{"@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [{"@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://www.patentleaderboard.com/"}, {"@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Technologies", "item": "https://www.patentleaderboard.com/technologies"}, {"@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Organic chemistry", "item": "https://www.patentleaderboard.com/technology/organic-chemistry"}]}
Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
Home › Technologies › Organic chemistry

Organic chemistry Patent Leaders in 2020 2020

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 Toni Weinschenk 40 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
2 Harpreet Singh 39 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
3 Jens Fritsche 39 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#4 Oliver Schoor 38 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#5 Andrea Mahr 35 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#6 Shuhui CHEN 25 Medshine Discovery
#7 Nathanael S. Gray 21 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
#8 Pierre Jean-Marie Bernard Raboisson 20 Johnson & Johnson
#9 Yat Sun Or 20 Enanta Pharmaceuticals
#10 Christian Klein 17 Hoffmann-La Roche
#11 Anita Wiebe 16 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#12 Colette Song 16 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#13 Jian Li 16 Medshine Discovery
#14 Wenqing Yao 16 Incyte
#15 Dimiter S. Dimitrov 14 The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services
#16 David R. Lancia, Jr. 13 Forma Therapeutics
#17 James Marvin Veal 13 Bristol-Myers Squibb
#18 Jeffrey Alan Stafford 13 Bristol-Myers Squibb
#19 Pablo Umana 13 Roche Glycart Ag
#20 Rajinder Singh 13 Rigel Pharmaceuticals
#21 John Desjarlais 12 Xencor
#22 Pingda Ren 12 Araxes Pharma
#23 Ekkehard Moessner 11 Hoffmann-La Roche
#24 Francesco G. Salituro 11 Sage Therapeutics
#25 Hans-Georg Rammensee 11 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#26 Haiyou Wang 11 Honeywell
#27 Liansheng Li 11 Araxes Pharma
#28 Liangxing Wu 11 Incyte
#29 Matthew Bernett 11 Xencor
#30 Paul Parren 11 Genmab A/S
#31 Robert Franke 11 Evonik Degussa Gmbh
#32 Thomas Knauf 11 Covestro Deutschland Ag
#33 Xiaozhang Zheng 11 Forma Therapeutics
#34 Aleem Gangjee 10 Duquesne University Of The Holy Spirit
#35 Albert Jean Robichaud 10 Sage Therapeutics
#36 Daniel Hunziker 10 Basilea Pharmaceutica Ag
#37 David Wilcke 10 Bayer Cropscience
#38 Dominik MAURER 10 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#39 Eric Smith 10 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
#40 Jeffrey T. L. Smith 10 Alderbio Holdings
#41 Kerstin Ilg 10 Bayer Cropscience
#42 Kirk W. Limbach 10 Rohm And Haas
#43 Patrizio Mattei 10 Vernalis Research Limited
#44 Satyanarayana Chava 10 Laurus Labs Limited
#45 Toufike Kanouni 10 Bristol-Myers Squibb
#46 Venkata Sunil Kumar Indukuri 10 Laurus Labs Limited
#47 Yanfeng Zhang 10 Wuhan Kaidi Engineering Technology Research Institute Co.
#48 Yun Oliver Long 10 Araxes Pharma
#49 Amir Hossain Parham 9 Merck
#50 Anne Pigamo 9 Arkema France
#51 Boyd L. Harrison 9 Sage Therapeutics
#52 David Craig McGowan 9 Johnson & Johnson
#53 Dominique Deur-Bert 9 Arkema France
#54 Jerome Hert 9 Hoffmann-La Roche
#55 Joerg Thomas Regula 9 Hoffmann-La Roche
#56 Jun Feng 9 Araxes Pharma
#57 Leonie ALTEN 9 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#58 Leslie S. Johnson 9 Macrogenics
#59 Matthew W. Martin 9 Forma Therapeutics
#60 Markus Rudolph 9 Hoffmann-La Roche
#61 Masahiko Shimizu 9 Daicel
#62 Matthieu WILLOT 9 Bayer Cropscience
#63 Minhua Chen 9 Crystal Pharmatech Co.
#64 Olivier Leger 9 Novimmune Sa
#65 Sadesh H. Sookraj 9 Novomer
#66 Sebastian BUNK 9 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh
#67 Seokhwan Hwang 9 Samsung
#68 Sunil Kumar KC 9 Biosplice Therapeutics
#69 Tim Hugo Maria Jonckers 9 Johnson & Johnson
#70 Wolfgang Schaefer 9 Unknown
#71 Xiaoyu Zhang 9 Crystal Pharmatech Co.
#72 Yi Liu 9 Araxes Pharma
#73 Youngkook Kim 9 Samsung
#74 Zhiqiang JI 9 Comcast
#75 Adel Moussa 8 Atea Pharmaceuticals
#76 Andrew J. Murphy 8 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
#77 Arvind Yadav 8 —
#78 Benjamin Gerald Tehan 8 Heptares Therapeutics Limited
#79 Bjoern Bartels 8 Hoffmann-La Roche
#80 Carmen Almansa-Rosales 8 Esteve Pharmaceuticals, S.A.
#81 Chandramouli Chiruta 8 Samumed
#82 Christoph Mollenkopf 8 —
#83 Dmitry A. Krapchetov 8 Rohm And Haas
#84 Gang Chen 8 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
#85 Gabriel Martinez Botella 8 Sage Therapeutics
#86 Gavin Thurston 8 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
#87 Guoqiang Wang 8 Enanta Pharmaceuticals
#88 Han Li 8 Shaanxi University Of Science And Technology
#89 Hasane Ratni 8 Hoffmann-La Roche
#90 Irving L. Weissman 8 Stanford University
#91 Jared N. Cumming 8 Merck
#92 Jeremy Robert Greenwood 8 Nimbus Lakshmi
#93 Jie Liu 8 Microsoft
#94 Joel Cizeron 8 Siluria Technologies
#95 John Latham 8 Alderbio Holdings
#96 Joaquim Henrique Teles 8 Basf Se
#97 Kenneth W. Bair 8 Burroughs Wellcome
#98 Lars Kyhn Rasmussen 8 H. Lundbeck A/S
#99 Laykea Tafesse 8 Purdue Pharma
#100 Laurent Wendlinger 8 Arkema France

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Bristol-Myers Squibb 124
2 Merck 105
3 Johnson & Johnson 97
#4 Hoffmann-La Roche 72
#5 Genentech 71
#6 University of California 69
#7 Immatics Biotechnologies Gmbh 60
#8 Novartis Ag 60
#9 LG 53
#10 Pfizer 53
#11 CNRS 52
#12 Samsung 50
#13 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 49
#14 The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary, Department Of Health And Human Services 48
#15 Basf Se 44
#16 Sabic Global Technologies B.V. 41
#17 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 38
#18 University Of Texas System 36
#19 Scripps Research 35
#20 ExxonMobil 34
#21 Evonik Operations Gmbh 33
#22 BOE 33
#23 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited 31
#24 Arkema France 29
#25 Bayer Cropscience 29
#26 Amgen 28
#27 Dow Global Technologies 28
#28 Incyte 28
#29 Harvard University 28
#30 Stanford University 28
#31 Institut National De La Sante Et De La Recherche Medicale (Inserm) 24
#32 Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research 23
#33 Gilead Sciences 23
#34 Inserm (Institut National De La Santé Et De La Recherche Médicale) 23
#35 Idemitsu Kosan Co. 22
#36 Medimmune Limited 22
#37 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 22
#38 University of Michigan 22
#39 Uop 22
#40 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated 22
#41 Comcast 22
#42 AbbVie 21
#43 Bayer Pharma 21
#44 The Johns Hopkins University 21
#45 University of Pennsylvania 21
#46 Unknown 21
#47 Chevron 21
#48 Eli Lilly 21
#49 Eastman Chemical 20
#50 Enanta Pharmaceuticals 20
#51 Northwestern University 20
#52 WARF 20
#53 Covestro Deutschland Ag 19
#54 Daikin Industries 19
#55 Glaxosmithkline Intellectual Property Development Limited 19
#56 Theravance Biopharma R&D Ip 19
#57 H. Lundbeck A/S 18
#58 MIT 17
#59 Rohm And Haas 17
#60 Shell Oil Compny 17
#61 Ucb Biopharma Srl 17
#62 University Of Pittsburgh 17
#63 Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co. 16
#64 Chugai Pharmaceutical 16
#65 Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited 16
#66 Shanghai Institute Of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy Of Sciences 16
#67 The General Hospital 16
#68 University Of South Florida 16
#69 Yale University 16
#70 Honeywell 16
#71 Abb Vie 15
#72 Eisai R&D Management Co. 15
#73 Nissan Chemical Industries 15
#74 Rigel Pharmaceuticals 15
#75 Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co. 15
#76 Syngenta Participations Ag 15
#77 Columbia University 15
#78 Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey 14
#79 Vanderbilt University 14
#80 Agency For Science, Technology And Research 13
#81 Astrazeneca Ab 13
#82 Ifp Energies Nouvelles 13
#83 Laurus Labs Limited 13
#84 Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute 13
#85 Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. 13
#86 Sumitomo Chemical 13
#87 University Of Illinois 13
#88 University of Florida 13
#89 University Of Kansas 13
#90 Xencor 13
#91 Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 12
#92 Array Biopharma 12
#93 Caltech 12
#94 Celanese Gmbh 12
#95 City Of Hope 12
#96 Emory University 12
#97 Forma Therapeutics 12
#98 Galapagos Nv 12
#99 Givaudan Sa 12
#100 Purdue Research Foundation 12