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Measurement and testing Patent Leaders in 2019 2019

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 Burkay Donderici 42 Halliburton Energy Services
2 Lee D. Whetsel 27 Texas Instruments
3 Zhiqiang Chen 27 Nuctech Company Limited
#4 Luis Emilio San Martin 26 Halliburton Energy Services
#5 David Grodzki 25 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#6 Mario Zeller 25 Siemens Healthcare Limited
#7 Igal Bilik 23 General Motors
#8 Ziran Zhao 23 Nuctech Company Limited
#9 Udo Ausserlechner 21 Infineon Technologies Ag
#10 Jonathan M. Rothberg 20 Thermo Fisher
#11 Dominik Paul 19 Siemens Healthcare Limited
#12 Weijun Guo 18 Halliburton Energy Services
#13 Li Zhang 17 Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University
#14 Thorsten Feiweier 17 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#15 David L. Perkins 15 Halliburton Energy Services
#16 Gary E. Georgeson 15 The Boeing
#17 Jari Syrjarinne 15 Here Global B.V.
#18 Stephan Biber 15 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#19 Yuanjing Li 15 Nuctech Company Limited
#20 Gordon POOLE 14 Cgg Services Sas
#21 Keith G. Fife 14 Butterfly Network
#22 Oded Bialer 14 General Motors
#23 David E. Newman 13 Ultralogic 6G
#24 Jason M. Eichenholz 13 Luminar Technologies
#25 Lawrence L. Wald 13 The General Hospital
#26 Morteza Safai 13 The Boeing
#27 Pierre-Yves Droz 13 Google
#28 Qingjun Zhang 13 Nuctech Company Limited
#29 Scott T. Christensen 13 State Farm
#30 Arul Manickam 12 Lockheed Martin
#31 Blake Konrardy 12 State Farm
#32 Christoph Leussler 12 Koniniklijke Philips N.V.
#33 Gregory L. Charvat 12 Hyperfine Research
#34 Gregory Hayward 12 State Farm
#35 Katsumi Shibayama 12 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
#36 Knut Siercks 12 Hexagon Technology Center Gmbh
#37 Peter G. Kaup 12 Lockheed Martin
#38 Scott Farris 12 State Farm
#39 Songhua Chen 12 Halliburton Energy Services
#40 Alexander Pokrass 11 General Motors
#41 Gregory Scott Bruce 11 Lockheed Martin
#42 James Geza Deak 11 Multidimension Technology Co.
#43 Jacques Georgy 11 Invensense
#44 Junsheng Hou 11 Halliburton Energy Services
#45 Kaoru Kumagai 11 Topcon
#46 Kazuya Okamoto 11 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#47 Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola 11 Here Global B.V.
#48 Marcel Dominik Nickel 11 Siemens Healthcare Limited
#49 Markus Vester 11 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#50 Michael T. Pelletier 11 Halliburton Energy Services
#51 Ning Duan 11 IBM
#52 Sadanori Tomiha 11 Canon
#53 Shou-Shan Fan 11 Foxconn
#54 Yaohong Liu 11 Nuctech Company Limited
#55 Yi-Qiao Song 11 Schlumberger Technology
#56 Alfons Dehe 10 Infineon Technologies Ag
#57 Amit Steinberg 10 Innoviz Technologies
#58 Christos Tsironis 10 Unknown
#59 David R. Hall 10 Hall Labs
#60 Dan Tho Lu 10 GE
#61 Dagang Wu 10 Halliburton Energy Services
#62 Himanshu Bhat 10 Siemens Healthcare Limited
#63 Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi 10 Saudi Arabian Oil
#64 Omer Keilaf 10 Verifood
#65 Ouri Cohen 10 The General Hospital
#66 Robert E. Bridges 10 Faro Technologies
#67 Baris Guner 9 Halliburton Energy Services
#68 Benjamin Avery Freer 9 Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
#69 Bernhard Metzler 9 Hexagon Technology Center Gmbh
#70 Howard K. Schmidt 9 Saudi Arabian Oil
#71 Joel D. Brewer 9 —
#72 Kalyan Handique 9 Handylab
#73 Kawin Setsompop 9 The General Hospital
#74 Liwen L. Dai 9 John Deere
#75 Li Gao 9 Halliburton Energy Services
#76 Mark A. Griswold 9 Case Western Reserve University
#77 Mary P. Kusko 9 IBM
#78 Marcel van Os 9 Apple
#79 Nigel J. Clarke 9 Quest Diagnostics Investments
#80 Oren Buskila 9 Innoviz Technologies
#81 Paul Stokes 9 Flir Belgium Bvba
#82 Peter M. Eick 9 —
#83 Peng Gao 9 IBM
#84 Peter Speier 9 Siemens Healthcare Limited
#85 Rebecca Corina Jachmann 9 Halliburton Energy Services
#86 Roland Welle 9 Vega Grieshaber Kg
#87 Shinobu Tashiro 9 Hitachi Automotive Systems
#88 Stian Hegna 9 Pgs Geophysical As
#89 Yoshihiko Fuji 9 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#90 Zhike Jia 9 Disney
#91 Akihisa Makino 8 —
#92 Alexander Velizhev 8 Hexagon Technology Center Gmbh
#93 Amnon Manassen 8 Kla-Tencor
#94 Andrew P. Bonifas 8 3M
#95 David Andrew Barfoot 8 Halliburton Energy Services
#96 David G. Cory 8 Bruker Instruments
#97 Dirk Hammerschmidt 8 Infineon Technologies Ag
#98 Dominik Seitz 8 Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik Gmbh
#99 Edmund O. Schweitzer, III 8 Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
#100 Eiji Takahashi 8 Kobe Steel

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Halliburton Energy Services 257
2 IBM 254
3 Samsung 224
#4 GE 209
#5 Schlumberger Technology 187
#6 Siemens Healthcare Limited 160
#7 The Boeing 144
#8 Honeywell 142
#9 Denso 140
#10 Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 138
#11 Robert Bosch Gmbh 138
#12 Canon 133
#13 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 124
#14 Infineon Technologies Ag 120
#15 Apple 119
#16 Texas Instruments 117
#17 Panasonic 109
#18 Mitsubishi Electric 103
#19 RTX (Raytheon) 103
#20 Toyota 103
#21 General Motors 100
#22 Saudi Arabian Oil 99
#23 Ford 99
#24 Shimadzu 96
#25 Kla-Tencor 94
#26 Intel 94
#27 Hitachi 88
#28 Google 85
#29 Seiko Epson 83
#30 University of California 77
#31 Unknown 77
#32 CEA 73
#33 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 72
#34 Sony 71
#35 Here Global B.V. 70
#36 Qualcomm 68
#37 Stmicroelectronics Sa 66
#38 Microsoft 66
#39 Toshiba Medical Systems 65
#40 Cgg Services Sas 63
#41 Hitachi High-Technologies 62
#42 Hyundai Motor 61
#43 US Air Force 61
#44 Mitutoyo 59
#45 Pgs Geophysical As 59
#46 LG 59
#47 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 57
#48 Baker Hughes Holdings 53
#49 Konica Minolta 53
#50 Murata Manufacturing Co. 52
#51 TSMC 50
#52 BOE 50
#53 Fanuc 48
#54 CNRS 47
#55 MIT 46
#56 Nuctech Company Limited 46
#57 Abb Schweiz Ag 44
#58 Roche Diagnostics Operations 44
#59 Danaher 42
#60 The General Hospital 41
#61 ExxonMobil 41
#62 KAIST 40
#63 Invensense 39
#64 Continental Automotive Gmbh 38
#65 Abbott 37
#66 Allegro Microsystems 37
#67 Endress+Hauser Se+Co. Kg 37
#68 National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia 37
#69 Omron 37
#70 Uber Technologies 37
#71 Lockheed Martin 37
#72 Thermo Fisher 37
#73 Amazon 36
#74 Hitachi Automotive Systems 36
#75 Honda Motor Co. 36
#76 ITRI 36
#77 Nec 36
#78 Nxp Usa 36
#79 Topcon 36
#80 Tsinghua University 36
#81 Rohde & Schwarz 35
#82 Stanford University 33
#83 Renesas Electronics 31
#84 Sysmex 31
#85 Waters Technologies 31
#86 Disney 31
#87 Fujifilm 30
#88 John Deere 30
#89 Thales 29
#90 University Of Texas System 29
#91 Endress+Hauser Conducta Gmbh+Co. Kg 28
#92 Ngk Spark Plug Co. 28
#93 Nikon 28
#94 Rolls-Royce Plc 28
#95 Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 27
#96 Faro Technologies 27
#97 Fraunhofer 27
#98 The Johns Hopkins University 27
#99 NASA 27
#100 3M 26