Lifting and hoisting Patent Leaders

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	Esko Aulanko	113	Kone
2	Jorma Mustalahti	99	Kone
3	Ari Kattainen	86	Kone
#4	Richard N. Fargo	79	Otis Elevator
#5	Matti Rasanen	63	Kone
#6	Richard J. Ericson	50	Otis Elevator
#7	David R. Hall	49	Hall Labs
#8	Michael Matheisl	48	Inventio Ag
#9	Thomas Illedits	48	Inventio Ag
#10	Hans-Dieter Willim	47	Liebherr-Werk Ehingen Gmbh
#11	Paul Friedli	47	Inventio Ag
#12	Tadeusz Pawel Witczak	46	Otis Elevator
#13	Joseph Bittar	44	Otis Elevator
#14	John P. Wesson	44	Otis Elevator
#15	Markku Haapaniemi	42	Kone
#16	Daryl J. Marvin	41	Otis Elevator
#17	James A. Rivera	41	Otis Elevator
#18	Joop Roodenburg	40	Itrec B.V.
#19	Arthur Hsu	39	Otis Elevator
#20	Derk Oscar Pahlke	39	Otis Elevator
#21	Harry H. Arzouman	39	Safe-T-Jack
#22	John K. Salmon	39	Otis Elevator
#23	Marja-Liisa Siikonen	39	Kone
#24	Richard E. Kulak	39	Otis Elevator
#25	Thomas Novacek	39	Inventio Ag
#26	Bruce A. Powell	38	Otis Elevator
#27	Paul A. Simcik	38	Otis Elevator
#28	Tapio Tyni	38	Kone
#29	Aurelien Fauconnet	37	Otis Elevator
#30	David J. Pech	36	Manitowoc Crane Companies
#31	Frank Sansevero	36	Otis Elevator
#32	Shiro Hikita	36	Mitsubishi Electric
#33	Jannah A. Stanley	35	Otis Elevator
#34	Peter Herkel	35	Otis Elevator
#35	Randall Keith Roberts	35	Otis Elevator
#36	Zhencai Zhu	35	China University Of Mining And Technology
#37	Bradley Armand Scoville	34	Otis Elevator
#38	Daniel A. Mosher	34	Otis Elevator
#39	Ignacy Puszkiewicz	34	Jlg Industries
#40	Johannes De Jong	34	Kone
#41	Takaharu Ueda	34	Mitsubishi Electric
#42	Raimo Pelto-Huikko	33	Kone
#43	Zbigniew Piech	33	Otis Elevator
#44	Astrid Sonnenmoser	32	Inventio Ag
#45	Brad Guilani	32	Otis Elevator
#46	Bruce P. Swaybill	32	Otis Elevator
#47	Harri Hakala	32	—
#48	Harold Terry	32	Otis Elevator
#49	Alexander Turek	31	Otis Elevator
#50	Christian Studer	31	Inventio Ag
#51	Enrico Manes	31	Otis Elevator
#52	Hans Kocher	31	Inventio Ag
#53	Walter Thomas Schmidt	31	Otis Elevator
#54	Guohua Cao	30	China University Of Mining And Technology
#55	Josef Husmann	30	Inventio Ag
#56	Michael J. Tracey	30	Otis Elevator
#57	Jerome Miles	29	Hall Labs
#58	Antti Hovi	28	Kone
#59	Gongbo Zhou	28	China University Of Mining And Technology
#60	Miguel Angel Gonzalez Alemany	28	Thyssenkrupp Elevator Innovation Center S.A.
#61	Robert F. Gazdzinski	28	West View Research
#62	Shintaro Tsuji	28	Mitsubishi Electric
#63	Alan Matthew Finn	27	Otis Elevator
#64	Anthony Cooney	27	Otis Elevator
#65	Frederic Beauchaud	27	Otis Elevator
#66	Gerald E. Johnson	27	Otis Elevator
#67	Gerard Sirigu	27	Otis Elevator
#68	James L. Hubbard	27	Otis Elevator
#69	Lukas Finschi	27	Inventio Ag
#70	Pascal Rebillard	27	Otis Elevator
#71	Raphael Bitzi	27	Inventio Ag
#72	Rory Smith	27	Thyssen Elevator Capital
#73	Ernst Ach	26	Inventio Ag
#74	Hiromi Inaba	26	Hitachi
#75	Ismail Agirman	26	Otis Elevator
#76	Lauri Stolt	26	Kone
#77	Marco Iotti	26	Manitou Italia S.R.L.
#78	Richard C. McCarthy	26	Otis Elevator
#79	Takashi Yumura	26	Mitsubishi Electric
#80	Anssi Venho	25	Kone
#81	David Ginsberg	25	Otis Elevator
#82	Daniel Madsen	25	Hall Labs
#83	Erich Bütler	25	Inventio Ag
#84	Petteri Valjus	25	Kone
#85	Christoph Liebetrau	24	Inventio Ag
#86	Craig Drew Bogli	24	Otis Elevator
#87	Darren G. Fretz	24	Warn Industries
#88	Juha-Matti Aitamurto	24	Kone
#89	Randy Roberts	24	Otis Elevator
#90	Udo Gersemsky	24	Mannesmann Ag
#91	Boris G. Traktovenko	23	Otis Elevator
#92	Eiki Watanabe	23	Mitsubishi Electric
#93	Frederick H. Barker	23	Otis Elevator
#94	Joris Schroder	23	Inventio Ag
#95	Juan Domingo Gonzalez Pantiga	23	Thyssenkrupp Elevator Innovation Center S.A.
#96	Leonard T. Chapman	23	Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment
#97	Richard E. Peruggi	23	Otis Elevator
#98	Sandeep Sudi	23	Otis Elevator
#99	Samuel C. Wan	23	Otis Elevator
#100	Thomas He	23	Otis Elevator

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Otis Elevator	2,111
2	Inventio Ag	1,074
3	Kone	884
#4	Mitsubishi Electric	819
#5	Unknown	252
#6	Westinghouse Electric	133
#7	Hitachi	132
#8	Crown Equipment	129
#9	Liebherr-Werk Ehingen Gmbh	129
#10	Tadano	126
#11	Caterpillar	117
#12	Jungheinrich Ag	101
#13	Toyota Industries	100
#14	Oshkosh	91
#15	Manitowoc Crane Companies	90
#16	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba	88
#17	Konecranes Global	87
#18	Thyssenkrupp Elevator	85
#19	Cascade	82
#20	Harnischfeger	82
#21	The Raymond	74
#22	Kobelco Construction Machinery Co.	72
#23	Mannesmann Ag	69
#24	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	68
#25	Toshiba Elevator	65
#26	Altec Industries	62
#27	Jlg Industries	60
#28	Toyota	55
#29	Liebherr-Werk Biberach Gmbh	54
#30	Fmc	52
#31	Kito	52
#32	Liebherr-Werk Nenzing Gmbh	51
#33	The Boeing	51
#34	Itrec B.V.	50
#35	Manitowoc Crane Group France	50
#36	US Air Force	48
#37	Kone Elevators Co.	47
#38	Warn Industries	45
#39	Mi-Jack Products	43
#40	Lg Industrial Systems Co.	42
#41	Clark Equipment	40
#42	Daifuku Co.	40
#43	Goodrich	35
#44	Thyssenkrupp Ag	35
#45	GE	35
#46	Demag Cranes & Components Gmbh	34
#47	Fujitec Co.	34
#48	Kobe Steel	34
#49	Kobelco Cranes Co.	34
#50	Mitsubishi Electric	34
#51	China University Of Mining And Technology	33
#52	Liebherr-Components Biberach Gmbh	32
#53	Towmotor	32
#54	Elephant Chain Block Co.	31
#55	Hall Labs	31
#56	Linde Gmbh	31
#57	Tk Elevator Innovation And Operations Gmbh	31
#58	Gray Manufacturing Company	30
#59	Komatsu	30
#60	Vehicle Service Group	30
#61	Mhe Technologies	27
#62	The Manitowoc Company	27
#63	Grove U.S. L.L.C.	26
#64	Hyster-Yale Group	26
#65	Manitou Italia S.R.L.	26
#66	Paceco	26
#67	Stertil B.V.	26
#68	Honda Motor Co.	25
#69	J. C. Bamford Excavators Limited	25
#70	Palfinger Ag	25
#71	Shinn Fu	25
#72	Vestas Wind Systems A/S	25
#73	Stannah Stairlifts Limited	24
#74	John Deere	24
#75	Kidde Technologies	23
#76	Thyssen Elevator Capital	23
#77	Thyssenkrupp Elevator Innovation Center S.A.	23
#78	IBM	23
#79	Tadano Demag Gmbh	22
#80	Columbus Mckinnon	21
#81	Delaware Capital Formation	21
#82	Haulotte Group	21
#83	Linde Material Handling Gmbh	21
#84	Potain	21
#85	Schlumberger Technology	21
#86	Trimble Navigation Limited	21
#87	Eaton	20
#88	Genie Industries	20
#89	Konecranes Plc	20
#90	Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Cranes Co.	20
#91	General Motors	20
#92	Cedes Ag	19
#93	Illinois Tool Works	19
#94	Ingersoll-Rand	19
#95	Mitsubishi Logisnext Co.	19
#96	The Crosby Group	19
#97	Vital Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha	19
#98	Wittur Holding Gmbh	19
#99	Kiddie Industries	18
#100	Manitou Bf	18

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