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Hand tools Patent Leaders in 2024 2024

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 Matthew T. Mason 22 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
2 Jacob P. Schneider 21 Milwaukee Electric Tool
3 Youjun Xiong 21 Ubtech Robotics Corp
#4 Christopher Geyer 19 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#5 Thomas Wagner 17 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#6 Yizhang Liu 16 Ubtech Robotics Corp
#7 Troy C. Thorson 15 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#8 Benjamin Cohen 14 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#9 Joseph Romano 14 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#10 Prasanna Velagapudi 14 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#11 Tetsuaki Kato 14 Fanuc
#12 Kyle Maroney 13 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#13 Thomas Koletschka 13 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#14 Chunyu Chen 12 Ubtech Robotics Corp
#15 Gene Temple Price 12 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#16 Ligang Ge 12 Ubtech Robotics Corp
#17 Thomas Allen 12 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#18 Michael Dawson-Haggerty 11 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#19 Daniel Smith 10 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#20 Kevin Ahearn 10 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#21 Siddhartha Srinivasa 10 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#22 Rosen Nikolaev Diankov 9 Mujin
#23 Suzanne Gildert 9 Sanctuary Cognitive Systems
#24 Zhouwen Sun 9 Dexterity
#25 David A. Bierdeman 8 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#26 Hsien-Chung Lin 8 Fanuc
#27 Jonathan E. Abbott 8 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#28 William Wilder 8 Wilder Systems
#29 Chafic Abu Antoun 7 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
#30 Chih-Ching Hsieh 7 Kabo Tool
#31 Geordie Rose 7 D-Wave Systems
#32 Huan Tan 7 GE
#33 Jacob N. Zimmerman 7 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#34 Jie Bai 7 Changxin Memory Technologies
#35 John Richard Amend, Jr. 7 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#36 John S. Dey, IV 7 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#37 KAZUO HONGO 7 Sony
#38 Kiyonobu Yoshikane 7 Makita
#39 Masayuki Kamon 7 Kawasaki
#40 Matthew J. Mergener 7 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#41 Takeshi Kamiya 7 Fujifilm
#42 Yoshitaka Machida 7 Makita
#43 Albert Binder 6 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
#44 Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi 6 Ai Incorporated
#45 Alexander Li Honda 6 Hrl Laboratories
#46 Alfred Anthony Rizzi 6 Boston Dynamics
#47 Beth E. Cholst 6 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#48 Clara Vu 6 Veo Robotics
#49 Geoffrey J. Budd 6 Artificial
#50 Hitoshi HASUNUMA 6 Kawasaki
#51 Itaru Murui 6 Panasonic
#52 James G. Ballard 6 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#53 Jake Anthony Sganga 6 Remedy Robotics
#54 Jeff Washington 6 Artificial
#55 Maxwell L. Merget 6 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#56 Marcus Wechselberger 6 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#57 Nigel Buchanan 6 Unknown
#58 Nikhita Singh 6 Artificial
#59 Samir Menon 6 Dexterity
#60 Scott Denenberg 6 Veo Robotics
#61 Tilo Dittrich 6 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
#62 Xi Chen 6 Huawei
#63 Yan Duan 6 Embodied Intelligence
#64 Yuta Araki 6 Canon
#65 Ademola Ayodeji ORIDATE 5 Wilder Systems
#66 Ariyan M. Kabir 5 Graymatter Robotics
#67 Brual C. Shah 5 Graymatter Robotics
#68 Christopher D. Thompson 5 Snap-On Incorporated
#69 Cheng-Hsuan Yang 5 —
#70 Connor Richard Shannon 5 Sanctuary Cognitive Systems
#71 Florian Schmid 5 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
#72 Fraser M. Smith 5 Sarcos
#73 Hans T. Banholzer 5 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#74 Hiroaki Murakami 5 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#75 Jeremy R. Ebner 5 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#76 Jian-Rung Wu 5 Basso Industry
#77 Jiangchen Zhou 5 Ubtech Robotics Corp
#78 John Jungwoo Ha 5 Bear Robotics
#79 Kazuki KURASHIMA 5 Kawasaki
#80 Kevin Jose Chavez 5 Dexterity
#81 Kunihiro Iwamoto 5 Toyota
#82 Liang-Ting Tsai 5 —
#83 Luke J. Skinner 5 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#84 Martin Hosek 5 Persimmon Technologies
#85 Mackenzie J. Nick 5 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#86 Marc X. Olivier 5 Sarcos
#87 Mitchell T. Neuhoff 5 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#88 Nathan Bandy 5 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#89 Noboru Kawaguchi 5 Mitsubishi Electric
#90 Satyandra K. Gupta 5 Graymatter Robotics
#91 Shih-Chung Kang 5 National Taiwan University
#92 Simon Erbele 5 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#93 Spencer VOISS 5 Wilder Systems
#94 Takashi Kusagawa 5 Panasonic
#95 Takeshi Yamamoto 5 Canon
#96 Travis W. Leathrum 5 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#97 Victoria Hinchey 5 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#98 Yongxiang Fan 5 Fanuc
#99 Yoshiya Shibata 5 Omron
#100 Yuji Onuma 5 Toyota

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Milwaukee Electric Tool 118
2 Fanuc 76
3 Makita 70
#4 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft 50
#5 Kawasaki 41
#6 Seiko Epson 37
#7 Black & Decker 35
#8 Robert Bosch Gmbh 34
#9 Google 33
#10 Sony 29
#11 Panasonic 28
#12 Toyota 28
#13 Omron 26
#14 Berkshire Grey Operating Company 24
#15 Ubtech Robotics Corp 24
#16 Snap-On Incorporated 21
#17 Samsung 21
#18 Intrinsic Innovation 20
#19 Abb Schweiz Ag 19
#20 Boston Dynamics 19
#21 Max Co. 18
#22 The Boeing 18
#23 Sanctuary Cognitive Systems 17
#24 Koki Holdings Co. 16
#25 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 15
#26 Unknown 15
#27 Canon 15
#28 Illinois Tool Works 14
#29 LG 14
#30 Amazon 13
#31 Atlas Copco Industrial Technique Ab 13
#32 Techtronic Cordless Gp 13
#33 Mujin 12
#34 Ford 12
#35 Dexterity 11
#36 Honda Motor Co. 11
#37 Kuka Deutschland Gmbh 11
#38 Nanjing Chervon Industry Co. 11
#39 Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S. 10
#40 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 10
#41 Basso Industry 9
#42 Hyundai Motor 9
#43 Kia 9
#44 Intel 9
#45 Yaskawa Electric 8
#46 Wilder Systems 8
#47 Caterpillar 8
#48 Apex Brands 7
#49 Embodied Intelligence 7
#50 Intuitive Surgical 7
#51 Kabo Tool 7
#52 KAIST 7
#53 Mitsubishi Electric 7
#54 General Motors 7
#55 Applied Materials 6
#56 Artificial 6
#57 Festool Gmbh 6
#58 Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools 6
#59 Ocado Innovation Limited 6
#60 Persimmon Technologies 6
#61 Yanshan University 6
#62 GE 6
#63 IBM 6
#64 RTX (Raytheon) 6
#65 Ai Incorporated 5
#66 Andreas Stihl Ag & Co. Kg 5
#67 Bear Robotics 5
#68 Brain 5
#69 Denso Wave Incorporated 5
#70 Hitachi 5
#71 Nec 5
#72 Nissan Motor Co. 5
#73 Robotis Co. 5
#74 Semes Co. 5
#75 Shanghai Flexiv Robotics Technology Co. 5
#76 Veo Robotics 5
#77 Zhejiang University 5
#78 NVIDIA 5
#79 Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany Gmbh 4
#80 Delta Electronics 4
#81 Fanuc America 4
#82 Festo Se & Co. Kg 4
#83 Flexiv 4
#84 Fuji 4
#85 Graymatter Robotics 4
#86 Guangdong University Of Technology 4
#87 Krones Ag 4
#88 Mitsubishi Electric 4
#89 Nabtesco 4
#90 National Nail 4
#91 Nidec Sankyo 4
#92 Purdue Research Foundation 4
#93 Realtime Robotics 4
#94 Rolls-Royce Plc 4
#95 Sarcos 4
#96 TSMC 4
#97 Tata Consultancy Services Limited 4
#98 Stanford University 4
#99 Thk Co. 4
#100 Tiger Tool International Incorporated 4