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Hand tools Patent Leaders in 2020 2020

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 21 Ubtech Robotics Corp
2 Christopher Geyer 16 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
3 Daniel Smith 16 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#4 Gene Temple Price 16 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#5 Joseph Romano 16 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#6 Kevin Ahearn 16 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#7 Kyle Maroney 16 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#8 Matthew T. Mason 16 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#9 Michael Dawson-Haggerty 16 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#10 Prasanna Velagapudi 16 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#11 Siddhartha Srinivasa 16 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#12 Thomas Allen 16 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#13 Thomas Koletschka 16 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#14 Thomas Wagner 16 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#15 Rosen Nikolaev Diankov 15 Mujin
#16 Benjamin Cohen 11 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#17 Masafumi Ooba 10 Fanuc
#18 Essam Namouz 9 Tti (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited
#19 Kazutaka Nakayama 9 Fanuc
#20 Andrew D. Marchese 8 Amazon
#21 Edward A. Pomeroy 8 Tti (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited
#22 John Schnell 8 Black & Decker
#23 Masanori Furusawa 8 Makita
#24 Tomoyuki Yamamoto 8 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#25 Christopher Hofmeister 7 Brooks Automation Gmbh
#26 Joshua Aaron Lessing 7 Soft Robotics
#27 Martin Hosek 7 Persimmon Technologies
#28 Sami Haddadin 7 Franka Emika Gmbh
#29 Zachary Scott 7 Tti (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited
#30 Ennio Claretti 6 Amazon
#31 Matthew J. Mergener 6 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#32 Biao Zhang 5 Abb Schweiz Ag
#33 Bobby Hu 5 Unknown
#34 Denys Kanunikov 5 Mujin
#35 Fraser M. Smith 5 Sarcos
#36 George M. Whitesides 5 Harvard University
#37 Jeffrey Curhan 5 Soft Robotics
#38 Jonathan Baptista 5 B-Temia
#39 Jordane Grenier 5 Safran Electronics & Defense
#40 Jude Royston Jonas 5 Amazon
#41 Junya Tanaka 5 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#42 Kaimeng Wang 5 Fanuc
#43 Marco Pinter 5 Intouch Technologies
#44 Shijie Zheng 5 Robottime (Beijing) Technology Co.
#45 Stephen P. Moore 5 Illinois Tool Works
#46 Thomas A. Fuhlbrigge 5 Abb Schweiz Ag
#47 Xiaodong Cao 5 Abb Schweiz Ag
#48 Xiangao Yao 5 Robottime (Beijing) Technology Co.
#49 Xutao Ye 5 Mujin
#50 Yonosuke Aoki 5 Makita
#51 Yulun Wang 5 Intouch Technologies
#52 Alexandre Vaure 4 B-Temia
#53 Beth Marcus 4 Amazon
#54 Benjamin Lev Snyder 4 Amazon
#55 Brian C. Beckman 4 Amazon
#56 Brandon William Porter 4 Amazon
#57 Chiaki Fukui 4 Smc
#58 Christopher S. Hoppe 4 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#59 Charles S. Jordan 4 Intouch Technologies
#60 Cheng-Wei Su 4 Hong Ann Tool Industries Co.
#61 Corrinne Yu 4 Amazon
#62 David Q. Larkin 4 Reflexion Medical
#63 David T. Ross 4 Snap-On Incorporated
#64 Daniel J. White 4 Black & Decker
#65 Gregory Coleman 4 Amazon
#66 Hajime Suzuki 4 —
#67 Hanxin Zhao 4 Illinois Tool Works
#68 Hitoshi Iida 4 Makita
#69 Hiroki Ikuta 4 Makita
#70 Hideki Sasaki 4 Nec
#71 Hongyu Ding 4 Ubtech Robotics Corp
#72 Holger Mönnich 4 Siemens Healthcare Limited
#73 Huan Liu 4 Mujin
#74 Huan Tan 4 GE
#75 Jennifer Eileen King 4 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#76 John Richard Amend, Jr. 4 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#77 Justin Thomas Juranovits 4 Amazon
#78 Kaiyuan Cao 4 Abb Schweiz Ag
#79 Kazuyoshi Takahashi 4 Canon
#80 Kevin B. Albert 4 Canvas Construction
#81 Kent M. Anderson 4 Warsaw Orthopedic
#82 Kei Watanabe 4 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#83 Leonardo Ruggiero Bachega 4 Amazon
#84 Markus Hartmann 4 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
#85 Matthew J. Velderman 4 Black & Decker
#86 Michael Cap Koval 4 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#87 Michael Vogelsong 4 Amazon
#88 Nicola Diolaiti 4 Intuitive Surgical
#89 Paul Kukucka 4 Grip Holdings
#90 Remus Boca 4 Abb Schweiz Ag
#91 Roland Thieffry 4 Safran Electronics & Defense
#92 Russell Islam 4 Mujin
#93 Saul Griffith 4 Other Lab
#94 Sunho Yang 4 LG
#95 Takumi Oyama 4 Fanuc
#96 Takashi Ueda 4 Cateye Co.
#97 Thomas Stefan Kukucka 4 Grip Holdings
#98 Thomas Womersley 4 Soft Robotics
#99 Tilo Dittrich 4 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
#100 Tobias Herr 4 Robert Bosch Gmbh

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Fanuc 111
2 Seiko Epson 54
3 Black & Decker 37
#4 The Boeing 35
#5 Makita 31
#6 Robert Bosch Gmbh 29
#7 Amazon 26
#8 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft 26
#9 Milwaukee Electric Tool 24
#10 Ubtech Robotics Corp 22
#11 X Development 22
#12 Abb Schweiz Ag 21
#13 Illinois Tool Works 21
#14 Unknown 20
#15 Koki Holdings Co. 18
#16 Berkshire Grey 16
#17 Kawasaki 15
#18 Mujin 15
#19 Canon 15
#20 Intuitive Surgical 14
#21 Toyota 14
#22 Panasonic 12
#23 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 10
#24 Kuka Deutschland Gmbh 10
#25 GE 10
#26 LG 10
#27 Sony 10
#28 Yaskawa Electric 9
#29 Tti (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited 9
#30 Atlas Copco Industrial Technique Ab 8
#31 Basso Industry 8
#32 Honda Motor Co. 8
#33 Nanjing Chervon Industry Co. 8
#34 Omron 8
#35 Smc 8
#36 Snap-On Incorporated 8
#37 Soft Robotics 8
#38 IBM 8
#39 Boston Dynamics 7
#40 Max Co. 7
#41 Persimmon Technologies 7
#42 Harvard University 7
#43 CEA 6
#44 Denso Wave Incorporated 6
#45 Foxconn 6
#46 Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S. 6
#47 Irobot 6
#48 Mitsubishi Electric 6
#49 BOE 6
#50 Caterpillar 6
#51 Samsung 6
#52 Applied Materials 5
#53 Apex Brands 5
#54 Apex Mfg. Co. 5
#55 B-Temia 5
#56 Hyundai Motor 5
#57 Kia Motors 5
#58 MIT 5
#59 Robottime (Beijing) Technology Co. 5
#60 Safran Electronics & Defense 5
#61 Disney 5
#62 Google 5
#63 RTX (Raytheon) 5
#64 Airbus Operations Limited 4
#65 Andreas Stihl Ag & Co. Kg 4
#66 BMW 4
#67 Brain 4
#68 Dishcraft Robotics 4
#69 Fuji 4
#70 Fujifilm Business Innovation 4
#71 Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co. 4
#72 Hangzhou Great Star Industrial Co. 4
#73 Hangzhou Great Star Tools Co. 4
#74 Hitachi 4
#75 Hiwin Technologies 4
#76 Hong Ann Tool Industries Co. 4
#77 Husqvarna Ab 4
#78 Intouch Technologies 4
#79 KFUPM 4
#80 Knipex-Werk C. Gustav Putsch Kg 4
#81 Robotis Co. 4
#82 Rolls-Royce Plc 4
#83 Siemens Healthcare Limited 4
#84 General Motors 4
#85 6D Bytes 3
#86 Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 3
#87 Aurora Flight Sciences 3
#88 Bastian Solutions 3
#89 Brooks Automation Gmbh 3
#90 Casio Computer Co. 3
#91 C. & E. Fein Gmbh 3
#92 Cembre S.P.A. 3
#93 Cmr Surgical Limited 3
#94 Creative Plastic Concepts 3
#95 Delaware Capital Formation 3
#96 Delta Electronics 3
#97 Eca Medical Instruments 3
#98 Ekso Bionics Holdings 3
#99 Etablissements Georges Renault 3
#100 Fanuc America 3