Plastics manufacturing Patent Leaders 2018

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	Vito Galati	13	Synventive Molding Solutions
2	Gregory Thomas Mark	11	Markforged
3	Ali El-Siblani	10	Global Filtration Systems
#4	J. Samuel Batchelder	9	Stratasys
#5	Alexandr Shkolnik	8	Global Filtration Systems
#6	Erwin Ruiz	8	Xerox
#7	Joseph M. DeSimone	8	University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
#8	Andreas Hartmann	7	Voxeljet Ag
#9	Andrew John Ouderkirk	7	Meta
#10	Daniel Thomas Jones	7	Gurit (Uk)
#11	Damien Kannengiesser	7	Discma Ag
#12	Gregg A. Ambur	7	3M
#13	Gregory Aratoon	7	Gurit (Uk)
#14	Guillaume Chauvin	7	Discma Ag
#15	Marc R. Matsen	7	The Boeing
#16	Martin James Starkey	7	Gurit (Uk)
#17	Peter Jennings	7	Gurit (Uk)
#18	Timothy L. Wong	7	3M
#19	Zhuang Rui Tan	7	Synventive Molding Solutions
#20	Zhisheng Yun	7	3M
#21	Alexander Ermoshkin	6	Carbon
#22	Benyamin Buller	6	Velo3D
#23	Chu-heng Liu	6	Xerox
#24	Ingo Ederer	6	Voxeljet Ag
#25	John B. Campi, Jr.	6	IBM
#26	Kevin C. Johnson	6	Stratasys
#27	Mujahid Muhammad	6	IBM
#28	Paul J. McConville	6	Xerox
#29	Rahul Mishra	6	IBM
#30	Robert J. Gauthier, Jr.	6	IBM
#31	Souvick Mitra	6	IBM
#32	Stephen Patrick Main	6	Gurit (Uk)
#33	William J. Swanson	6	Stratasys
#34	Alan Rick Lappen	5	Velo3D
#35	Antoni S. Gozdz	5	A123 Systems
#36	Anand Srinivasan	5	Oracle
#37	Dieter Schwarze	5	Slm Solutions Group Ag
#38	Eduardo Napadensky	5	Stratasys
#39	Edward T. Samulski	5	Carbon
#40	Erin A. McDowell	5	3M
#41	Faraón Torres	5	The Boeing
#42	Florian Geltinger	5	Krones Ag
#43	Frederick A. Flitsch	5	Johnson & Johnson
#44	Hiroyuki Onimatsu	5	Sumitomo Rubber Industries
#45	Jawed Asrar	5	Johns Manville
#46	Klaus Friedrich Gleich	5	Johns Manville
#47	Kurtis S. Willden	5	The Boeing
#48	Maurizio Bazzo	5	Inglass S.P.A
#49	Philip A. Driskill	5	Berry Plastics
#50	Ron E. Dufort	5	Xerox
#51	Samuel F. Harrison	5	The Boeing
#52	Alice Weimin Liu	4	Novartis Ag
#53	Andrew Hedges	4	Vestas Wind Systems A/S
#54	Asheber Yohannes	4	Johns Manville
#55	Ben Halford	4	Surface Generation Limited
#56	Brandon Kruysman	4	X Development
#57	Brian S. Smiddy	4	Thermwood
#58	Chi-Feng Huang	4	Microjet Technology Co.
#59	Ciro J. Grijalva, III	4	The Boeing
#60	Claus Fastert	4	Airbus Operations Limited
#61	Daniel Dikovsky	4	Stratasys
#62	Daniel Günther	4	Voxeljet Ag
#63	David A. Mantell	4	Xerox
#64	David Dezhou Sun	4	Berry Plastics
#65	Dieter Finger	4	Krones Ag
#66	Gene Michael Altonen	4	Imflux
#67	Hayden S. Osborn	4	The Boeing
#68	Hauke Seegel	4	Airbus Operations Limited
#69	James Robert Tobin	4	GE
#70	Jeffery Lee Marcoe	4	The Boeing
#71	Jorge A. Alvarez	4	Xerox
#72	John Robert Gibson	4	Coopervision International Limited
#73	Jonathan Goering	4	Albany Engineered Composites
#74	Jonathan Proto	4	X Development
#75	Kenneth Lyle Tyler	4	Continuous Composites
#76	Kwo-Yuan Shi	4	Microjet Technology Co.
#77	Lonnie J. Love	4	Ut-Battelle
#78	Matthew Ray DesJardien	4	The Boeing
#79	Maurizio Marchini	4	Pirelli Tyre S.P.A.
#80	Matteo Zoppas	4	S.I.P.A. Societa' Industrializzazione Progettazione E Automazione S.P.A.
#81	Michael Linke	4	Khs Corpoplast Gmbh
#82	Milton Dale Meisner	4	Voxel
#83	Mingfu Zhang	4	Johns Manville
#84	Morteza Safai	4	The Boeing
#85	Nick S. Evans	4	The Boeing
#86	Pei-Chung Wang	4	General Motors
#87	Ralph Edwin Neufarth	4	Imflux
#88	Randall B. Pugh	4	Johnson & Johnson
#89	Randall D. Wilkerson	4	The Boeing
#90	Robin Wynne Nack Meisner	4	Voxel
#91	Ryan G. Ziegler	4	The Boeing
#92	Tasso Lappas	4	Velo3D
#93	Tee L. Wan	4	Nike
#94	Unmesh Anil Deshmukh	4	Oracle
#95	Weidong Song	4	The Boeing
#96	William S. Hollensteiner	4	The Boeing
#97	William J. Nowak	4	Xerox
#98	Aaron Bartel	3	Nike
#99	Aaron Kemmer	3	Made In Space
#100	Aaron A. Yarbrough	3	GE

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	The Boeing	112
2	Xerox	37
3	Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin	28
#4	Stratasys	24
#5	GE	23
#6	Nike	23
#7	Toyota	22
#8	Krones Ag	20
#9	Airbus Operations Limited	19
#10	Kinpo Electronics	19
#11	Sumitomo Rubber Industries	19
#12	Xyzprinting	19
#13	Bridgestone	18
#14	Toyo Tire & Rubber Co.	18
#15	3M	16
#16	Discma Ag	16
#17	Canon	15
#18	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	14
#19	General Motors	14
#20	Synventive Molding Solutions	13
#21	Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company Limited	12
#22	Disney	12
#23	IBM	12
#24	Fanuc	11
#25	Husky Injection Molding Systems	11
#26	Makerbot Industries	11
#27	Markforged	11
#28	Michelin	11
#29	Novartis Ag	11
#30	Unknown	11
#31	Voxeljet Ag	11
#32	Ford	11
#33	Global Filtration Systems	10
#34	Nissei Asb Machine Co.	10
#35	Airbus Operations Sas	9
#36	Carbon	9
#37	Gurit (Uk)	9
#38	Illinois Tool Works	9
#39	LG	9
#40	RTX (Raytheon)	9
#41	Hyundai Motor	8
#42	Seiko Epson	8
#43	The Yokohama Rubber Co.	8
#44	Johnson & Johnson	8
#45	Abbott	7
#46	Inglass S.P.A	7
#47	Khs Corpoplast Gmbh	7
#48	Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated	7
#49	Pirelli Tyre S.P.A.	7
#50	Sidel Participations S.A.S	7
#51	The Goodyear Tire & Rubber	7
#52	Vestas Wind Systems A/S	7
#53	X Development	7
#54	Oracle	7
#55	Basf Se	6
#56	BMW	6
#57	Berry Plastics	6
#58	Coopervision International Limited	6
#59	Covestro Deutschland Ag	6
#60	Formlabs	6
#61	Fujifilm	6
#62	HP	6
#63	Kobe Steel	6
#64	Microjet Technology Co.	6
#65	Mitsubishi Electric	6
#66	Rolls-Royce Plc	6
#67	Safran Aircraft Engines	6
#68	The Procter & Gamble	6
#69	Ut-Battelle	6
#70	Velo3D	6
#71	Samsung	6
#72	Apple	5
#73	Arevo	5
#74	Autodesk	5
#75	Cc3D	5
#76	Eos Gmbh Electro Optical Systems	5
#77	Evonik Degussa Gmbh	5
#78	Gala Industies	5
#79	Honda Motor Co.	5
#80	Foxconn	5
#81	Johns Manville	5
#82	Kautex Textron Gmbh & Co. Kg	5
#83	Kia Motors	5
#84	Magna International	5
#85	MIT	5
#86	Mitsubishi Chemical	5
#87	Nitto Denko	5
#88	Sabic Global Technologies B.V.	5
#89	Slm Solutions Group Ag	5
#90	Teijin Limited	5
#91	Thermwood	5
#92	Toray Industries	5
#93	Toshiba Kikai	5
#94	Yoshino Kogyosho Co.	5
#95	Panasonic	5
#96	Albany Engineered Composites	4
#97	Brückner Maschinenbau Gmbh & Co. Kg	4
#98	CEA	4
#99	Cytec Technology	4
#100	Dai Nippon Printing Co.	4

Plastics manufacturing Patent Leaders in 2018 2018

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Top Companies