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Measurement and testing Patent Leaders in 2025 2025

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 33 Qualcomm
2 Srinivas Yerramalli 24 Qualcomm
3 Weimin DUAN 24 Qualcomm
#4 Junyi Li 22 Qualcomm
#5 Kapil Gulati 19 Qualcomm
#6 Pierre-Yves Droz 18 Google
#7 Sen Lin 18 Aurora Operations
#8 Sony Akkarakaran 17 —
#9 Zehua SHAO 17 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
#10 Marwen ZORGUI 16 Qualcomm
#11 Mario Zeller 15 Siemens Healthcare Limited
#12 Mina Rezk 14 Aeva
#13 Tao Luo 14 Qualcomm
#14 Venkatesh Krishnan 14 Ford
#15 Andrew Steil Michaels 13 Aurora Operations
#16 Hanbyul Seo 13 LG
#17 Xiaoxia Zhang 13 Qualcomm
#18 Hiraku Hirabayashi 12 Tdk
#19 Jerome Beaurepaire 12 Here Global B.V.
#20 Kenzo Makino 12 Tdk
#21 Mark S. Olsson 12 Seescan
#22 Matthew Wade Puckett 11 Honeywell
#23 Rashaun Phinisee 11 Ford
#24 Tooru SAHARA 11 Kyocera
#25 Daisuke IIDA 10 NTT
#26 Guttorm Ringstad OPSHAUG 10 Qualcomm
#27 Jace W. Files 10 Dell Products
#28 John Trevor Morrison 10 Dell Products
#29 Leon Stenneth 10 Here Global B.V.
#30 Michael Robertson, Jr. 10 Ford
#31 Min Wang 10 Ericsson
#32 Mohammed Ali Mohammed HIRZALLAH 10 Qualcomm
#33 Nigel J. Clarke 10 Quest Diagnostics Investments
#34 Rajat Prakash 10 Qualcomm
#35 Roger S. Hollander 10 Katcher
#36 Shivshanker S. Naimpally 10 Katcher
#37 Taesang Yoo 10 Qualcomm
#38 Ting Wang 10 Nec
#39 William D. HOUCK 10 Viavi Solutions
#40 Akira Tsuji 9 Nec
#41 Aria Abubakar 9 Schlumberger Technology
#42 Christos Tsironis 9 Unknown
#43 Hyojin Lee 9 Samsung
#44 Jingchao BAO 9 Qualcomm
#45 Karthik Ranganathan 9 Advantest Test Solutions
#46 Kumar Bhargav Viswanatha 9 Aeva
#47 Rainer Markus Schaller 9 Infineon Technologies Ag
#48 Robert Timothy Kester 9 Rebellion Photonics
#49 Takenori Okusa 9 —
#50 Youmin Wang 9 Beijing Voyager Technology Co.
#51 Yusuke Watanabe 9 Ngk Insulators
#52 Ali Kabiri 8 Quantum-Si Incorporated
#53 Avik Santra 8 Infineon Technologies Ag
#54 Craig Prater 8 Photothermal Spectroscopy
#55 Daniel Flores Tapia 8 General Motors
#56 Gael Close 8 Melexis Technologies Sa
#57 Gerard Schmid 8 Quantum-Si Incorporated
#58 Gilad Barak 8 Nova
#59 Gregory Cruzan 8 Advantest Test Solutions
#60 Hiroshi Ohno 8 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#61 Junwei Bao 8 Tokyo Electron Limited
#62 Jui-Cheng Huang 8 TSMC
#63 K. J. Ray Liu 8 Origin Wireless
#64 Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola 8 Here Global B.V.
#65 Lee D. Whetsel 8 Texas Instruments
#66 Mehdi Hatamian 8 Broadcom
#67 Michael Dormody 8 Apple
#68 Ning LUO 8 Qualcomm
#69 Oana-Elena BARBU 8 Nokia Technologies Oy
#70 Oscar Chi-Lim Au 8 Origin Wireless
#71 Rajendra Tushar Moorti 8 Broadcom
#72 Rolf Silbert 8 Gen-Probe Incorporated
#73 Ryan Haoyun Wu 8 Nxp Usa
#74 Samer Kabbani 8 Advantest Test Solutions
#75 Stephen Y. Chou 8 Essenlix
#76 Takuya HOMMA 8 Subaru
#77 Takaaki Kishigami 8 Panasonic
#78 Toshifumi Honda 8 Hitachi High-Technologies
#79 Tomonori Nakamura 8 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
#80 Wei Ding 8 Essenlix
#81 Xiaojun WEI 8 Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co.
#82 Yimin Li 8 Innovation
#83 Akira Kikitsu 7 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#84 Alexander Latham 7 Allegro Microsystems
#85 Badrinath Nagarajan 7 Apple
#86 Benjamin S. Pollack 7 Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics
#87 Beibei Wang 7 Origin Wireless
#88 Bo Zheng 7 Applied Materials
#89 Bruce Bernhardt 7 Here Global B.V.
#90 Brendan James Smith 7 Seekops
#91 David H. COMBS 7 Gen-Probe Incorporated
#92 Dan Zhang 7 Qualcomm
#93 Dirk Hammerschmidt 7 Infineon Technologies Ag
#94 Dominik Paul 7 Siemens Healthcare Limited
#95 Fan Bai 7 General Motors
#96 Gengsheng Zhang 7 Qualcomm
#97 Gunter Siess 7 Ams Sensors Germany Gmbh
#98 Heping Xie 7 Sichuan University
#99 Hod Finkelstein 7 Sense Photonics
#100 HUGO JOSÉ KRAJNC 7 Signify Holding B.V.

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Samsung 239
2 Qualcomm 200
3 Toyota 142
#4 Sony 140
#5 Google 122
#6 General Motors 119
#7 Canon 115
#8 Apple 109
#9 Shimadzu 108
#10 Saudi Arabian Oil 100
#11 Denso 98
#12 Panasonic 97
#13 Hitachi High-Technologies 92
#14 Infineon Technologies Ag 91
#15 Honeywell 91
#16 Lg Energy Solution 89
#17 Robert Bosch Gmbh 84
#18 Mitsubishi Electric 82
#19 Intel 77
#20 Texas Instruments 74
#21 Nec 70
#22 Siemens Healthineers Ag 70
#23 GE 63
#24 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 62
#25 Huawei 62
#26 TSMC 58
#27 Tdk 57
#28 Ford 56
#29 RTX (Raytheon) 55
#30 The Boeing 53
#31 Hyundai Motor 51
#32 Schlumberger Technology 51
#33 University of California 49
#34 Unknown 49
#35 Danaher 48
#36 Kia 47
#37 Applied Materials 46
#38 Halliburton Energy Services 44
#39 Aptiv Technologies Ag 42
#40 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 42
#41 Nxp B.V. 42
#42 Thermo Fisher 40
#43 Rohde & Schwarz 39
#44 Aurora Operations 38
#45 Seiko Epson 38
#46 LG 38
#47 Amazon 37
#48 KAIST 37
#49 IBM 37
#50 CEA 36
#51 Zoox 36
#52 Becton, Dickinson And 35
#53 Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 35
#54 Disney 35
#55 NVIDIA 35
#56 Fujifilm 34
#57 Stmicroelectronics Sa 34
#58 Here Global B.V. 32
#59 Murata Manufacturing Co. 32
#60 NTT 32
#61 Allegro Microsystems 30
#62 Melexis Technologies Sa 30
#63 Microsoft 30
#64 KFUPM 29
#65 Viavi Solutions 29
#66 CNRS 26
#67 Shenzhen Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co. 25
#68 US Air Force 25
#69 Abb Schweiz Ag 24
#70 Roche Diagnostics Operations 24
#71 Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics 24
#72 Analog Devices International Unlimited 23
#73 Endress+Hauser Flowtec Ag 23
#74 Omron 22
#75 Ericsson 22
#76 Honda Motor Co. 21
#77 Nokia Technologies Oy 21
#78 Aeva 20
#79 Kyocera 20
#80 Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co. 20
#81 Sysmex 20
#82 Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 19
#83 Hyundai Mobis Co. 19
#84 Lyft 19
#85 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 19
#86 Stmicroelectronics International N.V. 19
#87 Zhejiang University 19
#88 John Deere 19
#89 Endress+Hauser Se+Co. Kg 18
#90 Hl Klemove 18
#91 ITRI 18
#92 Mitutoyo 18
#93 Subaru 18
#94 Topcon 18
#95 Waters Technologies 18
#96 Advantest 17
#97 Agilent Technologies 17
#98 Asml Netherlands B.V. 17
#99 US Dept of Commerce 17
#100 Harbin Institute Of Technology 17