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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Organic chemistry Patent Leaders All Time

Primary CPC class C07 · Section C

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 8,720 patents in 2014.peak 8,7201996: 5,511 patents19961997: 6,734 patents1998: 7,742 patents1999: 7,542 patents19992000: 6,899 patents2001: 7,234 patents2002: 7,484 patents20022003: 6,514 patents2004: 5,578 patents2005: 4,919 patents20052006: 6,449 patents2007: 6,255 patents2008: 6,043 patents20082009: 6,393 patents2010: 7,544 patents2011: 7,438 patents20112012: 8,050 patents2013: 8,702 patents2014: 8,720 patents20142015: 8,420 patents2016: 7,610 patents2017: 7,704 patents20172018: 7,085 patents2019: 7,427 patents2020: 7,196 patents20202021: 6,600 patents2022: 5,787 patents2023: 5,322 patents20232024: 5,793 patents2025: 5,834 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Austin Gurney 652 Genentech
2 William I. Wood 606 Genentech
3 Audrey Goddard 577 Genentech
#4 Paul Godowski 554 Genentech
#5 Toni Weinschenk 352 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#6 Harpreet Singh 339 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#7 Hans-Joachim Santel 330 Bayer Healthcare
#8 Oliver Schoor 324 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#9 Jens Fritsche 320 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#10 Wilhelm Brandes 305 Bayer Healthcare
#11 Victoria Smith 299 Genentech
#12 Robert R. Schmidt 296 Bayer Healthcare
#13 Yat Sun Or 290 Enanta Pharmaceuticals
#14 Eberhard Ammermann 284 Basf Se
#15 Mai Mostafa Khalaf Ali 263 —
#16 Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann 263 Bayer Cropscience
#17 Hector F. DeLuca 259 WARF
#18 John C. Sih 250 The Upjohn
#19 Craig Rosen 249 Human Genome Sciences
#20 Rajinder Singh 245 Rigel Pharmaceuticals
#21 Hany Mohamed Abd El-Lateef Ahmed 233 Novelis
#22 Andrea Mahr 230 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#23 Gisela Lorenz 227 Basf Se
#24 Karl-Otto Westphalen 226 Basf Se
#25 Christoph Erdelen 224 Bayer Healthcare
#26 Lloyd Berg 220 Unknown
#27 Albrecht Marhold 217 Bayer Healthcare
#28 Antar Ahmed Abdelhamid Ahmed 217 King Faisal University
#29 Hsueh Sung Tung 207 Honeywell
#30 Reiner Fischer 206 Bayer Healthcare
#31 Gerd Hanssler 205 Bayer Healthcare
#32 Roshantha A. Chandraratna 203 AbbVie
#33 Colin Watanabe 197 Genentech
#34 Steven Ruben 197 Human Genome Sciences
#35 Hubert Sauter 192 Basf Se
#36 Stefan Dutzmann 191 Bayer Healthcare
#37 Bruno Wuerzer 190 Basf Se
#38 Jennifer L. Hillman 190 —
#39 Rolf Fischer 186 Basf Se
#40 John J. Talley 184 G.D. Searle
#41 Wenqing Yao 181 Incyte
#42 Leonard G. Presta 180 Genentech
#43 Satoshi Seo 180 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#44 Gerhard Hamprecht 173 Basf Se
#45 John J. Baldwin 173 Merck
#46 David M. Goldenberg 170 Immunomedics
#47 Michael Rack 170 Basf Se
#48 Amer A. Amer 169 King Faisal University
#49 Helmut Walter 169 Basf Se
#50 Mark Wilhelm Drewes 168 Bayer Healthcare
#51 Richard A. Mueller 168 G.D. Searle
#52 Klaus Lurssen 164 Bayer Healthcare
#53 Frank Himmelsbach 162 BOE
#54 Shuhui CHEN 160 Medshine Discovery
#55 Karl H. Buchel 159 Bayer Healthcare
#56 George D. Hartman 155 Merck
#57 Pierre Jean-Marie Bernard Raboisson 155 Johnson & Johnson
#58 John Desjarlais 152 Xencor
#59 Pierre Renard 150 Les Laboratoires Servier
#60 Daniel P. Getman 149 G.D. Searle
#61 Johann-Peter Melder 149 Basf Se
#62 William J. Greenlee 149 Merck
#63 Jian Ni 147 Human Genome Sciences
#64 Francesco G. Salituro 145 Sage Therapeutics
#65 Neil C. Corley 145 —
#66 Takao Takaya 145 Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co.
#67 John F. Knifton 144 Chevron
#68 Olga Bandman 144 —
#69 David A. Claremon 143 Merck
#70 Dieter Feucht 140 Bayer Healthcare
#71 Nathanael S. Gray 140 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
#72 Colette Song 138 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#73 Christian Klein 137 Hoffmann-La Roche
#74 Johannes-Peter Stasch 137 Bayer Pharma
#75 Jean-Damien Charrier 136 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
#76 George W. Muller 135 Bristol-Myers Squibb
#77 Michael E. Garst 135 AbbVie
#78 Hisashi Takasugi 134 Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co.
#79 Markus Dollinger 134 Bayer Healthcare
#80 Karl G. Metzger 133 Bayer Healthcare
#81 Hans-Jochen Lang 132 Hoechst Gmbh
#82 Hans-Jochem Riebel 132 Bayer Healthcare
#83 Jeff Zablocki 132 Gilead Sciences
#84 J. Christopher Grimaldi 132 Schering
#85 Yi Liu 132 Araxes Pharma
#86 Arthur B. Raitano 131 Latency
#87 Gunnar J. Hanson 131 G.D. Searle
#88 Jeffrey Alan Stafford 131 Bristol-Myers Squibb
#89 Klaus-Helmut Muller 131 Bayer Healthcare
#90 Gary A. DeCrescenzo 130 G.D. Searle
#91 James P. Edwards 128 Johnson & Johnson
#92 Takeshi Kinsho 127 Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
#93 Aya Jakobovits 126 Latency
#94 Burton G. Christensen 126 Merck
#95 Daniel C. Merkel 126 Honeywell
#96 Dieter Dorsch 126 Merck
#97 Robert Franke 126 Evonik Degussa Gmbh
#98 Matthias Nettekoven 125 Hoffmann-La Roche
#99 Michael L. Vazquez 125 G.D. Searle
#100 Peter Dahmen 125 Bayer Cropscience

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Merck 6,849
2 Basf Se 5,031
3 Bayer Healthcare 4,620
#4 Pfizer 3,978
#5 E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 3,837
#6 Bristol-Myers Squibb 3,258
#7 Hoffmann-La Roche 3,185
#8 Eli Lilly 2,701
#9 Ciba-Geigy 2,548
#10 Genentech 2,240
#11 ExxonMobil 2,231
#12 Johnson & Johnson 2,220
#13 University of California 2,108
#14 BOE 2,107
#15 Schering 1,911
#16 Hoechst Gmbh 1,871
#17 Novartis Ag 1,635
#18 Sumitomo Chemical 1,607
#19 Abbott 1,440
#20 American Cyanamid 1,430
#21 Unknown 1,364
#22 Amgen 1,309
#23 Uop 1,256
#24 Chevron 1,197
#25 Warner-Lambert Company 1,180
#26 Shell Oil Compny 1,141
#27 Smithkline Beecham Limited 1,030
#28 Astrazeneca Ab 1,021
#29 AbbVie 994
#30 Takeda Chemical Industries 983
#31 CNRS 975
#32 G.D. Searle 960
#33 Monsanto Technology 956
#34 ICI 942
#35 The Upjohn 928
#36 Samsung 914
#37 Amerimas Home Products 883
#38 GE 883
#39 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 857
#40 University Of Texas System 855
#41 Incyte 854
#42 US Dept of Health & Human Services 842
#43 Sanofi 816
#44 The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 811
#45 Eastman Kodak 734
#46 Glaxo Group Limited 724
#47 Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research 723
#48 WARF 723
#49 E.R. Squibb & Sons. 718
#50 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited 718
#51 LG 710
#52 Shionogi & Co. 704
#53 Phillips Petroleum 691
#54 Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co. 657
#55 Novo Nordisk A/S 638
#56 3M 633
#57 Scripps Research 612
#58 Ajinomoto Co. 598
#59 Roussel Uclaf 585
#60 Gilead Sciences 583
#61 Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. 581
#62 University of Pennsylvania 575
#63 Pharmacia 573
#64 Harvard University 567
#65 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 561
#66 Chugai Pharmaceutical 557
#67 Abb Vie 547
#68 Bayer Cropscience 543
#69 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 539
#70 Eastman Chemical 525
#71 Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company 525
#72 Ethyl 523
#73 Honeywell 516
#74 Hoechst Roussel Pharmaceuticals 513
#75 Millennium Pharmaceuticals 509
#76 Sandoz Ag 509
#77 Human Genome Sciences 504
#78 Degussa Ag 503
#79 Rohm And Haas 500
#80 Stanford University 492
#81 Beecham Group Plc 486
#82 Zeneca Limited 484
#83 The Procter & Gamble 472
#84 Zymogenetics 468
#85 King Faisal University 460
#86 Syntex (U.S.A.) 455
#87 MIT 451
#88 Celanese Gmbh 447
#89 The General Hospital 447
#90 Mitsubishi Chemical 435
#91 Ono Pharmaceutical Co. 432
#92 Nissan Chemical Industries 431
#93 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh 430
#94 US Air Force 430
#95 Eisai 424
#96 Fujitsu Limited 422
#97 The Johns Hopkins University 421
#98 Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Incorporated 416
#99 University of Michigan 415
#100 Ciba Specialty Chemicals 405