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Measurement and testing Patent Leaders in 2024 2024

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 Alexandros MANOLAKOS 27 Qualcomm
2 Mina Rezk 26 Aeva
3 Pierre-Yves Droz 24 Google
#4 Sony Akkarakaran 24 —
#5 Youmin Wang 22 Beijing Voyager Technology Co.
#6 Zehua SHAO 21 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
#7 Yimin Li 20 Innovation
#8 Patrick Troy Gray 19 Sigmasense, Llc.
#9 Junwei Bao 18 Tokyo Electron Limited
#10 Lee D. Whetsel 17 Texas Instruments
#11 Mark S. Olsson 17 Seescan
#12 Daniel Keith Van Ostrand 16 Sigmasense, Llc.
#13 Richard Stuart Seger, JR. 16 Sigmasense, Llc.
#14 Rui Zhang 16 Innovation
#15 Weimin DUAN 16 Qualcomm
#16 Yue Lu 16 Beijing Voyager Technology Co.
#17 Gerald Dale Morrison 15 Sigmasense, Llc.
#18 Jonathan M. Rothberg 15 Thermo Fisher
#19 Kumar Bhargav Viswanatha 15 Aeva
#20 Tao Luo 15 Qualcomm
#21 Kapil Gulati 14 Qualcomm
#22 Kenzo Makino 14 Tdk
#23 Hiraku Hirabayashi 13 Tdk
#24 Junyi Li 13 Qualcomm
#25 Yusuke Watanabe 13 Ngk Insulators
#26 Jingchao BAO 12 Qualcomm
#27 Keith Gagne 12 Aeva
#28 Stephen C. Crouch 12 Blackmore Sensors & Analytics, Llc.
#29 Behsan Behzadi 11 Aeva
#30 Blaise Gassend 11 Google
#31 Dirk Hammerschmidt 11 Infineon Technologies Ag
#32 Eric D. Diebold 11 Becton, Dickinson And
#33 Hiroyuki OSHIDA 11 NTT
#34 Yaqiang QUAN 11 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
#35 Yong LI 11 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
#36 Badrinath Nagarajan 10 Apple
#37 Bin LIU 10 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
#38 Caner Onal 10 Google
#39 Hao Zhu 10 Endress+Hauser Flowtec Ag
#40 Kahkeen Lai 10 Aac Kaitai Technologies (Wuhan) Co.
#41 Kenta IWASA 10 Panasonic
#42 Michael Dormody 10 Apple
#43 Nigel J. Clarke 10 Quest Diagnostics Investments
#44 Rajendra Tushar Moorti 10 Broadcom
#45 Robert Send 10 Trinamix Gmbh
#46 Sen Lin 10 Aurora Operations
#47 Shucai Li 10 Shandong University
#48 Shaoqing Xiang 10 Hesai Technology Co.
#49 Shitao Yan 10 Aac Kaitai Technologies (Wuhan) Co.
#50 Shan Yang 10 Aac Kaitai Technologies (Wuhan) Co.
#51 Stephen Y. Chou 10 Essenlix
#52 Taesang Yoo 10 Qualcomm
#53 Todd Rearick 10 Thermo Fisher
#54 Veronica Tan 10 Aac Kaitai Technologies (Wuhan) Co.
#55 Wei Ding 10 Essenlix
#56 William D. HOUCK 10 Viavi Solutions
#57 Xiao Kan 10 Aac Kaitai Technologies (Wuhan) Co.
#58 Xiaojun WEI 10 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
#59 Zhao Ma 10 Aac Kaitai Technologies (Wuhan) Co.
#60 Zhan Zhan 10 Aac Kaitai Technologies (Wuhan) Co.
#61 Andrew Steil Michaels 9 Aurora Operations
#62 Arun Raghupathy 9 Apple
#63 Christoph Leussler 9 Koniniklijke Philips N.V.
#64 Chen Zhang 9 Ai Incorporated
#65 Colin Braley 9 Google
#66 Daisuke IIDA 9 NTT
#67 David A. Jack 9 Verifi Technologies
#68 Eli N. Glezer 9 Meso Scale Technologies, Llc.
#69 Gang Li 9 Guangzhou Institute Of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy Of Sciences
#70 Gilad Barak 9 Nova
#71 Guiyuan Han 9 Apple
#72 Henri TEBOULLE 9 Sagemcom Energy & Telecom Sas
#73 Hidekuni Yomo 9 Panasonic
#74 Hongtao Peng 9 Aac Kaitai Technologies (Wuhan) Co.
#75 James P. Shaffer 9 Quantum Valley Ideas Laboratories
#76 Jose Krause Perin 9 —
#77 Keegan Owsley 9 Becton, Dickinson And
#78 Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli 9 Qualcomm
#79 Leon Stenneth 9 Here Global B.V.
#80 Masayuki Tsuda 9 Ntt Docomo
#81 Mario Zeller 9 Siemens Healthcare Limited
#82 Nicholas Armstrong-Crews 9 Google
#83 Sven Fischer 9 Qualcomm
#84 Tingfang Ji 9 Qualcomm
#85 Ting Wang 9 Nec
#86 Todd Swanson 9 Precision Planting
#87 Wilfred Edwin Booij 9 Sonitor Technologies As
#88 Woosuk KO 9 LG
#89 Alfred Rieder 8 Endress+Hauser Flowtec Ag
#90 Angus Pacala 8 Ouster
#91 Andre Roger 8 Infineon Technologies Ag
#92 Bo YE 8 Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co.
#93 David S. Hall 8 Velodyne Lidar Usa
#94 David Hutchison 8 Google
#95 Dale Koch 8 Precision Planting
#96 Daniel R. Wiederin 8 Elemental Scientific
#97 Gene Wesley Marsh 8 Qualcomm
#98 James Dunphy 8 Google
#99 Jeremy Lackey 8 Quantum-Si Incorporated
#100 Jonathan Lin 8 Becton, Dickinson And

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Samsung 203
2 Google 155
3 Qualcomm 146
#4 Robert Bosch Gmbh 143
#5 Saudi Arabian Oil 140
#6 Sony 127
#7 Shimadzu 126
#8 General Motors 126
#9 Denso 120
#10 Infineon Technologies Ag 117
#11 Panasonic 111
#12 Apple 107
#13 Mitsubishi Electric 107
#14 Texas Instruments 107
#15 Toyota 104
#16 Nec 96
#17 Honeywell 95
#18 Hitachi High-Technologies 92
#19 NTT 89
#20 Lg Energy Solution 84
#21 Schlumberger Technology 84
#22 Canon 80
#23 TSMC 78
#24 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 69
#25 Halliburton Energy Services 67
#26 Tdk 67
#27 Huawei 66
#28 Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 63
#29 CEA 61
#30 Seiko Epson 60
#31 The Boeing 60
#32 Aptiv Technologies Ag 59
#33 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 58
#34 Honda Motor Co. 58
#35 Stmicroelectronics Sa 57
#36 University of California 56
#37 Ford 55
#38 IBM 55
#39 Hyundai Motor 53
#40 Intel 53
#41 Changxin Memory Technologies 52
#42 Siemens Healthineers Ag 47
#43 Unknown 47
#44 RTX (Raytheon) 47
#45 Becton, Dickinson And 46
#46 Zhejiang University 45
#47 GE 45
#48 Kia 44
#49 Rohde & Schwarz 43
#50 Here Global B.V. 42
#51 Applied Materials 41
#52 Murata Manufacturing Co. 41
#53 Danaher 41
#54 Abb Schweiz Ag 40
#55 Aeva 39
#56 Aurora Operations 39
#57 Roche Diagnostics Operations 37
#58 Allegro Microsystems 36
#59 Endress+Hauser Flowtec Ag 36
#60 Disney 36
#61 LG 36
#62 Yokogawa Electric 35
#63 CNRS 34
#64 Hyundai Mobis Co. 34
#65 MIT 34
#66 Waters Technologies 33
#67 Thermo Fisher 33
#68 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 31
#69 Viavi Solutions 30
#70 KFUPM 29
#71 Rockwell Collins 29
#72 Vega Grieshaber Kg 29
#73 NVIDIA 29
#74 Purdue Research Foundation 28
#75 US Air Force 28
#76 Fujifilm 27
#77 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 27
#78 Ventana Medical Systems 27
#79 Beijing Voyager Technology Co. 26
#80 KAIST 26
#81 Milwaukee Electric Tool 26
#82 Nxp B.V. 26
#83 Shandong University 26
#84 Suteng Innovation Technology Co. 26
#85 BOE 26
#86 Endress+Hauser Se+Co. Kg 25
#87 Institute Of Geology And Geophysics, Chinese Academy Of Sciences 25
#88 Nokia Technologies Oy 25
#89 Omron 25
#90 Sysmex 24
#91 Zoox 24
#92 Advantest 23
#93 Agilent Technologies 23
#94 Continental Automotive Gmbh 23
#95 Ngk Insulators 23
#96 Pioneer 23
#97 onsemi 23
#98 Amazon 22
#99 Ams Ag 22
#100 Analog Devices International Unlimited 22