Lifting and hoisting Patent Leaders 2020

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	David R. Hall	10	Hall Labs
2	David Ginsberg	9	Otis Elevator
3	Daniel Madsen	9	Hall Labs
#4	Alexander Turek	8	Otis Elevator
#5	Bradley Armand Scoville	7	Otis Elevator
#6	Christian Studer	7	Inventio Ag
#7	Jerome Miles	7	Hall Labs
#8	John P. Wesson	7	Otis Elevator
#9	Raphael Bitzi	7	Inventio Ag
#10	Wenping Zhao	7	Otis Elevator
#11	Aurelien Fauconnet	6	Otis Elevator
#12	Bejan Ijadi-Maghsoodi	6	Goodrich
#13	Darren G. Fretz	6	Warn Industries
#14	Guohong Hu	6	Otis Elevator
#15	Naoto Kawabuchi	6	Tadano
#16	Paul A. Simcik	6	Otis Elevator
#17	Richard N. Fargo	6	Otis Elevator
#18	Astrid Sonnenmoser	5	Inventio Ag
#19	Bruce P. Swaybill	5	Otis Elevator
#20	Daryl J. Marvin	5	Otis Elevator
#21	Daniel A. Mosher	5	Otis Elevator
#22	Enrico Manes	5	Otis Elevator
#23	Frederic Beauchaud	5	Otis Elevator
#24	Joop Roodenburg	5	Itrec B.V.
#25	Shashank Krishnamurthy	5	Otis Elevator
#26	Tadeusz Pawel Witczak	5	Otis Elevator
#27	Xiaojun Cui	5	Ningbo Lianda Winch Co.
#28	Andrea Cambruzzi	4	Inventio Ag
#29	Andrea Pedretti	4	Energy Vault
#30	Arthur Hsu	4	Otis Elevator
#31	Ashley Chapman	4	Otis Elevator
#32	Bryan Averill	4	Warn Industries
#33	Chen Zhao	4	Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou)
#34	Erich Bütler	4	Inventio Ag
#35	Jurjen Jan De Jong	4	Stertil B.V.
#36	Jun Ma	4	Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co.
#37	Jukka Salmikuukka	4	Kone
#38	Michael Martin	4	Terex Global Gmbh
#39	Naotaka Masuda	4	Tadano
#40	Naofumi Yoshida	4	Empire Technology Development
#41	Nicolas Fonteneau	4	Otis Elevator
#42	Patricia Derwinski	4	Otis Elevator
#43	Randall Keith Roberts	4	Otis Elevator
#44	Ron Dennis	4	Westin Automotive Products
#45	Roland Kuhn	4	Sumitomo Electric Industries
#46	Ryan J. McKinney	4	Altec Industries
#47	Sally Day Mahoney	4	Otis Elevator
#48	Sandeep Sudi	4	Otis Elevator
#49	Scott Alan Eastman	4	Otis Elevator
#50	Thomas Illedits	4	Inventio Ag
#51	Thomas Novacek	4	Inventio Ag
#52	Timothy Mark Frazier	4	Oracle
#53	William Gross	4	Energy Vault
#54	Yasuhiro Fukumori	4	Tadano
#55	Zbigniew Piech	4	Otis Elevator
#56	Adam Marian Myszkowski	3	Otis Elevator
#57	Aki HAIKONEN	3	Kone
#58	Bejan Maghsoodi	3	Goodrich
#59	Brent Nasset	3	Superwinch
#60	Carsten Schöttke	3	Jungheinrich Ag
#61	Daniel B. Davis, III	3	Otis Elevator
#62	David Michel	3	Inventio Ag
#63	Dang V. Nguyen	3	Otis Elevator
#64	David R. Torlai	3	Otis Elevator
#65	Dustin Clouse	3	Hall Labs
#66	Eric Hackenberg	3	Oshkosh
#67	Ernst-Peter Magens	3	Jungheinrich Ag
#68	Eric C. Peterson	3	Otis Elevator
#69	Frank Higgins	3	AT&T
#70	Göran Valfridsson	3	Toyota
#71	Gregory M. O'Seep	3	—
#72	Harish Sivasubramanian	3	Oshkosh
#73	Hiromitsu Hamaguchi	3	Kobe Steel
#74	Hubert Bibernell	3	Jungheinrich Ag
#75	Huang Chao	3	Zhejiang E-P Equipment Co.
#76	Ignacy Puszkiewicz	3	Jlg Industries
#77	Ivo Lustenberger	3	Inventio Ag
#78	James L. Hubbard	3	Otis Elevator
#79	Jim D. Hamlik	3	Rightline Equipment
#80	John F. Benton	3	Manitowoc Crane Companies
#81	Joel D. Hamlik	3	Rightline Equipment
#82	John R. Rudy	3	Manitowoc Crane Companies
#83	Juha Helenius	3	Kone
#84	Jürgen Schmalzl	3	Jungheinrich Ag
#85	Kevin Christensen	3	Warn Industries
#86	Kyle E. Hoffmann	3	Altec Industries
#87	Marcel Amsallen	3	Eaton
#88	Manfred Gartner	3	Inventio Ag
#89	Martin Hess	3	Synthes Usa
#90	Marco Iotti	3	Manitou Italia S.R.L.
#91	Ma Qichen	3	Zhejiang E-P Equipment Co.
#92	Matthew Thoresen	3	Manitowoc Crane Companies
#93	Masahiro Yoshioka	3	Sony
#94	Mike Obert	3	Maquet Gmbh
#95	Naohiro Shiraishi	3	Mitsubishi Electric
#96	Nicolas Guillot	3	Otis Elevator
#97	Peter Keyo	3	Otis Elevator
#98	Philipp Zimmerli	3	Inventio Ag
#99	Randall S. Dube	3	Otis Elevator
#100	Richard J. Ericson	3	Otis Elevator

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Otis Elevator	141
2	Kone	41
3	Inventio Ag	38
#4	Mitsubishi Electric	26
#5	Kobelco Construction Machinery Co.	15
#6	Konecranes Global	15
#7	Tadano	15
#8	Manitowoc Crane Companies	13
#9	Thyssenkrupp Ag	12
#10	Thyssenkrupp Elevator	12
#11	Liebherr-Werk Ehingen Gmbh	11
#12	Goodrich	10
#13	Hall Labs	10
#14	Altec Industries	9
#15	Jungheinrich Ag	8
#16	Manitowoc Crane Group France	7
#17	Warn Industries	7
#18	Liebherr-Components Biberach Gmbh	6
#19	Mitsubishi Logisnext Co.	6
#20	Oshkosh	6
#21	Terex Global Gmbh	6
#22	Unknown	6
#23	Toyota	6
#24	Crown Equipment	5
#25	Hyster-Yale Group	5
#26	Itrec B.V.	5
#27	The Raymond	5
#28	Energy Vault	4
#29	Haulotte Group	4
#30	Stertil B.V.	4
#31	Thyssenkrupp Elevator Innovation And Operations Gmbh	4
#32	Westin Automotive Products	4
#33	Zhejiang E-P Equipment Co.	4
#34	Abb Schweiz Ag	3
#35	Cascade	3
#36	Daifuku Co.	3
#37	Hand Held Products	3
#38	Hans Künz Gmbh	3
#39	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba	3
#40	Kobe Steel	3
#41	Liebherr-Werk Biberach Gmbh	3
#42	Manitou Italia S.R.L.	3
#43	National Oilwell Varco Norway As	3
#44	Shimadzu	3
#45	Stannah Stairlifts Limited	3
#46	Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Cranes Co.	3
#47	The Boeing	3
#48	Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co.	3
#49	Caterpillar	3
#50	IBM	3
#51	Aktiebolaget Skf	2
#52	Bbm Railway Equipment	2
#53	Brandt Industries Canada	2
#54	China University Of Mining And Technology	2
#55	Clearpath Robotics	2
#56	Comeup Industries	2
#57	Gray Manufacturing Company	2
#58	Hyundai Motor	2
#59	Illinois Tool Works	2
#60	J. C. Bamford Excavators Limited	2
#61	Kia Motors	2
#62	Kito	2
#63	Korea Institute Of Ocean Science & Technology	2
#64	Liftra Ip Aps	2
#65	Ramsey Winch	2
#66	Rightline Equipment	2
#67	Schwing Gmbh	2
#68	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	2
#69	Sumitomo Construction Machinery Co.	2
#70	Terex South Dakota	2
#71	Versabar	2
#72	Wing Aviation	2
#73	Wobben Properties Gmbh	2
#74	W.W. Patterson	2
#75	X Development	2
#76	Xuzhou Coal Mine Safety Equipment Manufacture Co.	2
#77	Ford	2
#78	General Motors	2
#79	3M	1
#80	Acciona Windpower, S.A.	1
#81	Accuray Incorporated	1
#82	Actron Manufacturing	1
#83	Airbus Operations Sas	1
#84	Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik	1
#85	Alion Energy	1
#86	Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited	1
#87	Arrow Acquisition	1
#88	Atlantic	1
#89	Atlas Devices	1
#90	Balltec Limited	1
#91	Bendpak	1
#92	Big Lift	1
#93	Bolzoni S.P.A.	1
#94	Bosch Automotive Service Solutions	1
#95	B&R Industrial Automation Gmbh	1
#96	Cargotec Patenter Ab	1
#97	Carrier	1
#98	Changjiang Survey Planning Design And Research Co.	1
#99	Chang Zhou Current Supply Company Of Jiangsu Electric Power	1
#100	Citic Dicastal Co.	1

Lifting and hoisting Patent Leaders in 2020 2020

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Top Companies