Railways Patent Leaders 2016 | Patent Leaderboard

Rankings count each patent once by its primary Cooperative Patent Classification. All-time pages aggregate the full database; year pages use patent grant year.

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Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Rank ↑	Inventor ↕	Patents ↕	Primary Company ↕
1	Jared Klineman Cooper	9	GE
2	Shunichi Nakao	8	Kawasaki
3	Takehiro Nishimura	8	Kawasaki
#4	Ajith Kuttannair Kumar	7	GE
#5	James W. Forbes	6	National Steel Car Limited
#6	Toshiyuki Hirashima	6	Kawasaki
#7	Takayuki Ogawa	5	Kyb
#8	Eric C. Wright	4	—
#9	Jeffrey Michael Fries	4	Alstom Transport Technologies
#10	Joseph Forrest Noffsinger	4	GE
#11	Yoshiyuki Shimokawa	4	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#12	Alon Green	3	Thales Canada
#13	Bradley J. Thomas	3	Gunderson
#14	David Michael Peltz	3	GE
#15	Firth Whitwam	3	Thales Canada
#16	F. Andrew Nibouar	3	Bedloe Industries
#17	Glenn Robert Shaffer	3	GE
#18	Hiroyuki Maeyama	3	Mitsubishi Electric
#19	Hitoshi Nagahara	3	Kawasaki
#20	Jeffrey D. Kernwein	3	—
#21	Kengo Oohashi	3	Nippon Sharyo
#22	Kousuke Katahira	3	Mitsubishi Electric
#23	Koji Nakao	3	Nippon Sharyo
#24	Mark Alan Fanara	3	Electro-Motive Diesel
#25	Masaaki Mizuno	3	Mitsubishi Chemical
#26	Manuel Tavares	3	Pennsy
#27	Mitsuhiro Matsumoto	3	Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
#28	Seiichi Hayashi	3	Hitachi
#29	Shirou Honma	3	Kawasaki
#30	Takeyoshi Kusunoki	3	Kawasaki
#31	Wayne H. Murphy	3	Pennsy
#32	Wolfgang Daum	3	GE
#33	Zachary Ryan Brook	3	Pennsy
#34	Aaron Stern	2	Pennsy
#35	Abe Kanner	2	Thales Canada
#36	Adrian Biadatz	2	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#37	Alain Mollet	2	Pomagalski
#38	Alexander Shubs, Jr.	2	Electro-Motive Diesel
#39	Andreas Mair	2	Knorr-Bremse Ag
#40	Arnaud Turmeau	2	Skf Aerospace France S.A.S
#41	Aric Albert Weingartner	2	GE
#42	Brent Duffner	2	Voestalpine Nortrak
#43	Brian A. Senn	2	Powerbrace
#44	Carlos Sabino Paulino	2	GE
#45	Carl Schwellnus	2	Thales Canada
#46	Chihiro Okayama	2	Kawasaki
#47	Colin Bantin	2	Thales Canada
#48	Daniel A. Deninger	2	Smartdrive Systems
#49	David Dimmer	2	Thales Canada
#50	David J. Goding	2	Electro-Motive Diesel
#51	Dennis Melas	2	Electro-Motive Diesel
#52	Derek Kevin Woo	2	GE
#53	Dirk Rohwerder	2	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#54	Erich Leonard	2	—
#55	Federico Bavaresco	2	Dana Italia S.R.L.
#56	Gary Click	2	Vae Nortrak North America
#57	Gary C. Walter	2	Union Tank Car
#58	Giuseppe Conte	2	General Motors
#59	Gregory Raymond Kupiec	2	Electro-Motive Diesel
#60	Henry Lehmann	2	Knorr-Bremse Systeme Für Schienenfahrzeuge Gmbh
#61	Howard E. Huber, Jr.	2	—
#62	Jamal Hematian	2	National Steel Car Limited
#63	James S. Kennedy	2	A. Stucki
#64	Jason Palmer	2	Smartdrive Systems
#65	James David Seaton	2	Electro-Motive Diesel
#66	Jeffrey Orion Pritchard	2	Intel
#67	Jerry R. Smerecky	2	Bedloe Industries
#68	Jeffrey Scott Tippey	2	—
#69	Joseph Donnan	2	—
#70	John W. McElroy	2	GE
#71	Jun Aoki	2	Olympus
#72	Karl Ginter	2	Intertrust Technologies
#73	Kentaro Hayashi	2	Semiconductor Energy Laboratory
#74	Kevin Pykkonen	2	Bright Energy Storage Technologies, Llp
#75	Marshall G. Beck	2	—
#76	Masahito Chihira	2	Mitsubishi Electric
#77	Marc-Gregory Elstorpff	2	Knorr-Bremse Systeme Für Schienenfahrzeuge Gmbh
#78	Mark Freitas	2	Smartdrive Systems
#79	Masao Oki	2	Mitsubishi Electric
#80	Martin Teichmann	2	Siemens Ag Österreich
#81	Masaru Uchida	2	Fujitsu Limited
#82	Mark Adrianus Johannes van der Mee	2	Sabic Global Technologies B.V.
#83	Michael K. Burke	2	Zeftek
#84	Michael Wusching	2	Bombardier Transportation Gmbh
#85	Nicholas B. Earnest	2	Miner Enterprises
#86	Nicholas David Nagrodsky	2	Alstom Transport Technologies
#87	Osamu Muragishi	2	Kawasaki
#88	Patricia Sue Lacy	2	GE
#89	Paul Dean Sybert	2	Sabic Global Technologies B.V.
#90	Peter J. Douglas	2	Union Tank Car
#91	Perry Levitt	2	Pennsy
#92	Ralph C. Haddock, III	2	GE
#93	Richard M. Charney	2	Miner Enterprises
#94	Richard Lee Lawson	2	GE
#95	Richard Rathammer	2	Knorr-Bremse Systeme Für Schienenfahrzeuge Gmbh
#96	Roland Sebastian Assink	2	Sabic Global Technologies B.V.
#97	Rodney Ignatius	2	Thales Canada
#98	Robert Palanti	2	GE
#99	Ross Pirtle	2	—
#100	Roland Porsch	2	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Kawasaki	23
2	GE	23
3	Westinghouse Air Brake	19
#4	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	17
#5	Mitsubishi Electric	13
#6	Electro-Motive Diesel	10
#7	Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal	9
#8	Bombardier Transportation Gmbh	7
#9	Siemens Industry	7
#10	Thales Canada	7
#11	National Steel Car Limited	6
#12	Nippon Sharyo	6
#13	Knorr-Bremse Systeme Für Schienenfahrzeuge Gmbh	5
#14	Kyb	4
#15	Pennsy	4
#16	Aktiebolaget Skf	3
#17	Alstom Transport Technologies	3
#18	Gunderson	3
#19	Miner Enterprises	3
#20	Progress Rail Services	3
#21	Siemens Ag Österreich	3
#22	Union Tank Car	3
#23	Unknown	3
#24	Amsted Rail Company	2
#25	Amsted Rail-Faiveley	2
#26	A. Stucki	2
#27	Bedloe Industries	2
#28	Bright Energy Storage Technologies, Llp	2
#29	Firestone Industrial Products Company	2
#30	Innova Patent Gmbh	2
#31	International Electronic Machines	2
#32	J.W. Speaker	2
#33	Kayaba Industry Co.	2
#34	Mitsubishi Electric	2
#35	Nabtesco	2
#36	Nippon Signal Co.	2
#37	Norfolk Southern	2
#38	Ropfin B.V.	2
#39	Sabic Global Technologies B.V.	2
#40	Smartdrive Systems	2
#41	Voestalpine Nortrak	2
#42	Comcast	2
#43	IBM	2
#44	Aero Transportation Products	1
#45	Axtone Spolka Akcyjna	1
#46	Calbrandt	1
#47	Cambridge Enterprise Limited	1
#48	Central Japan Railway Comany	1
#49	Changchun Railway Vehicles Co.	1
#50	Columbus Steel Castings	1
#51	Dellner Couplers Ab	1
#52	Eurotech S.P.A.	1
#53	Gaseous Fuel Systems	1
#54	Hübner Gmbh &	1
#55	Hitachi	1
#56	Jac Operations	1
#57	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba	1
#58	KFUPM	1
#59	Knorr-Bremse Ag	1
#60	Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems (Uk) Limited	1
#61	KAIST	1
#62	Korea Railroad Research Institute	1
#63	L.B. Foster Rail Technologies	1
#64	Lsis Co.	1
#65	Mammoet Usa South	1
#66	MIT	1
#67	Mcalister Technologies	1
#68	Nevis Industries	1
#69	Nissan Motor Co.	1
#70	Ntn	1
#71	Ntt Docomo	1
#72	Overhead Door	1
#73	Panasec	1
#74	Pomagalski	1
#75	Powerbrace	1
#76	Precision Rail And Mfg.	1
#77	Ride	1
#78	Rockwell Collins	1
#79	Salco Products	1
#80	Schaefer Equipment	1
#81	Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics	1
#82	Siemens Schweiz Ag	1
#83	Sommital	1
#84	Standard Car Truck	1
#85	Stc	1
#86	Sumitomo Electric Industries	1
#87	Takraf Gmbh	1
#88	Tata Consultancy Services Limited	1
#89	Terex Mhps Gmbh	1
#90	The Island Radar	1
#91	The University Of Tokyo	1
#92	Toyo Tire & Rubber Co.	1
#93	Transportation Technology Services	1
#94	Trinity Industrial	1
#95	Ttx	1
#96	Union Pacific Railroad	1
#97	Voith Patent Gmbh	1
#98	Wfk & Associates	1
#99	Tesla	1

Railways Patent Leaders in 2016 2016

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Top Companies