Machine tools Patent Leaders 2017

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	Steven R. Peters	16	Lincoln Global
2	Ming-Lu Yang	10	Foxconn
3	Franz Haimer	9	Franz Haimer Maschinenbau Kg
#4	Jian-Shi Jia	9	Foxconn
#5	Gerald J. Bruck	8	Siemens Energy
#6	Yang-Mao Peng	8	Foxconn
#7	Ahmed Kamel	7	Siemens Energy
#8	Jing-Shuang Sui	7	Foxconn
#9	Mario Anthony Amata	7	Hobart Brothers
#10	Masahiro Murota	7	Fanuc
#11	Paul E. Denney	7	Loma Linda University Medical Center
#12	William Joshua Becker	7	Illinois Tool Works
#13	David R. Sigler	6	General Motors
#14	Feng-Hua Chen	6	Foxconn
#15	Gil Hecht	6	Iscar
#16	Jie Li	6	Fu Ding Electronical Technology (Jiashan) Co.
#17	Joseph C. Bundy	6	Hobart Brothers
#18	Rene Vierstraete	6	Arcelormittal France
#19	Steven Edward Barhorst	6	Hobart Brothers
#20	Takayuki Azegami	6	Mitsubishi Materials
#21	Tian-En Zhang	6	Foxconn
#22	Wei Zhang	6	Fu Ding Electronical Technology (Jiashan) Co.
#23	Wolfram Ehling	6	Arcelormittal France
#24	Zhen-Guang Xu	6	Foxconn
#25	Aurelien Pic	5	Arcelormittal France
#26	Bernd Thommes	5	Arcelormittal France
#27	Chengguo Jin	5	Baoshan Iron & Steel Co.
#28	Gaku Isobe	5	Fanuc
#29	Jean-Francois Canourgues	5	Arcelormittal France
#30	Jian Qu	5	Foxconn
#31	Jian-Min Yu	5	Foxconn
#32	Joseph A. Daniel	5	Lincoln Global
#33	Junliang Qiao	5	Baoshan Iron & Steel Co.
#34	Kevin Myhill	5	Apex Brands
#35	Matthew Christopher Green	5	Irwin Industrial Tool
#36	Pascal Verrier	5	Arcelormittal France
#37	Ruy Frota de Souza Filho	5	Kennametal
#38	Ruimin Wu	5	Baoshan Iron & Steel Co.
#39	Saeko Komatsu	5	Honda Motor Co.
#40	Saidan Yang	5	Baoshan Iron & Steel Co.
#41	Shamgar Elijah McDowell	5	GE
#42	Shengbo Pan	5	Baoshan Iron & Steel Co.
#43	Tatsuo Nakahata	5	Subaru
#44	Todd Earl Holverson	5	Illinois Tool Works
#45	Yoshito Otake	5	Honda Motor Co.
#46	Abe Denis Darling	4	GE
#47	Badri Narayanan	4	Lincoln Global
#48	Choong-Ho Lee	4	Samsung
#49	Da-Qing Zhuang	4	Foxconn
#50	Doh-Hyoung Lee	4	Apple
#51	Douglas Anthony Serieno	4	GE
#52	Edward A. Enyedy	4	Lincoln Global
#53	Glenn W. Kowald	4	Lennox Industries
#54	Hans Juergen Paller	4	Haier Us Appliance Solutions
#55	James Bradford Holmes	4	GE
#56	Joseph Thomas Novak	4	Irwin Industrial Tool
#57	Kaoru Hiraga	4	Fanuc
#58	Kang-Wook Lee	4	IBM
#59	Kenneth Allen Fisher	4	Illinois Tool Works
#60	Kevin Michael Gamble	4	Kennametal
#61	Kenneth R. Pierce	4	Illinois Tool Works
#62	Kyoichi Hamada	4	Makino Milling Machine Co.
#63	Leonid Boris Sharivker	4	Kennametal
#64	Michael A. Bass	4	Hy-Ko Products Company
#65	Michael Whitehead	4	Lincoln Global
#66	Naoki Sato	4	Fanuc
#67	Peter Kopton	4	Audi Ag
#68	Per Sjödin	4	Alfa Laval Corporate Ab
#69	Philippe Lefebvre	4	L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
#70	Randall A. Porras	4	Hy-Ko Products Company
#71	Richard Beeson	4	Illinois Tool Works
#72	Richard Martin Hutchison	4	Illinois Tool Works
#73	Rinsei Ikeda	4	Jfe Steel
#74	Richard W. Ryai, Sr.	4	Hy-Ko Products Company
#75	Scott Ryan Rozmarynowski	4	Illinois Tool Works
#76	Sergei Vladimir Boulakhov	4	Kennametal
#77	Sung Phil Ryu	4	Hyundai Motor
#78	Thomas Jouanneau	4	L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
#79	Wenhai Jin	4	Baoshan Iron & Steel Co.
#80	William R. Mutch	4	Hy-Ko Products Company
#81	X. Daniel Fang	4	Tdy Industries
#82	Yi-Ting Liu	4	Htc
#83	Yuming Wang	4	Baoshan Iron & Steel Co.
#84	Zhaoli Hu	4	GE
#85	Aaron J. Pedersen	3	The Boeing
#86	Adam M. Hruska	3	Lincoln Global
#87	Almerino Canuto	3	—
#88	Andrew Honegger	3	Microlution
#89	Andrew Phillip	3	Microlution
#90	Andreas Roters	3	Schott Ag
#91	Benjamin Carlson	3	Jpw Industries
#92	Bing Dang	3	IBM
#93	Brian Scott Bashore	3	Hobart Brothers
#94	Brendon DiVincenzo	3	Microlution
#95	Carl Ito	3	The Hillman Group
#96	Cecile Delbos	3	Emd Millipore
#97	Christoph Gey	3	Kennametal
#98	Chester O. D. Thompson	3	Hy-Ko Products Company
#99	Charles Weber	3	Jpw Industries
#100	Craig Steven Knoener	3	Illinois Tool Works

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Illinois Tool Works	66
2	Kennametal	55
3	Lincoln Global	51
#4	Fanuc	43
#5	Robert Bosch Gmbh	35
#6	The Boeing	30
#7	GE	26
#8	RTX (Raytheon)	26
#9	General Motors	24
#10	Kyocera	23
#11	Honda Motor Co.	22
#12	Sandvik Intellectual Property Ab	21
#13	Foxconn	20
#14	Toyota	20
#15	Mitsubishi Materials	18
#16	Mitsubishi Electric	17
#17	Siemens Energy	17
#18	Samsung	17
#19	Hyundai Motor	15
#20	Senju Metal Industry Co.	15
#21	Snecma	14
#22	IBM	14
#23	Fu Ding Electronical Technology (Jiashan) Co.	13
#24	Milwaukee Electric Tool	13
#25	Unknown	13
#26	Disco	12
#27	Black & Decker	11
#28	Irwin Industrial Tool	11
#29	Iscar	11
#30	Robert Bosch Tool	11
#31	Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal	11
#32	Fronius International Gmbh	10
#33	Hypertherm	10
#34	Makita	10
#35	Caterpillar	10
#36	Rolls-Royce Plc	9
#37	Apex Brands	8
#38	Kobe Steel	8
#39	Makino Milling Machine Co.	8
#40	Tungaloy	8
#41	Franz Haimer Maschinenbau Kg	7
#42	Globalfoundries	7
#43	Hobart Brothers	7
#44	Jfe Steel	7
#45	Jtekt	7
#46	Uacj	7
#47	Walter Ag	7
#48	Apple	6
#49	Applied Materials	6
#50	Amada Co.	6
#51	Audi Ag	6
#52	Baker Hughes Holdings	6
#53	Baoshan Iron & Steel Co.	6
#54	BMW	6
#55	Citizen Machinery Co.	6
#56	Citizen Watch Co.	6
#57	Dmg Mori Seiki Co.	6
#58	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba	6
#59	L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude	6
#60	Lennox Industries	6
#61	Osg	6
#62	The Gleason Works	6
#63	Ford	6
#64	Arcelormittal France	5
#65	Denso	5
#66	Fraunhofer	5
#67	Subaru	5
#68	Hy-Ko Products Company	5
#69	Jpw Industries	5
#70	Kennametal India	5
#71	Mahle International Gmbh	5
#72	Mtu Aero Engines Ag	5
#73	Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal	5
#74	Okuma	5
#75	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	5
#76	TSMC	5
#77	The Hillman Group	5
#78	Honeywell	5
#79	Intel	5
#80	AMD	4
#81	Airbus Operations Limited	4
#82	Aktiebolaget Skf	4
#83	Alfa Laval Corporate Ab	4
#84	Asia Vital Components Co.	4
#85	Dmg Mori Co.	4
#86	Federal-Mogul Worldwide	4
#87	Fujitsu Limited	4
#88	Guehring Ohg	4
#89	Hakko	4
#90	Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrik Paul Horn Gmbh	4
#91	Hilti Aktiengesellschaft	4
#92	Hitachi Koki Co.	4
#93	Ipg Photonics	4
#94	Korloy	4
#95	Kosmek	4
#96	Roehm Gmbh	4
#97	Sodick Co.	4
#98	Sumitomo Electric Industries	4
#99	Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen Gmbh + Co. Kg	4
#100	Victor Equipment	4

Machine tools Patent Leaders in 2017 2017

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Top Companies