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Printing Patent Leaders in 2025 2025

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 Motoki Takabe 17 Seiko Epson
2 Junichiro Iri 15 Canon
3 Masahiro Hayashi 15 Brother Kogyo
#4 Naoya Okazaki 12 Brother Kogyo
#5 Yoshinori Osakabe 12 Brother Kogyo
#6 Eiju Hirai 11 Seiko Epson
#7 Satoru OKI 11 Brother Kogyo
#8 Yoshihiro Koizumi 11 Seiko Epson
#9 Yu SHIOZAWA 11 Seiko Epson
#10 Eiichiro Watanabe 10 Seiko Epson
#11 Hideaki Matsumura 10 Canon
#12 Takanori Aimono 10 Seiko Epson
#13 Yoshiyuki Nakagawa 10 Canon
#14 Kentaro Murayama 9 Brother Kogyo
#15 Koki Shimada 9 Canon
#16 Shinji Ukai 9 Brother Kogyo
#17 Tadahiro Mizutani 9 Seiko Epson
#18 Benzion Landa 8 Landa Corporation
#19 Ken Takenaga 8 Canon
#20 Kyosuke Toda 8 Canon
#21 Makoto Takamuku 8 Seiko Epson
#22 Masahiko Tsuyuki 8 Seiko Epson
#23 Naozumi Nabeshima 8 Canon
#24 Shota Asada 8 Canon
#25 Shuichi Nakano 8 Seiko Epson
#26 Shun Oya 8 Seiko Epson
#27 Shimpei Yoshikawa 8 Canon
#28 Toshiro MURAYAMA 8 Seiko Epson
#29 Chiaki Muraoka 7 Canon
#30 Daiju Takeda 7 Canon
#31 Hiroaki Kusano 7 Canon
#32 Hiroaki Okui 7 Seiko Epson
#33 Hitoshi TAKAAI 7 Seiko Epson
#34 Jeffrey Humenick 7 Sekisui Kydex
#35 Juan Escudero Gonzalez 7 Electronics For Imaging
#36 Jun Sato 7 Align Technology
#37 Jym Kauffman 7 Sekisui Kydex
#38 Kenta Horade 7 Brother Kogyo
#39 Masaki Mori 7 Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
#40 Nanami Abe 7 Brother Kogyo
#41 Nobumasa TANAKA 7 Brother Kogyo
#42 Rebecca Gallup 7 Sekisui Kydex
#43 Satoru Arakane 7 Brother Kogyo
#44 Takashi Horiuchi 7 Brother Kogyo
#45 Takumi Nagashima 7 Seiko Epson
#46 Taichi Shirono 7 Brother Kogyo
#47 Yasuhiko Kosugi 7 Seiko Epson
#48 Benjamin CLEMENT 6 Flooring Industies Limited, Sarl
#49 Dorkaitz Alain VAZQUEZ FERNANDEZ 6 HP
#50 Eric Martin 6 HP
#51 Hiromasa Tsutsumi 6 Canon
#52 Kazuyuki Hoshi 6 Sato
#53 Kazuya Yoshii 6 Canon
#54 Kosuke HIGASHI 6 Brother Industries
#55 Koshiro Yamaguchi 6 Brother Kogyo
#56 Masako Kawagoe 6 Brother Kogyo
#57 Soji Kondo 6 Canon
#58 Taiji Maruyama 6 Canon
#59 Takeho Miyashita 6 Canon
#60 Taisuke Mizuno 6 Brother Kogyo
#61 Teruo Imamaki 6 Brother Kogyo
#62 Tsuyoshi Nagae 6 Brother Kogyo
#63 Tsuyoshi Saeki 6 Canon
#64 Yasuhiro Hosokawa 6 Seiko Epson
#65 Yasuhiro Nakano 6 Brother Kogyo
#66 Yuma Fukuzawa 6 Seiko Epson
#67 Yuri Mori 6 Canon
#68 Yusuke Naratani 6 Canon
#69 Akihiro Kawakita 5 Canon
#70 Akira Minami 5 Fujitsu Limited
#71 Akira Sago 5 Brother Kogyo
#72 Alexander Sou-Kang Ko 5 Kateeva
#73 Atsushi Ito 5 Brother Kogyo
#74 David Burke 5 Memjet Technology Limited
#75 Douglas K. Herrmann 5 Xerox
#76 Eduardo Bueno Espinal 5 Electronics For Imaging
#77 Eliyahu Vronsky 5 Kateeva
#78 Fumio Nakazawa 5 Brother Kogyo
#79 Haruhisa SHIRAI 5 Brother Kogyo
#80 Hiroyuki Hagiwara 5 Seiko Epson
#81 Hiromichi TAKANASHI 5 Seiko Epson
#82 Hirokazu Yanagihara 5 Seiko Epson
#83 James Michael Gardner 5 HP
#84 Jason M. LeFevre 5 Xerox
#85 Keita HANAWA 5 Seiko Epson
#86 Keita Ishimi 5 Canon
#87 Masato Kato 5 Brother Kogyo
#88 Mark Profaca 5 Memjet Technology Limited
#89 Michael Muller 5 Bosch Automotive Service Solutions
#90 MINEYOSHI TOMIE 5 Canon
#91 Motoyuki Taguchi 5 Canon
#92 Myung-Soo Huh 5 Samsung
#93 Norio Sakurai 5 Canon
#94 Satoshi Nakata 5 Seiko Epson
#95 Seemit Praharaj 5 Xerox
#96 Shun KATSUIE 5 Seiko Epson
#97 Tadashi Aizawa 5 Seiko Epson
#98 Takashi Shioya 5 Sato
#99 Takuto TANAKA 5 —
#100 Takuro Yamazaki 5 Canon

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Seiko Epson 285
2 Canon 223
3 Brother Kogyo 147
#4 Ricoh Company 69
#5 HP 55
#6 Kyocera Document Solutions 31
#7 Screen Holdings Co. 21
#8 Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha 20
#9 Samsung 18
#10 Konica Minolta 17
#11 Zebra Technologies 15
#12 Electronics For Imaging 14
#13 Fujifilm 13
#14 Koenig & Bauer Ag 11
#15 Kyocera 11
#16 Landa Corporation 11
#17 Semes Co. 11
#18 Kateeva 10
#19 Dai Nippon Printing Co. 9
#20 Memjet Technology Limited 8
#21 Xerox 8
#22 Roland Dg 7
#23 Heidelberg Druckmaschinen 6
#24 Riso Kagaku 6
#25 Sato 6
#26 Unilin Bv 6
#27 Agfa Nv 5
#28 Eastman Kodak 5
#29 Illinois Tool Works 5
#30 Seiko Instruments 5
#31 Sekisui Kydex 5
#32 Applied Materials 4
#33 Casio Computer Co. 4
#34 Cricut 4
#35 Cryovac 4
#36 Fuji 4
#37 Gosantech Co. 4
#38 Hand Held Products 4
#39 Mimaki Engineering Co. 4
#40 Riso Technologies 4
#41 Sii Printek 4
#42 Colop Digital Gmbh 3
#43 Dover Europe Sàrl 3
#44 Esko-Graphics Imaging Gmbh 3
#45 Hp Scitex 3
#46 Keyence 3
#47 Kornit Digital 3
#48 Linx Printing Technologies Limited 3
#49 Nippon Kayaku 3
#50 Rohm Co. 3
#51 Tecglass Sl 3
#52 The Boeing 3
#53 Xaar Technology Limited 3
#54 Zhuhai Ninestar Management Co. 3
#55 Alltec Angewandte Laserlicht Technologie Gmbh 2
#56 Bixolon Co. 2
#57 Bizerba Se & Co. Kg 2
#58 Dal-Tile 2
#59 Datalase 2
#60 Ekra Automatisierungssysteme Gmbh 2
#61 Fujifilm Business Innovation 2
#62 Hallmark Cards, Incorporated 2
#63 Hangzhou Chipjet Technology Co. 2
#64 Mühlbauer Gmbh & Co. Kg 2
#65 Morphotonics Holding B.V. 2
#66 M&R Printing Equipment 2
#67 Phoenix Contact 2
#68 Rockley Photonics Limited 2
#69 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 2
#70 Sicpa Holding Sa 2
#71 Sihl Gmbh 2
#72 Swiss Krono Tec Ag 2
#73 Weidmüller Interface Gmbh & Co. Kg And Ph 2
#74 Wuhan Dr Laser Technology Corp,. 2
#75 Xsys Prepress N.V. 2
#76 GE 2
#77 Sony 2
#78 AMD 1
#79 Actega North America Technologies 1
#80 Actega Schmid Rhyner Ag 1
#81 Additive Technologies 1
#82 Akzenta Paneele + Profile Gmbh 1
#83 Align Technology 1
#84 Appvion 1
#85 Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha 1
#86 Asmpt Smt Singapore Pte. 1
#87 Axalta Coating Systems Ip Co. 1
#88 Ball 1
#89 Bobst Bielefeld Gmbh 1
#90 Bobst Firenze S.R.L 1
#91 Bobst Lyon 1
#92 Brady Worldwide 1
#93 Brighton Technologies 1
#94 Capital One Services 1
#95 Carl Zeiss Vision International Gmbh 1
#96 Ccl Secure Pty 1
#97 Center For Advanced Meta-Materials 1
#98 Cerro Wire 1
#99 Contitech Elastomer-Beschichtungen Gmbh 1
#100 Corning Incorporated 1