Railways Patent Leaders 2025 | 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	Trond Austrheim	6	Autostore Technology As
2	Evan Thomas Gebhardt	5	Norfolk Southern
3	Mabby Nicholas Amouie	5	Norfolk Southern
#4	Mario Fernandes	5	Siemens Mobility Gmbh
#5	Michael James Brick	5	Bnsf Railway
#6	Michael E. Ramolt	5	Bnsf Railway
#7	Samuel Minton	5	Bnsf Railway
#8	Xiaoyong Wang	5	Ford
#9	Benjamin Stuart Stabler	4	Parallel Systems
#10	Colin Usher	4	—
#11	James D. Brooks	4	GE
#12	Jeffrey D. Kernwein	4	—
#13	Kurt A. Gunther	4	Metrom Rail
#14	Mitchell Beard	4	Palantir Technologies
#15	Patrick Dunn	4	Motorola
#16	Scott D. Sapp	4	Bnsf Railway
#17	Tsuyoshi Minakawa	4	Hitachi
#18	Ajith Kuttannair Kumar	3	GE
#19	Alex Samoylov	3	—
#20	Anthony D. Paul	3	Transportation Ip Holdings
#21	Brian Thomas Yeager	3	—
#22	Erik L. Gotlund	3	Nevis Industries
#23	Harsh Piparsaniya	3	Mastercard
#24	Kenneth W. Huck	3	Trinity North American Freight Car
#25	Keith Wesley Wait	3	Haier Us Appliance Solutions
#26	Lisa Kelly	3	Oracle
#27	Marcus Coester	3	—
#28	Marc Greenbaum	3	Parallel Systems
#29	Matthew Vrba	3	—
#30	Ragnar Stuhaug	3	Autostore Technology As
#31	Richard C. Carlson	3	Metrom Rail
#32	Richard William Keller	3	Bnsf Railway
#33	Thomas Samuel Fox	3	—
#34	Yoshihiro Kobayashi	3	Seiko Epson
#35	Aaron Q. Neeley	2	Herzog Railroad Services
#36	Alon Green	2	Thales Canada
#37	Andrew Karl Diehl	2	Eddy Current Limited Partnership
#38	Ann K. Grimm	2	—
#39	Andy Alexander Hilgers	2	Hyperloop Technologies
#40	Andrew H. Martin	2	Amsted Rail Company
#41	Ankit Mathur	2	Transportation Ip Holdings
#42	Benjamin Henniges	2	—
#43	Carter Ray Andrews	2	Trinity Rail Group
#44	Carl L. Haas	2	—
#45	Christopher Meers	2	Dellner Couplers Ab
#46	Christopher Neil Pickard	2	Bnsf Railway
#47	David P. Cannon	2	—
#48	David Allen Eldredge	2	GE
#49	David Michael Peltz	2	GE
#50	Daniel J. Schuller	2	Webasto Se
#51	Donghua Wu	2	Crrc Qingdao Sifang Co.
#52	Evan Paul Sevel	2	Progress Rail Locomotive
#53	Fabian Kuhlemann	2	Strothmann Machines & Handling Gmbh
#54	Frank Wawrzyniak	2	GE
#55	Georg Lohneis	2	Siemens Mobility Gmbh
#56	Hark Braren	2	Bnsf Railway
#57	Harry Kirk Mathews, Jr.	2	GE
#58	Haigui XU	2	Casco Signal
#59	Hongjun Jiang	2	Casco Signal
#60	Hongjie Liu	2	Conopco
#61	Huaxiang LIU	2	Casco Signal
#62	James A. Oswald	2	—
#63	Jeffrey Michael Fries	2	Alstom Transport Technologies
#64	Jeremy Jovenall	2	Cattron North America
#65	Jerry W. Vande Sande	2	Trinity North American Freight Car
#66	Jidong Lv	2	Beijing Jiaotong University
#67	John William Brand	2	GE
#68	John Hoang	2	Lam Research
#69	John Howard	2	Parallel Systems
#70	Justin M. Lidgett	2	Amsted Rail Company
#71	Kaikuo ZHUO	2	Byd Company Limited
#72	Kevin Angel	2	—
#73	Kent Robert Shue	2	Bnsf Railway
#74	Kimiyasu YOSHIMURA	2	Hitachi
#75	Kyouji TAKAHARA	2	Hitachi
#76	Lee A. Reitz	2	Trinity Rail Group
#77	Liang Pan	2	China Petroleum & Chemical
#78	Marcos Blanco Fernandes	2	—
#79	Marc W. Cygnus	2	Metrom Rail
#80	Marcos Blanco Fernandes	2	Progress Rail Services
#81	Markus Ostendorf	2	Strothmann Machines & Handling Gmbh
#82	Matthew Soule	2	Parallel Systems
#83	Mark Harinui Thomson	2	—
#84	Michael E. Antonakakis	2	Toyota
#85	Michael Bentrup	2	Strothmann Machines & Handling Gmbh
#86	Ming Chai	2	Beijing Jiaotong University
#87	Milan Karunaratne	2	GE
#88	Michael Thomason	2	onsemi
#89	Monica McKenna	2	Siemens Mobility Gmbh
#90	Nabil N. Ghaly	2	Siemens Industry
#91	Nathaniel W. Merry	2	Bnsf Railway
#92	Omer Metel	2	Siemens Mobility Gmbh
#93	Oskar Hans Wolfgang Coester	2	—
#94	Paul D. Gies	2	Athena Industrial Technologies
#95	Paul Kuhn	2	Bnsf Railway
#96	Parth Mandrekar	2	—
#97	Padmaprabha Subbaraj	2	Transportation Ip Holdings
#98	Pete Claussen	2	Knoxville Locomotive Works
#99	Peter L. Jones	2	Gunderson
#100	Philipp Heinzl	2	Siemens Mobility Austria Gmbh

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Siemens Mobility Gmbh	27
2	Transportation Ip Holdings	20
3	Bnsf Railway	18
#4	Mitsubishi Electric	17
#5	Casco Signal	12
#6	Autostore Technology As	7
#7	Hitachi	7
#8	Parallel Systems	6
#9	Westinghouse Air Brake	6
#10	Amsted Rail Company	4
#11	Gunderson	4
#12	Siemens Mobility Austria Gmbh	4
#13	Alstom Technology	3
#14	Byd Company Limited	3
#15	Crrc Nanjing Puzhen Co.	3
#16	Crrc Qingdao Sifang Co.	3
#17	Metrom Rail	3
#18	Poma	3
#19	Progress Rail Services	3
#20	Seiko Epson	3
#21	Semes Co.	3
#22	Beijing Jiaotong University	2
#23	Bombardier Transportation Gmbh	2
#24	Cattron North America	2
#25	Dellner Couplers Ab	2
#26	Herzog Railroad Services	2
#27	Hyperloop Technologies	2
#28	Knorr-Bremse Systeme Für Schienenfahrzeuge Gmbh	2
#29	Murata Machinery	2
#30	National Steel Car Limited	2
#31	Progress Rail Locomotive	2
#32	Southwest Jiaotong University	2
#33	Stadler Rail Ag	2
#34	Strothmann Machines & Handling Gmbh	2
#35	Trinity Rail Group	2
#36	Voith Patent Gmbh	2
#37	Comcast	2
#38	Amazon	1
#39	Abb Schweiz Ag	1
#40	A. Stucki	1
#41	Athena Industrial Technologies	1
#42	Bilberry Sas	1
#43	Cavnue Technology	1
#44	C.D.L. Electric Company	1
#45	Central South University	1
#46	China Academy Of Railway Sciences Corporation	1
#47	China University Of Mining And Technology	1
#48	Cngmotive	1
#49	CEA	1
#50	Crrc Tangshan Co.	1
#51	Daifuku Co.	1
#52	Eaglerail Container Logistics	1
#53	Elta Systems	1
#54	Exail	1
#55	Fnv Ip B.V.	1
#56	Furrer + Frey Ag	1
#57	Harsco	1
#58	Herzog Services	1
#59	Hitachi Rail Gts Canada	1
#60	Hitachi Rail Sts Usa	1
#61	Humanetics	1
#62	Hyundai Motor	1
#63	Icomera Ab	1
#64	Innova Patent Gmbh	1
#65	International Electronic Machines	1
#66	Jiangxi University Of Science And Technology	1
#67	Kawasaki	1
#68	Kia	1
#69	Knick Elektronische Messgeräte Gmbh & Co. Kg	1
#70	Knorr-Bremse Gesellschaft Mit Beschränkter Haftung	1
#71	Knoxville Locomotive Works	1
#72	Korea Railroad Research Institute	1
#73	Kyocera	1
#74	Leitner S.P.A.	1
#75	Nec	1
#76	Nevis Industries	1
#77	New York City Transit Authority	1
#78	Nippon Sharyo	1
#79	Nippon Steel	1
#80	Norfolk Southern	1
#81	Pennsy	1
#82	Plasser & Theurer Export Von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft M.B.H.	1
#83	Rockwell Automation	1
#84	Sercel	1
#85	Stc	1
#86	Tata Consultancy Services Limited	1
#87	Tata Steel Nederland Technology B.V.	1
#88	The Island Radar	1
#89	Tongji University	1
#90	Traffic Control Technology Co.	1
#91	Trinity North American Freight Car	1
#92	University Of South Carolina	1
#93	Vallourec Tubos Do Brasil Ltda.	1
#94	Xuzhou Liren Monorail Transportation Equipment Co.	1
#95	Zhuzhou Times New Material Technology Co.	1
#96	Chevron	1
#97	Toyota	1

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