Plastics manufacturing Patent Leaders 2020

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	Kenneth Lyle Tyler	26	Continuous Composites
2	Maurizio Marchini	17	Pirelli Tyre S.P.A.
3	Kenneth J. Susnjara	16	Thermwood
#4	Alejandro Manuel De Pena	15	—
#5	Hou T. Ng	14	HP
#6	Mark S. Wilenski	13	The Boeing
#7	Ryan C. Stockett	13	Continuous Composites
#8	Joseph M. DeSimone	11	University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
#9	Masaaki Ohara	11	Toyo Tire & Rubber Co.
#10	David A. Mantell	10	Xerox
#11	Frank Herzog	10	Concept Laser, Gmbh
#12	Lihua Zhao	10	HP
#13	Michael Linke	10	Khs Corpoplast Gmbh
#14	Samuel F. Harrison	10	The Boeing
#15	Alexander Ermoshkin	9	Carbon
#16	Edward T. Samulski	9	Carbon
#17	Erin A. McDowell	9	3M
#18	Faraón Torres	9	The Boeing
#19	Jason P. Rolland	9	Carbon
#20	Marc R. Matsen	9	The Boeing
#21	Michael P. Kozar	9	The Boeing
#22	Nick Shadbeh Evans	9	The Boeing
#23	Scott G. Vaal	9	Thermwood
#24	Timothy L. Wong	9	3M
#25	Yan Zhao	9	HP
#26	Gianni Mancini	8	Pirelli Tyre S.P.A.
#27	Gregory Thomas Mark	8	Markforged
#28	James A. DeMuth	8	Seurat Technologies
#29	Joakim Kvist	8	Woodwelding Ag
#30	Jörg Mayer	8	Woodwelding Ag
#31	Thomas R. Clark	8	Aladdin Manufacturing
#32	Vito Galati	8	Synventive Molding Solutions
#33	Zhisheng Yun	8	3M
#34	Andrew John Ouderkirk	7	Meta
#35	Gregg A. Ambur	7	3M
#36	Hemant Bheda	7	Arevo
#37	Jan Morovic	7	HP
#38	J. Samuel Batchelder	7	Stratasys
#39	Peter Morovic	7	HP
#40	Rolf Baumgarte	7	Khs Corpoplast Gmbh
#41	Ben Wynne	6	Intrepid Automation
#42	Brian S. Smiddy	6	Thermwood
#43	Dieter Klatt	6	Khs Corpoplast Gmbh
#44	Florian Bechmann	6	Concept Laser, Gmbh
#45	Frank Lewin	6	Khs Corpoplast Gmbh
#46	Hiroshi Ohno	6	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#47	Hsin-Ta Hsieh	6	Kinpo Electronics
#48	Jawed Asrar	6	Johns Manville
#49	Jun Zeng	6	HP
#50	Markus Bussmann	6	Windmöller & Hölscher Kg
#51	Michael Snyder	6	Made In Space
#52	Mingfu Zhang	6	Johns Manville
#53	Nag B. Patibandla	6	Applied Materials
#54	Peter J. Nystrom	6	Xerox
#55	Randall D. Wilkerson	6	The Boeing
#56	Sivapackia Ganapathiappan	6	HP
#57	William J. Swanson	6	Stratasys
#58	Chia-Hsiang Hsu	5	Coretech System Co.
#59	Chandra Sekar	5	Sekar Patent Holdings
#60	Damien Kannengiesser	5	Discma Ag
#61	Eiji Okamoto	5	Seiko Epson
#62	Erwin Ruiz	5	Xerox
#63	Erik Toomre	5	Seurat Technologies
#64	Eugene Berdichevsky	5	Sila Nanotechnologies
#65	Francis L. Leard	5	Seurat Technologies
#66	Guillaume Chauvin	5	Discma Ag
#67	Heiner Fees	5	Seurat Technologies
#68	Howard S. Tom	5	HP
#69	Jamie Lynn Etcheson	5	Intrepid Automation
#70	James Robert Tobin	5	GE
#71	John R. Tumbleston	5	Carbon
#72	Kourosh Kamshad	5	Seurat Technologies
#73	Koichi Nishimura	5	Fanuc
#74	Leo Klinstein	5	Dukane Ias
#75	Mario Lehmann	5	Woodwelding Ag
#76	Mark Anthony Wadsworth	5	Spirit Aerosystems
#77	Ming-Hsiung Ding	5	Kinpo Electronics
#78	Patricia Poschner	5	Woodwelding Ag
#79	Peter Joseph Schmehl	5	Makerbot Industries
#80	Richard Guillemette	5	Guill Tool & Engineering Co.
#81	Rong-Yeu Chang	5	Coretech System Co.
#82	Robert Lee Mueller	5	HP
#83	Robert Peters	5	Guill Tool & Engineering Co.
#84	Robert K. Pinschmidt, Jr.	5	Air Products And Chemicals
#85	Shigeki Morikami	5	Yoshino Kogyosho Co.
#86	Shigeaki Nomura	5	Fuji Seiko Co.
#87	Tsung-Hua Kuo	5	Kinpo Electronics
#88	Xavier Vilajosana	5	HP
#89	Yongxing Qiu	5	Novartis Ag
#90	Yu-Ting Huang	5	ITRI
#91	Aaron Kemmer	4	Made In Space
#92	Ajey M. Joshi	4	Applied Materials
#93	Akihiko TSUNOYA	4	Seiko Epson
#94	Ali El-Siblani	4	Global Filtration Systems
#95	Anthony DeCarmine	4	Hexcel
#96	Andrew J. Ouderkirk	4	3M
#97	Bernd Liesbrock	4	Windmöller & Hölscher Kg
#98	Benjamin Jeffrey Stephenson	4	The Boeing
#99	Brian Matthew Burns	4	Imflux
#100	Brice A. Johnson	4	The Boeing

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	The Boeing	157
2	HP	72
3	GE	45
#4	Kinpo Electronics	44
#5	Xyzprinting	44
#6	Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin	35
#7	Xerox	32
#8	Stratasys	29
#9	Continuous Composites	28
#10	Fanuc	27
#11	Pirelli Tyre S.P.A.	27
#12	3M	26
#13	Canon	26
#14	Carbon	25
#15	Toyo Tire	21
#16	Toyota	21
#17	Concept Laser, Gmbh	20
#18	Nike	20
#19	Khs Corpoplast Gmbh	17
#20	Unknown	17
#21	Discma Ag	16
#22	Thermwood	16
#23	Toray Industries	16
#24	The Yokohama Rubber Co.	15
#25	3D Systems	14
#26	Airbus Operations Limited	14
#27	Mitsubishi Electric	13
#28	Safran Aircraft Engines	13
#29	Sumitomo Rubber Industries	13
#30	Yoshino Kogyosho Co.	13
#31	Seiko Epson	12
#32	Sidel Participations S.A.S	12
#33	Ford	12
#34	RTX (Raytheon)	12
#35	Alcon	11
#36	Mimaki Engineering Co.	11
#37	Ricoh Company	11
#38	Synventive Molding Solutions	11
#39	Arevo	10
#40	Formlabs	10
#41	Kyoraku Co.	10
#42	Makerbot Industries	10
#43	MIT	10
#44	Mitsubishi Chemical	10
#45	Nissei Asb Machine Co.	10
#46	The Japan Steel Works	10
#47	Toshiba Kikai	10
#48	Autodesk	9
#49	Bridgestone	9
#50	Casio Computer Co.	9
#51	Dow Global Technologies	9
#52	Lawrence Livermore National Security	9
#53	Markforged	9
#54	Sabic Global Technologies B.V.	9
#55	The Goodyear Tire & Rubber	9
#56	The Procter & Gamble	9
#57	Windmöller & Hölscher Kg	9
#58	IBM	9
#59	Samsung	9
#60	Aladdin Manufacturing	8
#61	BMW	8
#62	Eos Gmbh Electro Optical Systems	8
#63	Fuji Seiko Co.	8
#64	Fuji Shoji Co.	8
#65	Vestas Wind Systems A/S	8
#66	General Motors	8
#67	Apple	7
#68	Applied Materials	7
#69	Adidas Ag	7
#70	Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations	7
#71	Cytec Technology	7
#72	Goodrich	7
#73	Honda Motor Co.	7
#74	Husky Injection Molding Systems	7
#75	Nissan Motor Co.	7
#76	Rolls-Royce Plc	7
#77	Vmi Holland B.V.	7
#78	Woodwelding Ag	7
#79	LG	7
#80	Airbus Defence And Space Gmbh	6
#81	Arkema France	6
#82	Bando Chemical Industries	6
#83	Basf Se	6
#84	Dukane Ias	6
#85	Essilor International	6
#86	Fujifilm	6
#87	Guill Tool & Engineering Co.	6
#88	Hyundai Motor	6
#89	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba	6
#90	Made In Space	6
#91	Rohr	6
#92	Slm Solutions Group Ag	6
#93	Teijin Limited	6
#94	Textron Innovations	6
#95	Microsoft	6
#96	Panasonic	6
#97	Arcam Ab	5
#98	Coretech System Co.	5
#99	Denso	5
#100	Evonik Operations Gmbh	5

Plastics manufacturing Patent Leaders in 2020 2020

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Top Companies