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

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 15 Ubtech Robotics Corp
2 Rosen Nikolaev Diankov 14 Mujin
3 Dieter Fox 12 NVIDIA
#4 Christopher Geyer 11 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#5 Jacob P. Schneider 11 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#6 Zhouwen Sun 11 Dexterity
#7 Lucian Cristache 10 Lucomm Technologies
#8 Masayuki Kamon 10 Kawasaki
#9 Chunyu Chen 9 Ubtech Robotics Corp
#10 Jacob N. Zimmerman 9 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#11 Jonathan E. Abbott 9 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#12 Joseph Romano 9 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#13 Matthew T. Mason 9 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#14 Thomas Wagner 9 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#15 Troy C. Thorson 9 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#16 Yizhang Liu 9 Ubtech Robotics Corp
#17 Yoshitaka Machida 9 Makita
#18 Kevin Jose Chavez 8 Dexterity
#19 Ligang Ge 8 Ubtech Robotics Corp
#20 Michael Dawson-Haggerty 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#21 Prasanna Velagapudi 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#22 Suzanne Gildert 8 Sanctuary Cognitive Systems
#23 Thomas Allen 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#24 Thomas Koletschka 8 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#25 Andreas Spenninger 7 Franka Emika Gmbh
#26 Ariyan M. Kabir 7 Graymatter Robotics
#27 Brual C. Shah 7 Graymatter Robotics
#28 Gene Temple Price 7 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#29 Kevin Ahearn 7 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#30 Kiyonobu Yoshikane 7 Makita
#31 Kyle Maroney 7 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#32 Marcus Wechselberger 7 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#33 Qiuyue Luo 7 Ubtech Robotics Corp
#34 Satyandra K. Gupta 7 Graymatter Robotics
#35 Samir Menon 7 Dexterity
#36 Sarbajit K. Rakshit 7 IBM
#37 Siddhartha Srinivasa 7 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#38 Talbot Morris-Downing 7 Dexterity
#39 Timothy R. Obermann 7 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#40 Yuta NAMIKI 7 Fanuc
#41 Benjamin Cohen 6 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#42 Christopher S. Hoppe 6 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#43 David A. Bierdeman 6 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#44 Douglas R. Fieldbinder 6 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#45 Fraser M. Smith 6 Sarcos
#46 Harry Zhe Su 6 Dexterity
#47 Jonathan Westin Sykes 6 Altec Industries
#48 Makoto CHIKARAISHI 6 Makita
#49 Martin Hosek 6 Persimmon Technologies
#50 Paul Kukucka 6 Grip Holdings
#51 Rishav Guha 6 Graymatter Robotics
#52 Tetsuaki Kato 6 Fanuc
#53 Thomas Stefan Kukucka 6 Grip Holdings
#54 Timothy J. Mourlam 6 Altec Industries
#55 Yongxiang Fan 6 Fanuc
#56 Yoshiki Kanemoto 6 Mujin
#57 Aaron S. Blumenthal 5 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#58 Aaron M. Williams 5 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#59 Ankur Handa 5 NVIDIA
#60 Armin Pehlivan 5 Beckhoff Automation Gmbh
#61 Balakumar Sundaralingam 5 NVIDIA
#62 Ben Varkey Benjamin Pottayil 5 Dexterity
#63 Christoph Zech 5 Beckhoff Automation Gmbh
#64 Clemens Maier 5 Beckhoff Automation Gmbh
#65 Cody Moore 5 Caterpillar
#66 Connor Richard Shannon 5 Sanctuary Cognitive Systems
#67 Daniel Smith 5 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#68 Diego Romeres 5 Mitsubishi Electric
#69 Egbert Frenken 5 Gustav Klauke Gmbh
#70 Geordie Rose 5 D-Wave Systems
#71 Ippei Shimizu 5 Kawasaki
#72 Jason M. Julius 5 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#73 Jason Yap 5 O2Cool
#74 Jiangchen Zhou 5 Ubtech Robotics Corp
#75 John D. Lefavour 5 Hubbell Incorporated
#76 Matthew Bennice 5 Google
#77 Maxwell L. Merget 5 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#78 Mitchell T. Neuhoff 5 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#79 Peter Kastler 5 Beckhoff Automation Gmbh
#80 Philipp Christian Schillinger 5 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#81 Rohit Arka Pidaparthi 5 Dexterity
#82 Satoko Nagakari 5 Sony
#83 Stefan Ringler 5 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
#84 Thomas Morscher 5 Beckhoff Automation Gmbh
#85 Toshihiko Inoue 5 Fanuc
#86 Travis W. Leathrum 5 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#87 Yu ZHENG 5 Tencent
#88 Aidan Rose 4 Berkshire Grey Operating Company
#89 Alex D. Servais 4 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#90 Andrew C. Gorelick 4 Xtend Ai
#91 Anh Vien Ngo 4 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#92 Andrew R. Wyler 4 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#93 Arvind Raghunathan 4 Mitsubishi Electric
#94 Avadhoot L. Ahire 4 Graymatter Robotics
#95 Ceasar G. Navarro 4 Graymatter Robotics
#96 Cheng Gong 4 Graymatter Robotics
#97 Chih-Ching Hsieh 4 Kabo Tool
#98 David Gonzalez Aguirre 4 Intel
#99 David Lindquist 4 Altec Industries
#100 David McCall 4 Input/Output

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Fanuc 87
2 Milwaukee Electric Tool 84
3 Makita 43
#4 Kawasaki 39
#5 Sony 38
#6 Toyota 38
#7 Samsung 36
#8 Robert Bosch Gmbh 34
#9 Black & Decker 32
#10 Omron 27
#11 Sanctuary Cognitive Systems 25
#12 Seiko Epson 24
#13 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft 22
#14 Intel 22
#15 Boston Dynamics 21
#16 Google 18
#17 NVIDIA 18
#18 Nanjing Chervon Industry Co. 17
#19 Mujin 16
#20 Amazon 14
#21 Dexterity 14
#22 Ubtech Robotics Corp 14
#23 Abb Schweiz Ag 13
#24 Koki Holdings Co. 13
#25 Canon 13
#26 Panasonic 13
#27 Berkshire Grey Operating Company 12
#28 Atlas Copco Industrial Technique Ab 11
#29 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 11
#30 Intrinsic Innovation 10
#31 Kuka Deutschland Gmbh 10
#32 Snap-On Incorporated 10
#33 Techtronic Cordless Gp 10
#34 Comcast 10
#35 Illinois Tool Works 9
#36 General Motors 9
#37 Flexiv 8
#38 Honda Motor Co. 8
#39 Lucomm Technologies 8
#40 Mitsubishi Electric 8
#41 Nec 8
#42 IBM 8
#43 Basso Industry 7
#44 Franka Emika Gmbh 7
#45 Graymatter Robotics 7
#46 Intuitive Surgical 7
#47 Yaskawa Electric 7
#48 The Boeing 7
#49 Andreas Stihl Ag & Co. Kg 6
#50 Hitachi 6
#51 Hubbell Incorporated 6
#52 Hyundai Motor 6
#53 Kia 6
#54 Max Co. 6
#55 Mitsubishi Electric 6
#56 Shanghai Flexiv Robotics Technology Co. 6
#57 Tencent 6
#58 Unknown 6
#59 Caterpillar 6
#60 Applied Materials 5
#61 Beckhoff Automation Gmbh 5
#62 Denso Wave Incorporated 5
#63 Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S. 5
#64 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 5
#65 Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools 5
#66 Naver 5
#67 Semes Co. 5
#68 LG 5
#69 Altec Industries 4
#70 Apex Brands 4
#71 Bear Robotics 4
#72 Dmg Mori Co. 4
#73 Grip Holdings 4
#74 Hangzhou Great Star Industrial Co. 4
#75 Kabo Tool 4
#76 Klein Tools 4
#77 KAIST 4
#78 MIT 4
#79 Rolls-Royce Plc 4
#80 Sarcos 4
#81 Symbotic 4
#82 Te Connectivity Co. 4
#83 Stanford University 4
#84 Tiger Tool International Incorporated 4
#85 Zebra Technologies 4
#86 Zhejiang Rongpeng Air Tools Co. 4
#87 GE 4
#88 Aescape 3
#89 Autodesk 3
#90 Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany Gmbh 3
#91 Beijing Surgerii Robotics Company Limited 3
#92 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co. 3
#93 Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited 3
#94 Daihen 3
#95 Embodied Intelligence 3
#96 Enerpac Tool Group 3
#97 Fastbrick Ip Pty 3
#98 Festool Gmbh 3
#99 Fuji 3
#100 Gideon Brothers D.O.O. 3