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Glass Patent Leaders in 2022 2022

Primary CPC class C03 · Section C

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: 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 580 patents in 2023.peak 5801996: 305 patents19961997: 371 patents1998: 456 patents1999: 519 patents19992000: 420 patents2001: 496 patents2002: 537 patents20022003: 541 patents2004: 504 patents2005: 366 patents20052006: 392 patents2007: 302 patents2008: 281 patents20082009: 330 patents2010: 475 patents2011: 464 patents20112012: 511 patents2013: 466 patents2014: 560 patents20142015: 499 patents2016: 523 patents2017: 568 patents20172018: 467 patents2019: 565 patents2020: 565 patents20202021: 507 patents2022: 574 patents2023: 580 patents20232024: 572 patents2025: 546 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Charlene Marie Smith 17 Corning Incorporated
2 Timothy Michael Gross 16 Corning Incorporated
3 Matthew John Dejneka 14 Corning Incorporated
#4 George Halsey Beall 13 Corning Incorporated
#5 Xiaoju Guo 11 Corning Incorporated
#6 Qiang Fu 10 Corning Incorporated
#7 Rostislav Vatchev Roussev 10 Corning Incorporated
#8 Guangli Hu 9 Corning Incorporated
#9 Yuhui Jin 9 Corning Incorporated
#10 Pushkar Tandon 8 Corning Incorporated
#11 Thomas Lambricht 8 Agc Glass Europe
#12 Eiichi Uriu 7 Panasonic
#13 Hiroyuki Abe 7 Japan Display
#14 Kazuya Hasegawa 7 Panasonic
#15 Masataka Nonaka 7 Panasonic
#16 Pascale Oram 7 Corning Incorporated
#17 Tasuku Ishibashi 7 Panasonic
#18 Vitor Marino Schneider 7 Corning Incorporated
#19 Jingshi Wu 6 Corning Incorporated
#20 Marie Jacqueline Monique Comte 6 Corning Incorporated
#21 Steven Alvin Tietje 6 Corning Incorporated
#22 Young Seok Kim 6 Samsung
#23 Zhongzhi Tang 6 Corning Incorporated
#24 Zhongming Wang 6 Owens-Brockway Glass Container
#25 Adam D. Polcyn 5 Vitro Flat Glass
#26 Alexander I Priven 5 Corning Incorporated
#27 Dana Craig Bookbinder 5 Corning Incorporated
#28 James Joseph Price 5 Corning Incorporated
#29 Jian Luo 5 Corning Incorporated
#30 Lina Ma 5 Corning Incorporated
#31 Qing Li 5 Agc
#32 Robert Michael Morena 5 Corning Incorporated
#33 Shandon Dee Hart 5 Corning Incorporated
#34 Suyeon Choi 5 LG
#35 Walter Lehmann 5 Heraeus Quarzglas
#36 Wei Sun 5 Lighting Science Group
#37 Yannick SARTENAER 5 Agc Glass Europe
#38 Andrew V. Wagner 4 Vitro Flat Glass
#39 Bruce Gardiner Aitken 4 Corning Incorporated
#40 Chunfeng Zhou 4 Corning Incorporated
#41 Hadi Amarloo 4 Quantum Valley Ideas Laboratories
#42 Haruhiko Ishikawa 4 Panasonic
#43 Jaime Ramirez-Serrano 4 Quantum Valley Ideas Laboratories
#44 James P. Shaffer 4 Quantum Valley Ideas Laboratories
#45 James P. Thiel 4 Ppg Industries Ohio
#46 Jennifer Ann Joe Erskine 4 Quantum Valley Ideas Laboratories
#47 John Christopher Mauro 4 Corning Incorporated
#48 Kazutaka Ono 4 Agc
#49 Laura Jane Singh 4 Saint-Gobain Glass France
#50 Ljerka Ukrainczyk 4 Corning Incorporated
#51 Maxime Collignon 4 Agc Glass Europe
#52 Matthias Otter 4 Heraeus Quarzglas
#53 Michael Hünermann 4 Heraeus Quarzglas
#54 Nicholas Francis Borrelli 4 Corning Incorporated
#55 Nicolas Chorine 4 Agc Glass Europe
#56 Nikolaos Pantelis Kladias 4 Corning Incorporated
#57 Paul A. Medwick 4 Vitro Flat Glass
#58 Paul R. Ohodnicki 4 U.S. Department Of Energy
#59 Peter Joseph Lezzi 4 Corning Incorporated
#60 Qiao Li 4 Corning Incorporated
#61 Quentin Fraselle 4 Agc Glass Europe
#62 Shane T. Rashley 4 Owens-Brockway Glass Container
#63 Sinue Gomez 4 Corning Incorporated
#64 Suguru Murayama 4 Agc
#65 Takeshi Shimizu 4 Fujitsu Limited
#66 Victor Tijerina Ramos 4 Vitro, S.A.B. De C.V.
#67 Adam James Ellison 3 Corning Incorporated
#68 Aize Li 3 Corning Incorporated
#69 Alexander Mikhailovich Streltsov 3 Corning Incorporated
#70 Andreas Langner 3 Heraeus Quarzglas
#71 Audrey Dogimont 3 Agc Glass Europe
#72 Christopher D. Jones 3 Apple
#73 Dale N. Memering 3 Apple
#74 Dennis J. O'Shaughnessy 3 Vitro Flat Glass
#75 Dongcheng Yan 3 Tunghsu Group Co.
#76 Ellen Anne King 3 Corning Incorporated
#77 Friedrich Siebers 3 Schott Ag
#78 Georgiy M Guryanov 3 Corning Incorporated
#79 Guangtao Zhang 3 Tunghsu Group Co.
#80 Heather Debra Boek 3 Corning Incorporated
#81 Heather Bossard Decker 3 Corning Incorporated
#82 Hiroki Mori 3 Brother Kogyo
#83 Indrajit Dutta 3 Corning Incorporated
#84 Iwao Okazaki 3 Toray Industries
#85 Jason Thomas Harris 3 Corning Incorporated
#86 James W. McCamy 3 Vitro Flat Glass
#87 James R. Wilson 3 Apple
#88 Jesse Kohl 3 Corning Incorporated
#89 John Michael Jewell 3 Corning Incorporated
#90 Joseph Francis Schroeder, III 3 Corning Incorporated
#91 Kevin Barry Reiman 3 Corning Incorporated
#92 Kiyotaka Kinoshita 3 Nippon Electric Glass Co.
#93 Lila Raj Dahal 3 Pilkington Group Limited
#94 Mark Alan Cook 3 Corning Incorporated
#95 Marc Dittmer 3 Ivoclar Vivadent Ag
#96 Matthew S. Rogers 3 Apple
#97 Martin Trommer 3 Heraeus Quarzglas
#98 Michelle L. Korwin-Edson 3 Owens Corning Intellectual Capital
#99 Nils Christian Nielsen 3 Heraeus Quarzglas
#100 Nisita WANAKULE 3 Saint-Gobain Glass France

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Corning Incorporated 151
2 Saint-Gobain Glass France 25
3 Agc 23
#4 Nippon Electric Glass Co. 23
#5 Owens-Brockway Glass Container 17
#6 Schott Ag 16
#7 Heraeus Quarzglas 13
#8 Agc Glass Europe 12
#9 Apple 11
#10 Sumitomo Electric Industries 10
#11 LG 9
#12 Samsung 9
#13 Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. 8
#14 Vitro Flat Glass 8
#15 Panasonic 7
#16 Owens Corning Intellectual Capital 6
#17 Pilkington Group Limited 6
#18 Fujikura 5
#19 Guardian Glass 5
#20 Covestro (Netherlands) B.V. 4
#21 Quantum Valley Ideas Laboratories 4
#22 Tunghsu Group Co. 4
#23 Vitro, S.A.B. De C.V. 4
#24 Cdgm Glass Co. 3
#25 Eurokera 3
#26 Furukawa Electric Co. 3
#27 Ivoclar Vivadent Ag 3
#28 Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited 3
#29 Prysmian S.P.A. 3
#30 3M 2
#31 Aac Optics Solutions Pte. 2
#32 Cardinal Cg 2
#33 Central Glass Company, Limited 2
#34 Dentsply Sirona 2
#35 Draka Comteq B.V. 2
#36 Ferro 2
#37 Glasstech 2
#38 Guardian Europe S.A.R.L. 2
#39 Johns Manville 2
#40 Knauf Insulation 2
#41 Knauf Insulation Sprl 2
#42 Lpkf Laser & Electronics Ag 2
#43 Magic Leap 2
#44 Saint-Gobain Isover 2
#45 Schott Glass Technologies (Suzhou) Co. 2
#46 Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co. 2
#47 Sunshine Lake Pharma Co. 2
#48 Tdk 2
#49 Penn State 2
#50 Tunghsu Technology Group Co. 2
#51 Vidrio Plano De México, S.A. De C.V. 2
#52 View 2
#53 Google 2
#54 1824930 Alberta 1
#55 Agc Flat Glass North America 1
#56 Agy Holding 1
#57 Air Products And Chemicals 1
#58 Apogee Enterprises 1
#59 Applied Research Center 1
#60 Arkema France 1
#61 Asi/Silica Machinery 1
#62 C-Bond Systems 1
#63 China Triumph International Engineering Co. 1
#64 City University Of Hong Kong 1
#65 Comadur Sa 1
#66 Corning Laser Technologies Gmbh 1
#67 Corning Research & Development 1
#68 Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research 1
#69 Daejoo Electronic Materials Co. 1
#70 Dexerials 1
#71 Disco 1
#72 Dnf Co. 1
#73 Dowooinsys Co. 1
#74 D. Swarovski Kg 1
#75 Dupont Electronics 1
#76 Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (Epfl) 1
#77 Eurecat S.A. 1
#78 Eurokera S.N.C. 1
#79 Flexitallic Investments 1
#80 Fujitsu Limited 1
#81 Georgia-Pacific Gypsum 1
#82 Guangdong Fenghua Advanced Technology Holding Co. 1
#83 OPPO 1
#84 Heraeus Deutschland 1
#85 Heraeus Quartz North America 1
#86 HP 1
#87 Heye International Gmbh 1
#88 Hoya 1
#89 Imperial College Of Science, Technology And Medicine 1
#90 Institute Of Nuclear Energy Research, Atomic Energy Council 1
#91 Interdigital Patent Holdings 1
#92 Intevac 1
#93 Jushi Group Co. 1
#94 Kcc Glass 1
#95 KFUPM 1
#96 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. 1
#97 Kunshan League Automechanism Co. 1
#98 Kuraray Noritake Dental 1
#99 Land Instruments International Limited 1
#100 Leoni Kabel Gmbh 1