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Grinding and polishing Patent Leaders in 2017 2017

Primary CPC class B24 · Section B

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

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 876 patents in 2001.peak 8761996: 408 patents19961997: 476 patents1998: 459 patents1999: 586 patents19992000: 765 patents2001: 876 patents2002: 825 patents20022003: 804 patents2004: 752 patents2005: 738 patents20052006: 783 patents2007: 543 patents2008: 382 patents20082009: 337 patents2010: 335 patents2011: 415 patents20112012: 474 patents2013: 542 patents2014: 489 patents20142015: 557 patents2016: 505 patents2017: 488 patents20172018: 501 patents2019: 513 patents2020: 398 patents20202021: 288 patents2022: 394 patents2023: 506 patents20232024: 473 patents2025: 432 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Hiroyuki Shinozaki 10 Ebara
2 Osamu Nabeya 8 Ebara
3 Daniel T. Dovel 7 Darex
#4 Hozumi Yasuda 7 Ebara
#5 Tetsuji Togawa 7 Ebara
#6 Bainian Qian 6 Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Cmp Holdings
#7 Makoto Fukushima 6 Ebara
#8 Micah Beckman 6 RTX (Raytheon)
#9 Andrew Wank 5 Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Cmp Holdings
#10 Diane Scott 5 Nexplanar
#11 Keisuke Namiki 5 Ebara
#12 Toru Maruyama 5 Ebara
#13 William C. Allison 5 Nexplanar
#14 Bowen Xue 4 Citic Dicastal Co.
#15 David P. Miess 4 Us Synthetic
#16 George C. Jacob 4 Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Cmp Holdings
#17 Jeffrey Drue David 4 Applied Materials
#18 Jiandong Guo 4 Citic Dicastal Co.
#19 Julia Kozhukh 4 Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Cmp Holdings
#20 Masaya Seki 4 Ebara
#21 Ping Huang 4 Nexplanar
#22 Shingo Togashi 4 Ebara
#23 Teresa Brugarolas Brufau 4 Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Cmp Holdings
#24 Alexander William Simpson 3 Infineon Technologies Ag
#25 Anthony A. DiGiovanni 3 Baker Hughes Holdings
#26 Arup K. Khaund 3 Saint-Gobain Abrasifs
#27 Boguslaw A. Swedek 3 Applied Materials
#28 Chia-Feng CHIU 3 Kinik
#29 Changhai Li 3 Citic Dicastal Co.
#30 Collin D. Chan 3 Apple
#31 Daniel A. Beaudet 3 Velasa Sports
#32 David Masiukiewicz 3 RTX (Raytheon)
#33 Debkumar Mukhopadhyay 3 Us Synthetic
#34 Diego Lugo 3 Dow Global Technologies
#35 Hisanori Matsuo 3 Ebara
#36 Ivan D. Goryachev 3 Velasa Sports
#37 Jeffrey B. Miller 3 Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Cmp Holdings
#38 John P. Rizzo, Jr. 3 RTX (Raytheon)
#39 Jui-Lin Chou 3 Kinik
#40 Marty W. DeGroot 3 Dow Global Technologies
#41 Marc R. Stack 3 Dow Global Technologies
#42 Michael A. Vail 3 Us Synthetic
#43 Michael Woehrle 3 Ims Gear Gmbh
#44 Paul Andre Lefevre 3 Innopad
#45 Paul L. Miller 3 Gdo
#46 Rajeev Bajaj 3 Applied Materials
#47 Rachana Upadhyay 3 Saint-Gobain Abrasifs
#48 Russell K. Layton, Jr. 3 Velasa Sports
#49 Satoru Yamaki 3 Ebara
#50 Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque 3 Apple
#51 Simon Yavelberg 3 Applied Materials
#52 Srinivasan Ramanath 3 Saint-Gobain Abrasives
#53 Steven M. Zuniga 3 Applied Materials
#54 Tony Quan Tran 3 Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Cmp Holdings
#55 Yasuyuki Motoshima 3 Ebara
#56 Yongning Wang 3 Citic Dicastal Co.
#57 Zhihua Zhu 3 Citic Dicastal Co.
#58 Abhijit Suryavanshi 2 Diamond Innovations
#59 Adiseshaiah K. SATHYANARAYANAIAH 2 Saint-Gobain Abrasifs
#60 Adrian Schoch 2 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#61 Ajay P. Malshe 2 Nanomech
#62 Anton Raoul Twersky 2 Element Six Abrasives S.A.
#63 Atsushi Yoshida 2 Panasonic
#64 Axel H. Henning 2 Omax
#65 Bernard Brechemier 2 Essilor International (Compagnie Generale D'Optique)
#66 Benjamin Cherian 2 Applied Materials
#67 Bela Elek 2 Edgecraft
#68 Benjamin LeCompte 2 —
#69 Binyu Xiong 2 Citic Dicastal Co.
#70 Brian G. Koethe 2 3M
#71 Chung-Chih Feng 2 San Fang Chemical Industry Co.
#72 Chan-Gi Jung 2 Daewon Kang Up Co.
#73 Chang-Sheng Lin 2 TSMC
#74 Chidambaram Raghavan 2 Flow International
#75 C. Eugene McMurray 2 Us Synthetic
#76 Daniel R. Cloutier 2 Sunnen Products
#77 Daniel D. Friel, Jr. 2 Edgecraft
#78 Dai Fukushima 2 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#79 David Givens 2 Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co.
#80 Daijitsu Harada 2 Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
#81 Dal N. Hills 2 Advanced Concrete Technologies
#82 Dashi Nie 2 Saint-Gobain Abrasifs
#83 Danny E. Scott 2 Baker Hughes Holdings
#84 David Michael Veneziale 2 Dow Global Technologies
#85 Daniel Preston Wilding 2 Us Synthetic
#86 Edgar Edward Jaunzemis 2 —
#87 Elmar Lange 2 Matuschek Messtechnik Gmbh
#88 Ernst H. Schubert 2 Omax
#89 Fengji Yeh 2 Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Cmp Holdings
#90 Florian Esenwein 2 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#91 Francis V. Acholla 2 Dow Global Technologies
#92 Frank J. Csillag 2 Saint-Gobain Abrasives
#93 Franz Egger 2 Tyrolit—Schleifmittelwerke Swarovski Ag & Co K.G.
#94 Goran Hoglund 2 Kwh Mirka
#95 Harry Q. Lee 2 Applied Materials
#96 Harunobu Matsui 2 Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
#97 Hideo Aizawa 2 Ebara
#98 Hisayuki Oode 2 Subaru
#99 Hirotsugu Takazawa 2 Subaru
#100 Hung Chih Chen 2 Wistron

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Ebara 43
2 Applied Materials 18
3 Saint-Gobain Abrasifs 14
#4 Saint-Gobain Abrasives 14
#5 RTX (Raytheon) 13
#6 Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Cmp Holdings 12
#7 Us Synthetic 12
#8 TSMC 11
#9 3M 10
#10 Baker Hughes Holdings 9
#11 Robert Bosch Gmbh 9
#12 Darex 7
#13 Diamond Innovations 7
#14 Sintokogio 7
#15 Apple 6
#16 Dow Global Technologies 6
#17 Disco 5
#18 Nexplanar 5
#19 Omax 5
#20 Mitsubishi Electric 4
#21 Supfina Grieshaber Gmbh & Co. Kg 4
#22 Black & Decker 3
#23 Cabot Microelectronics 3
#24 Citic Dicastal Co. 3
#25 Corning Incorporated 3
#26 Element Six Abrasives S.A. 3
#27 Fujimi Incorporated 3
#28 Gdo 3
#29 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 3
#30 Kinik 3
#31 Lg Siltron Incorporated 3
#32 National Oilwell Varco 3
#33 Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. 3
#34 Smith International 3
#35 Sugino Machine Limited 3
#36 Sumco 3
#37 Unknown 3
#38 Velasa Sports 3
#39 BOE 3
#40 LG 3
#41 Daewon Kang Up Co. 2
#42 Diamabrush 2
#43 Edgecraft 2
#44 Element Six Limited 2
#45 Fanuc 2
#46 Flow International 2
#47 Fns Tech Co. 2
#48 Hefei Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 2
#49 Honda Motor Co. 2
#50 Lawrence Livermore National Security 2
#51 Matuschek Messtechnik Gmbh 2
#52 Nanomech 2
#53 Nidek Co. 2
#54 Olympus 2
#55 Robert Bosch Tool 2
#56 Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc./Saint-Gobain Abrasifs 2
#57 Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics 2
#58 San Fang Chemical Industry Co. 2
#59 Seagate Technology 2
#60 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 2
#61 Siltronic Ag 2
#62 Sunnen Products 2
#63 The Boeing 2
#64 Thomas Engineering Solutions & Consulting 2
#65 Tyrolit—Schleifmittelwerke Swarovski Ag & Co K.G. 2
#66 University of Florida 2
#67 GE 2
#68 Samsung 2
#69 Acm Research (Shanghai) 1
#70 Advanced Concrete Technologies 1
#71 Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha 1
#72 Alfred Kärcher Gmbh & Co. Kg 1
#73 Arobotech Systems 1
#74 Arris Technologies 1
#75 Asahi Diamond Industrial Co. 1
#76 Asahi Glass Co. 1
#77 Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. 1
#78 Basf Se 1
#79 Brinkman Products 1
#80 C. & E. Fein Gmbh 1
#81 Chervon (Hk) Limited 1
#82 Cold Jet 1
#83 Corning Precision Materials Co. 1
#84 Covidien Lp 1
#85 Dean Foods 1
#86 Deckel Maho Seebach Gmbh 1
#87 Dunlop Sports Co. 1
#88 Ehwa Diamond Industrial Co. 1
#89 Empire Magnetics 1
#90 Entegris 1
#91 Essilor International 1
#92 Essilor International (Compagnie Generale D'Optique) 1
#93 First Solar 1
#94 Fives Landis Limited 1
#95 Flex-Elektrowerkzeuge Gmbh 1
#96 Foley-Belsaw 1
#97 Fraunhofer 1
#98 Fs Technical 1
#99 Fujifilm 1
#100 Subaru 1