Organic chemistry Patent Leaders 2017

Rankings count each patent once by its primary Cooperative Patent Classification. All-time pages aggregate the full database; year pages use patent grant year.

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Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Rank ↑	Inventor ↕	Patents ↕	Primary Company ↕
1	Robert Franke	23	Evonik Degussa Gmbh
2	Katrin Marie Dyballa	21	Evonik Degussa Gmbh
3	Scott D. Kuduk	19	Merck
#4	Paul F. Keusenkothen	18	ExxonMobil
#5	Rajinder Singh	18	Rigel Pharmaceuticals
#6	Adam D. Hughes	17	Theravance Biopharma R&D Ip
#7	Beth Lorsbach	16	Dow Agrosciences
#8	David M. Goldenberg	16	Immunomedics
#9	Lei Zhang	16	Microsoft
#10	Melissa Fleury	16	Theravance Biopharma R&D Ip
#11	John Desjarlais	15	Xencor
#12	Richard Chesworth	15	Epizyme
#13	James Marvin Veal	14	Bristol-Myers Squibb
#14	John Latham	14	Alderbio Holdings
#15	Philip Lienau	14	Bayer Intellectual Property Gmbh
#16	Gerhard Siemeister	13	Bayer Pharma
#17	Hsueh Sung Tung	13	Honeywell
#18	Jeffrey Alan Stafford	13	Bristol-Myers Squibb
#19	Mahesh Vithalbhai Patel	13	Wockhardt Limited
#20	Ulf Bömer	13	Bayer Intellectual Property Gmbh
#21	Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann	13	Bayer Cropscience
#22	Jason W. Skudlarek	12	Merck
#23	Jeffrey T. L. Smith	12	Alderbio Holdings
#24	Leon F. Garcia-Martinez	12	Alderbio Holdings
#25	Pierre Jean-Marie Bernard Raboisson	12	Johnson & Johnson
#26	Pingda Ren	12	Araxes Pharma
#27	Qiang Yang	12	Dow Agrosciences
#28	Teresa Mujica-Fernaud	12	Merck
#29	Yingjun Zhang	12	Sunshine Lake Pharma Co.
#30	Bernd Kuhn	11	Hoffmann-La Roche
#31	Jihad M. Dakka	11	ExxonMobil
#32	Laykea Tafesse	11	Purdue Pharma
#33	Liansheng Li	11	Araxes Pharma
#34	Matthew Colin Thor Fyfe	11	Topivert Pharma Limited
#35	Michael Aaron Brodney	11	Pfizer
#36	Nikolai Nesterenko	11	Total Research & Technology Feluy
#37	Olivier Leger	11	Novimmune Sa
#38	Paul Michael Scola	11	Bristol-Myers Squibb
#39	Peng Li	11	Intra-Cellular Therapies
#40	Prabha N. Ibrahim	11	Plexxikon
#41	Richard B. Silverman	11	Northwestern University
#42	Robert H. Grubbs	11	Caltech
#43	Yi Liu	11	Araxes Pharma
#44	Young K. Chen	11	Bristol-Myers Squibb
#45	Yutong Jiang	11	Array Biopharma
#46	Benjamin H. Dutzar	10	Alderbio Holdings
#47	Chien-Hsing Chang	10	Immunomedics
#48	Gideon Shapiro	10	Epizyme
#49	Helene Lachaise	10	Bayer Cropscience
#50	Katrina Chan	10	Intel
#51	Matthew Bernett	10	Xencor
#52	Michael Brennan Wallace	10	Bristol-Myers Squibb
#53	Paul Parren	10	Genmab A/S
#54	Qian Zhao	10	Array Biopharma
#55	Rainer E. Martin	10	Hoffmann-La Roche
#56	Ravindra Dattatraya Yeole	10	Wockhardt Limited
#57	Ronald Ross, Jr.	10	Dow Agrosciences
#58	Sergii Pazenok	10	Bayer Cropscience
#59	Steven W. Andrews	10	Array Biopharma
#60	Tao Wang	10	Bristol-Myers Squibb
#61	Toufike Kanouni	10	Bristol-Myers Squibb
#62	Walter Vermeiren	10	Total Research & Technology Feluy
#63	Wenqing Yao	10	Incyte
#64	Xiaodong Wang	10	Nec Laboratories America
#65	Yun-Long Li	10	Incyte
#66	Amir Hossain Parham	9	Merck
#67	Arne Buesing	9	Merck
#68	Austin Gurney	9	Genentech
#69	Avinash Phadke	9	Achillion Pharmaceuticals
#70	Carl DeAmicis	9	Dow Agrosciences
#71	Craig W. Lindsley	9	Vanderbilt University
#72	David R. Lancia, Jr.	9	Forma Therapeutics
#73	Frank Hershkowitz	9	ExxonMobil
#74	Gary Roth	9	Dow Agrosciences
#75	George W. Muller	9	Bristol-Myers Squibb
#76	Gnanasambandam Kumaravel	9	Biogen Ma
#77	Irving L. Weissman	9	Stanford University
#78	Jacob J. Plattner	9	Anacor Pharmaceuticals
#79	Jason Allan Wiles	9	Achillion Pharmaceuticals
#80	John Hood	9	Samumed
#81	Julio C. Medina	9	Amgen
#82	Kenneth W. Duncan	9	Epizyme
#83	Lawrence P. Wennogle	9	Intra-Cellular Therapies
#84	Lisha Wang	9	Hoffmann-La Roche
#85	Lorenzo C. DeCaul	9	ExxonMobil
#86	Mahesh Kandula	9	Cellix Bio Private Limited
#87	Mark O. Scates	9	—
#88	Milind Deshpande	9	Achillion Pharmaceuticals
#89	Norbert Lui	9	Bayer Cropscience
#90	Philipp Stoessel	9	Merck
#91	Takeshi Kinsho	9	Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.
#92	Thomas C. Sparks	9	Dow Agrosciences
#93	Wei Chen	9	Pharmacyclics
#94	Akihiro Hashimoto	8	Achillion Pharmaceuticals
#95	Alfredo C. Castro	8	Infinity Pharmaceuticals
#96	Andrew P. Combs	8	Incyte
#97	Anne Pigamo	8	Arkema France
#98	Atul Agarwal	8	Achillion Pharmaceuticals
#99	Brock T. Shireman	8	Johnson & Johnson
#100	Dawei Chen	8	Achillion Pharmaceuticals

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Merck	212
2	Bristol-Myers Squibb	151
3	Johnson & Johnson	101
#4	Hoffmann-La Roche	90
#5	Novartis Ag	83
#6	Basf Se	80
#7	University of California	75
#8	Genentech	62
#9	ExxonMobil	62
#10	AbbVie	51
#11	CNRS	51
#12	Amgen	50
#13	Evonik Degussa Gmbh	50
#14	The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services	48
#15	Unknown	48
#16	Abb Vie	47
#17	Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited	45
#18	Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research	44
#19	Pfizer	42
#20	Dow Agrosciences	40
#21	Sanofi	38
#22	Sumitomo Chemical	38
#23	Northwestern University	37
#24	Bayer Pharma	36
#25	Gilead Sciences	35
#26	Bayer Cropscience	34
#27	Samsung	34
#28	Uop	33
#29	Incyte	32
#30	University of Pennsylvania	32
#31	BOE	32
#32	Stanford University	31
#33	Eli Lilly	31
#34	Dow Global Technologies	30
#35	LG	28
#36	Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited	27
#37	Syngenta Participations Ag	27
#38	University Of Texas System	26
#39	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	25
#40	Harvard University	25
#41	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals	25
#42	Bayer Intellectual Property Gmbh	24
#43	New York University	24
#44	Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	24
#45	Chevron	24
#46	Arkema France	23
#47	Array Biopharma	23
#48	Scripps Research	23
#49	WARF	22
#50	Medimmune Limited	21
#51	Biogen Ma	20
#52	Epizyme	20
#53	Genzyme	20
#54	Theravance Biopharma R&D Ip	20
#55	Columbia University	20
#56	Honeywell	20
#57	KFUPM	19
#58	Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co.	19
#59	Sunshine Lake Pharma Co.	19
#60	The Johns Hopkins University	19
#61	University Of Pittsburgh	19
#62	Celanese Gmbh	18
#63	MIT	18
#64	Purdue Pharma	18
#65	Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey	18
#66	Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.	18
#67	Shionogi & Co.	18
#68	Brigham and Women's Hospital	18
#69	Archer-Daniels-Midland	17
#70	Asahi Glass Co.	17
#71	Chugai Pharmaceutical	17
#72	Covestro Deutschland Ag	17
#73	Rigel Pharmaceuticals	17
#74	Vanderbilt University	17
#75	Abb Vie Deutschland	16
#76	Ablynx N.V.	16
#77	Astrazeneca Ab	16
#78	Cancer Research Technology Limited	16
#79	Millennium Pharmaceuticals	16
#80	Respivert	16
#81	Caltech	15
#82	Idemitsu Kosan Co.	15
#83	The General Hospital	15
#84	University Of Kansas	15
#85	Xencor	15
#86	Alderbio Holdings	14
#87	Ifp Energies Nouvelles	14
#88	Institut National De La Sante Et De La Recherche Medicale (Inserm)	14
#89	University of Michigan	14
#90	University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill	14
#91	Total Research & Technology Feluy	14
#92	Canon	14
#93	Comcast	14
#94	3M	13
#95	CEA	13
#96	Dsm Ip Assets B.V.	13
#97	Eisai R&D Management Co.	13
#98	Fujifilm	13
#99	Glaxosmithkline Intellectual Property Development Limited	13
#100	Indiana University Research And Technology	13

Organic chemistry Patent Leaders in 2017 2017

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Top Companies