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Separation and mixing Patent Leaders in 2024 2024

Primary CPC class B01 · 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 4,008 patents in 2020.peak 4,0081996: 1,961 patents19961997: 2,063 patents1998: 2,413 patents1999: 2,566 patents19992000: 2,499 patents2001: 2,600 patents2002: 2,467 patents20022003: 2,480 patents2004: 2,185 patents2005: 2,002 patents20052006: 2,059 patents2007: 1,942 patents2008: 2,013 patents20082009: 2,101 patents2010: 2,885 patents2011: 2,862 patents20112012: 3,039 patents2013: 3,344 patents2014: 3,430 patents20142015: 3,481 patents2016: 3,419 patents2017: 3,494 patents20172018: 3,497 patents2019: 3,883 patents2020: 4,008 patents20202021: 3,910 patents2022: 3,982 patents2023: 3,677 patents20232024: 3,822 patents2025: 3,736 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Junaid Saleem 13 King Faisal University
2 Zubair Khalid Baig Moghal 13 King Faisal University
3 Gordon McKay 12 King Faisal University
#4 Isam H. ALJUNDI 12 KFUPM
#5 Takao Masuda 12 Furukawa Electric Co.
#6 Kaori Sekine 11 Furukawa Electric Co.
#7 Masayuki Fukushima 11 Furukawa Electric Co.
#8 Sadahiro Kato 11 Furukawa Electric Co.
#9 Takuya Yoshikawa 11 Furukawa Electric Co.
#10 Yuichiro Banba 11 Furukawa Electric Co.
#11 Yuta Nakasaka 11 Furukawa Electric Co.
#12 Max P. McDaniel 10 Chevron
#13 Omer Refa Koseoglu 10 Saudi Arabian Oil
#14 Abdelrahman M. Awad 8 KFUPM
#15 Kalyan Handique 8 Handylab
#16 M. Nasiruzzaman Shaikh 8 KFUPM
#17 Saad Shaaban 8 Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
#18 Sk Safdar Hossain 8 King Faisal University
#19 Tarek Ahmed Yousef 8 Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
#20 Chi-Feng Huang 7 Microjet Technology Co.
#21 Daniel E. Adamek 7 Donaldson Company
#22 Hao-Jan Mou 7 Microjet Technology Co.
#23 Mai Nishii 7 Furukawa Electric Co.
#24 M. Shane Bowen 7 Illumina Cambridge Limited
#25 Muhammad Ramzan Saeed Ashraf Janjua 7 KFUPM
#26 Obadah Subhi Abdel-Rahman 7 King Faisal University
#27 Peter K. Herman 7 Cummins Filtration Ip
#28 Robert Astle 7 Kx Technologies
#29 Saba Jamil 7 KFUPM
#30 Shanza Rauf Khan 7 KFUPM
#31 Tarun Khurana 7 Illumina
#32 Wassem Abdalla 7 Cummins Filtration Ip
#33 Yung-Lung Han 7 Microjet Technology Co.
#34 Yukako Nakai 7 Furukawa Electric Co.
#35 Benjamin H. Wunsch 6 IBM
#36 Christopher E. Holm 6 Cummins Filtration Ip
#37 Darrell Lee Morehouse, III 6 Caterpillar
#38 Gicheul Kim 6 LG
#39 Joshua T. Smith 6 IBM
#40 Kathy S. Clear 6 Chevron
#41 Kevin Ness 6 10X Genomics
#42 Kenichi Noda 6 Ngk Insulators
#43 Kevin C. South 6 Cummins Filtration Ip
#44 Malika Boualleg 6 Ifp Energies Nouvelles
#45 Mais J. Jebrail 6 Miroculus
#46 Matthew A. Lauber 6 Waters Technologies
#47 Mohamed Shaker Sayed Adam 6 King Faisal University
#48 Pascal Neef 6 Mann+Hummel Gmbh
#49 Rajiv Bharadwaj 6 10X Genomics
#50 Robert Peter Hodgkins 6 Saudi Arabian Oil
#51 Sagheer A. Onaizi 6 KFUPM
#52 Steven K. Campbell 6 Donaldson Company
#53 Anne-Claire Dubreuil 5 Ifp Energies Nouvelles
#54 Andrew Gay 5 Cirkul
#55 Bamdad Bahar 5 Ffi Ionix Ip
#56 Bichlien Hoang NGUYEN 5 Microsoft
#57 Brent R. Constantz 5 Noria
#58 Chirag D. Parikh 5 Cummins Filtration Ip
#59 Chang-Yen Tsai 5 Microjet Technology Co.
#60 Eugene S. Beh 5 Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
#61 Garrett S. Waggoner 5 Cirkul
#62 Gerard Malgorn 5 Cummins Filtration Ip
#63 Ji Qi 5 Essenlix
#64 Joseph Michael Fedeyko 5 Johnson Matthey Public Limited
#65 Jon T. Immel 5 Caterpillar
#66 Karin Strauss 5 Microsoft
#67 Kirk M. Ririe 5 Biofire Diagnostics
#68 Klaus Gebauer 5 GE
#69 Kwan Young Lee 5 Korea University Research And Business Foundation
#70 Nephi D. Jones 5 Thermo Fisher
#71 Paul Crivelli 5 Illumina
#72 Philip Carl Spengler 5 Caterpillar
#73 Richard Osendorf 5 Donaldson Company
#74 Sandor Kovacs 5 Meso Scale Technologies, Llc.
#75 Scott M. Brown 5 General Cable Technologies
#76 Scott W. Schwartz 5 Cummins Filtration Ip
#77 Stephen Y. Chou 5 Essenlix
#78 Stephen P. Huda 5 Kx Technologies
#79 Walter G. Tramposch 5 Calgon Carbon
#80 Wesley A. Cox-Muranami 5 Illumina
#81 Wei Ding 5 Essenlix
#82 Wei-Ming Lee 5 Microjet Technology Co.
#83 Adrian SAGER 4 Tecan Trading Ag
#84 Ahmed M. Abu-Dief 4 King Faisal University
#85 Akolade Idris Bakare 4 KFUPM
#86 Ali Agah 4 Illumina
#87 Alexander Govyadinov 4 HP
#88 Amel Musa Taha 4 King Faisal University
#89 Andrzej Malek 4 Dow Global Technologies
#90 Aniz Chennampilly Ummer 4 KFUPM
#91 Arta Motadel 4 Biotix
#92 Benjamin Hindson 4 10X Genomics
#93 Benny K. Nelson 4 Donaldson Company
#94 Bradley Scott Thomas 4 Becton, Dickinson And
#95 Brian Tucker 4 Donaldson Company
#96 Carlos A. Cruz 4 Chevron
#97 Changdong Li 4 Guangdong Brunp Recycling Technology Co.
#98 Christian Monereau 4 L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
#99 Chong Kyu Shin 4 LG
#100 Cyril Delattre 4 Illumina

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 LG 61
2 Saudi Arabian Oil 60
3 Donaldson Company 53
#4 KFUPM 46
#5 Basf Se 40
#6 King Faisal University 39
#7 ExxonMobil 37
#8 Cummins Filtration Ip 29
#9 Illumina 28
#10 Mann+Hummel Gmbh 26
#11 Chevron 24
#12 Ngk Insulators 23
#13 University of California 21
#14 Dow Global Technologies 19
#15 Thermo Fisher 19
#16 Toyota 19
#17 Johnson Matthey Public Limited 18
#18 Unknown 18
#19 Entegris 17
#20 Waters Technologies 17
#21 Uop 16
#22 IBM 16
#23 Bio-Rad Laboratories 15
#24 Hamilton Sundstrand 15
#25 Corning Incorporated 14
#26 Sartorius Stedim Biotech Gmbh 14
#27 Toray Industries 14
#28 BOE 14
#29 Samsung 14
#30 HP 13
#31 L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude 13
#32 Sabic Global Technologies B.V. 13
#33 Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 12
#34 CNRS 12
#35 Ifp Energies Nouvelles 12
#36 TSMC 12
#37 Emd Millipore 11
#38 Furukawa Electric Co. 11
#39 Georgia Tech Research 11
#40 Tecan Trading Ag 11
#41 Danaher 11
#42 GE 11
#43 10X Genomics 10
#44 Cataler 10
#45 KAIST 10
#46 MIT 10
#47 Caterpillar 10
#48 3M 9
#49 China Petroleum & Chemical 9
#50 Kx Technologies 9
#51 Nanjing University 9
#52 The Procter & Gamble 9
#53 Battelle Memorial Institute 8
#54 Calgon Carbon 8
#55 CEA 8
#56 Evonik Operations Gmbh 8
#57 Evoqua Water Technologies 8
#58 Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University 8
#59 Northwestern University 8
#60 Shimadzu 8
#61 Thyssenkrupp Ag 8
#62 Dalian University Of Technology 7
#63 Fujifilm 7
#64 Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S. 7
#65 King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology 7
#66 Korea Institute Of Science And Technology 7
#67 Microjet Technology Co. 7
#68 Mitsubishi Electric 7
#69 Murata Manufacturing Co. 7
#70 National Tsing Hua University 7
#71 Sk Innovation Co. 7
#72 Basf Mobile Emissions Catalysts 6
#73 Cameron International 6
#74 Cirkul 6
#75 Gambro Lundia Ab 6
#76 Hollingsworth & Vose 6
#77 Honda Motor Co. 6
#78 Hyundai Motor 6
#79 Korea University Research And Business Foundation 6
#80 Kuraray Co. 6
#81 Lawrence Livermore National Security 6
#82 Mahle International Gmbh 6
#83 Marathon Petroleum Company Lp 6
#84 Meso Scale Technologies, Llc. 6
#85 Miroculus 6
#86 Mitsubishi Chemical 6
#87 Parker-Hannifin 6
#88 Harvard University 6
#89 Purdue Research Foundation 6
#90 Roche Diagnostics Operations 6
#91 Roche Molecular Systems 6
#92 Sulzer Management Ag 6
#93 Umicore Ag & Co. Kg 6
#94 University Of Central Florida 6
#95 University Of South Florida 6
#96 Volvo Truck 6
#97 W.L. Gore & Associates Gmbh 6
#98 Zhejiang University 6
#99 Honeywell 6
#100 Panasonic 6