Glass Patent Leaders 2024 | Patent Leaderboard

Rankings count each patent once by its primary Cooperative Patent Classification. All-time pages aggregate the full database; year pages use patent grant year.

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Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Rank ↑	Inventor ↕	Patents ↕	Primary Company ↕
1	Xiaoju Guo	22	Corning Incorporated
2	Timothy Michael Gross	20	Corning Incorporated
3	Charlene Marie Smith	18	Corning Incorporated
#4	Peter Joseph Lezzi	13	Corning Incorporated
#5	George Halsey Beall	11	Corning Incorporated
#6	Qiang Fu	11	Corning Incorporated
#7	Yuhui Jin	11	Corning Incorporated
#8	Jian Luo	9	Corning Incorporated
#9	Rostislav Vatchev Roussev	9	Corning Incorporated
#10	Takeshi Shimizu	8	Fujitsu Limited
#11	Andreas Ortner	7	Schott Ag
#12	Eiichi Uriu	7	Panasonic
#13	Hiroyuki Abe	7	Japan Display
#14	Jason Thomas Harris	7	Corning Incorporated
#15	Kazuya Hasegawa	7	Panasonic
#16	Kazutaka Ono	7	Agc
#17	Matthew John Dejneka	7	Corning Incorporated
#18	Masataka Nonaka	7	Panasonic
#19	Tasuku Ishibashi	7	Panasonic
#20	Zhongzhi Tang	7	Corning Incorporated
#21	Gilbert De Angelis	6	Corning Incorporated
#22	Guangli Hu	6	Corning Incorporated
#23	Haruhiko Ishikawa	6	Panasonic
#24	Jingshi Wu	6	Corning Incorporated
#25	Ki Hwan Kim	6	LG
#26	Pascale Oram	6	Corning Incorporated
#27	Toshitaka Yagi	6	Ohara
#28	Fabian Wagner	5	Mann+Hummel Gmbh
#29	Frank-Thomas Lentes	5	Schott Ag
#30	James Joseph Price	5	Corning Incorporated
#31	Jesse Kohl	5	Corning Incorporated
#32	Joseph Michael Matusick	5	Corning Incorporated
#33	Karl William Koch, III	5	Corning Incorporated
#34	Kevin Barry Reiman	5	Corning Incorporated
#35	KOHEI OGASAWARA	5	Ohara
#36	Ming-Jun Li	5	Corning Incorporated
#37	Naoyuki Goto	5	Ohara
#38	Seung Ho Kim	5	Samsung
#39	Sinue Gomez	5	Corning Incorporated
#40	Vitor Marino Schneider	5	Corning Incorporated
#41	Vladislav Yuryevich Golyatin	5	Corning Incorporated
#42	Yong Chan Kim	5	LG
#43	Yutaka Yamashita	5	Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
#44	Atsuki SAITO	4	Nippon Electric Glass Co.
#45	Douglas Dale Bressler	4	Corning Incorporated
#46	Hirofumi TOKUNAGA	4	Agc
#47	Jeong Woo Shon	4	LG
#48	Jill Marie Hall	4	Corning Incorporated
#49	John Christopher Mauro	4	Corning Incorporated
#50	Lina Ma	4	Corning Incorporated
#51	Lisa Anne Tietz Moore	4	Corning Incorporated
#52	Martin Trommer	4	Heraeus Quarzglas
#53	Nansra Heo	4	LG
#54	Paul A. Medwick	4	Vitro Flat Glass
#55	Pilsung Jo	4	LG
#56	Pierrick VESPA	4	Saint-Gobain Centre De Recherches Et D'Etudes Europeen
#57	Reika Kojima	4	Ohara
#58	Shandon Dee Hart	4	Corning Incorporated
#59	Shane T. Rashley	4	Owens-Brockway Glass Container
#60	Wei Sun	4	Lighting Science Group
#61	Yongkyu Kang	4	Samsung
#62	Yuki Motoshima	4	Ohara
#63	Zhongming Wang	4	Owens-Brockway Glass Container
#64	Adam D. Polcyn	3	Vitro Flat Glass
#65	Aize Li	3	Corning Incorporated
#66	Alexander I Priven	3	Corning Incorporated
#67	Andrew V. Wagner	3	Vitro Flat Glass
#68	Atsushi MUSHIAKE	3	Nippon Electric Glass Co.
#69	Benjamin Pelham Schrock	3	Corning Incorporated
#70	Byung Hoon Kang	3	Samsung
#71	Carol A. Click	3	Owens-Brockway Glass Container
#72	Chunhong Chelsie He	3	Corning Incorporated
#73	Christopher D. Prest	3	Apple
#74	Christopher Lee Timmons	3	Corning Incorporated
#75	Chunfeng Zhou	3	Corning Incorporated
#76	Connor Thomas O'Malley	3	Corning Incorporated
#77	Dana Craig Bookbinder	3	Corning Incorporated
#78	David Alan Deneka	3	Corning Incorporated
#79	David Lee Weidman	3	Corning Incorporated
#80	Dennis J. O'Shaughnessy	3	Vitro Flat Glass
#81	Gyu In SHIM	3	Samsung
#82	Heather Debra Boek	3	Corning Incorporated
#83	Hitoshi IINUMA	3	Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
#84	Hong Li	3	Infineon Technologies Ag
#85	Hyunseung Seo	3	LG
#86	Isabelle Cabodi	3	Saint-Gobain Centre De Recherches Et D'Etudes Europeen
#87	Jaymin Amin	3	Corning Incorporated
#88	James P. Thiel	3	Ppg Industries Ohio
#89	Jae Hyun Yu	3	Corning Incorporated
#90	Jin Su Kim	3	Samsung
#91	Jihyun Ko	3	Samsung
#92	John Philip Finkeldey	3	Corning Incorporated
#93	John Robert Saltzer, JR.	3	Corning Incorporated
#94	Jose Zimmer	3	Schott Ag
#95	Juliette JAMART	3	Saint-Gobain Glass France
#96	Kevin Patrick McNelis	3	Corning Incorporated
#97	Khaled Layouni	3	Corning Incorporated
#98	Ljerka Ukrainczyk	3	Corning Incorporated
#99	Matthew S. Rogers	3	Apple
#100	Manuel Rosenberger	3	Heraeus Quarzglas

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Corning Incorporated	158
2	Schott Ag	31
3	Agc	25
#4	Nippon Electric Glass Co.	23
#5	Samsung	21
#6	Owens-Brockway Glass Container	15
#7	LG	14
#8	Heraeus Quarzglas	10
#9	Saint-Gobain Glass France	9
#10	Apple	8
#11	Panasonic	8
#12	Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.	7
#13	Ohara	6
#14	Pilkington Group Limited	6
#15	Agc Glass Europe	5
#16	Covestro (Netherlands) B.V.	5
#17	Hoya	5
#18	Sumitomo Electric Industries	5
#19	Applied Materials	4
#20	Cdgm Glass Co.	4
#21	Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited	4
#22	Saint-Gobain Centre De Recherches Et D'Etudes Europeen	4
#23	Saint-Gobain Isover	4
#24	Schott Glass Technologies (Suzhou) Co.	4
#25	Vitro Flat Glass	4
#26	Dexerials	3
#27	Docter Optics Se	3
#28	Dowooinsys Co.	3
#29	Electric Glass Fiber America	3
#30	Eurokera S.N.C.	3
#31	Owens Corning Intellectual Capital	3
#32	Schott Pharma Schweiz Ag	3
#33	View	3
#34	Canon	3
#35	Acr Ii Glass America	2
#36	Agc Flat Glass North America	2
#37	Agc Vidros Do Brasil Ltda	2
#38	Asml Netherlands B.V.	2
#39	Beijing University Of Technology	2
#40	Byd Company Limited	2
#41	Carl Zeiss Smt Gmbh	2
#42	China Jiliang University	2
#43	Chongqing Aureavia Hi-Tech Glass Co.	2
#44	Fujikura	2
#45	Glasstech	2
#46	Guardian Glass	2
#47	Ivoclar Vivadent Ag	2
#48	Jushi Group Co.	2
#49	Knauf Insulation Sprl	2
#50	Nihon Taisanbin Kogyou Kabushiki Kaisha	2
#51	Nitto Boseki Co.	2
#52	Nkt Photonics A/S	2
#53	Polyplus Battery	2
#54	Rockwool A/S	2
#55	Sgd S.A.	2
#56	Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co.	2
#57	Sumitomo Metal Mining Co.	2
#58	Tohoku University	2
#59	Tosoh Quartz	2
#60	Toto	2
#61	Tunghsu Group Co.	2
#62	Tunghsu Technology Group Co.	2
#63	Turkiye Sise Ve Cam Fabrikalari Anonim Sirketi	2
#64	Uti	2
#65	Vitro, S.A.B. De C.V.	2
#66	3M	1
#67	3Sae Technologies	1
#68	Agc Automotive Americas	1
#69	Ahlstrom Oyj	1
#70	Appotronics Corporation Limited	1
#71	Asi/Silica Machinery	1
#72	Beteiligungen Sorg Gmbh & Co. Kg	1
#73	Bioalpha	1
#74	Calderys France	1
#75	Cardinal Cg	1
#76	Cg Bio Co.	1
#77	Chenfeng Optronics	1
#78	China Building Materials Academy Co.	1
#79	Clemson University	1
#80	Cnbm Research Institute For Advanced Glass Materials Group Co.	1
#81	Comadur Sa	1
#82	Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin	1
#83	Crossject	1
#84	Dalhousie University	1
#85	Disco	1
#86	Dongguan City Wonderful Ceramics Industrial Park Co.	1
#87	Draka Comteq B.V.	1
#88	D. Swarovski Kg	1
#89	Fraunhofer	1
#90	Fujifilm	1
#91	Furuya Metal Co.	1
#92	Genics	1
#93	Gerresheimer Bünde Gmbh	1
#94	Gerresheimer Regensburg Gmbh	1
#95	Glassflake	1
#96	Hamilton Sundstrand	1
#97	Hammond Group	1
#98	Heraeus Quartz North America	1
#99	Idemitsu Kosan Co.	1
#100	Intevac	1

Glass Patent Leaders in 2024 2024

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