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Measurement and testing Patent Leaders in 2018 2018

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 42 Texas Instruments
2 Burkay Donderici 27 Halliburton Energy Services
3 David Grodzki 22 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#4 Gary E. Georgeson 18 The Boeing
#5 Dominik Paul 17 Siemens Healthcare Limited
#6 Mark S. Olsson 17 Seescan
#7 David R. Hall 16 Hall Labs
#8 David L. Perkins 16 Halliburton Energy Services
#9 Jonathan M. Rothberg 15 Thermo Fisher
#10 Katsumi Shibayama 15 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
#11 Robert E. Bridges 15 Faro Technologies
#12 Shou-Shan Fan 15 Foxconn
#13 Shinobu Tashiro 15 Hitachi Automotive Systems
#14 Yuanjing Li 15 Nuctech Company Limited
#15 Zhiqiang Chen 14 Nuctech Company Limited
#16 Markus Vester 13 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#17 Ray Merewether 13 Seescan
#18 Thorsten Feiweier 12 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#19 Aed M. Dudar 11 Ford
#20 David Sloo 11 Google
#21 Jason M. Eichenholz 11 Luminar Technologies
#22 Kaoru Kumagai 11 Topcon
#23 Michael T. Pelletier 11 Halliburton Energy Services
#24 Stephan Biber 11 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#25 Swen Campagna 11 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#26 Takeshi Morino 11 Hitachi Automotive Systems
#27 William P. Taylor 11 Allegro Microsystems
#28 Cary James Miller 10 Abbott
#29 James Geza Deak 10 Multidimension Technology Co.
#30 Mary P. Kusko 10 IBM
#31 Noboru Tokuyasu 10 Hitachi
#32 Udo Ausserlechner 10 Infineon Technologies Ag
#33 Yoshihiko Fuji 10 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#34 Alberto Pagani 9 Stmicroelectronics Sa
#35 Anthony M. Fadell 9 Google
#36 Dan Allen 9 Hall Labs
#37 David A. Cox 9 Seescan
#38 Fumio Ohtomo 9 Topcon
#39 Gary L. Swoboda 9 Texas Instruments
#40 Jianmin Li 9 Nuctech Company Limited
#41 Kai-Li Jiang 9 Foxconn
#42 Kazuhiro Nakamura 9 Sanshin Industries
#43 Keiji Hanzawa 9 Hitachi Automotive Systems
#44 Martin Eckert 9 IBM
#45 Marcel Dominik Nickel 9 Siemens Healthcare Limited
#46 Matthew Lee Rogers 9 Google
#47 Ning Duan 9 IBM
#48 Pierre-Yves Droz 9 Google
#49 Scott R. Campbell 9 Luminar Technologies
#50 Takaaki Kishigami 9 Panasonic
#51 Uri Rapoport 9 Aspect Imaging
#52 Weijun Guo 9 Halliburton Energy Services
#53 Ziran Zhao 9 Nuctech Company Limited
#54 Benjamin S. Pollack 8 Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics
#55 Chad Tyler Harris 8 Synaptive Medical
#56 Christian Stoller 8 Schlumberger Technology
#57 David B. Krizman 8 Expression Pathology
#58 Dirk Hammerschmidt 8 Infineon Technologies Ag
#59 Hideaki Fukuzawa 8 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#60 Jacques Georgy 8 Invensense
#61 Joseph G. LaChapelle 8 Luminar Technologies
#62 Kazuya Okamoto 8 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#63 Keith G. Fife 8 Butterfly Network
#64 Luis Emilio San Martin 8 Halliburton Energy Services
#65 Masashi Ito 8 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
#66 Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi 8 Saudi Arabian Oil
#67 Morteza Safai 8 The Boeing
#68 Peng Gao 8 IBM
#69 Qiang Li 8 Huawei
#70 Qun Li 8 Foxconn
#71 Sam Kavusi 8 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#72 Takafumi Yokino 8 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
#73 Thorsten Speckner 8 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#74 Todd Hembrough 8 Expression Pathology
#75 Tyler S. Ralston 8 Butterfly Network
#76 Xin Zhang 8 Analog Devices
#77 Yann Astier 8 IBM
#78 Yaohong Liu 8 Nuctech Company Limited
#79 Yi-Qiao Song 8 Schlumberger Technology
#80 Yoshihiro Maruyama 8 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
#81 Yulan Li 8 Nuctech Company Limited
#82 Arie Shahar 7 GE
#83 Austin K. Russell 7 Luminar Technologies
#84 Bernd-Dietmar Becker 7 Faro Technologies
#85 Bernhard Metzler 7 Hexagon Technology Center Gmbh
#86 Chun-Wen Cheng 7 TSMC
#87 Christopher Michael Jones 7 Halliburton Energy Services
#88 Christoph Leussler 7 Koniniklijke Philips N.V.
#89 Curtis Davis 7 Uhnder
#90 Daniel Ryan 7 Abl Ip Holding
#91 David R. Smith 7 Intellectual Ventures
#92 Devendra K. Sadana 7 IBM
#93 Dingding Chen 7 Halliburton Energy Services
#94 Dominik Seitz 7 Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik Gmbh
#95 Go Kawata 7 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#96 Graham Davis 7 Abbott
#97 Hao Chen 7 Innolux
#98 Hans-Ullrich HANSMANN 7 Dräger Safety Ag & Co. Kgaa
#99 Hung-Chih Lin 7 TSMC
#100 Jan Soukup 7 Seescan

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 IBM 240
2 Samsung 223
3 GE 218
#4 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 207
#5 Robert Bosch Gmbh 182
#6 Halliburton Energy Services 143
#7 Texas Instruments 139
#8 The Boeing 136
#9 Schlumberger Technology 132
#10 Denso 127
#11 Honeywell 114
#12 Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 111
#13 Panasonic 106
#14 Apple 96
#15 RTX (Raytheon) 94
#16 Canon 92
#17 Intel 91
#18 Toyota 91
#19 Google 87
#20 Seiko Epson 80
#21 Infineon Technologies Ag 79
#22 CEA 77
#23 University of California 75
#24 Ford 72
#25 Kla-Tencor 71
#26 Mitsubishi Electric 70
#27 Unknown 69
#28 Hitachi 68
#29 Toshiba Medical Systems 66
#30 US Air Force 66
#31 Qualcomm 65
#32 Mitutoyo 63
#33 Hitachi High-Technologies 62
#34 General Motors 61
#35 Danaher 59
#36 Siemens Healthcare Limited 56
#37 Baker Hughes Holdings 55
#38 Saudi Arabian Oil 55
#39 TSMC 55
#40 Nxp Usa 54
#41 Here Global B.V. 53
#42 Hyundai Motor 53
#43 Pgs Geophysical As 53
#44 Shimadzu 52
#45 Thermo Fisher 51
#46 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 49
#47 Sony 48
#48 Stmicroelectronics Sa 46
#49 Sysmex 46
#50 Hitachi Automotive Systems 43
#51 Stanford University 43
#52 Microsoft 43
#53 Abbott 42
#54 Tsinghua University 42
#55 LG 42
#56 Cgg Services Sas 41
#57 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 41
#58 Murata Manufacturing Co. 41
#59 BOE 41
#60 ExxonMobil 39
#61 Continental Automotive Gmbh 38
#62 Honda Motor Co. 38
#63 Ngk Spark Plug Co. 37
#64 ITRI 35
#65 Nuctech Company Limited 33
#66 Allegro Microsystems 32
#67 MIT 32
#68 The General Hospital 31
#69 National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia 29
#70 Roche Diagnostics Operations 29
#71 Topcon 29
#72 CNRS 28
#73 Faro Technologies 28
#74 Fujitsu Limited 28
#75 Foxconn 28
#76 Nec 28
#77 Bio-Rad Laboratories 27
#78 KFUPM 27
#79 KAIST 27
#80 Trimble Navigation Limited 27
#81 Amazon 26
#82 Invensense 26
#83 Konica Minolta 26
#84 Ricoh Company 26
#85 Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics 26
#86 Uber Technologies 26
#87 Northrop Grumman 25
#88 Harvard University 25
#89 Thales 25
#90 Waters Technologies 25
#91 Disney 25
#92 Lockheed Martin 25
#93 Abb Schweiz Ag 24
#94 Advantest 24
#95 Furuno Electric Company Limited 24
#96 Fanuc 23
#97 Nikon 23
#98 Tokyo Electron Limited 23
#99 Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 22
#100 Endress+Hauser Gmbh+Co.Kg 22