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Hand tools Patent Leaders in 2019 2019

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 Youjun Xiong 22 Ubtech Robotics Corp
2 Cody Moore 11 Caterpillar
3 Daniel J. White 9 Black & Decker
#4 Christopher Geyer 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#5 Daniel Smith 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#6 Gene Temple Price 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#7 Joseph Romano 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#8 Kevin Ahearn 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#9 Kyle Maroney 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#10 Matthew T. Mason 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#11 Matthew J. Velderman 8 Black & Decker
#12 Michael Dawson-Haggerty 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#13 Prasanna Velagapudi 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#14 Siddhartha Srinivasa 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#15 Thomas Allen 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#16 Thomas Koletschka 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#17 Thomas Wagner 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#18 Tobias Herr 8 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#19 Anthony Sean Jules 7 X Development
#20 Chih-Ching Hsieh 7 Kabo Tool
#21 Heiko Roehm 7 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#22 Jean-Baptiste Passot 7 Brain
#23 Kaimeng Wang 7 Fanuc
#24 Charles Burton Theurer 6 GE
#25 Kazushige Akaha 6 Seiko Epson
#26 Min Wang 6 Hangzhou Great Star Industrial Co.
#27 Oleg Sinyavskiy 6 Brain
#28 Wenquan Shu 6 Ubtech Robotics Corp
#29 Andre W. Moreau 5 Ty-Flot
#30 Andrew E. Seman, Jr. 5 Black & Decker
#31 Balajee Kannan 5 GE
#32 Benjamin Cohen 5 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#33 Darrell A. Moreau 5 Ty-Flot
#34 Erik Schluntz 5 Cobalt Robotics
#35 Eugene Izhikevich 5 Brain
#36 Hiromitsu Takahashi 5 Fanuc
#37 Joshua Aaron Lessing 5 Soft Robotics
#38 Masaki MOTOYOSHI 5 Seiko Epson
#39 Qi-Jun Zhao 5 Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co.
#40 Robert Joseph Gallegos 5 Wagic
#41 Ronald L. Johnson 5 Wagic
#42 Ryan Knopf 5 Soft Robotics
#43 Ryunosuke Kumagai 5 Makita
#44 Sebastian Lohmeier 5 Kuka Deutschland Gmbh
#45 Shuhei Kuraoka 5 Kawasaki
#46 Tokuo HIRABAYASHI 5 Makita
#47 Tomoyuki Yamamoto 5 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#48 Travis J. Deyle 5 Cobalt Robotics
#49 Wenhua Yu 5 Ubtech Robotics Corp
#50 Yugen Patrick Lockhart 5 Wagic
#51 Chiaki Fukui 4 Smc
#52 Cheng-Wei Su 4 Hong Ann Tool Industries Co.
#53 Cuong Nguyen-Xuan 4 Kuka Deutschland Gmbh
#54 David J. Smith 4 Black & Decker
#55 Hiroyuki Mizumoto 4 Kawasaki
#56 Huan Tan 4 GE
#57 Jeffrey Linnell 4 X Development
#58 John Michael Lizzi 4 GE
#59 Junichi Murakami 4 Canon
#60 Jun Takebayashi 4 Kawasaki
#61 Kazuto Yoshimura 4 Seiko Epson
#62 Kenji Bando 4 Kawasaki
#63 Kelleher Guerin 4 The Johns Hopkins University
#64 Matthew J. Mergener 4 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#65 Marco Pinter 4 Intouch Technologies
#66 Rosen Nikolaev Diankov 4 Mujin
#67 Roger A. Vandenberg 4 National Nail
#68 Satoru Shimizu 4 Sony
#69 Stuart E. Garber 4 Black & Decker
#70 Toshihiko Inoue 4 Fanuc
#71 Vincent Clerc 4 Softbank Robotics Europe
#72 Yukio Iwasaki 4 Kawasaki
#73 Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi 3 Ai Incorporated
#74 Ben Berkowitz 3 X Development
#75 Bhanuprasad V. Gorti 3 Black & Decker
#76 Bobby Hu 3 Unknown
#77 Burtrom L. Stampfl 3 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#78 Chace Howard Fadlovich 3 Mtm Robotics
#79 Christopher Hofmeister 3 Brooks Automation Gmbh
#80 Christian Ricordi 3 Illinois Tool Works
#81 Daniel Vincent Harburg 3 Soft Robotics
#82 David Ivinson 3 Eca Medical Instruments
#83 Daniel Steven Sanchez 3 Intouch Technologies
#84 David James Whalen-Robinson 3 Mtm Robotics
#85 Dong Liu 3 Huawei
#86 Ennio Claretti 3 Amazon
#87 Eric J. Davis 3 Mtm Robotics
#88 Francesco Ciniello 3 Comau S.P.A.
#89 Gou INABA 3 Fanuc
#90 Goshi Ishikawa 3 Makita
#91 Haruhiko Harry Asada 3 MIT
#92 Hal Hardinge 3 Fiskars Brands
#93 Hajime Suzuki 3 —
#94 Hiroshi Isobe 3 Ntn
#95 Hidenori Nagasaka 3 Makita
#96 Hiroji Nishi 3 Fanuc
#97 Hirokazu Watanabe 3 Yoshida Kogyo K.K.
#98 Hideshi Yamane 3 Kawasaki
#99 Idriss Mansouri-Chafik Ruiz 3 Wagic
#100 James J. Kuffner, Jr. 3 Google

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Fanuc 92
2 X Development 46
3 Black & Decker 45
#4 Seiko Epson 45
#5 Robert Bosch Gmbh 29
#6 Makita 26
#7 Canon 26
#8 Ubtech Robotics Corp 21
#9 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft 20
#10 The Boeing 20
#11 Kawasaki 17
#12 Milwaukee Electric Tool 17
#13 Abb Schweiz Ag 15
#14 Kuka Deutschland Gmbh 15
#15 Unknown 15
#16 Toyota 15
#17 Illinois Tool Works 13
#18 Caterpillar 13
#19 GE 12
#20 Amazon 11
#21 Panasonic 11
#22 Softbank Robotics Europe 10
#23 Boston Dynamics 9
#24 Hangzhou Great Star Tools Co. 9
#25 Koki Holdings Co. 9
#26 Sony 9
#27 Berkshire Grey 8
#28 Brain 8
#29 Honda Motor Co. 8
#30 Snap-On Incorporated 8
#31 Hangzhou Great Star Industrial Co. 7
#32 Kabo Tool 7
#33 Nidec Sankyo 7
#34 Soft Robotics 7
#35 IBM 7
#36 Samsung 7
#37 Denso Wave Incorporated 6
#38 Hyundai Motor 6
#39 Smc 6
#40 Wagic 6
#41 BOE 6
#42 Chervon (Hk) Limited 5
#43 Cobalt Robotics 5
#44 Ingersoll-Rand 5
#45 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 5
#46 Yaskawa Electric 5
#47 Kindred Systems 5
#48 Applied Materials 4
#49 Affinity Tool Works 4
#50 Atlas Copco Industrial Technique Ab 4
#51 BMW 4
#52 Brooks Automation Gmbh 4
#53 CNRS 4
#54 CEA 4
#55 Hong Ann Tool Industries Co. 4
#56 Intouch Technologies 4
#57 Intuitive Surgical 4
#58 Kia Motors 4
#59 Mujin 4
#60 National Nail 4
#61 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 4
#62 The Johns Hopkins University 4
#63 Ty-Flot 4
#64 General Motors 4
#65 Apex Brands 3
#66 Apex Mfg. Co. 3
#67 Cognex 3
#68 Comau S.P.A. 3
#69 Eca Medical Instruments 3
#70 Fiskars Brands 3
#71 Fujifilm Business Innovation 3
#72 Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co. 3
#73 Foxconn 3
#74 MIT 3
#75 Max Co. 3
#76 Mtm Robotics 3
#77 Ntn 3
#78 Omron 3
#79 Play-I 3
#80 Harvard University 3
#81 Robert Bosch Tool 3
#82 Sikorsky Aircraft 3
#83 Stanford University 3
#84 Tti (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited 3
#85 University Of South Florida 3
#86 Comcast 3
#87 Intel 3
#88 LG 3
#89 Microsoft 3
#90 Apple 2
#91 Airbus Operations Sas 2
#92 Ankobot (Shanghai) Smart Technologies Co. 2
#93 Auris Health 2
#94 Basso Industry 2
#95 Carbon Robotics 2
#96 Carnegie Mellon University 2
#97 Cmr Surgical Limited 2
#98 Covidien Lp 2
#99 Delaware Capital Formation 2
#100 Discovery Robotics 2