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Organic chemistry Patent Leaders in 2016 2016

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 Mahesh Kandula 23 Cellix Bio Private Limited
2 Hsueh Sung Tung 21 Honeywell
3 David M. Goldenberg 20 Immunomedics
#4 Christopher L. Becker 19 ExxonMobil
#5 Haiyou Wang 16 Honeywell
#6 Mark O. Scates 16 —
#7 Ronald D. Shaver 16 —
#8 Chien-Hsing Chang 14 Immunomedics
#9 Daniel C. Merkel 14 Honeywell
#10 Pierre Jean-Marie Bernard Raboisson 14 Johnson & Johnson
#11 Keith H. Kuechler 13 ExxonMobil
#12 Orit Foord 13 AbbVie
#13 Peng Li 13 Intra-Cellular Therapies
#14 Rajinder Singh 13 Rigel Pharmaceuticals
#15 Andrew Stamford 12 Merck
#16 Bernd Kuhn 12 Hoffmann-La Roche
#17 Beth Lorsbach 12 Dow Agrosciences
#18 Chung-Ming Hsieh 12 Abb Vie
#19 Jihad M. Dakka 12 ExxonMobil
#20 Tesfaye Biftu 12 Merck
#21 Thomas C. Malone 12 AbbVie
#22 Thorsten Oost 12 BOE
#23 Charles Morris Smith 11 ExxonMobil
#24 Haluk Kopkalli 11 Honeywell
#25 James R. Lattner 11 ExxonMobil
#26 James M. Renga 11 Dow Agrosciences
#27 Jack D. Scott 11 Merck
#28 Qiang Yang 11 Dow Agrosciences
#29 Richard Chesworth 11 Epizyme
#30 Robert A. Stull 11 AbbVie
#31 Scott J. Dylla 11 AbbVie
#32 Scott D. Kuduk 11 Merck
#33 Wilfried Hornberger 11 Abb Vie Deutschland
#34 Yaw-Hwa Liu 11 —
#35 Carl DeAmicis 10 Dow Agrosciences
#36 Charles W. Hutchins 10 Abb Vie
#37 Delphine Minoux 10 Total Research & Technology Feluy
#38 Eric P. Gillis 10 Bristol-Myers Squibb
#39 Francisco M. Benitez 10 ExxonMobil
#40 Hervé Geneste 10 Abbott
#41 Laykea Tafesse 10 Purdue Pharma
#42 Mark James Ford 10 Bayer Cropscience
#43 Michael Ochse 10 Abb Vie Deutschland
#44 Nikolai Nesterenko 10 Total Research & Technology Feluy
#45 Pascal Furet 10 Novartis Ag
#46 Philip Lienau 10 Bayer Intellectual Property Gmbh
#47 Sarvajit Chakravarty 10 Medivation Technologies
#48 Satoshi Seo 10 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#49 Sander Van Donk 10 Total Research & Technology Feluy
#50 Venkata P. Palle 10 Cv Therapeutics
#51 Alain P. Vasserot 9 Atyr Pharma
#52 Anne Pigamo 9 Arkema France
#53 Arne Buesing 9 Merck
#54 Fumiyoshi Okano 9 Toray Industries
#55 Hari Nair 9 ExxonMobil
#56 Heinz Strutz 9 Oxea Gmbh
#57 Ira H. Pastan 9 US Dept of Health & Human Services
#58 Kenneth Stensrud 9 Archer-Daniels-Midland
#59 Leslie Ann Greene 9 Atyr Pharma
#60 Liliane Unger 9 Abbott
#61 Paul F. Keusenkothen 9 ExxonMobil
#62 Pingda Ren 9 Araxes Pharma
#63 Rajender Kamboj 9 Lupin Limited
#64 Robert Franke 9 Evonik Degussa Gmbh
#65 Stephan Roever 9 Hoffmann-La Roche
#66 Takanori Saito 9 Tokyo Electron Limited
#67 Thomas Knauf 9 Covestro Deutschland Ag
#68 Ulf Bömer 9 Bayer Intellectual Property Gmbh
#69 Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann 9 Bayer Cropscience
#70 Werner Bonrath 9 Dsm Ip Assets B.V.
#71 Yan Wu 9 Genentech
#72 Alakananda Bhattacharyya 8 Uop
#73 Amir Hossain Parham 8 Merck
#74 Andrew P. Combs 8 Incyte
#75 Andrew J. Murphy 8 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
#76 Ashvinikumar V. Gavai 8 Bristol-Myers Squibb
#77 Austin Gurney 8 Genentech
#78 Bernd Wolf 8 Basf Se
#79 Christopher J. Burns 8 Venatorx Pharmaceuticals
#80 Christopher Chumsae 8 Abb Vie
#81 Cheryl L. Quinn 8 Atyr Pharma
#82 Chuanjun Xia 8 Comcast
#83 David Liu 8 AbbVie
#84 Dirk Fridag 8 Evonik Degussa Gmbh
#85 Erik C. Scher 8 Nanosys
#86 Gary Roth 8 Dow Agrosciences
#87 Gregory T. Whiteker 8 Dow Agrosciences
#88 Haichun Huang 8 Bristol-Myers Squibb
#89 Hong Shen 8 Hoffmann-La Roche
#90 Hui Shao 8 AbbVie
#91 Jasper Clube 8 Kymab Limited
#92 Jared N. Cumming 8 Merck
#93 Jarod McCormick 8 Siluria Technologies
#94 Jérôme Emile Georges Guillemont 8 Rhone-Poulenc Nutrition Animale
#95 Jeffrey S. Stults 8 Occidental Chemical
#96 Jeffry D. Watkins 8 Atyr Pharma
#97 Joel Cizeron 8 Siluria Technologies
#98 John D. Mendlein 8 Atyr Pharma
#99 Karla Drescher 8 Abbott
#100 Konstantin A. Pokrovski 8 Honeywell

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Merck 185
2 Bristol-Myers Squibb 117
3 Hoffmann-La Roche 96
#4 Johnson & Johnson 93
#5 Abb Vie 87
#6 ExxonMobil 87
#7 Novartis Ag 86
#8 University of California 83
#9 Basf Se 81
#10 Genentech 68
#11 BOE 63
#12 Amgen 59
#13 CNRS 57
#14 AbbVie 52
#15 The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 51
#16 Unknown 47
#17 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited 46
#18 Samsung 46
#19 Uop 45
#20 Bayer Intellectual Property Gmbh 44
#21 Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research 44
#22 Pfizer 43
#23 Dow Agrosciences 41
#24 Gilead Sciences 35
#25 Eastman Chemical 32
#26 Evonik Degussa Gmbh 30
#27 Sanofi 30
#28 Celanese Gmbh 29
#29 Abb Vie Deutschland 28
#30 Eli Lilly 28
#31 Arkema France 27
#32 Honeywell 27
#33 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 26
#34 Sumitomo Chemical 26
#35 Shionogi & Co. 25
#36 University of Pennsylvania 25
#37 Bayer Cropscience 24
#38 Dsm Ip Assets B.V. 24
#39 Incyte 24
#40 Shell Oil Compny 24
#41 Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. 24
#42 University Of Texas System 24
#43 Stanford University 24
#44 The Johns Hopkins University 24
#45 WARF 24
#46 Chevron 24
#47 Cellix Bio Private Limited 23
#48 Novo Nordisk A/S 23
#49 Dow Global Technologies 22
#50 Medimmune Limited 22
#51 Bayer Pharma 21
#52 Harvard University 21
#53 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 21
#54 Actelion Pharmaceuticals 20
#55 Chugai Pharmaceutical 20
#56 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 20
#57 Idemitsu Kosan Co. 20
#58 Indiana University Research And Technology 20
#59 Rhodia Operations 20
#60 The General Hospital 20
#61 Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited 18
#62 Glaxosmithkline Biologicals Sa 18
#63 Purdue Pharma 18
#64 Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey 18
#65 Theravance Biopharma R&D Ip 18
#66 Archer-Daniels-Midland 17
#67 Covestro Deutschland Ag 17
#68 Fujifilm 17
#69 New York University 17
#70 Northwestern University 17
#71 LG 17
#72 Chiesi Farmaceutici S.P.A. 16
#73 Glaxo Group Limited 16
#74 University Of Illinois 16
#75 Toray Industries 16
#76 University Of Pittsburgh 16
#77 Array Biopharma 15
#78 Duke University 15
#79 Eisai R&D Management Co. 15
#80 MIT 15
#81 Sunshine Lake Pharma Co. 15
#82 US Air Force 15
#83 Emory University 14
#84 Immunomedics 14
#85 Jx Nippon Oil & Energy 14
#86 Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co. 14
#87 Rigel Pharmaceuticals 14
#88 Sandoz Ag 14
#89 Saudi Basic Industries 14
#90 Alexion Pharmaceuticals 13
#91 Astrazeneca Ab 13
#92 Biogen Ma 13
#93 Blue Cube Ip 13
#94 Concert Pharmaceuticals 13
#95 Ifp Energies Nouvelles 13
#96 Purdue Research Foundation 13
#97 Ube Industries 13
#98 Universite Claude Bernad Lyon 1 13
#99 Comcast 13
#100 3M 12