Railways Patent Leaders 2019 | Patent Leaderboard

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Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Rank ↑	Inventor ↕	Patents ↕	Primary Company ↕
1	Kenneth W. Huck	11	Trinity North American Freight Car
2	Jeffrey Michael Fries	9	Alstom Transport Technologies
3	James D. Brooks	6	GE
#4	Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr.	5	GE
#5	William Shields	5	Alstom Transport Technologies
#6	Yoshi Sato	5	Kawasaki
#7	Brant R. McGhee	4	Trinity North American Freight Car
#8	Bret Dwayne Worden	4	GE
#9	Caglar Ozerdim	4	Trinity North American Freight Car
#10	Christopher C. Harkey	4	Trinity North American Freight Car
#11	Jared Klineman Cooper	4	GE
#12	James W. Forbes	4	National Steel Car Limited
#13	Joseph Forrest Noffsinger	4	GE
#14	Manuel Tavares	4	Pennsy
#15	Peter M. Bartek	4	—
#16	Thierry Le Moigne	4	Aktiebolaget Skf
#17	Victor M. Mankarious	4	Trinity North American Freight Car
#18	Ajith Kuttannair Kumar	3	GE
#19	Arthur Kontetzki	3	Voith Patent Gmbh
#20	Brian Douglas Lawry	3	GE
#21	Brian Nedward Meyer	3	GE
#22	Darel Mesher	3	Tetra Tech
#23	Erik L. Gotlund	3	Nevis Industries
#24	Erich A. Schoedl	3	Miner Enterprises
#25	Guillaume Cottard	3	Agence Nationale Pour La Gestion Des Déchets Radioactifs
#26	Harald Fischer	3	Lear
#27	Hiten Y. Mehta	3	Trinity North American Freight Car
#28	Huu-Thi Do	3	Alstom Transport Technologies
#29	Jerry W. Vande Sande	3	Trinity North American Freight Car
#30	Jonathan Sunde	3	Strato
#31	Kazuo Isomura	3	Kawasaki
#32	Koichi Murata	3	Kawasaki
#33	Kyle R. Coston	3	Trinity Rail Group
#34	Radovan Seifried	3	Siemens Mobility Austria Gmbh
#35	Roshan N. Manibharathi	3	Nevis Industries
#36	Shunichi Nakao	3	Kawasaki
#37	Takashi Miyauchi	3	Canon
#38	Takehiro Nishimura	3	Kawasaki
#39	Tomasz Bis	3	National Steel Car Limited
#40	Walter J. Peach	3	Standard Car Truck
#41	William Cherrick Schoonmaker	3	GE
#42	Zachary Ryan Brook	3	Pennsy
#43	Zahid F. Mian	3	International Electronic Machines
#44	Aaron Stern	2	Pennsy
#45	Albert Han-Ping Chung	2	Avante International Technology
#46	Alejandro Medrano	2	Whitmore Manufacturing
#47	Alexandre Neophytou	2	Hyperloop Transportation Technologies
#48	Alain Rodet	2	—
#49	Alexander Shubs, Jr.	2	Electro-Motive Diesel
#50	Alexandre Zisa	2	Hyperloop Transportation Technologies
#51	Andrew Brown	2	Trinity North American Freight Car
#52	Atsuhito Yamaguchi	2	Nabtesco
#53	Brian C. Beckman	2	Amazon
#54	Brian Joseph Hogan	2	Siemens Mobility Gmbh
#55	Carlos D. Sanchez	2	Allstate Insurance
#56	Chuqiang Tang	2	Crrc Yangtze Group Co.
#57	Charles L. Wolf	2	—
#58	David Birdwell	2	Whitmore Manufacturing
#59	David Matthew Roenspies	2	Progress Rail Locomotive
#60	Emmanuel Lafoix	2	Alstom Transport Technologies
#61	Eric C. Wright	2	—
#62	F. Andrew Nibouar	2	Bedloe Industries
#63	George S. Creighton	2	Trinity Industrial
#64	Gonzalo Duran Ariza	2	—
#65	Guangjun Gao	2	Eye Drop Imaging Technology
#66	Hans Juergen Maerkl	2	Siemens Mobility Gmbh
#67	Heiko Meyer	2	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
#68	Hiroshi Abe	2	Asahi Seiko Co.
#69	Hideki Kitada	2	Fujitsu Limited
#70	Holger Schmidt	2	University of California
#71	James Kiss	2	Alstom Transport Technologies
#72	Jennifer Lynn Coyne	2	GE
#73	Jeffrey D. Kernwein	2	—
#74	Jeremy Thomas McGarry	2	GE
#75	John D. Anderson	2	Standard Car Truck
#76	John Coseglia	2	Amsted Rail Company
#77	Jose Julio Muyo	2	Alstom Transport Technologies
#78	John Albert Plutt, Jr.	2	Metrom Rail
#79	John Roberts	2	Railserve
#80	Joseph Daniel Wakeman	2	GE
#81	Junichi Shirakawa	2	Sumitomo Wiring Systems
#82	Katsuichiro Awano	2	East Japan Railway
#83	Kazuhisa Echizen	2	East Japan Railway
#84	Kay Uwe Kolshorn	2	Voith Patent Gmbh
#85	Kelvin Chiddick	2	Whitmore Manufacturing
#86	Kevin Kwong-Tai Chung	2	Amerasia International Technology
#87	Kenneth A. James	2	—
#88	Keiichiro Kamura	2	Kawasaki
#89	Kurt A. Gunther	2	Metrom Rail
#90	Kyle Wilson	2	Whitmore Manufacturing
#91	Lee A. Reitz	2	Trinity Rail Group
#92	Liangcai Lin	2	Crrc Yangtze Group Co.
#93	Lijun Ma	2	Crrc Qingdao Sifang Co.
#94	Ludovic Fenayon	2	Aktiebolaget Skf
#95	Marc R. Beauvais	2	—
#96	Manfred Brunninger	2	Franz Plasser Bahnbaumaschinen-Industrie-Gesellschaft Mbh
#97	Masahiro Chikamori	2	Mitsubishi Electric
#98	Marc W. Cygnus	2	Metrom Rail
#99	Mark Bradshaw Kraeling	2	GE
#100	Manuel Kroiss	2	Siemens Mobility Gmbh

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	GE	27
2	Alstom Transport Technologies	23
3	Siemens Mobility Gmbh	19
#4	Westinghouse Air Brake	14
#5	Kawasaki	12
#6	Mitsubishi Electric	11
#7	Trinity North American Freight Car	11
#8	Progress Rail Locomotive	7
#9	Aktiebolaget Skf	5
#10	Amsted Rail Company	5
#11	Bombardier Transportation Gmbh	5
#12	Crrc Qingdao Sifang Co.	5
#13	Harsco	5
#14	National Steel Car Limited	5
#15	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	5
#16	Jac Operations	4
#17	Pennsy	4
#18	Standard Car Truck	4
#19	Strato	4
#20	Agence Nationale Pour La Gestion Des Déchets Radioactifs	3
#21	Dellner Couplers Ab	3
#22	Innova Patent Gmbh	3
#23	International Electronic Machines	3
#24	Miner Enterprises	3
#25	Nevis Industries	3
#26	Plasser & Theurer Export Von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft M.B.H.	3
#27	Siemens Ag Österreich	3
#28	Tetra Tech	3
#29	Voith Patent Gmbh	3
#30	Amazon	2
#31	Avante International Technology	2
#32	Central South University	2
#33	Crrc Qingdao Sifang Rolling Stock Research Institute Co.	2
#34	Crrc Yangtze Group Co.	2
#35	Daifuku Co.	2
#36	East Japan Railway	2
#37	Faiveley Transport Amiens	2
#38	Hitachi	2
#39	Hyperloop Transportation Technologies	2
#40	Mack Rides Gmbh & Co. Kg	2
#41	Metrom Rail	2
#42	Nabtesco	2
#43	Railserve	2
#44	Saint-Gobain Glass France	2
#45	Sumitomo Electric Industries	2
#46	The Boeing	2
#47	Trinity Rail Group	2
#48	Unknown	2
#49	Whitmore Manufacturing	2
#50	Comcast	2
#51	IBM	2
#52	Aero Transportation Products	1
#53	Arup Ventures Limited	1
#54	Axtone Spolka Akcyjna	1
#55	Bayer Cropscience	1
#56	Beckhoff Automation Gmbh	1
#57	Bedloe Industries	1
#58	Bnsf Logistics	1
#59	B&R Industrial Automation Gmbh	1
#60	Carnegie Mellon University	1
#61	Crrc Tangshan Co.	1
#62	Drax Power Limited	1
#63	Eaglerail Container Logistics	1
#64	Intellectual Ventures	1
#65	Georgetown Rail Equipment	1
#66	Harris	1
#67	Hübner Gmbh & Co. Kg	1
#68	Here Global B.V.	1
#69	Hewlett Packard Enterprise	1
#70	Hitachi Kokusai Electric	1
#71	Hitachi Rail Sts Usa	1
#72	Holland	1
#73	Infrastructure Preservation	1
#74	Init Innovative Informatikanwendungen In Transport-, Verkehrs- Und Leitsystemen Gmbh	1
#75	Ireco	1
#76	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba	1
#77	Knorr-Bremse Ag	1
#78	Knorr-Bremse Systeme Für Schienenfahrzeuge Gmbh	1
#79	KAIST	1
#80	Korea Railroad Research Institute	1
#81	Kyosan Electric Mfg. Co.	1
#82	L.B. Foster Rail Technologies	1
#83	Leitner S.P.A.	1
#84	Leoni Kabel Gmbh	1
#85	Lohr Industrie	1
#86	Loram Maintenance Of Way	1
#87	Lsis Co.	1
#88	Mahle International Gmbh	1
#89	Micro Precision	1
#90	Mi-Jack Products	1
#91	Miracle Recreation Equipment	1
#92	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering	1
#93	National Railroad Passenger	1
#94	Nippon Sharyo	1
#95	Nippon Steel	1
#96	Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal	1
#97	Nordco	1
#98	Optasense Holdings Limited	1
#99	Optim	1
#100	Oz Lifting Products	1

Railways Patent Leaders in 2019 2019

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