Glass Patent Leaders 2020 | Patent Leaderboard

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Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Rank ↑	Inventor ↕	Patents ↕	Primary Company ↕
1	Matthew John Dejneka	14	Corning Incorporated
2	Charlene Marie Smith	12	Corning Incorporated
3	Brent Boyce	10	Guardian Glass
#4	Timothy Michael Gross	10	Corning Incorporated
#5	Dana Craig Bookbinder	9	Corning Incorporated
#6	Bernd Disteldorf	8	Guardian Industries
#7	Philip J. Lingle	7	Guardian Industries
#8	Steven Alvin Tietje	7	Corning Incorporated
#9	Guangli Hu	6	Corning Incorporated
#10	Jingyu Lao	6	Guardian Industries
#11	Pushkar Tandon	6	Corning Incorporated
#12	Qiang Fu	6	Corning Incorporated
#13	Rostislav Vatchev Roussev	6	Corning Incorporated
#14	Salah Boussaad	6	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And
#15	Xiaoju Guo	6	Corning Incorporated
#16	Yongli Xu	6	Guardian Industries
#17	Zhongzhi Tang	6	Corning Incorporated
#18	Anton Dietrich	5	Centre Luxembourgeois De Recherches Pour Le Verre Et La Ceramique S.A. (C.R.V.C.)
#19	Andrew V. Wagner	5	Vitro Flat Glass
#20	Cesar Clavero	5	Guardian Glass
#21	Charles Andrew Paulson	5	Corning Incorporated
#22	Daijitsu Harada	5	Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
#23	George Halsey Beall	5	Corning Incorporated
#24	Gilbert De Angelis	5	Corning Incorporated
#25	John Christopher Mauro	5	Corning Incorporated
#26	Masaki Takeuchi	5	Murata Manufacturing Co.
#27	Michael Balduin	5	Saint-Gobain Glass France
#28	Nicholas Francis Borrelli	5	Corning Incorporated
#29	Pascale Oram	5	Corning Incorporated
#30	Richard Vernhes	5	Guardian Glass
#31	Robert Alan Bellman	5	Corning Incorporated
#32	Robert Anthony Schaut	5	Corning Incorporated
#33	Adam D. Polcyn	4	Vitro Flat Glass
#34	Andreas Ortner	4	Schott Ag
#35	Daniel Schweigert	4	Guardian Glass
#36	Dennis J. O'Shaughnessy	4	Vitro Flat Glass
#37	Eiichi Uriu	4	Panasonic
#38	Guowen Ding	4	Intermolecular
#39	Hiroyuki Abe	4	Japan Display
#40	Hiroyuki Hijiya	4	Agc
#41	Jaymin Amin	4	Corning Incorporated
#42	James P. Thiel	4	Ppg Industries Ohio
#43	Jean-Marie Le Ny	4	Saint-Gobain Glass France
#44	Jean-Carlos Lorenzzi	4	Saint-Gobain Glass France
#45	Kazuaki Bando	4	Bando Kiko Co.
#46	Kensuke Nagai	4	Asahi Glass Co.
#47	Kenji Okada	4	Fujikura
#48	Ljerka Ukrainczyk	4	Corning Incorporated
#49	Masayuki Hirose	4	Sumitomo Electric Industries
#50	Paul A. Medwick	4	Vitro Flat Glass
#51	Paul R. Ohodnicki	4	U.S. Department Of Energy
#52	Robert Michael Morena	4	Corning Incorporated
#53	Robert T. Rozbicki	4	View
#54	Santona Pal	4	Corning Incorporated
#55	Sergio Tsuda	4	Corning Incorporated
#56	Sinue Gomez	4	Corning Incorporated
#57	Steven Edward DeMartino	4	Corning Incorporated
#58	Sumalee Likitvanichkul	4	Corning Incorporated
#59	Tasuku Ishibashi	4	Panasonic
#60	Yiwei Lu	4	Guardian Industries
#61	Yuhui Jin	4	Corning Incorporated
#62	Zhongming Wang	4	Owens-Brockway Glass Container
#63	Albert Roth Nieber	3	Corning Incorporated
#64	Andreas Habeck	3	Schott Ag
#65	Atsuki SAITO	3	Nippon Electric Glass Co.
#66	Benno Dunkmann	3	Saint-Gobain Glass France
#67	Benedict Osobomen Egboiyi	3	Corning Incorporated
#68	Bernd Hoppe	3	Schott Ag
#69	Boris Gromann	3	Heraeus Quarzglas
#70	Bostjan MAROLT	3	—
#71	Chunhong Chelsie He	3	Corning Incorporated
#72	Christof Kass	3	Schott Ag
#73	Chandan Kumar Saha	3	Corning Incorporated
#74	Christopher Lee Timmons	3	Corning Incorporated
#75	Clemens Ottermann	3	Schott Ag
#76	David DUCARME	3	—
#77	Dang Cuong Phan	3	Saint-Gobain Glass France
#78	Douglas J. Weber	3	Apple
#79	Eriko Maeda	3	Agc
#80	Eric Lee Miller	3	Corning Incorporated
#81	Fabian Wagner	3	Mann+Hummel Gmbh
#82	Friedrich Siebers	3	Schott Ag
#83	Fumio Sato	3	Nippon Electric Glass Co.
#84	Futoshi SUZUKI	3	Nippon Electric Glass Co.
#85	Gautam Narendra Kudva	3	Corning Incorporated
#86	Garrett Andrew Piech	3	Corning Incorporated
#87	Gerard DEMOTT	3	Knauf Insulation Sprl
#88	Gertjan Krabshuis	3	Draka Comteq B.V.
#89	Guorong Cao	3	Jushi Group Co.
#90	Heather Debra Boek	3	Corning Incorporated
#91	Hiroki Katayama	3	Canon
#92	Hirotomo Kawahara	3	Agc
#93	Hongmei Hu	3	Corning Incorporated
#94	Hong Li	3	Infineon Technologies Ag
#95	Igor Milicevic	3	Draka Comteq B.V.
#96	Jonathan David Pesansky	3	Corning Incorporated
#97	John Christopher Thomas	3	Corning Incorporated
#98	Jürgen Vogt	3	Schott Ag
#99	Kaveh Adib	3	Corning Incorporated
#100	Karl William Koch, III	3	Corning Incorporated

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Corning Incorporated	119
2	Schott Ag	34
3	Agc	28
#4	Guardian Glass	28
#5	Nippon Electric Glass Co.	24
#6	Owens-Brockway Glass Container	18
#7	Saint-Gobain Glass France	18
#8	Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.	11
#9	Agc Glass Europe	10
#10	Guardian Europe S.A.R.L.	10
#11	Apple	8
#12	Fujikura	8
#13	Heraeus Quarzglas	8
#14	Sumitomo Electric Industries	7
#15	Pilkington Group Limited	6
#16	Vitro Flat Glass	6
#17	Furukawa Electric Co.	5
#18	LG	5
#19	Samsung	5
#20	Bando Kiko Co.	4
#21	Johns Manville	4
#22	View	4
#23	Panasonic	4
#24	Cardinal Cg	3
#25	Draka Comteq B.V.	3
#26	Ferro	3
#27	Glasstech	3
#28	Ivoclar Vivadent Ag	3
#29	Jushi Group Co.	3
#30	National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia	3
#31	Prysmian S.P.A.	3
#32	Unknown	3
#33	Applied Materials	2
#34	Cdgm Glass Co.	2
#35	Central Glass Company, Limited	2
#36	Corning Precision Materials Co.	2
#37	Electric Glass Fiber America	2
#38	Fraunhofer	2
#39	Heye International Gmbh	2
#40	Khalifa University Of Science And Technology	2
#41	Koito Manufacturing Co.	2
#42	Magic Leap	2
#43	Nihon Yamamura Glass Co.	2
#44	Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited	2
#45	Nipro	2
#46	Owens Corning Intellectual Capital	2
#47	Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated	2
#48	Politecnico Di Milano	2
#49	Ppg Industries Ohio	2
#50	Saint-Gobain Isover	2
#51	Seagate Technology	2
#52	Penn State	2
#53	Google	2
#54	IBM	2
#55	3M	1
#56	1824930 Alberta	1
#57	Agc Flat Glass North America	1
#58	Agfa-Gevaert Nv	1
#59	Agy Holding	1
#60	Air Products And Chemicals	1
#61	Alliance For Sustainable Energy	1
#62	American Air Liquide	1
#63	Apogee Enterprises	1
#64	Arc France	1
#65	University Of Arizona	1
#66	Arkema France	1
#67	Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha	1
#68	Axon Cable	1
#69	Becton Dickinson France	1
#70	Beteiligungen Sorg Gmbh & Co. Kg	1
#71	Bloom Energy	1
#72	Bormioli Luigi S.P.A.	1
#73	Bottero S.P.A.	1
#74	C-Bond Systems	1
#75	Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co.	1
#76	China Triumph International Engineering Co.	1
#77	Chongqing Aureavia Hi-Tech Glass Co.	1
#78	CEA	1
#79	Creator'S Stained Glass	1
#80	Dell Products	1
#81	Dentsply Sirona	1
#82	Dexerials	1
#83	D. Swarovski Kg	1
#84	Faurecia Innenraum Systeme Gmbh	1
#85	Fiberhome Telecommunication Technologies Co.	1
#86	Free Form Fibers	1
#87	Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena	1
#88	Furuya Metal Co.	1
#89	Gc	1
#90	Global Graphene Group	1
#91	Goodrich	1
#92	Harris	1
#93	Hass	1
#94	H.C. Starck	1
#95	Heraeus Deutschland	1
#96	Heraeus Quartz North America	1
#97	Inductotherm	1
#98	Ionics France	1
#99	J-Fiber Gmbh	1
#100	Johnson Matthey Public Limited	1

Glass Patent Leaders in 2020 2020

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