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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Hand tools Patent Leaders All Time

Primary CPC class B25 · 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.

Recent years: 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2,592 patents in 2025.peak 2,5921996: 630 patents19961997: 577 patents1998: 779 patents1999: 873 patents19992000: 1,007 patents2001: 998 patents2002: 885 patents20022003: 845 patents2004: 808 patents2005: 824 patents20052006: 1,013 patents2007: 849 patents2008: 695 patents20082009: 575 patents2010: 804 patents2011: 870 patents20112012: 1,051 patents2013: 1,250 patents2014: 1,171 patents20142015: 1,303 patents2016: 1,281 patents2017: 1,408 patents20172018: 1,340 patents2019: 1,575 patents2020: 1,857 patents20202021: 1,869 patents2022: 2,186 patents2023: 2,239 patents20232024: 2,408 patents2025: 2,592 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Chih-Ching Hsieh 205 Kabo Tool
2 Bobby Hu 154 Unknown
3 Youjun Xiong 145 Ubtech Robotics Corp
#4 Christopher Geyer 83 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#5 Matthew T. Mason 83 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#6 Thomas Wagner 81 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#7 Joseph Romano 79 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#8 Rosen Nikolaev Diankov 76 Mujin
#9 Prasanna Velagapudi 74 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#10 Thomas Koletschka 73 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#11 Kyle Maroney 71 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#12 Thomas Allen 71 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#13 Gene Temple Price 70 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#14 Joel S. Marks 70 Worktools
#15 Michael Dawson-Haggerty 70 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#16 Kevin Ahearn 68 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#17 Siddhartha Srinivasa 68 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#18 Daniel Smith 66 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#19 Heiko Roehm 63 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#20 Chih-Ching Hsien 59 —
#21 Masanori Furusawa 56 Makita
#22 Jacob P. Schneider 55 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#23 Benjamin Cohen 53 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#24 Tetsuaki Kato 53 Fanuc
#25 Yulun Wang 53 Intouch Technologies
#26 Kazutaka Nakayama 51 Fanuc
#27 Tobias Herr 51 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#28 Craig A. Schell 50 Black & Decker
#29 John K. Junkers 50 Unex
#30 Jui-Chien Kao 50 Tai E International Patent And Law Office
#31 Paul G. Gross 49 Black & Decker
#32 Cheng-Wei Su 47 Hong Ann Tool Industries Co.
#33 Ronald L. Johnson 47 Wagic
#34 Ryo Nihei 47 Fanuc
#35 Martin Hosek 46 Persimmon Technologies
#36 Atsushi Watanabe 45 Fanuc
#37 Charles S. Jordan 45 Intouch Technologies
#38 Daniel Puzio 45 Black & Decker
#39 Nobutoshi Torii 45 Fanuc
#40 Tilo Dittrich 45 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
#41 Joshua Aaron Lessing 44 Soft Robotics
#42 Matthew J. Mergener 44 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#43 Yoshitaka Machida 44 Makita
#44 Andrew E. Seman, Jr. 43 Black & Decker
#45 Troy C. Thorson 43 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#46 Fraser M. Smith 42 Sarcos
#47 Daniel J. White 41 Black & Decker
#48 Eugene Izhikevich 41 Brain
#49 Masaki MOTOYOSHI 41 Seiko Epson
#50 Tai-Her Yang 41 Unknown
#51 Tomomasa Nishikawa 41 Hitachi Koki Co.
#52 Masayuki Kamon 40 Kawasaki
#53 Marco Pinter 40 Intouch Technologies
#54 Toshihiko Inoue 40 Fanuc
#55 Yoshitaka Akiba 40 Hitachi Koki Co.
#56 Daniel M. Eggert 39 Snap-On Incorporated
#57 Jean-Baptiste Passot 39 Brain
#58 Mou-Tang Liou 39 Tang Chou Industrial Co.
#59 Clara Vu 38 Veo Robotics
#60 Gerhard Meixner 38 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#61 Huan Tan 38 GE
#62 Ryan Knopf 38 Soft Robotics
#63 Torgny Brogardh 38 Asea Aktiebolag
#64 Wayne Anderson 38 Smart Medical Devices
#65 Benjamin C. Rivera 37 Leatherman Tool Group
#66 Cody Moore 37 Caterpillar
#67 Ulrich Schiestl 37 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
#68 Christopher Hofmeister 36 Brooks Automation Gmbh
#69 Oleg Sinyavskiy 36 Brain
#70 Stuart E. Garber 36 Black & Decker
#71 Bruce D. McIntosh 35 Phd
#72 Hsuan-Sen Shiao 35 Unknown
#73 Kiyonobu Yoshikane 35 Makita
#74 Kyung Shik Roh 35 Samsung
#75 Zhouwen Sun 35 Dexterity
#76 Arthur Wu 34 Proxene Tools Co.
#77 Egbert Frenken 34 Gustav Klauke Gmbh
#78 Joachim Hecht 34 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#79 Kazunori Ban 34 Fanuc
#80 Masafumi Ooba 34 Fanuc
#81 Warren A. Seith 34 Ingersoll-Rand
#82 Yizhang Liu 34 Ubtech Robotics Corp
#83 Anthony Sean Jules 33 X Development
#84 Ethan Rublee 33 X Development
#85 Jianxin Pang 33 Ubtech Robotics Corp
#86 Joseph P. Kelleher 33 Black & Decker
#87 Michael T. Gauthier 33 Gauthier Biomedical
#88 Ping-Wen Huang 33 New Way Tools Co.
#89 Robert Joseph Gallegos 33 Wagic
#90 Thomas A. Fuhlbrigge 33 Abb Schweiz Ag
#91 Yoshiharu Nagatsuka 33 Fanuc
#92 Hiroki Ikuta 32 Makita
#93 Kurt Konolige 32 X Development
#94 Matthew J. Velderman 32 Black & Decker
#95 Todd A. Hagan 32 Black & Decker
#96 Yasunao Okazaki 32 Panasonic
#97 Hiroshi Isobe 31 Ntn
#98 Markus Hartmann 31 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
#99 Richard J. Macor 31 —
#100 Samir Menon 31 Dexterity

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Fanuc 1,035
2 Black & Decker 982
3 Robert Bosch Gmbh 699
#4 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft 686
#5 Makita 652
#6 Unknown 594
#7 Milwaukee Electric Tool 527
#8 Seiko Epson 485
#9 Illinois Tool Works 378
#10 The Boeing 317
#11 Honda Motor Co. 300
#12 Toyota 288
#13 Yaskawa Electric 268
#14 X Development 263
#15 Hitachi Koki Co. 250
#16 Canon 249
#17 Samsung 249
#18 Snap-On Incorporated 247
#19 Sony 242
#20 Kawasaki 236
#21 Panasonic 236
#22 Max Co. 212
#23 General Motors 192
#24 Foxconn 178
#25 LG 170
#26 Google 152
#27 Abb Schweiz Ag 149
#28 Ubtech Robotics Corp 149
#29 Amazon 147
#30 IBM 135
#31 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 132
#32 Basso Industry 123
#33 Ingersoll-Rand 122
#34 Tencent 117
#35 GE 116
#36 Irobot 115
#37 Omron 115
#38 Boston Dynamics 113
#39 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 112
#40 Caterpillar 109
#41 Mitsubishi Electric 108
#42 Intuitive Surgical 102
#43 Koki Holdings Co. 102
#44 Kuka Roboter Gmbh 102
#45 NASA 99
#46 Lisle 91
#47 Mujin 89
#48 Delaware Capital Formation 87
#49 Hitachi 87
#50 Kabo Tool 87
#51 Hyundai Motor 83
#52 Abb Technology Ag 82
#53 Kuka Deutschland Gmbh 82
#54 Smc 80
#55 Applied Materials 77
#56 Atlas Copco Industrial Technique Ab 74
#57 Ford 74
#58 Intel 74
#59 Snap-On Tools 73
#60 Brooks Automation Gmbh 70
#61 Apex Brands 69
#62 Denso Wave Incorporated 69
#63 Intrinsic Innovation 69
#64 RTX (Raytheon) 69
#65 Brain 63
#66 Worktools 63
#67 Atlas Copco Tools Ab 62
#68 Leatherman Tool Group 59
#69 MIT 58
#70 Phd 58
#71 Berkshire Grey Operating Company 57
#72 CEA 56
#73 Stanley Fastening Systems 56
#74 Nanjing Chervon Industry Co. 53
#75 Sumitomo Electric Industries 53
#76 Sanctuary Cognitive Systems 50
#77 Soft Robotics 50
#78 Apex Mfg. Co. 49
#79 De Poan Pneumatic 49
#80 Irwin Industrial Tool 48
#81 Andreas Stihl Ag & Co. Kg 47
#82 Dexterity 47
#83 Easco Hand Tools 47
#84 Societe De Prospection Et D'Inventions Techniques—Spit 47
#85 ITRI 46
#86 Disney 46
#87 Senco Products 45
#88 US Air Force 45
#89 Comcast 44
#90 Chicago Pneumatic Tool 43
#91 Emerson Electric 42
#92 Hangzhou Great Star Industrial Co. 42
#93 C. & E. Fein Gmbh 40
#94 Chervon (Hk) Limited 40
#95 Sri International 40
#96 Techtronic Cordless Gp 40
#97 Westinghouse Electric 40
#98 Daihen 39
#99 Intouch Technologies 39
#100 Wagic 39