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Measurement and testing Patent Leaders in 2016 2016

Primary CPC class G01 · Section G

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: 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 18,623 patents in 2019.peak 18,6231996: 6,289 patents19961997: 5,828 patents1998: 7,417 patents1999: 7,249 patents19992000: 7,539 patents2001: 8,152 patents2002: 8,699 patents20022003: 9,444 patents2004: 9,105 patents2005: 8,193 patents20052006: 9,930 patents2007: 9,769 patents2008: 10,097 patents20082009: 10,292 patents2010: 12,150 patents2011: 11,793 patents20112012: 12,568 patents2013: 13,513 patents2014: 14,017 patents20142015: 14,155 patents2016: 14,812 patents2017: 16,270 patents20172018: 15,823 patents2019: 18,623 patents2020: 18,183 patents20202021: 16,990 patents2022: 16,922 patents2023: 16,405 patents20232024: 16,400 patents2025: 16,630 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Lee D. Whetsel 47 Texas Instruments
2 Udo Ausserlechner 24 Infineon Technologies Ag
3 Robert E. Bridges 21 Faro Technologies
#4 Gary E. Georgeson 19 The Boeing
#5 Michael S. Bittar 16 Halliburton Energy Services
#6 Hui Li 15 Florida State University
#7 Mischa Steurer 15 Florida State University
#8 Passinam Tatcho 15 Florida State University
#9 Zhiqiang Chen 15 Nuctech Company Limited
#10 Ziran Zhao 15 Nuctech Company Limited
#11 Toshifumi Honda 14 Hitachi High-Technologies
#12 Stephan Biber 12 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#13 Takaaki Kishigami 12 Panasonic
#14 Yuanjing Li 12 Nuctech Company Limited
#15 Atsushi Iwashita 11 Canon
#16 Hideyuki Okada 11 Canon
#17 Katsuro Takenaka 11 Canon
#18 Sho Sato 11 Canon
#19 Toshio Kameshima 11 Canon
#20 Tomoyuki Yagi 11 Canon
#21 Yuta Urano 11 Hitachi High-Technologies
#22 Avi Lin 10 Halliburton Energy Services
#23 Gary L. Swoboda 10 Texas Instruments
#24 Kaoru Kumagai 10 Topcon
#25 Tomonori Mimura 10 Fujifilm
#26 Wolfgang Holzapfel 10 Dr. Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh
#27 Yinong Liu 10 Nuctech Company Limited
#28 Bradford A. Moore 9 Apple
#29 David Grodzki 9 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#30 David B. Krizman 9 Expression Pathology
#31 Elizabeth A. Holmes 9 Theranos
#32 Hui Chao 9 Qualcomm
#33 Joseph R. VanDeWeert 9 Kulite Semiconductor Products
#34 Louis DeRosa 9 Kulite Semiconductor Products
#35 Mark S. Olsson 9 Seescan
#36 Marcel van Os 9 Apple
#37 Mill-Jer Wang 9 TSMC
#38 Roderick A. Hyde 9 Intellectual Ventures
#39 Sheeno Thyparambil 9 Expression Pathology
#40 Todd Hembrough 9 Expression Pathology
#41 Zhiyong Li 9 HP
#42 Christopher Michael Jones 8 Halliburton Energy Services
#43 Chihiro Nagura 8 Canon
#44 Ching-Nen Peng 8 TSMC
#45 Clarence T. Tegreene 8 Intellectual Ventures
#46 David Elder 8 Lifescan Scotland Limited
#47 David L. Perkins 8 Halliburton Energy Services
#48 Francois-Pierre Martin 8 Google
#49 Hisateru Asanuma 8 Fujitsu Ten Limited
#50 Hung-Chih Lin 8 TSMC
#51 Joel D. Brewer 8 —
#52 Li Zhang 8 Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University
#53 Lowell L. Wood, JR. 8 The Invention Science Fund I
#54 Peter M. Eick 8 —
#55 Richard H. Bossi 8 The Boeing
#56 Robert P. Freese 8 Halliburton Energy Services
#57 Saumitra Mohan Das 8 Qualcomm
#58 Takaaki Nagai 8 Sysmex
#59 Toru Takahashi 8 Ntn
#60 Wei-Cheng Ku 8 Mpi
#61 Young Hun Sung 8 Samsung
#62 Yukihiro Shibata 8 Hitachi High-Technologies
#63 Anna W. Topol 7 IBM
#64 Arthur Cheng 7 Halliburton Energy Services
#65 Benjamin J. Feldman 7 Abbott
#66 Chun-Wen Cheng 7 TSMC
#67 Chris W. Rella 7 Picarro
#68 Christian Stoller 7 Schlumberger Technology
#69 Chanmin Su 7 Bruker Nano
#70 Daniel J. Winarski 7 IBM
#71 Eriko Sugawara 7 Canon
#72 Farrokh Mohamadi 7 Tialinx
#73 Hao Chen 7 Innolux
#74 Haruyasu Nakatsugawa 7 Fujifilm
#75 Huan-Ping Wu 7 Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings Ag
#76 James J. Troy 7 The Boeing
#77 Joachim Walter Ahner 7 Seagate Technology
#78 Jordin T. Kare 7 Intellectual Ventures
#79 John E. Mercer 7 Merlin Technology
#80 Kyle Gee 7 Thermo Fisher
#81 Mario Motz 7 Infineon Technologies Ag
#82 Petros Boufounos 7 Mitsubishi Electric
#83 Qingjun Zhang 7 Nuctech Company Limited
#84 Robert Gardner 7 Kulite Semiconductor Products
#85 Sharat Singh 7 Google
#86 Shuqing Zeng 7 General Motors
#87 Steven M. Douskey 7 IBM
#88 Takashi Irie 7 Mitsubishi Electric
#89 Thomas Niemann 7 Hella Kgaa Hueck &
#90 Wei-Li Liao 7 Expression Pathology
#91 Yoshiyuki Kono 7 Denso
#92 Adam Heller 6 Abbott
#93 Anthony D. Kurtz 6 Kulite Semiconductor Products
#94 Andrei V. Shchegrov 6 Kla-Tencor
#95 Bernd-Dietmar Becker 6 Faro Technologies
#96 Burkay Donderici 6 Halliburton Energy Services
#97 Christopher Blumenberg 6 Apple
#98 Chad S. Dawson 6 Nxp Usa
#99 Christos Tsironis 6 Unknown
#100 David Bar-Or 6 Ampio Pharmaceuticals

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 GE 219
2 Samsung 200
3 IBM 170
#4 Robert Bosch Gmbh 159
#5 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 148
#6 Canon 142
#7 Schlumberger Technology 133
#8 The Boeing 129
#9 Google 122
#10 Honeywell 119
#11 Texas Instruments 111
#12 Seiko Epson 106
#13 Qualcomm 105
#14 Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 104
#15 Halliburton Energy Services 101
#16 Panasonic 99
#17 Apple 97
#18 Mitsubishi Electric 90
#19 Intel 89
#20 Infineon Technologies Ag 85
#21 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 82
#22 CEA 76
#23 Denso 76
#24 RTX (Raytheon) 76
#25 Kla-Tencor 73
#26 Unknown 72
#27 Toyota 72
#28 Hitachi High-Technologies 71
#29 General Motors 69
#30 Mitutoyo 66
#31 University of California 64
#32 TSMC 62
#33 Freeescale Semiconductor 61
#34 Sysmex 61
#35 Baker Hughes Holdings 58
#36 Hitachi 58
#37 KAIST 55
#38 Pgs Geophysical As 54
#39 Ford 54
#40 Danaher 51
#41 Abbott 50
#42 Globalfoundries 50
#43 Sony 50
#44 Cgg Services Sas 49
#45 Shimadzu 49
#46 US Air Force 48
#47 Fujitsu Limited 47
#48 Hyundai Motor 45
#49 Honda Motor Co. 43
#50 Stmicroelectronics Sa 43
#51 MIT 42
#52 Olympus 42
#53 Ngk Spark Plug Co. 41
#54 Westerngeco L.L.C. 41
#55 Continental Automotive Gmbh 39
#56 ExxonMobil 39
#57 CNRS 38
#58 Ricoh Company 38
#59 Thermo Fisher 38
#60 Faro Technologies 37
#61 Here Global B.V. 37
#62 Toshiba Medical Systems 37
#63 Microsoft 37
#64 Fujifilm 35
#65 Trimble Navigation Limited 35
#66 Stanford University 34
#67 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 31
#68 Foxconn 31
#69 ITRI 30
#70 Roche Diagnostics Operations 30
#71 Saudi Arabian Oil 30
#72 Disney 30
#73 Nokia Technologies Oy 29
#74 Rockwell Collins 29
#75 Caltech 28
#76 Advantest 27
#77 Rosemount 27
#78 US Army 27
#79 Lockheed Martin 27
#80 Horiba 26
#81 Chevron 26
#82 Florida State University 25
#83 Caterpillar 25
#84 LG 25
#85 Airbus Operations Limited 24
#86 Allegro Microsystems 23
#87 Konica Minolta 23
#88 Nuctech Company Limited 23
#89 Rolls-Royce Plc 23
#90 Sandia 23
#91 Siemens Energy 23
#92 Sk Hynix 23
#93 Thales 23
#94 Tsinghua University 23
#95 Agilent Technologies 22
#96 Blackberry Limited 22
#97 The Johns Hopkins University 22
#98 Becton, Dickinson And 21
#99 Mpi 21
#100 Nxp B.V. 21