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Measurement and testing Patent Leaders in 2017 2017

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 27 Infineon Technologies Ag
3 Burkay Donderici 24 Halliburton Energy Services
#4 Keiji Hanzawa 21 Hitachi Automotive Systems
#5 David Grodzki 19 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#6 David L. Perkins 18 Halliburton Energy Services
#7 Dominik Paul 18 Siemens Healthcare Limited
#8 Gary E. Georgeson 17 The Boeing
#9 Mark S. Olsson 16 Seescan
#10 Shinobu Tashiro 16 Hitachi Automotive Systems
#11 Michael S. Bittar 15 Halliburton Energy Services
#12 Stephan Biber 15 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#13 Alberto Pagani 14 Stmicroelectronics Sa
#14 Jonathan M. Rothberg 14 Thermo Fisher
#15 Katsumi Shibayama 14 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
#16 Lowell L. Wood, JR. 14 The Invention Science Fund I
#17 Noboru Tokuyasu 14 Hitachi
#18 Zhiqiang Chen 14 Nuctech Company Limited
#19 Clarence T. Tegreene 13 Intellectual Ventures
#20 John J. Sallas 13 Cgg Services Sas
#21 Takeshi Morino 13 Hitachi Automotive Systems
#22 Martin Ossig 12 Faro Technologies
#23 Roderick A. Hyde 12 Intellectual Ventures
#24 Yuanjing Li 12 Nuctech Company Limited
#25 Zhiyong Li 12 HP
#26 Chris W. Rella 11 Picarro
#27 Markus Vester 11 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#28 Nathan P. Myhrvold 11 The Invention Science Fund I
#29 Ray Merewether 11 Seescan
#30 Robert W. Lord 11 The Invention Science Fund I
#31 Andrea Foletto 10 Allegro Microsystems
#32 Edward James Morton 10 Rapiscan Systems
#33 Giacomo Vacca 10 Abbott
#34 Keith G. Fife 10 Butterfly Network
#35 Knut Siercks 10 Hexagon Technology Center Gmbh
#36 Luis Emilio San Martin 10 Halliburton Energy Services
#37 Michael D. Bulatowicz 10 —
#38 Raghunath K. Rao 10 Uhnder
#39 Ryosuke Doi 10 Hitachi Automotive Systems
#40 Sze Meng Tan 10 Picarro
#41 Uri Rapoport 10 Aspect Imaging
#42 Yi-Qiao Song 10 Schlumberger Technology
#43 Yuji Fujii 10 Ford
#44 Akira Uenodan 9 Hitachi Automotive Systems
#45 Andreas P. Friedrich 9 Allegro Microsystems
#46 Curtis Davis 9 Uhnder
#47 Elizabeth A. Holmes 9 Theranos
#48 Hideaki Fukuzawa 9 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#49 James Geza Deak 9 Multidimension Technology Co.
#50 Jean P. Bordes 9 Uhnder
#51 Jordin T. Kare 9 Intellectual Ventures
#52 Joshua T. Smith 9 IBM
#53 Li Zhang 9 Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University
#54 Ning Duan 9 IBM
#55 Reinhard Becker 9 Faro Technologies
#56 Robert E. Bridges 9 Faro Technologies
#57 Robert Dowle 9 Cgg Services Sas
#58 Robert Gardner 9 Kulite Semiconductor Products
#59 Roger Steadman Booker 9 Koniniklijke Philips N.V.
#60 Seong-deok Lee 9 Samsung
#61 Sharat Singh 9 Google
#62 Toshifumi Honda 9 Hitachi High-Technologies
#63 Weijun Guo 9 Halliburton Energy Services
#64 Akira Okada 8 Mitsubishi Electric
#65 Andreas Bergmann 8 B.R.A.H.M.S Gmbh
#66 Arne Henning Rokkan 8 Seabed Geosolutions B.V.
#67 Benjamin Funk 8 Trx Systems
#68 Carole Teolis 8 Trx Systems
#69 Christoph Herrmann 8 Koniniklijke Philips N.V.
#70 Christopher Michael Jones 8 Halliburton Energy Services
#71 Daniel Ryan 8 Abl Ip Holding
#72 David Sloo 8 Google
#73 Huan-Ping Wu 8 Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings Ag
#74 Jianjun Guo 8 GE
#75 Kenneth P. Aron 8 Abaxis
#76 Keith A. Jenkins 8 IBM
#77 Lianjun Liu 8 Freeescale Semiconductor
#78 Mark Frey 8 Schlumberger Technology
#79 Michael T. Pelletier 8 Halliburton Energy Services
#80 Neal G. Skinner 8 Halliburton Energy Services
#81 Nicolas Goujon 8 Westerngeco L.L.C.
#82 Nobuyuki Nishita 8 Topcon
#83 Rajesh K. Mehra 8 Abaxis
#84 Robert P. Freese 8 Halliburton Energy Services
#85 Takahiro Jingu 8 Hitachi High-Technologies
#86 Toon Hendrik Evers 8 Koniniklijke Philips N.V.
#87 Tomonori Nakamura 8 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
#88 Todd Rearick 8 Thermo Fisher
#89 Yann Astier 8 IBM
#90 Yoshihiko Fuji 8 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#91 Yoshihisa Soutome 8 Hitachi
#92 Yuta Urano 8 Hitachi High-Technologies
#93 Ziran Zhao 8 Nuctech Company Limited
#94 Aed M. Dudar 7 Ford
#95 Akihisa Makino 7 —
#96 Amnon Shashua 7 Intel
#97 Anthony M. Fadell 7 Google
#98 Andrei V. Shchegrov 7 Kla-Tencor
#99 Benjamin S. Pollack 7 Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics
#100 Christopher Harrison 7 Schlumberger Technology

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 IBM 237
2 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 219
3 Samsung 217
#4 GE 214
#5 Robert Bosch Gmbh 172
#6 Schlumberger Technology 162
#7 The Boeing 155
#8 Halliburton Energy Services 144
#9 Honeywell 138
#10 Texas Instruments 128
#11 Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 121
#12 Intel 114
#13 Denso 111
#14 Infineon Technologies Ag 101
#15 Apple 100
#16 Canon 99
#17 Panasonic 99
#18 Google 98
#19 CEA 84
#20 Toyota 84
#21 Hitachi High-Technologies 82
#22 Seiko Epson 81
#23 Hitachi 79
#24 Mitsubishi Electric 78
#25 Qualcomm 77
#26 Unknown 76
#27 University of California 75
#28 Kla-Tencor 72
#29 Nxp Usa 71
#30 Ford 71
#31 RTX (Raytheon) 68
#32 Continental Automotive Gmbh 64
#33 TSMC 64
#34 Baker Hughes Holdings 60
#35 US Air Force 60
#36 Stmicroelectronics Sa 59
#37 Cgg Services Sas 58
#38 General Motors 56
#39 Toshiba Medical Systems 54
#40 Hyundai Motor 53
#41 Shimadzu 53
#42 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 52
#43 Mitutoyo 52
#44 Danaher 50
#45 Sony 50
#46 Pgs Geophysical As 47
#47 Abbott 46
#48 Allegro Microsystems 45
#49 Honda Motor Co. 45
#50 Hitachi Automotive Systems 43
#51 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 42
#52 Microsoft 41
#53 KAIST 40
#54 Harvard University 40
#55 Sysmex 40
#56 Westerngeco L.L.C. 38
#57 ExxonMobil 38
#58 Ngk Spark Plug Co. 37
#59 Trimble Navigation Limited 37
#60 CNRS 36
#61 Fujitsu Limited 36
#62 LG 36
#63 Lockheed Martin 36
#64 Thermo Fisher 36
#65 Faro Technologies 34
#66 Here Global B.V. 34
#67 Amazon 33
#68 Advantest 33
#69 Saudi Arabian Oil 33
#70 Thales 33
#71 Globalfoundries 32
#72 University Of Texas System 32
#73 Hexagon Technology Center Gmbh 31
#74 Caterpillar 31
#75 Bio-Rad Laboratories 30
#76 Caltech 30
#77 Murata Manufacturing Co. 30
#78 Roche Diagnostics Operations 30
#79 Rockwell Collins 30
#80 MIT 29
#81 Fujifilm 27
#82 Chevron 27
#83 Ricoh Company 26
#84 Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics 26
#85 Stanford University 26
#86 HP 25
#87 ITRI 25
#88 Nec 25
#89 Nxp B.V. 25
#90 Rosemount 25
#91 Waters Technologies 25
#92 Eaton 24
#93 Endress+Hauser Gmbh+Co.Kg 24
#94 Invensense 23
#95 Tektronix 23
#96 Telenav 23
#97 Tokyo Electron Limited 23
#98 Topcon 23
#99 Abb Schweiz Ag 22
#100 Furuno Electric Company Limited 22