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Printing Patent Leaders in 2019 2019

Primary CPC class B41 · Section B

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 3,339 patents in 2014.peak 3,3391996: 1,384 patents19961997: 1,402 patents1998: 1,989 patents1999: 1,949 patents19992000: 2,298 patents2001: 2,508 patents2002: 2,723 patents20022003: 2,673 patents2004: 2,508 patents2005: 2,048 patents20052006: 2,219 patents2007: 2,126 patents2008: 2,280 patents20082009: 2,152 patents2010: 2,825 patents2011: 2,932 patents20112012: 2,903 patents2013: 2,986 patents2014: 3,339 patents20142015: 2,985 patents2016: 2,512 patents2017: 2,093 patents20172018: 2,073 patents2019: 2,270 patents2020: 2,277 patents20202021: 2,041 patents2022: 1,853 patents2023: 1,815 patents20232024: 1,731 patents2025: 1,662 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Michael W. Cumbie 32 HP
2 Chien-Hua Chen 28 HP
3 Hiroaki Takahashi 24 Brother Kogyo
#4 Shingo Okushima 23 Canon
#5 Yoshinori Osakabe 23 Brother Kogyo
#6 Yoshiyuki Nakagawa 20 Canon
#7 Kosuke Nukui 19 Brother Kogyo
#8 Akihito Ono 17 Brother Kogyo
#9 Kenta Horade 16 Brother Kogyo
#10 Masahiro Hayashi 15 Brother Kogyo
#11 Paul J. McConville 15 Xerox
#12 Satoru Arakane 15 Brother Kogyo
#13 Shuzo Iwanaga 15 Canon
#14 Chu-heng Liu 13 Xerox
#15 Naomi Kimura 13 Seiko Epson
#16 Shoma Kudo 13 Seiko Epson
#17 Takahiro Miyao 13 Brother Kogyo
#18 Tetsuro Kobayashi 13 Brother Kogyo
#19 Alex Veis 12 Hp Scitex
#20 Eliyahu Vronsky 12 Kateeva
#21 Noriyasu Nagai 12 Canon
#22 Shintaro Kasai 12 Canon
#23 Tadahiro Mizutani 12 Seiko Epson
#24 Taichi Shirono 12 Brother Kogyo
#25 Toshiro Ueda 12 Brother Kogyo
#26 Alexander Sou-Kang Ko 11 Kateeva
#27 Andrew L. Van Brocklin 11 HP
#28 David Burke 11 Memjet Technology Limited
#29 Hideki Hayashi 11 Brother Kogyo
#30 Jason Mark Thelander 11 Memjet Technology Limited
#31 Mikio Ogawa 11 Brother Kogyo
#32 Takatsuna Aoki 11 Canon
#33 Akinari Ishibe 10 Brother Kogyo
#34 Akiko Saito 10 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#35 Alexander Govyadinov 10 HP
#36 Andrew Thomas 10 Memjet Technology Limited
#37 Benzion Landa 10 Landa Corporation
#38 Devin Alexander Mourey 10 HP
#39 Douglas K. Herrmann 10 Xerox
#40 Eiju Hirai 10 Seiko Epson
#41 Jason M. LeFevre 10 Xerox
#42 Keita Hirai 10 Brother Kogyo
#43 Koichi Ishida 10 Canon
#44 Masako Kawagoe 10 Brother Kogyo
#45 Masaru Ohnishi 10 Mimaki Engineering Co.
#46 Motoki Takabe 10 Seiko Epson
#47 Naoya Okazaki 10 Brother Kogyo
#48 Seiichiro Karita 10 Canon
#49 Taisuke Mizuno 10 Brother Kogyo
#50 Tatsurou Mori 10 Canon
#51 Eric Martin 9 HP
#52 Fumio Nakazawa 9 Brother Kogyo
#53 Kazuhiro Yamada 9 Canon
#54 Sébastien Michel Marie Joseph d'Armancourt 9 Datamax-O'Neil
#55 Suguru Tomoguchi 9 Brother Kogyo
#56 Toru Ohnishi 9 Canon
#57 Antonio Gracia Verdugo 8 —
#58 Atsushi Takahashi 8 Canon
#59 Eisuke Nishitani 8 Canon
#60 Hidetoshi Kodama 8 Seiko Epson
#61 Keigo SUGAI 8 Seiko Epson
#62 Ryo Kasai 8 Canon
#63 Satoshi Kimura 8 Canon
#64 Seemit Praharaj 8 Xerox
#65 Silam J. Choy 8 HP
#66 Takatsugu Moriya 8 Canon
#67 Takahiro Yoshida 8 Ricoh Company
#68 Toru Matsuyama 8 Seiko Epson
#69 Tsuyoshi Ito 8 Brother Kogyo
#70 Adam L. Ghozeil 7 HP
#71 Akihiro Toya 7 Seiko Epson
#72 Akira Yamamoto 7 Hitachi
#73 Bor-Jiunn Niu 7 HP
#74 Hiroyuki Kawate 7 Seiko Epson
#75 Justin Mauck 7 Kateeva
#76 Keiji Matsumoto 7 Canon
#77 Keita Sugiura 7 Brother Kogyo
#78 Kengo Umeda 7 Canon
#79 Mark H. MacKenzie 7 HP
#80 Masataka Sakurai 7 Canon
#81 Ryosuke Hirokawa 7 Canon
#82 Ryutaro Kusunoki 7 Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
#83 Takuya Iwano 7 Canon
#84 Tatsuya Yamada 7 Canon
#85 Tomohiro Kanbe 7 Brother Kogyo
#86 Toshihiro Yoshinuma 7 Ricoh Company
#87 Xiaoqi Zhou 7 HP
#88 Zentaro Tamenaga 7 Canon
#89 Akihito Kobayashi 6 Brother Kogyo
#90 Anthony S. Condello 6 Xerox
#91 Atsushi Kobayashi 6 Seiko Epson
#92 Christoph Menzel 6 Fujifilm Dimatix
#93 Daryl E. Anderson 6 HP
#94 Daichi Nishikawa 6 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#95 Erik D. Torniainen 6 HP
#96 Garrett E. Clark 6 HP
#97 Hisayuki Akahane 6 Seiko Epson
#98 Hiromasa Amma 6 Canon
#99 Hitotoshi Kimura 6 Seiko Epson
#100 Isamu Togashi 6 Seiko Epson

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Seiko Epson 401
2 Brother Kogyo 267
3 Canon 250
#4 HP 226
#5 Ricoh Company 79
#6 Xerox 64
#7 Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 45
#8 Océ-Technologies B.V. 43
#9 Roland Dg 37
#10 Kyocera Document Solutions 35
#11 Memjet Technology Limited 31
#12 Casio Computer Co. 29
#13 Fujifilm 26
#14 Mimaki Engineering Co. 25
#15 Konica Minolta 24
#16 Datamax-O'Neil 21
#17 Kyocera 18
#18 Heidelberg Druckmaschinen 17
#19 Koenig & Bauer Ag 16
#20 Agfa Nv 15
#21 Hp Scitex 15
#22 Landa Corporation 15
#23 Riso Kagaku 15
#24 Sii Printek 14
#25 Kateeva 13
#26 Dai Nippon Printing Co. 12
#27 BOE 12
#28 Dover Europe Sàrl 11
#29 Screen Holdings Co. 11
#30 Fujifilm Business Innovation 10
#31 Electronics For Imaging 9
#32 Fujitsu Component Limited 9
#33 Sato 9
#34 Fujifilm Dimatix 8
#35 Funai Electric Co. 7
#36 Hp Indigo B.V. 7
#37 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 7
#38 Khs Gmbh 7
#39 Videojet Technologies 7
#40 Eastman Kodak 6
#41 Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co. 6
#42 Stmicroelectronics Sa 6
#43 The Boeing 6
#44 The Procter & Gamble 6
#45 Xaar Technology Limited 6
#46 Avery Dennison 5
#47 Entrust Datacard 5
#48 Kba-Notasys Sa 5
#49 Komori 5
#50 Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated 5
#51 Rohm Co. 5
#52 Shibaura Mechatronics 5
#53 Zebra Technologies 5
#54 Assa Abloy Ab 4
#55 Seiko Instruments 4
#56 Showa Aluminum Can 4
#57 Nike 4
#58 Agfa-Gevaert Nv 3
#59 Citizen Systems Japan Co. 3
#60 Citizen Watch Co. 3
#61 Custom S.P.A. 3
#62 M&R Printing Equipment 3
#63 Nippon Paper Industries Co. 3
#64 Rf Printing Technologies 3
#65 3M 2
#66 Apple 2
#67 Advaced Vision Technology (A.V.T.) 2
#68 Align Technology 2
#69 Asm Assembly Systems Singapore Pte. 2
#70 Avery Dennison Retail Information Services 2
#71 Bobst Firenze S.R.L 2
#72 Clover Technologies Group 2
#73 Crown Packaging Technology 2
#74 Ctpg Operating 2
#75 Ebs Ink Jet Systeme Gmbh 2
#76 Enjet Co. 2
#77 Eth Zurich 2
#78 Evolis 2
#79 Gallus Druckmaschinen Gmbh 2
#80 Great Computer 2
#81 Hefei Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co. 2
#82 Foxconn 2
#83 Hydra Management 2
#84 Illinois Tool Works 2
#85 Kao 2
#86 Komura-Tech Co. 2
#87 Levi Strauss & 2
#88 Maxphotonics 2
#89 Murata Manufacturing Co. 2
#90 Nippon Soda Co. 2
#91 Oce Holding B.V. 2
#92 Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co. 2
#93 Padaluma Ink-Jet-Solutions Gmbh & Co. Kg 2
#94 Papierfabrik August Koehler Se 2
#95 Phoenix Contact 2
#96 Sicpa Holding Sa 2
#97 Stahls' 2
#98 Stratasys 2
#99 System S.P.A. 2
#100 Think Laboratory Co. 2