Glass Patent Leaders 2018 | Patent Leaderboard

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Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Rank ↑	Inventor ↕	Patents ↕	Primary Company ↕
1	Timothy Michael Gross	11	Corning Incorporated
2	Charlene Marie Smith	10	Corning Incorporated
3	Dana Craig Bookbinder	10	Corning Incorporated
#4	Pushkar Tandon	9	Corning Incorporated
#5	Matthew John Dejneka	8	Corning Incorporated
#6	Yusuke Arai	8	Brother Kogyo
#7	Jaymin Amin	7	Corning Incorporated
#8	Adam James Ellison	6	Corning Incorporated
#9	Nicholas Francis Borrelli	6	Corning Incorporated
#10	Sinue Gomez	6	Corning Incorporated
#11	Thierry Luc Alain Dannoux	6	Corning Incorporated
#12	Hong Li	5	Infineon Technologies Ag
#13	John Christopher Mauro	5	Corning Incorporated
#14	Kevin Barry Reiman	5	Corning Incorporated
#15	Kevin Lee Wasson	5	Corning Incorporated
#16	Rostislav Vatchev Roussev	5	Corning Incorporated
#17	Seiki Ohara	5	Asahi Glass Co.
#18	Timothy James Kiczenski	5	Corning Incorporated
#19	Yuki Kondo	5	Asahi Glass Co.
#20	Yuya Shimada	5	Asahi Glass Co.
#21	Aaron Morgan Huber	4	Johns Manville
#22	Anton Dietrich	4	Centre Luxembourgeois De Recherches Pour Le Verre Et La Ceramique S.A. (C.R.V.C.)
#23	Bernd Disteldorf	4	Guardian Industries
#24	Benedict Osobomen Egboiyi	4	Corning Incorporated
#25	Brian Paul Strines	4	Corning Incorporated
#26	Bruce K. Zoitos	4	Unifrax I
#27	Christian Ritzberger	4	Ivoclar Vivadent Ag
#28	Jean-Marc Lemmer	4	Guardian Industries
#29	Jonathan David Pesansky	4	Corning Incorporated
#30	John Christopher Thomas	4	Corning Incorporated
#31	Junko MIYASAKA	4	Asahi Glass Co.
#32	Kenji Okada	4	Fujikura
#33	Ljerka Ukrainczyk	4	Corning Incorporated
#34	Mark William Charbonneau	4	Johns Manville
#35	Michael J. Andrejcak	4	Unifrax I
#36	Richard Orr Maschmeyer	4	Corning Incorporated
#37	Robert Michael Morena	4	Corning Incorporated
#38	Steven Bruce Dawes	4	Corning Incorporated
#39	Wolfram Höland	4	Ivoclar Vivadent Ag
#40	Aaron Wiest	3	US Air Force
#41	Abhinav Bhandari	3	Vitro Flat Glass
#42	Alexander Sorg	3	Beteiligungen Sorg Gmbh & Co. Kg
#43	Bianca Schreder	3	Schott Ag
#44	Bruce Gardiner Aitken	3	Corning Incorporated
#45	Bradley Frederick Bowden	3	Corning Incorporated
#46	Carlos Alberto Duran	3	Corning Incorporated
#47	Craig Andrew MacDougall	3	US Air Force
#48	Daniel Robert Boughton	3	Corning Incorporated
#49	David L. Morse	3	Corning Glass Works
#50	Donghui Zhao	3	Unifrax I
#51	Emmanuel Lecomte	3	Eurokera S.N.C.
#52	Frank Coppola	3	Corning Incorporated
#53	Fred Charles Metz	3	Corning Museum Of Glass
#54	George Halsey Beall	3	Corning Incorporated
#55	George E. Sakoske	3	Ferro
#56	Herbert Lage	3	Centre Luxembourgeois De Recherches Pour Le Verre Et La Ceramique S.A. (C.R.V.C.)
#57	Hiroyuki Hijiya	3	Agc
#58	Jason Hamilton	3	Unifrax I
#59	James W. McCamy	3	Vitro Flat Glass
#60	Jose Ferreira	3	Centre Luxembourgeois De Recherches Pour Le Verre Et La Ceramique S.A. (C.R.V.C.)
#61	John Jerry Kersting	3	Corning Incorporated
#62	Junichiro Kase	3	Asahi Glass Co.
#63	Kamila Plevacova	3	Eurokera S.N.C.
#64	Lothar Niessner	3	Schott Ag
#65	Marcel Potuzak	3	Corning Incorporated
#66	Mark Alejandro Quesada	3	Corning Incorporated
#67	Natesan Venkataraman	3	Corning Incorporated
#68	Naiyue Zhou	3	Corning Incorporated
#69	Paul A. Westbrook	3	Ppg Industries Ohio
#70	Qiang Fu	3	Corning Incorporated
#71	Richard Blacker	3	Guardian Industries
#72	Richard Michael Fiacco	3	Corning Incorporated
#73	Robin Friedman	3	View
#74	Scott Weil	3	Owens-Brockway Glass Container
#75	Shusaku Akiba	3	Agc
#76	Sridhar Karthik Kailasam	3	View
#77	Steven Thomas Gibbs	3	Corning Museum Of Glass
#78	Stephan Lvovich Logunov	3	Corning Incorporated
#79	Stijn Mahieu	3	Agc Glass Europe
#80	Thomas Lambricht	3	Agc Glass Europe
#81	Tilak Gullinkala	3	Owens-Brockway Glass Container
#82	Vijayen S. Veerasamy	3	Guardian Industries
#83	Volker Rheinberger	3	Ivoclar Vivadent Ag
#84	Xiaoju Guo	3	Corning Incorporated
#85	Zheming Zheng	3	Corning Incorporated
#86	Adam Tokarz	2	Guardian Glass
#87	Alexey Krasnov	2	Guardian Industries
#88	Alexandre Michel Mayolet	2	Corning Incorporated
#89	Anatoli Anatolyevich Abramov	2	Corning Incorporated
#90	Anshu A. Pradhan	2	View
#91	Asli Sahin	2	IBM
#92	Audrey Dogimont	2	Agc Glass Europe
#93	Bernd Christensen	2	Johns Manville
#94	Bo Kuang	2	Cdgm Glass Co.
#95	Bostjan MAROLT	2	—
#96	Brent Boyce	2	Guardian Glass
#97	Carsten Renz	2	Schott Ag
#98	Cécile Jousseaume	2	Saint-Gobain Abrasifs
#99	Cheng-Hung Hung	2	Ppg Industries Ohio
#100	Chikara Inamura	2	MIT

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Corning Incorporated	112
2	Asahi Glass Co.	30
3	Guardian Glass	17
#4	Schott Ag	16
#5	Johns Manville	12
#6	Owens-Brockway Glass Container	12
#7	Nippon Electric Glass Co.	10
#8	Saint-Gobain Glass France	9
#9	Agc	8
#10	Heraeus Quarzglas	6
#11	Agc Glass Europe	5
#12	Fujikura	5
#13	Pilkington Group Limited	5
#14	Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.	5
#15	US Air Force	5
#16	BOE	5
#17	Cardinal Cg	4
#18	Cdgm Glass Co.	4
#19	Eurokera S.N.C.	4
#20	Glasstech	4
#21	Ivoclar Vivadent Ag	4
#22	Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited	4
#23	Unifrax I	4
#24	Samsung	4
#25	Apple	3
#26	Beteiligungen Sorg Gmbh & Co. Kg	3
#27	Corning Museum Of Glass	3
#28	Ferro	3
#29	Guardian Europe S.A.R.L.	3
#30	Hoya	3
#31	Nikon	3
#32	Osram Oled Gmbh	3
#33	Praxair Technology	3
#34	Saint-Gobain Isover	3
#35	Spiral Arts	3
#36	University Of Central Florida	3
#37	View	3
#38	Applied Materials	2
#39	Asahi Fiber Glass Co.	2
#40	Centre Luxembourgeois De Recherches Pour Le Verre Et La Ceramique S.A. (C.R.V.C.)	2
#41	Corning Precision Materials Co.	2
#42	Draka Comteq B.V.	2
#43	Eurokera	2
#44	Furukawa Electric Co.	2
#45	Foxconn	2
#46	Infineon Technologies Ag	2
#47	MIT	2
#48	National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia	2
#49	Nichia	2
#50	Ocv Intellectual Capital	2
#51	Olympus	2
#52	Pochet Du Courval	2
#53	Ppg Industries Ohio	2
#54	Rofin-Sinar Technologies	2
#55	Sumitomo Electric Industries	2
#56	Superior Fibers	2
#57	Tsinghua University	2
#58	IBM	2
#59	LG	2
#60	Lockheed Martin	2
#61	3M	1
#62	Agp America S.A.	1
#63	Ajou University Industry-Academic Cooperation	1
#64	Arkema	1
#65	Bae Systems Plc	1
#66	Becton, Dickinson And	1
#67	Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co.	1
#68	Bloom Energy	1
#69	Bormioli Luigi S.P.A.	1
#70	Bottero S.P.A.	1
#71	Bromer	1
#72	Central Glass Company, Limited	1
#73	CNRS	1
#74	Colorobbia Italia S.P.A.	1
#75	Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research	1
#76	Dentsply Sirona	1
#77	Department Of Electronics And Information Technology (Deity)	1
#78	Earthstone International	1
#79	Emhart Glass S.A.	1
#80	Essilor International	1
#81	Everix	1
#82	Ev Group E. Thallner Gmbh	1
#83	Fosbel	1
#84	Gentex	1
#85	Gkn Aerospace Transparency Systems	1
#86	Goodrich	1
#87	Hass	1
#88	Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co.	1
#89	Heye International Gmbh	1
#90	Hitachi Chemical Company	1
#91	Htc	1
#92	Inentec	1
#93	Ionics France	1
#94	Jushi Group Co.	1
#95	Kawasaki	1
#96	Knauf Insulation	1
#97	Knauf Insulation Sprl	1
#98	Koa Glass Co.	1
#99	Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A.	1
#100	Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.	1

Glass Patent Leaders in 2018 2018

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