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Measurement and testing Patent Leaders in 2023 2023

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 30 Texas Instruments
2 Kapil Gulati 25 Qualcomm
3 Alexandros MANOLAKOS 23 Qualcomm
#4 Yimin Li 23 Innovation
#5 Junyi Li 22 Qualcomm
#6 Junwei Bao 21 Tokyo Electron Limited
#7 Sony Akkarakaran 20 —
#8 Mario Zeller 18 Siemens Healthcare Limited
#9 Pierre-Yves Droz 18 Google
#10 Rui Zhang 18 Innovation
#11 Mark S. Olsson 17 Seescan
#12 Samer Kabbani 17 Advantest Test Solutions
#13 Ting Wang 17 Nec
#14 Mehdi Asghari 16 Silc Technologies
#15 Peiyan Cao 16 Shenzhen Xpectvision Technology Co.
#16 Youmin Wang 16 Beijing Voyager Technology Co.
#17 Bradley Jonathan Luff 15 Silc Technologies
#18 Mina Rezk 15 Aeva
#19 Tao Luo 15 Qualcomm
#20 Yurun Liu 15 Shenzhen Xpectvision Technology Co.
#21 Hiraku Hirabayashi 14 Tdk
#22 Karthik Ranganathan 14 Advantest Test Solutions
#23 Gregory Cruzan 13 Advantest Test Solutions
#24 Stephan Biber 13 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#25 Stephen Y. Chou 13 Essenlix
#26 Wei Ding 13 Essenlix
#27 Yusuke Watanabe 13 Ngk Insulators
#28 Allan Steinhardt 12 Aeye
#29 Blaise Gassend 12 Google
#30 Luis Carlos Dussan 12 Aeye
#31 Michael Dormody 12 Apple
#32 Michael Schoor 12 Robert Bosch Gmbh
#33 Peter Kiesel 12 Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
#34 Ruijia Wang 12 Halliburton Energy Services
#35 Avik Santra 11 Infineon Technologies Ag
#36 David Grodzki 11 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#37 Dirk Hammerschmidt 11 Infineon Technologies Ag
#38 Dominik Paul 11 Siemens Healthcare Limited
#39 Fan Zhu 11 Baidu Usa
#40 Karthik Subburaj 11 Texas Instruments
#41 Paul Ferrari 11 Hexagon Metrology
#42 Stephen C. Crouch 11 Blackmore Sensors & Analytics, Llc.
#43 Alexander Melzer 10 Infineon Technologies Ag
#44 Badrinath Nagarajan 10 Apple
#45 Bin LIU 10 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
#46 Chadwick Lawrence Canedy 10 US Navy
#47 Chang-Sik Choi 10 Qualcomm
#48 Charles D. Merritt 10 US Navy
#49 Daniel Keith Van Ostrand 10 Sigmasense, Llc.
#50 Guiyuan Han 10 Apple
#51 Hadrien A. Dyvorne 10 Hyperfine Operations
#52 Igor Vurgaftman 10 US Air Force
#53 Jerry R. Meyer 10 US Air Force
#54 Joel Benscoter 10 Aeye
#55 Jonathan M. Rothberg 10 Thermo Fisher
#56 Keegan Owsley 10 Becton, Dickinson And
#57 Mijin Kim 10 US Navy
#58 Michael V. Warren 10 US Navy
#59 Ning LUO 10 Qualcomm
#60 Patrick Troy Gray 10 Sigmasense, Llc.
#61 Richard Stuart Seger, JR. 10 Sigmasense, Llc.
#62 R. Joseph Weiblen 10 US Navy
#63 Ryan Haoyun Wu 10 Nxp Usa
#64 Srinivas Yerramalli 10 Qualcomm
#65 Todd Rearick 10 Thermo Fisher
#66 Udo Ausserlechner 10 Infineon Technologies Ag
#67 Weimin DUAN 10 Qualcomm
#68 William W. Bewley 10 US Air Force
#69 William D. HOUCK 10 Viavi Solutions
#70 Byoung Hyoun Kim 9 LG
#71 Chad Tyler Harris 9 Synaptive Medical
#72 Christopher Michael Jones 9 Halliburton Energy Services
#73 David S. Hall 9 Velodyne Lidar Usa
#74 Daniel Rolf 9 Here Global B.V.
#75 Gerald Dale Morrison 9 Sigmasense, Llc.
#76 Gengsheng Zhang 9 Qualcomm
#77 Hiroyuki OSHIDA 9 NTT
#78 Jun Gao 9 HP
#79 Jürg Hinderling 9 Hexagon Technology Center Gmbh
#80 Katsumi Shibayama 9 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
#81 Kyung Rin Kim 9 Hyundai Mobis Co.
#82 Min Wang 9 Ericsson
#83 Nigel J. Clarke 9 Quest Diagnostics Investments
#84 Satoru Tanaka 9 Seiko Epson
#85 Siddharth Maru 9 Cirrus Logic
#86 Sung Eun Jo 9 Hyundai Mobis Co.
#87 Tejasvi Das 9 Cirrus Logic
#88 Won Gyum Kim 9 Hyundai Mobis Co.
#89 Young Shin Kim 9 Ticona
#90 Abhijeet A. Khangar 8 Milwaukee Electric Tool
#91 Amnon Jonas 8 General Motors
#92 Arun Raghupathy 8 Apple
#93 Chul Soo Kim 8 Samsung
#94 Corbett Rowell 8 Rohde & Schwarz
#95 Dazeng Feng 8 Kotura
#96 David A. Jack 8 Verifi Technologies
#97 Donald M. Wichern 8 Cilag Gmbh International
#98 Edward James Morton 8 Rapiscan Systems
#99 Gael Close 8 Melexis Technologies Sa
#100 Hernán D. Romero 8 Allegro Microsystems

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Samsung 242
2 Saudi Arabian Oil 162
3 Infineon Technologies Ag 160
#4 Robert Bosch Gmbh 149
#5 Qualcomm 144
#6 Texas Instruments 142
#7 Google 136
#8 Toyota 135
#9 Siemens Healthcare Limited 128
#10 Apple 127
#11 Honeywell 122
#12 Canon 117
#13 General Motors 115
#14 Sony 98
#15 Halliburton Energy Services 97
#16 IBM 95
#17 Denso 92
#18 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 91
#19 Intel 83
#20 TSMC 80
#21 Shimadzu 79
#22 Tdk 75
#23 Stmicroelectronics Sa 73
#24 GE 73
#25 Nec 72
#26 Seiko Epson 72
#27 Mitsubishi Electric 69
#28 Schlumberger Technology 67
#29 Panasonic 65
#30 RTX (Raytheon) 64
#31 Here Global B.V. 58
#32 Hitachi High-Technologies 56
#33 Ford 56
#34 Hyundai Motor 55
#35 Unknown 55
#36 Honda Motor Co. 54
#37 Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 53
#38 Rohde & Schwarz 53
#39 Allegro Microsystems 50
#40 Aptiv Technologies Ag 50
#41 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 48
#42 The Boeing 48
#43 Danaher 48
#44 Becton, Dickinson And 47
#45 US Air Force 47
#46 CEA 45
#47 Lg Energy Solution 45
#48 Applied Materials 42
#49 University of California 42
#50 Disney 42
#51 MIT 41
#52 Abb Schweiz Ag 39
#53 Tokyo Electron Limited 38
#54 Kla-Tencor 37
#55 LG 37
#56 Melexis Technologies Sa 36
#57 Topcon 36
#58 Analog Devices International Unlimited 35
#59 KAIST 35
#60 NTT 35
#61 Viavi Solutions 35
#62 Hyundai Mobis Co. 34
#63 Zhejiang University 33
#64 Huawei 33
#65 Murata Manufacturing Co. 32
#66 Rockwell Collins 32
#67 Mitutoyo 31
#68 Nxp Usa 31
#69 NVIDIA 31
#70 Endress+Hauser Flowtec Ag 30
#71 Uber Technologies 30
#72 Aeva 29
#73 CNRS 29
#74 ITRI 29
#75 Kia Motors 29
#76 Thales 29
#77 Microsoft 29
#78 Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations 28
#79 Purdue Research Foundation 28
#80 Sysmex 28
#81 Uatc 28
#82 Zoox 28
#83 Amazon 27
#84 Analog Devices 27
#85 Caltech 27
#86 KFUPM 27
#87 National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia 27
#88 Ngk Insulators 27
#89 Nxp B.V. 27
#90 Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co. 27
#91 Waters Technologies 27
#92 Innovation 26
#93 Kia 26
#94 Roche Diagnostics Operations 26
#95 Rosemount Aerospace 26
#96 Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics 26
#97 Stanford University 26
#98 ExxonMobil 26
#99 Milwaukee Electric Tool 25
#100 Omron 25