Layered products Patent Leaders 2018

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: 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Rank ↑	Inventor ↕	Patents ↕	Primary Company ↕
1	Jun Lu	11	Soliton
2	Robert T. Dorsey	6	The Glad Products
3	Michael G. Borchardt	5	The Glad Products
#4	Thomas Michael Cleary	5	Corning Incorporated
#5	Cheon Ho Park	4	Samsung
#6	Dana Craig Bookbinder	4	Corning Incorporated
#7	Eric Maziers	4	Total Research & Technology Feluy
#8	Gary E. Georgeson	4	The Boeing
#9	Jea Han Ryoo	4	LG
#10	Kenneth E. Cisek	4	The Glad Products
#11	Kohei Yokoyama	4	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#12	Kyoung Sik Kim	4	LG
#13	Michael J. Moore	4	Corning Incorporated
#14	Shaun T. Broering	4	The Glad Products
#15	Yalda Farhoudi	4	Soliton
#16	Zhou Li	4	Soliton
#17	Abhishek Anant Dixit	3	View
#18	Akihiro Chida	3	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#19	Aristotelis Karagiannis	3	Soliton
#20	Bong Su Jeung	3	LG
#21	Chikara Murakami	3	Sumitomo Chemical
#22	Claudia Leigh Allison	3	Delphon Industries
#23	Darby Allen Davis	3	Delphon Industries
#24	Darko Pervan	3	Valinge Innovation Ab
#25	Evan L. Schwartz	3	3M
#26	Govindarajan Natarajan	3	IBM
#27	Hiroki Adachi	3	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#28	Hideyo Sugimura	3	Insight Equity A.P.X.
#29	Jack A. MacPherson	3	The Glad Products
#30	Jan Moritz	3	Toray Plastics (America)
#31	Kenneth H. Griess	3	The Boeing
#32	Kiat Chyai Kang	3	Corning Incorporated
#33	Kimmo Nevalainen	3	Stora Enso Oyj
#34	Masaru Honda	3	Tokyo Electron Limited
#35	Michael S. Boulineau	3	Vision Ease, Lp
#36	Michael Labrot	3	Saint-Gobain Glass France
#37	Osamu Hirakawa	3	Tokyo Electron Limited
#38	Prantik Mazumder	3	Corning Incorporated
#39	Rajesh Kumar Varma	3	Delphon Industries
#40	Robert Alan Bellman	3	Corning Incorporated
#41	Robert W. Fraser	3	The Glad Products
#42	Robert George Manley	3	Corning Incorporated
#43	Robert T. Rozbicki	3	View
#44	San Park	3	LG
#45	Scott Binger	3	The Glad Products
#46	Seiji Yasumoto	3	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#47	Shimon Mizrahi	3	Productive Research
#48	Srikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam	3	GE
#49	Sue Camille Lewis	3	Corning Incorporated
#50	Takehiko Sumi	3	Kyoraku Co.
#51	Theresa Chang	3	Corning Incorporated
#52	Uwe Keller	3	Kuraray Europe Gmbh
#53	Ville Ribu	3	Stora Enso Oyj
#54	Wenjie Chen	3	Soliton
#55	Xavier Francois Brun	3	Intel
#56	Xiangyang Lu	3	Xiamen Sheep Anti-Fatigue Mat Co.
#57	Xuzhi Qin	3	Insight Equity A.P.X.
#58	Yashraj Bhatnagar	3	View
#59	Yoshiharu Hirakata	3	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#60	Yoshimasa Kobayashi	3	Ngk Insulators
#61	Yunie Izumi	3	Ngk Insulators
#62	Abdel Abusafieh	2	—
#63	Adam James Ellison	2	Corning Incorporated
#64	Ah-Young Kim	2	Samsung
#65	Angelli Sue Denmon	2	The Glad Products
#66	Andrew John Nally	2	Precision Valve & Automation
#67	Anshu A. Pradhan	2	View
#68	Arthur B. Dodge, III	2	Ecore International
#69	Ban Seok Choi	2	LG
#70	Bart Dolmatch	2	Merit Medical Systems
#71	Bruce E. Tait	2	3M
#72	Carl Jokisch	2	Basf Se
#73	Catherine A. Leatherdale	2	3M
#74	Chung-Chih Feng	2	San Fang Chemical Industry Co.
#75	Charles R. Harrison	2	Georgia-Pacific Gypsum
#76	Cheol Park	2	Samsung
#77	Christopher D. Prest	2	Apple
#78	Charles Singleton	2	Intel
#79	Chunhe Zhang	2	Corning Incorporated
#80	Claudia Hernandez	2	Dow Global Technologies
#81	Clarence A. Shelton	2	Georgia-Pacific Gypsum
#82	Dariusz Wlodzimierz Kawka	2	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And
#83	Daizo Oda	2	Nippon Micrometal
#84	David Carlton Ordway	2	The Procter & Gamble
#85	David Scott Thompson	2	3M
#86	Douglas Cox	2	Celltech Metals
#87	Dong-Ryul Kim	2	LG
#88	Dylan J. Boday	2	IBM
#89	Edo Segal	2	Touchcast
#90	Edward J. Woo	2	3M
#91	Emilio COLETTA	2	Toray Plastics (America)
#92	Erik Hilfrich	2	Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe Ag
#93	Eun Hwan Jeong	2	Samsung
#94	Eun Joo Kim	2	Samsung
#95	Evan L. Breedlove	2	3M
#96	Fabien Ebnöther	2	Celltech Metals
#97	Frederick P. LaPlant	2	Perceptron
#98	Geoffrey A. Butler	2	The Boeing
#99	Gene Xiaoqing Huang	2	The Procter & Gamble
#100	Göran Ziegler	2	Valinge Innovation Ab

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	The Boeing	28
2	Samsung	25
3	Corning Incorporated	20
#4	3M	19
#5	LG	15
#6	Soliton	14
#7	The Procter & Gamble	11
#8	Toray Industries	11
#9	Saint-Gobain Glass France	10
#10	BOE	9
#11	Dow Global Technologies	8
#12	Hyundai Motor	8
#13	Toray Plastics (America)	8
#14	Nitto Denko	7
#15	The Glad Products	7
#16	RTX (Raytheon)	7
#17	Fujifilm	6
#18	Sekisui Chemical Co.	6
#19	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory	6
#20	Sumitomo Chemical	6
#21	Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co.	6
#22	Unknown	6
#23	Panasonic	6
#24	Basf Se	5
#25	Dai Nippon Printing Co.	5
#26	ITRI	5
#27	Kuraray Co.	5
#28	Apple	4
#29	Airbus Defence And Space Gmbh	4
#30	Asahi Kasei E-Materials	4
#31	Dexerials	4
#32	Jfe Steel	4
#33	Kuraray Europe Gmbh	4
#34	Lg Hausys	4
#35	Mitsubishi Chemical	4
#36	Mitsui Chemicals	4
#37	Ngk Insulators	4
#38	Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal	4
#39	Seiko Epson	4
#40	Toppan Printing Co.	4
#41	Total Research & Technology Feluy	4
#42	US Air Force	4
#43	Ford	4
#44	GE	4
#45	Intel	4
#46	Toyota	4
#47	Amazon	3
#48	Avery Dennison	3
#49	Delphon Industries	3
#50	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And	3
#51	Firestone Building Products Company	3
#52	Hexcel Composites Limited	3
#53	Honda Motor Co.	3
#54	Foxconn	3
#55	Kaneka	3
#56	Kia Motors	3
#57	Kyoraku Co.	3
#58	Mitsubishi Electric	3
#59	Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company	3
#60	Mitsubishi Materials	3
#61	Nippon Steel & Sumikin Materials Co.	3
#62	Productive Research	3
#63	Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha	3
#64	Sonoco Development	3
#65	Stora Enso Oyj	3
#66	Teijin Limited	3
#67	Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe Ag	3
#68	Tokyo Electron Limited	3
#69	Toyobo Co.	3
#70	Unicharm	3
#71	Valinge Innovation Ab	3
#72	View	3
#73	Vision Ease, Lp	3
#74	W.L. Gore & Associates Gmbh	3
#75	Xiamen Sheep Anti-Fatigue Mat Co.	3
#76	Zephyros	3
#77	Canon	3
#78	General Motors	3
#79	IBM	3
#80	Applied Materials	2
#81	3D Systems	2
#82	Agc Glass Europe	2
#83	Airbus Operations Limited	2
#84	Airbus Operations Sas	2
#85	Arcelormittal Investigación Y Desarrollo, S.L.	2
#86	Asahi Glass Co.	2
#87	Bemis Associates	2
#88	Borealis Ag	2
#89	Carbitex	2
#90	Celgard	2
#91	Celltech Metals	2
#92	Converter Manufacturing	2
#93	Cytec Technology	2
#94	Cyvek	2
#95	Denka Company Limited	2
#96	Ecore International	2
#97	Ems-Patent Ag	2
#98	Essel Propack	2
#99	Georgia-Pacific Gypsum	2
#100	Joled	2

Layered products Patent Leaders in 2018 2018

Patents per Year

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Top Companies