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Organic chemistry Patent Leaders in 2018 2018

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.

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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 Harpreet Singh 49 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
2 Toni Weinschenk 49 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
3 Oliver Schoor 45 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#4 Jens Fritsche 43 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#5 Andrea Mahr 39 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#6 Daniel C. Merkel 21 Honeywell
#7 Hsueh Sung Tung 21 Honeywell
#8 Robert Franke 21 Evonik Degussa Gmbh
#9 Katrin Marie Dyballa 20 Evonik Degussa Gmbh
#10 Lea Stevermann 20 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#11 Shuhui CHEN 18 Medshine Discovery
#12 James Marvin Veal 17 Bristol-Myers Squibb
#13 Jeffrey Alan Stafford 17 Bristol-Myers Squibb
#14 Lei Zhang 17 Microsoft
#15 Dirk Fridag 15 Evonik Degussa Gmbh
#16 Pierre Jean-Marie Bernard Raboisson 15 Johnson & Johnson
#17 Yan Wu 15 Genentech
#18 Boris Kroeplien 14 Ucb Biopharma Srl
#19 Nathanael S. Gray 14 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
#20 Scott D. Kuduk 14 Merck
#21 Victoria Elizabeth Jackson 14 Ucb Biopharma Srl
#22 Yun-Long Li 14 Incyte
#23 David Liu 13 AbbVie
#24 Heyue Zhou 13 Sorrento Therapeutics
#25 John F. Kadow 13 Bristol-Myers Squibb
#26 Larry L. Iaccino 13 ExxonMobil
#27 Laykea Tafesse 13 Purdue Pharma
#28 Orit Foord 13 AbbVie
#29 Pablo Umana 13 Roche Glycart Ag
#30 Robert A. Stull 13 AbbVie
#31 Tao Wang 13 Bristol-Myers Squibb
#32 Wenqing Yao 13 Incyte
#33 Young K. Chen 13 Bristol-Myers Squibb
#34 Colette Song 12 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#35 David M. Goldenberg 12 Immunomedics
#36 Jihad M. Dakka 12 ExxonMobil
#37 Leslie S. Johnson 12 Macrogenics
#38 Scott J. Dylla 12 AbbVie
#39 Toufike Kanouni 12 Bristol-Myers Squibb
#40 Brian W. Metcalf 11 Incyte
#41 Haiyou Wang 11 Honeywell
#42 John Latham 11 Alderbio Holdings
#43 John Robert Porter 11 Ucb Biopharma Srl
#44 Kerstin Ilg 11 Bayer Cropscience
#45 Peng Li 11 Intra-Cellular Therapies
#46 Rajinder Singh 11 Rigel Pharmaceuticals
#47 Adam D. Hughes 10 Theravance Biopharma R&D Ip
#48 Andrew J. Murphy 10 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
#49 Arne Buesing 10 Merck
#50 Bin Wang 10 Huawei
#51 Chunhong He 10 Incyte
#52 Christian Klein 10 Hoffmann-La Roche
#53 Jeffrey T. L. Smith 10 Alderbio Holdings
#54 Laura Saunders 10 AbbVie
#55 Melissa Fleury 10 Theravance Biopharma R&D Ip
#56 Michel Muehlebach 10 Syngenta Participations Ag
#57 Michael Brennan Wallace 10 Bristol-Myers Squibb
#58 Peter S. Gagnon 10 Agency For Science, Technology And Research
#59 Steffen Walter 10 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#60 Andrew P. Combs 9 Incyte
#61 Andrew Edmunds 9 Syngenta Participations Ag
#62 Beth Lorsbach 9 Dow Agrosciences
#63 Chien-Hsing Chang 9 Immunomedics
#64 Chi-Huey Wong 9 Academia Sinica
#65 Ekkehard Moessner 9 Hoffmann-La Roche
#66 Elisabetta Armani 9 Chiesi Farmaceutici S.P.A.
#67 Hamid R. Hoveyda 9 Ogeda Sa
#68 Hanbiao Yang 9 Peloton Therapeutics
#69 Jason D. Davis 9 ExxonMobil
#70 Jérôme Emile Georges Guillemont 9 Rhone-Poulenc Nutrition Animale
#71 Jean-Paul Lange 9 Shell Oil Compny
#72 John Dixon Gray 9 Sorrento Therapeutics
#73 John O. Link 9 Gilead Sciences
#74 Kenneth Stensrud 9 Archer-Daniels-Midland
#75 Paul F. Keusenkothen 9 ExxonMobil
#76 Philipp Stoessel 9 Merck
#77 Pierre Joseph Marcel Jung 9 Syngenta Participations Ag
#78 Richard Chesworth 9 Epizyme
#79 Sergii Pazenok 9 Bayer Cropscience
#80 Stuart Thomas Onions 9 Respivert
#81 Stefan Rüdenauer 9 Basf Se
#82 Stefan Seeber 9 Hoffmann-La Roche
#83 Sunil Kumar KC 9 Biosplice Therapeutics
#84 Tim Hugo Maria Jonckers 9 Johnson & Johnson
#85 William J. Hoekstra 9 Viamet Pharmaceuticals
#86 Akihiro Hashimoto 8 Achillion Pharmaceuticals
#87 Amir Hossain Parham 8 Merck
#88 Armin Börner 8 Evonik Degussa Gmbh
#89 Atul Agarwal 8 Achillion Pharmaceuticals
#90 Avinash Phadke 8 Achillion Pharmaceuticals
#91 Benjamin G. Harvey 8 US Air Force
#92 B. Narasimhulu Naidu 8 Bristol-Myers Squibb
#93 Christopher L. Becker 8 ExxonMobil
#94 Chuanjun Xia 8 Comcast
#95 Colin Zhang 8 Incyte
#96 Dawei Chen 8 Achillion Pharmaceuticals
#97 Dieter Hess 8 Evonik Degussa Gmbh
#98 Eli M. Wallace 8 Array Biopharma
#99 Francis Joseph Carr 8 Merck
#100 Frank Geilen 8 Evonik Degussa Gmbh

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Merck 164
2 Bristol-Myers Squibb 116
3 Johnson & Johnson 96
#4 Basf Se 84
#5 Genentech 80
#6 Hoffmann-La Roche 67
#7 Novartis Ag 65
#8 ExxonMobil 65
#9 University of California 61
#10 CNRS 52
#11 Samsung 51
#12 Evonik Degussa Gmbh 50
#13 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh 50
#14 Abb Vie 44
#15 AbbVie 42
#16 Amgen 41
#17 The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 41
#18 Bayer Cropscience 39
#19 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 39
#20 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited 39
#21 Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research 37
#22 BOE 36
#23 Incyte 35
#24 Honeywell 33
#25 LG 33
#26 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 31
#27 Gilead Sciences 30
#28 Ucb Biopharma Srl 29
#29 Uop 29
#30 Pfizer 29
#31 University Of Texas System 28
#32 Medimmune Limited 27
#33 Bayer Pharma 25
#34 Sumitomo Chemical 24
#35 Dow Global Technologies 23
#36 Stanford University 23
#37 Eli Lilly 23
#38 Arkema France 22
#39 Glaxosmithkline Intellectual Property Development Limited 22
#40 Purdue Pharma 22
#41 University of Pennsylvania 22
#42 Agency For Science, Technology And Research 21
#43 Astrazeneca Ab 21
#44 Idemitsu Kosan Co. 21
#45 Harvard University 21
#46 Yeda Research And Development Co. 21
#47 Northwestern University 20
#48 Sanofi 20
#49 Syngenta Participations Ag 20
#50 Unknown 20
#51 Caltech 19
#52 Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited 19
#53 Daikin Industries 19
#54 Dow Agrosciences 19
#55 MIT 19
#56 Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company 19
#57 Sabic Global Technologies B.V. 19
#58 University Of Illinois 19
#59 Scripps Research 19
#60 Archer-Daniels-Midland 18
#61 Shell Oil Compny 18
#62 Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. 18
#63 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 18
#64 Dsm Ip Assets B.V. 17
#65 Emory University 17
#66 KFUPM 17
#67 Theravance Biopharma R&D Ip 17
#68 Columbia University 17
#69 Chevron 17
#70 3M 16
#71 Alderbio Holdings 16
#72 Inserm (Institut National De La Santé Et De La Recherche Médicale) 16
#73 King Saud University 16
#74 Shionogi & Co. 16
#75 Abb Vie Deutschland 15
#76 Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 15
#77 Eisai R&D Management Co. 15
#78 Ifp Energies Nouvelles 15
#79 L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude 15
#80 Novo Nordisk A/S 15
#81 Yale University 15
#82 Ablynx N.V. 14
#83 Biogen Ma 14
#84 Cancer Research Technology Limited 14
#85 Fujifilm 14
#86 The General Hospital 14
#87 Universite De Montpellier 14
#88 Viiv Healthcare Uk (No.5) Limited 14
#89 Array Biopharma 13
#90 Covestro Deutschland Ag 13
#91 Duke University 13
#92 Epizyme 13
#93 Institut National De La Sante Et De La Recherche Medicale (Inserm) 13
#94 New York University 13
#95 Sorrento Therapeutics 13
#96 University of Michigan 13
#97 US Air Force 13
#98 Comcast 13
#99 Academia Sinica 12
#100 Idorsia Pharmaceuticals 12