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Measurement and testing Patent Leaders in 2022 2022

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 Mina Rezk 26 Aeva
2 Peiyan Cao 23 Shenzhen Xpectvision Technology Co.
3 Yurun Liu 22 Shenzhen Xpectvision Technology Co.
#4 Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola 20 Here Global B.V.
#5 Mario Zeller 19 Siemens Healthcare Limited
#6 Allan Steinhardt 16 Aeye
#7 Luis Carlos Dussan 16 Aeye
#8 Michael Schoor 16 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#9 Alexandros MANOLAKOS 15 Qualcomm
#10 Hiraku Hirabayashi 15 Tdk
#11 Joel Benscoter 15 Aeye
#12 Lee D. Whetsel 15 Texas Instruments
#13 Mark S. Olsson 15 Seescan
#14 Gary E. Georgeson 14 The Boeing
#15 Kapil Gulati 14 Qualcomm
#16 Kumar Bhargav Viswanatha 14 Aeva
#17 Leon Stenneth 14 Here Global B.V.
#18 Yusuke Watanabe 14 Ngk Insulators
#19 Alex Liang 13 Aeye
#20 Chad Tyler Harris 13 Synaptive Medical
#21 Igor Polishchuk 13 Cypress Semiconductor
#22 Jari Syrjarinne 13 Here Global B.V.
#23 Junyi Li 13 Qualcomm
#24 Pavel Ivanov 13 Here Global B.V.
#25 Philippe Feru 13 Aeye
#26 Sony Akkarakaran 13 —
#27 Behsan Behzadi 12 Aeva
#28 Hsu-Hsiang Wu 12 Halliburton Energy Services
#29 Jonathan M. Rothberg 12 Thermo Fisher
#30 Pierre-Yves Droz 12 Google
#31 Stephen C. Crouch 12 Blackmore Sensors & Analytics, Llc.
#32 Zhiqiang Chen 12 Nuctech Company Limited
#33 Beibei Wang 11 Origin Wireless
#34 Chenshu Wu 11 Origin Wireless
#35 Fumio Ohtomo 11 Topcon
#36 Jason M. Eichenholz 11 Luminar Technologies
#37 Kaoru Kumagai 11 Topcon
#38 K. J. Ray Liu 11 Origin Wireless
#39 Marcel Mayer 11 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#40 Oscar Chi-Lim Au 11 Origin Wireless
#41 Rajendra Tushar Moorti 11 Broadcom
#42 Xin Jin 11 Research In Motion Limited
#43 Dominik Paul 10 Siemens Healthcare Limited
#44 Igal Bilik 10 General Motors
#45 Jose Krause Perin 10 —
#46 Jun Fujihara 10 Tokyo Electron Limited
#47 Kazuya Watanabe 10 Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
#48 Mehdi Asghari 10 Silc Technologies
#49 Morteza Safai 10 The Boeing
#50 Shou-Shan Fan 10 Foxconn
#51 Stephen Y. Chou 10 Essenlix
#52 Toshiaki Asakawa 10 Minebea Mitsumi
#53 Wei Ding 10 Essenlix
#54 Wei Zhang 10 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
#55 Alexander Melzer 9 Infineon Technologies Ag
#56 Boon Loong Ng 9 Samsung
#57 Bradley Jonathan Luff 9 Silc Technologies
#58 Burkay Donderici 9 Halliburton Energy Services
#59 Chi-Feng Huang 9 Microjet Technology Co.
#60 Chen-Lung Tsai 9 One Test Systems
#61 Christos Tsironis 9 Unknown
#62 Constantinos Tsingas 9 Saudi Arabian Oil
#63 Dazeng Feng 9 Kotura
#64 Daniel R. Wiederin 9 Elemental Scientific
#65 Gene Rosenthal 9 One Test Systems
#66 Hooman Mohseni 9 Hi
#67 Jamu Alford 9 Hi
#68 Jeff Alan Stainsby 9 Synaptive Medical
#69 Keith G. Fife 9 Butterfly Network
#70 Keith Gagne 9 Aeva
#71 Kenzo Makino 9 Tdk
#72 Keegan Owsley 9 Becton, Dickinson And
#73 Kouji Nishino 9 Fujikin Incorporated
#74 Lingkai Kong 9 Beijing Voyager Technology Co.
#75 Michael Schumann 9 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#76 Nobukazu Ikeda 9 Fujikin Incorporated
#77 Nobuyuki Nishita 9 Topcon
#78 Stephan Biber 9 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#79 Tong Wang Fei 9 Saudi Arabian Oil
#80 Udo Ausserlechner 9 Infineon Technologies Ag
#81 William D. HOUCK 9 Viavi Solutions
#82 Yi Luo 9 Saudi Arabian Oil
#83 Yuanjing Li 9 Nuctech Company Limited
#84 Andrew Steil Michaels 8 Aurora Operations
#85 Angus Pacala 8 Ouster
#86 Atsushi Kitamura 8 Minebea Co.
#87 Avik Santra 8 Infineon Technologies Ag
#88 Baher Haroun 8 Texas Instruments
#89 Benoit Lepage 8 Olympus Ndt
#90 Bryan John Nagy 8 Uatc
#91 Chang-Sik Choi 8 Qualcomm
#92 Dirk Hammerschmidt 8 Infineon Technologies Ag
#93 Donald M. Wichern 8 Cilag Gmbh International
#94 Fraser John Laing Robb 8 GE
#95 Glenn Andrew Wilson 8 Halliburton Energy Services
#96 Guttorm Ringstad OPSHAUG 8 Qualcomm
#97 Hao-Jan Mou 8 Microjet Technology Co.
#98 Hideo Kondo 8 onsemi
#99 Hiroshi Takahashi 8 Ricoh Company
#100 Joshua D. Talbert 8 Cilag Gmbh International

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Robert Bosch Gmbh 213
2 Samsung 207
3 Toyota 173
#4 Infineon Technologies Ag 151
#5 Halliburton Energy Services 137
#6 Denso 135
#7 Saudi Arabian Oil 126
#8 Siemens Healthcare Limited 126
#9 IBM 118
#10 Texas Instruments 117
#11 Apple 112
#12 Here Global B.V. 107
#13 Shimadzu 106
#14 Honeywell 104
#15 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 99
#16 Google 99
#17 Mitsubishi Electric 94
#18 Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 91
#19 The Boeing 90
#20 Canon 88
#21 GE 88
#22 General Motors 88
#23 Sony 85
#24 Qualcomm 83
#25 Hitachi High-Technologies 77
#26 RTX (Raytheon) 77
#27 Seiko Epson 75
#28 Tdk 74
#29 Panasonic 71
#30 Nec 69
#31 Schlumberger Technology 69
#32 Lg Energy Solution 66
#33 Unknown 66
#34 Rohde & Schwarz 65
#35 CEA 64
#36 Intel 61
#37 Tokyo Electron Limited 58
#38 Ford 55
#39 University of California 53
#40 TSMC 52
#41 Allegro Microsystems 51
#42 Kla-Tencor 51
#43 BOE 51
#44 Honda Motor Co. 50
#45 Mitutoyo 50
#46 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 48
#47 Hitachi 48
#48 US Air Force 47
#49 LG 47
#50 Hyundai Motor 45
#51 Sysmex 45
#52 Danaher 43
#53 Stmicroelectronics Sa 42
#54 Kia Motors 41
#55 Topcon 41
#56 Applied Materials 40
#57 Aeva 40
#58 Aptiv Technologies Ag 40
#59 Huawei 39
#60 MIT 38
#61 Ngk Insulators 38
#62 ExxonMobil 38
#63 Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics 37
#64 Omron 36
#65 Fraunhofer 35
#66 Tsinghua University 35
#67 Continental Automotive Gmbh 34
#68 KAIST 34
#69 Roche Diagnostics Operations 34
#70 Amazon 33
#71 CNRS 33
#72 HP 33
#73 Hitachi Astemo 33
#74 Analog Devices International Unlimited 32
#75 Nxp B.V. 31
#76 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 31
#77 Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage 31
#78 Abb Schweiz Ag 30
#79 Becton, Dickinson And 30
#80 Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations 29
#81 NTT 29
#82 onsemi 29
#83 Murata Manufacturing Co. 28
#84 ITRI 27
#85 Nxp Usa 27
#86 Chevron 27
#87 NVIDIA 27
#88 Fujifilm 26
#89 Konica Minolta 26
#90 Melexis Technologies Sa 26
#91 Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co. 26
#92 Viavi Solutions 26
#93 Waters Technologies 26
#94 Endress+Hauser Flowtec Ag 25
#95 Minebea Mitsumi 25
#96 Thales 25
#97 Zoox 25
#98 Meta 25
#99 Caltech 24
#100 Rockwell Collins 24