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Hand tools Patent Leaders in 2022 2022

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 18 Kabo Tool
2 Youjun Xiong 18 Ubtech Robotics Corp
3 Christopher Geyer 9 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#4 Daniel Smith 9 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#5 Donald W. Coffland 9 The Boeing
#6 Gene Temple Price 9 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#7 Jacob P. Schneider 9 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#8 Jianxin Pang 9 Ubtech Robotics Corp
#9 Joseph Romano 9 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#10 Kazutaka Nakayama 9 Fanuc
#11 Kevin Ahearn 9 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#12 Kyle Maroney 9 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#13 Matthew T. Mason 9 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#14 Michael Dawson-Haggerty 9 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#15 Prasanna Velagapudi 9 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#16 Siddhartha Srinivasa 9 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#17 Thomas Allen 9 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#18 Thomas Koletschka 9 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#19 Thomas Wagner 9 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#20 Akihito Ogawa 7 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#21 Benjamin Cohen 7 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#22 Masayuki Kamon 7 Kawasaki
#23 Cheng-Wei Su 6 Hong Ann Tool Industries Co.
#24 Sungmin MOON 6 LG
#25 Alex Khripin 5 Boston Dynamics
#26 Chad Aaron Miley 5 Apex Brands
#27 Clara Vu 5 Veo Robotics
#28 Dillon R. Jourde 5 Gecko Robotics
#29 Domenic P. Rodriguez 5 Gecko Robotics
#30 Edward A. Bryner 5 Gecko Robotics
#31 Edwin H. Cho 5 Gecko Robotics
#32 Eugene Izhikevich 5 Brain
#33 Fraser M. Smith 5 Sarcos
#34 Francesco H. Trogu 5 Gecko Robotics
#35 Hajime Suzuki 5 —
#36 Hiroshi Isobe 5 Ntn
#37 Huan Tan 5 GE
#38 Joshua Moore 5 Gecko Robotics
#39 Kaoru Takeuchi 5 Seiko Epson
#40 Kevin Y. Low 5 Gecko Robotics
#41 Mark Cho 5 Gecko Robotics
#42 Masafumi Ooba 5 Fanuc
#43 Michael Paul Rowe 5 Toyota
#44 Moonchan Kim 5 LG
#45 Nakyeong Kim 5 LG
#46 Qiang Huang 5 IBM
#47 Sanghak Lee 5 LG
#48 Scott Denenberg 5 Veo Robotics
#49 Stuart E. Garber 5 Black & Decker
#50 Alberto Moel 4 Veo Robotics
#51 Biao Zhang 4 Abb Schweiz Ag
#52 Bobby Hu 4 Unknown
#53 Chungeng Chen 4 Js Products
#54 Chengkun Zhang 4 Ubtech Robotics Corp
#55 David J. Smith 4 Black & Decker
#56 Florian Esenwein 4 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#57 Haotian Cui 4 Cloudminds Robotics Co.
#58 Haruna Eto 4 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#59 Haruhiro Tsuneta 4 Nidec
#60 Ian Miller 4 Gecko Robotics
#61 Jean-Baptiste Passot 4 Brain
#62 Jianjun Wang 4 Abb Schweiz Ag
#63 John S. Dey, IV 4 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#64 Johnny Holmberg 4 Abb Schweiz Ag
#65 Jun Min Lee 4 LG
#66 Kaname Hayashi 4 Groove X
#67 KAZUO HONGO 4 Sony
#68 Kazuma Komoda 4 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#69 Matthew J. Mergener 4 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#70 Masahiro Morioka 4 Fanuc
#71 Matt Simkins 4 Abb Schweiz Ag
#72 Magnus Wahlström 4 Abb Schweiz Ag
#73 Masaya Yoshida 4 Kawasaki
#74 Oleg Sinyavskiy 4 Brain
#75 Oussama Rawas 4 Divergent Technologies
#76 Rosen Nikolaev Diankov 4 Mujin
#77 Sami Haddadin 4 Franka Emika Gmbh
#78 Seiji Tokura 4 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#79 Shiquan Wang 4 Flexiv
#80 Troy C. Thorson 4 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#81 Wen Hung Chiang 4 Hsin Ying Enterprise Co.
#82 Wonhee Lee 4 Samsung
#83 Yaron Brunner 4 Keter Plastic
#84 Yizhang Liu 4 Ubtech Robotics Corp
#85 Yoshitaka Akiba 4 Hitachi Koki Co.
#86 Yoshikazu Matsuo 4 Honda Motor Co.
#87 Yuchen Wu 4 Cloudflare
#88 Akitoshi Maeda 3 Nec Lcd Technologies
#89 Alexander Alspach 3 Toyota
#90 Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi 3 Ai Incorporated
#91 Alexander C. Watt 3 Gecko Robotics
#92 Anders Lager 3 Abb Schweiz Ag
#93 Andrew P. Rux 3 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#94 Atsushi Sugahara 3 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#95 Bala Venkata Sai Ravi Krishna Kolluri 3 Intrinsic Innovation
#96 Balamuralidhar Purushothaman 3 Tata Consultancy Services Limited
#97 Bernard D. Casse 3 Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
#98 Benjamin A. Guise 3 Gecko Robotics
#99 Benjamin Swilling 3 Boston Dynamics
#100 Casey D. Garces 3 Milwaukee Electric Tool

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Fanuc 101
2 LG 64
3 Seiko Epson 50
#4 Milwaukee Electric Tool 47
#5 Black & Decker 36
#6 Makita 36
#7 Toyota 36
#8 Abb Schweiz Ag 31
#9 Robert Bosch Gmbh 30
#10 Kawasaki 29
#11 The Boeing 29
#12 Amazon 23
#13 X Development 22
#14 Sony 22
#15 Kabo Tool 18
#16 Ubtech Robotics Corp 18
#17 Apex Brands 17
#18 Canon 17
#19 Panasonic 17
#20 Samsung 16
#21 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft 15
#22 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 15
#23 Intrinsic Innovation 14
#24 Koki Holdings Co. 13
#25 Omron 13
#26 Unknown 13
#27 Illinois Tool Works 12
#28 Max Co. 12
#29 Atlas Copco Industrial Technique Ab 11
#30 Boston Dynamics 11
#31 Honda Motor Co. 11
#32 Snap-On Incorporated 11
#33 Cloudminds Robotics Co. 10
#34 Yaskawa Electric 10
#35 Basso Industry 9
#36 Kyocera Document Solutions 9
#37 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 9
#38 Berkshire Grey Operating Company 8
#39 Franka Emika Gmbh 8
#40 Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S. 8
#41 Kuka Deutschland Gmbh 8
#42 Nidec 8
#43 General Motors 8
#44 Applied Materials 7
#45 Mujin 7
#46 Uipath 7
#47 Intel 7
#48 RTX (Raytheon) 7
#49 Brain 6
#50 Casio Computer Co. 6
#51 Fuji 6
#52 Hong Ann Tool Industries Co. 6
#53 Intuitive Surgical 6
#54 Klein Tools 6
#55 Mitsubishi Electric 6
#56 Techtronic Cordless Gp 6
#57 Teradyne 6
#58 Thk Co. 6
#59 Brooks Automation Gmbh 5
#60 Denso Wave Incorporated 5
#61 Festool Gmbh 5
#62 Flexiv 5
#63 Gecko Robotics 5
#64 Globe (Jiangsu) Co. 5
#65 ITRI 5
#66 Js Products 5
#67 Mitsubishi Electric 5
#68 Ntn 5
#69 Smc 5
#70 Tata Consultancy Services Limited 5
#71 Veo Robotics 5
#72 Ford 5
#73 Beijing Institute Of Technology 4
#74 Bosch Automotive Service Solutions 4
#75 Delta Electronics 4
#76 Divergent Technologies 4
#77 Fujitsu Limited 4
#78 Groove X 4
#79 Hitachi 4
#80 Irobot 4
#81 Keter Plastic 4
#82 Kindred Systems 4
#83 Korea Institute Of Science And Technology 4
#84 Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools 4
#85 MIT 4
#86 Sarcos 4
#87 Shin Ying Entpr Co. 4
#88 US Dept of Homeland Security 4
#89 Caterpillar 4
#90 Google 4
#91 Ai Incorporated 3
#92 Apex Mfg. Co. 3
#93 Autodesk 3
#94 BMW 3
#95 Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co. 3
#96 Beijing Jingdong Shangke Information Technology Co. 3
#97 Beijing Ke Yi Technology Co. 3
#98 C. & E. Fein Gmbh 3
#99 Citic Dicastal Co. 3
#100 Enerpac Uk 3