Luggage and personal items 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	Jean-Louis Gueret	200	L'Oreal
2	Donald E. Godshaw	65	Travel Caddy
3	Jung-Jen Chang	55	Fu Tai Umbrealla Works
#4	Chung-Kuang Lin	50	Fu Tai Umbrealla Works
#5	Paul V. Scicluna	50	Tumi
#6	Herve F. Bouix	45	Elc Management
#7	Andrezj Redzisz	41	Travel Caddy
#8	Brynn Putnam	41	Curiouser Products
#9	Henri Samain	41	L'Oreal
#10	Oliver Joen-an Ma	41	Unknown
#11	Roger Hwang	38	Zen Design Solutions Limited
#12	Eric Caulier	37	L'Oreal
#13	Rahul Bose	37	Zen Design Solutions Limited
#14	Timothy Thorpe	37	Hct Group Holdings Limited
#15	Yukitomo Yuhara	37	Yoshida Industry Co.
#16	Leo Clifford Pires	36	Zen Design Solutions Limited
#17	Chung-Hsien Kuo	34	Chaw Khong Technology Co.
#18	Tsun-Zong Wu	33	Unknown
#19	Thomas F. Holloway	32	Risdon
#20	William L. King	31	Samsonite
#21	Yoshikazu Tani	30	Tokiwa
#22	Andre W. Moreau	29	Ty-Flot
#23	Darrell A. Moreau	29	Ty-Flot
#24	Armando Villarreal	28	Hct Group Holdings Limited
#25	Ching-Chuan You	28	Unknown
#26	Do Hoon Lee	28	Pum-Tech Korea Co.
#27	Melvin S. Mogil	27	California Innovations
#28	Alain Berhault	26	L'Oreal
#29	Vincent De Laforcade	26	L'Oreal
#30	Franck Giron	25	L'Oreal
#31	Atsushi Ohba	24	Mitsubishi Electric
#32	Bryan Lee Hynecek	24	Speculative Product Design
#33	Chin-Sung Ko	24	—
#34	Wanda Ying Li	24	Unknown
#35	Young-Kwang Byun	24	Unknown
#36	Adrian C. Apodaca	23	Hct Group Holdings Limited
#37	Christophe Jacob	22	Elc Management
#38	Richard Krulik	22	Briggs & Riley Travelware
#39	Stephen Benjamin Courtney	22	Dyson Technology Limited
#40	Charles Chang	21	Unknown
#41	Feng-Ying Fu	21	Apr Beauty Group
#42	George Spector	21	Unknown
#43	Laure Thiebaut	21	L'Oreal
#44	Min-Yan Zheng	21	Apr Beauty Group
#45	William Bickford	21	Elc Management
#46	Bernard D. Sadow	20	Outrigger
#47	Joy Tong	20	American Tourister
#48	June A. Angus	20	Amphipod
#49	Patrick Joseph William Moloney	20	Dyson Technology Limited
#50	Shou-Mao Chen	20	TSMC
#51	Zhun-An Ma	20	—
#52	Jun Shen	19	AT&T
#53	Marcel Sanchez	19	L'Oreal
#54	Norbert Dumler	19	Geka Brush Gmbh
#55	Pedro Sanchez-Martinez	19	The Braun
#56	Régis Fereyre	19	Seb S.A.
#57	Stephen D. Newman	19	Menicon Singapore Pte.
#58	Audrey Thenin	18	L'Oreal
#59	Douglas Harland Murdoch	18	Think Tank Photo
#60	Michael Sturm	18	Think Tank Photo
#61	Rea Ann Silva	18	Rea.Deeming Beauty
#62	Robert J. Sheffler	18	Unknown
#63	Shih-Ling Hsu	18	—
#64	Benson Tung	17	—
#65	Dana W. Gleason	17	Mystery Ranch
#66	David Silva	17	Litex Industries, Limited
#67	Du Hai	17	Travel Caddy
#68	Hsiao-Yun Lin	17	Libo Cosmetics Co.
#69	Jamie L. Johnson	17	Otter Products
#70	King-Sheng Wang	17	—
#71	Marc Ramet	17	L'Oreal
#72	Xiong Luo	17	Phaeton Manufacturing
#73	Arun D. Chawan	16	Apple
#74	Christian Salciarini	16	Chanel Parfums Beaute
#75	Dieter Morszeck	16	Rimowa Gmbh
#76	Eberhard Heim	16	Lekisport Ag
#77	Howard Richmond	16	M. M. & R. Products
#78	Jonathan Friedman	16	Spur Concepts
#79	Joen-Shen Ma	16	—
#80	Matthew L. Andis	16	Andis
#81	Mark Nordstrom	16	Trg Accessories, L.L.C.
#82	Reinhard Meersschaert	16	Samsonite Ip Holdings S.A R.L.
#83	Ryan Goldman	16	Spur Concepts
#84	Zachary Rattner	16	Spur Concepts
#85	Alex S. Szekely	15	Plastek Industries
#86	Binh Tran	15	Dango Products
#87	Brian Lewis Piper	15	Pioneer Square Brands
#88	Camille Schreiber	15	Albea Services
#89	Charlie Carroll	15	Dango Products
#90	David Richmond	15	Trade Box
#91	Derek G. Sullivan	15	Yeti Coolers
#92	Dieter Liebenthal	15	The Braun
#93	Edward Sebert Maurice Shelton	15	Dyson Technology Limited
#94	Hirohisa Shimizu	15	Oohiro Works
#95	James Tsai	15	Plantronics
#96	Jyuzaemon Iwasaki	15	Panasonic
#97	Kurt Stiehl	15	Apple
#98	Martial Maisonneuve	15	Seb S.A.
#99	Massimo Tonelli	15	G.T. Line—S.R.L.
#100	Newton Luu	15	Lechat

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Unknown	647
2	L'Oreal	645
3	The Procter & Gamble	121
#4	Panasonic	116
#5	The Braun	112
#6	Elc Management	82
#7	Apple	81
#8	Albea Services	77
#9	Conair	76
#10	Travel Caddy	73
#11	Samsonite Ip Holdings S.A R.L.	71
#12	Samsonite	67
#13	Tokiwa	65
#14	Dyson Technology Limited	61
#15	Seb S.A.	61
#16	Tumi	58
#17	Fu Tai Umbrealla Works	57
#18	Casio Computer Co.	55
#19	Otter Products	51
#20	Koniniklijke Philips N.V.	48
#21	L'Oreal S.A.	48
#22	Yoshida Industry Co.	46
#23	Amorepacific	45
#24	Chaw Khong Technology Co.	45
#25	The Gillette Company	44
#26	Yonwoo Co.	43
#27	Curiouser Products	41
#28	Hct Group Holdings Limited	41
#29	Chanel Parfums Beaute	39
#30	Nike	38
#31	Kao	37
#32	Shiseido Company, Limited	37
#33	Samsung	37
#34	California Innovations	36
#35	Mitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited	36
#36	Geka Gmbh	35
#37	Kiss Nail Products	35
#38	LG	35
#39	U.S. Philips	34
#40	Zen Design Solutions Limited	33
#41	Clairol Incorporated	32
#42	Risdon	31
#43	Hct Asia Limited	30
#44	Wella Gmbh	29
#45	Avon Products	28
#46	Pioneer Square Brands	28
#47	Pum-Tech Korea Co.	28
#48	Johnson & Johnson	27
#49	Apr Beauty Group	26
#50	Foxconn	26
#51	Lekisport Ag	26
#52	Lvmh Recherche	25
#53	Yeti Coolers	25
#54	Schwan-Stabilo Cosmetic	24
#55	Goody Products	23
#56	Lg Household & Health Care	23
#57	L'Oréal	23
#58	Suzuno Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha	23
#59	Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien	22
#60	Motorola	21
#61	Yoshino Kogyosho Co.	21
#62	Philips	20
#63	Lir France	20
#64	Ty-Flot	20
#65	American Tourister	19
#66	Colgate-Palmolive	19
#67	Conopco	19
#68	Parfums Christian Dior	19
#69	Revlon Consumer Products	19
#70	Targus International	19
#71	Sony	19
#72	Oohiro Works	18
#73	Rea.Deeming Beauty	18
#74	Shya Hsin Packaging Industry (China) Co.	18
#75	Spectrum Brands	18
#76	The North Face Apparel	18
#77	Helen Of Troy Limited	17
#78	Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa	17
#79	Incipio	17
#80	Jemella Limited	17
#81	Think Tank Photo	17
#82	Toly Management	17
#83	Andis	16
#84	Color Access	16
#85	Ctk Co.	16
#86	Geka Brush Gmbh	16
#87	Revlon	16
#88	Speculative Product Design	16
#89	NVIDIA	16
#90	Black & Decker	15
#91	G.T. Line—S.R.L.	15
#92	Lechat	15
#93	Outrigger	15
#94	Simplehuman	15
#95	Spur Concepts	15
#96	Wahl Clipper	15
#97	Zhuhai Ding Rong Plastic Products Co.	15
#98	Amphipod	14
#99	Briggs & Riley Travelware	14
#100	Glatz Ag	14

Luggage and personal items Patent Leaders All Time

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