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Measurement and testing Patent Leaders in 2020 2020

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 29 Halliburton Energy Services
2 Gary E. Georgeson 28 The Boeing
3 Morteza Safai 26 The Boeing
#4 Udo Ausserlechner 25 Infineon Technologies Ag
#5 Hiraku Hirabayashi 24 Tdk
#6 Lee D. Whetsel 24 Texas Instruments
#7 Igal Bilik 22 General Motors
#8 Jonathan M. Rothberg 21 Thermo Fisher
#9 Mario Zeller 20 Siemens Healthcare Limited
#10 Zhiqiang Chen 20 Nuctech Company Limited
#11 Mark S. Olsson 17 Seescan
#12 Dirk Hammerschmidt 16 Infineon Technologies Ag
#13 Dominik Paul 16 Siemens Healthcare Limited
#14 Luis Emilio San Martin 15 Halliburton Energy Services
#15 Peiyan Cao 15 Shenzhen Xpectvision Technology Co.
#16 Yuanjing Li 15 Nuctech Company Limited
#17 Yurun Liu 15 Shenzhen Xpectvision Technology Co.
#18 Ziran Zhao 15 Nuctech Company Limited
#19 Chad Tyler Harris 14 Synaptive Medical
#20 Jari Syrjarinne 14 Here Global B.V.
#21 Kazuya Watanabe 14 Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
#22 Keisuke Uchida 14 Tdk
#23 Mark A. Griswold 14 Case Western Reserve University
#24 Taku OKAMOTO 14 Ngk Insulators
#25 Allan Steinhardt 13 Aeye
#26 David E. Newman 13 Ultralogic 6G
#27 Luis Carlos Dussan 13 Aeye
#28 Anita Rogacs 12 HP
#29 Corbett Rowell 12 Rohde & Schwarz
#30 Gregory L. Charvat 12 Hyperfine Research
#31 Hendrik F. Hamann 12 IBM
#32 Jason M. Eichenholz 12 Luminar Technologies
#33 Michael Stephen Poole 12 Hyperfine Research
#34 Ray Merewether 12 Seescan
#35 Vincenzo Boffa 12 Pirelli Tyre S.P.A.
#36 Alberto Pagani 11 Stmicroelectronics Sa
#37 Alfred Rieder 11 Endress+Hauser Flowtec Ag
#38 Angus Pacala 11 Ouster
#39 Dan Tho Lu 11 GE
#40 David C. Vacanti 11 Honeywell
#41 Jeff Alan Stainsby 11 Synaptive Medical
#42 Levente Klein 11 IBM
#43 Mary P. Kusko 11 IBM
#44 Pavel Ivanov 11 Here Global B.V.
#45 Shahar Villeval 11 General Motors
#46 Thorsten Feiweier 11 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#47 Ahmed Elsayed Fouda 10 Halliburton Energy Services
#48 Anupam Singhal 10 University Of British Columbia
#49 Avik Santra 10 Infineon Technologies Ag
#50 Brian Brent Naslund 10 Rosemount Aerospace
#51 Carl L. Hansen 10 Caltech
#52 Elizabeth A. Holmes 10 Theranos
#53 Fumio Ohtomo 10 Topcon
#54 Jaime Lien 10 Google
#55 Karthik Subburaj 10 Texas Instruments
#56 Markus Vester 10 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#57 Ning Ge 10 HP
#58 Oded Bialer 10 General Motors
#59 Pierre-Yves Droz 10 Google
#60 Rémy Lassalle-Balier 10 Allegro Microsystems
#61 Valeriano Ballardini 10 Pirelli Tyre S.P.A.
#62 Xin Zhang 10 Analog Devices
#63 Ashutosh Baheti 9 Infineon Technologies Ag
#64 Ayman Amer 9 Saudi Arabian Oil
#65 Blake Konrardy 9 State Farm
#66 Boris Mailhe 9 Siemens Healthcare Limited
#67 Charles A. Haynes 9 University Of British Columbia
#68 Christos Tsironis 9 Unknown
#69 Daniel R. Wiederin 9 Elemental Scientific
#70 Edward James Morton 9 Rapiscan Systems
#71 Flavio Carinci 9 Siemens Healthcare Limited
#72 Gregory Hayward 9 State Farm
#73 Haruyasu Nakatsugawa 9 Fujifilm
#74 Hao Zhu 9 Endress+Hauser Flowtec Ag
#75 Hsu-Hsiang Wu 9 Halliburton Energy Services
#76 Joseph G. LaChapelle 9 Luminar Technologies
#77 John W. Schrader 9 University Of British Columbia
#78 Jui-Cheng Huang 9 TSMC
#79 Jürgen Nistler 9 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#80 Juan Antonio Sabate 9 GE
#81 Kaoru Kumagai 9 Topcon
#82 Katsumi Shibayama 9 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
#83 Li Zhang 9 Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University
#84 Marcaurele Brun 9 Sony
#85 Omer Refa Koseoglu 9 Saudi Arabian Oil
#86 Pascal Cornic 9 Thales
#87 Peter Boernert 9 Koniniklijke Philips N.V.
#88 Qingyun Di 9 Institute Of Geology And Geophysics, Chinese Academy Of Sciences
#89 Qiang Zhang 9 Ericsson
#90 Satoshi Sano 9 Fujitsu Limited
#91 Scott T. Christensen 9 State Farm
#92 Scott Farris 9 State Farm
#93 Shou-Shan Fan 9 Foxconn
#94 Todd Rearick 9 Thermo Fisher
#95 Wei Zhang 9 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
#96 Yuki NAKAYAMA 9 Ngk Insulators
#97 Akira Horiba 8 Shimadzu
#98 Alessandro Held 8 Pirelli Tyre S.P.A.
#99 Alexander Gyles Panther 8 Synaptive Medical (Barbados)
#100 Alexander Pokrass 8 General Motors

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 IBM 266
2 GE 226
3 Samsung 210
#4 Siemens Healthcare Limited 181
#5 The Boeing 155
#6 Texas Instruments 155
#7 Infineon Technologies Ag 152
#8 Honeywell 150
#9 Robert Bosch Gmbh 135
#10 Halliburton Energy Services 130
#11 Denso 128
#12 Apple 122
#13 Schlumberger Technology 112
#14 Toyota 110
#15 Saudi Arabian Oil 109
#16 Shimadzu 108
#17 Canon 108
#18 Mitsubishi Electric 106
#19 Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 96
#20 Google 96
#21 Panasonic 96
#22 Intel 85
#23 Sony 82
#24 Kla-Tencor 79
#25 Rohde & Schwarz 79
#26 Ford 79
#27 General Motors 78
#28 Seiko Epson 77
#29 Hitachi 76
#30 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 74
#31 Here Global B.V. 72
#32 University of California 68
#33 LG 68
#34 Hitachi High-Technologies 67
#35 Unknown 67
#36 RTX (Raytheon) 66
#37 Allegro Microsystems 65
#38 CEA 65
#39 Mitutoyo 65
#40 MIT 63
#41 Konica Minolta 61
#42 Stmicroelectronics Sa 61
#43 Qualcomm 61
#44 BOE 59
#45 Microsoft 56
#46 TSMC 55
#47 Tdk 52
#48 Thales 48
#49 Topcon 47
#50 Baker Hughes Holdings 46
#51 Hyundai Motor 46
#52 Pgs Geophysical As 46
#53 Omron 45
#54 HP 43
#55 Fanuc 42
#56 Fujifilm 42
#57 ExxonMobil 42
#58 Nec 41
#59 Nxp B.V. 41
#60 Thermo Fisher 41
#61 US Air Force 40
#62 Abbott 39
#63 Tsinghua University 39
#64 Endress+Hauser Flowtec Ag 38
#65 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 38
#66 Kia Motors 38
#67 Nuctech Company Limited 38
#68 Honda Motor Co. 37
#69 Rosemount Aerospace 37
#70 CNRS 36
#71 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 35
#72 Hitachi Automotive Systems 34
#73 Micro Motion 34
#74 Ngk Insulators 34
#75 Amazon 33
#76 Disney 33
#77 Fujitsu Limited 32
#78 Invensense 32
#79 Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 30
#80 Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co. 30
#81 Stanford University 30
#82 Continental Automotive Gmbh 29
#83 Fluke 29
#84 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 29
#85 Sysmex 29
#86 Huawei 29
#87 Applied Materials 28
#88 Becton, Dickinson And 28
#89 Bio-Rad Laboratories 28
#90 Luminar Technologies 28
#91 Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics 28
#92 University Of Texas System 28
#93 Chevron 28
#94 Meta 28
#95 Abb Schweiz Ag 27
#96 Waters Technologies 27
#97 ITRI 26
#98 Keyence 26
#99 Nikon 26
#100 University of Michigan 26