tencent	2
#65	University Of Central Florida	2
#66	Unknown	2
#67	Panasonic	2
#68	Apple	1
#69	Advalue Photonics	1
#70	Agc Glass Europe Sa	1
#71	Beijing Boe Display Technology Co.	1
#72	Bottero S.P.A.	1
#73	Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh	1
#74	Central Glass Company, Limited	1
#75	CNRS	1
#76	Cheil Industries	1
#77	China Building Materials Academy Co.	1
#78	Coherent	1
#79	Colorado School Of Mines	1
#80	Daejoo Electronic Materials Co.	1
#81	Daicel	1
#82	Dip-Tech	1
#83	Disco	1
#84	Docter Optics Se	1
#85	Dsm Ip Assets B.V.	1
#86	Electro Scientific Industries	1
#87	Empire Technology Development	1
#88	Essilor International	1
#89	Essilor International (Compagnie Generale D'Optique)	1
#90	Everdisplay Optronics (Shanghai) Co.	1
#91	Fives Stein	1
#92	Fraunhofer	1
#93	Gdf Suez	1
#94	Glaston Finland Oy	1
#95	Grupo Pavisa S.A. De C.V.	1
#96	Gyrotron Technology	1
#97	Hass	1
#98	Herakles	1
#99	Foxconn	1
#100	Imerys Filtration Minerals	1

Glass Patent Leaders in 2016 2016

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