Plastics manufacturing Patent Leaders

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: 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Rank ↑	Inventor ↕	Patents ↕	Primary Company ↕
1	Jobst U. Gellert	153	Mold-Masters Limited
2	Karl Hehl	119	Arburg Gmbh + Co Kg
3	Robert D. Schad	119	Husky Injection Molding Systems
#4	Maurizio Marchini	117	Pirelli Tyre S.P.A.
#5	Denis Babin	100	Mold-Masters Limited
#6	Kenneth J. Susnjara	94	Thermwood
#7	Kenneth Lyle Tyler	76	Continuous Composites
#8	Vito Galati	74	Synventive Molding Solutions
#9	Gene Michael Altonen	70	Imflux
#10	Gianni Mancini	70	Pirelli Tyre S.P.A.
#11	Marc R. Matsen	70	The Boeing
#12	William J. Swanson	70	Stratasys
#13	J. Samuel Batchelder	68	Stratasys
#14	Kurtis S. Willden	66	The Boeing
#15	Jens Ole Sorensen	65	Primtec
#16	Jason P. Rolland	63	Carbon
#17	Joseph M. DeSimone	61	University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
#18	Matteo Zoppas	61	S.I.P.A. Societa' Industrializzazione Progettazione E Automazione S.P.A.
#19	Lihua Zhao	60	HP
#20	David A. Mantell	57	Xerox
#21	James A. DeMuth	56	Seurat Technologies
#22	Ingo Ederer	54	Voxeljet Ag
#23	Masahito Matsumoto	54	Sumitomo Chemical
#24	Darrell D. Jones	53	The Boeing
#25	Michael Linke	53	Khs Corpoplast Gmbh
#26	Nobuhiro Usui	52	Sumitomo Chemical
#27	Ryan C. Stockett	52	Continuous Composites
#28	Eduardo Napadensky	51	Stratasys
#29	Florian Geltinger	51	Krones Ag
#30	Manfred A. A. Lupke	51	—
#31	Gregory Thomas Mark	50	Markforged
#32	Suppayan M. Krishnakumar	50	Continental Pet Technologies
#33	Andrew E. Modin	49	The Boeing
#34	James W. Hendry	48	Incoe
#35	Kenta ANEGAWA	48	Seiko Epson
#36	Kia Silverbrook	47	Silverbrook Research Pty
#37	Charles W. Hull	46	3D Systems
#38	Hans-Michael Sulzbach	46	Maschinenfabrik Hennecke Gmbh
#39	Masao Kamiguchi	46	Fanuc
#40	Charles W. Neefe	45	Sunsoft
#41	Tatsuhiro Uchiyama	45	Fanuc
#42	Ali El-Siblani	44	Global Filtration Systems
#43	Eiji Okamoto	44	Seiko Epson
#44	Scott G. Vaal	44	Thermwood
#45	Fiorenzo Parrinello	42	Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa
#46	Jörg Mayer	42	Woodwelding Ag
#47	Klaus Voth	42	Krones Ag
#48	Ture Kindt-Larsen	42	Johnson & Johnson
#49	Alejandro Manuel De Pena	41	—
#50	Gary E. Georgeson	41	The Boeing
#51	Hou T. Ng	41	HP
#52	Rolf Baumgarte	41	Khs Corpoplast Gmbh
#53	Wayne N. Collette	41	Continental Pet Technologies
#54	William Jack MacNeish, III	41	Jabil
#55	Edward Joseph Jenko	40	Husky Injection Molding Systems
#56	Eliahu M. Kritchman	40	Stratasys
#57	Frank Herzog	40	Concept Laser, Gmbh
#58	Galen R. Powers	40	Q2100
#59	Nobuhiko Irie	40	Mitsubishi Mining
#60	Brian S. Smiddy	39	Thermwood
#61	Erik Gjovik	39	Jabil
#62	Francis L. Leard	39	Seurat Technologies
#63	George Olaru	39	Mold-Masters Limited
#64	Karl J. Siegenthaler	39	Bridgestone
#65	Thomas R. Clark	39	Aladdin Manufacturing
#66	Koichi Saito	38	Seiko Epson
#67	Mark Moss	38	Synventive Molding Solutions
#68	Riley Reese	38	Arris Composites
#69	Shannon Reuben Woodruff	38	HP
#70	Thomas E. Nahill	38	Continental Pet Technologies
#71	Alexander Ermoshkin	37	Carbon
#72	Andrew John Ouderkirk	37	Meta
#73	Brice A. Johnson	37	The Boeing
#74	Erik Toomre	37	Seurat Technologies
#75	Fabrice Fairy	37	Mold-Masters (2007) Limited
#76	Michael F. Widman	37	Johnson & Johnson
#77	Reiner Raffel	37	Maschinenfabrik Hennecke Gmbh
#78	Samuel F. Harrison	37	The Boeing
#79	Emery I. Valyi	36	PepsiCo
#80	G. David Lisch	36	Amcor Limited
#81	Randall D. Wilkerson	36	The Boeing
#82	Witold Neter	36	Husky Injection Molding Systems
#83	Wojciech Matusik	36	Disney
#84	Byung-Jin Choi	35	Molecular Imprints
#85	Edward T. Samulski	35	Carbon
#86	Faraón Torres	35	The Boeing
#87	Junpei Maruyama	35	Fanuc
#88	Renato Caretta	35	Pirelli Pneumatici S.P.A.
#89	Timothy L. Wong	35	3M
#90	Zhisheng Yun	35	3M
#91	Alexandr Shkolnik	34	Global Filtration Systems
#92	Gregg A. Ambur	34	3M
#93	John W. Von Holdt	34	Unknown
#94	Jyri Jarvenkyla	34	Uponor Innovation Ab
#95	Koichi Nishimura	34	Fanuc
#96	Konrad Senn	34	Krones Ag
#97	Kohei Yuwaki	34	Seiko Epson
#98	Maurizio Bazzo	34	Inglass S.P.A
#99	Mario Lehmann	34	Woodwelding Ag
#100	Mark Anthony Wadsworth	34	Spirit Aerosystems

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	The Boeing	1,757
2	HP	608
3	Husky Injection Molding Systems	607
#4	The Goodyear Tire & Rubber	565
#5	GE	561
#6	3M	515
#7	Unknown	510
#8	Canon	461
#9	Bridgestone	450
#10	Stratasys	398
#11	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And	396
#12	Xerox	365
#13	Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin	363
#14	Fanuc	324
#15	Toyota	323
#16	Seiko Epson	308
#17	Krones Ag	295
#18	Mitsubishi Electric	283
#19	Nike	282
#20	Sumitomo Rubber Industries	280
#21	Airbus Operations Limited	277
#22	Michelin	277
#23	General Motors	276
#24	3D Systems	261
#25	RTX (Raytheon)	234
#26	The Yokohama Rubber Co.	230
#27	Honda Motor Co.	227
#28	Nissei Plastic Industrial Co.	221
#29	The Procter & Gamble	221
#30	Pirelli Tyre S.P.A.	217
#31	Ford	216
#32	Toray Industries	213
#33	Johnson & Johnson	209
#34	Samsung	203
#35	Sony	196
#36	Nissei Asb Machine Co.	195
#37	IBM	193
#38	Foxconn	191
#39	Sidel Participations S.A.S	189
#40	Toshiba Kikai	186
#41	ExxonMobil	178
#42	The Japan Steel Works	177
#43	Owens-Illinois	175
#44	Sumitomo Chemical	168
#45	Yoshino Kogyosho Co.	161
#46	Fujitsu Limited	156
#47	Basf Se	152
#48	Carbon	148
#49	Sumitomo Electric Industries	148
#50	Bayer Healthcare	147
#51	Toyoda Gosei Co.	146
#52	Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.	145
#53	LG	145
#54	Windmöller & Hölscher Kg	143
#55	Mold-Masters Limited	139
#56	Kinpo Electronics	137
#57	Fujifilm	136
#58	Xyzprinting	135
#59	Mold-Masters (2007) Limited	131
#60	Sumitomo Heavy Industries	130
#61	Acushnet	129
#62	Airbus Operations Sas	129
#63	Novartis Ag	129
#64	Kobe Steel	128
#65	Concept Laser, Gmbh	127
#66	Synventive Molding Solutions	125
#67	Eos Gmbh Electro Optical Systems	124
#68	Continuous Composites	120
#69	Goodrich	118
#70	Illinois Tool Works	118
#71	Ricoh Company	117
#72	Discma Ag	113
#73	Toyo Seikan Co.	113
#74	Lockheed Martin	112
#75	Davidson Textron	109
#76	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	109
#77	Kimberly-Clark Worldwide	108
#78	Toyo Tire & Rubber Co.	108
#79	Panasonic	108
#80	Eastman Kodak	105
#81	Raychem Limited	105
#82	Continental Ag	104
#83	Hermann Berstorff Maschinenbau Gmbh	103
#84	Kraussmaffei Gmbh	103
#85	Lear	102
#86	US Air Force	102
#87	Dai Nippon Printing Co.	101
#88	Nitto Denko	99
#89	Cincinnatti Milacron	98
#90	Thermwood	97
#91	Dow Global Technologies	95
#92	Essilor International	95
#93	Nordson	94
#94	Graham Packaging Company	93
#95	Hyundai Motor	93
#96	Kobe Steel	93
#97	Rolls-Royce Plc	93
#98	Mitsubishi Mining	92
#99	Essilor International (Compagnie Generale D'Optique)	89
#100	Honeywell	88

Plastics manufacturing Patent Leaders All Time

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