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Signaling and traffic control Patent Leaders in 2016 2016

Primary CPC class G08 · Section G

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 2,472 patents in 2019.peak 2,4721996: 427 patents19961997: 482 patents1998: 573 patents1999: 600 patents19992000: 655 patents2001: 649 patents2002: 656 patents20022003: 621 patents2004: 761 patents2005: 623 patents20052006: 934 patents2007: 726 patents2008: 758 patents20082009: 717 patents2010: 949 patents2011: 956 patents20112012: 1,183 patents2013: 1,195 patents2014: 1,460 patents20142015: 1,553 patents2016: 1,656 patents2017: 2,236 patents20172018: 2,353 patents2019: 2,472 patents2020: 2,324 patents20202021: 1,982 patents2022: 1,859 patents2023: 1,750 patents20232024: 1,718 patents2025: 1,669 patents2025

Top Inventors

Rank ↑ Inventor ↕ Patents ↕ Primary Company ↕
1 Roderick A. Hyde 13 Intellectual Ventures
2 Lowell L. Wood, JR. 11 The Invention Science Fund I
3 Clarence T. Tegreene 9 Intellectual Ventures
#4 Jeffrey A. Grant 9 Invue Security Products
#5 Paul D. Arling 9 Comcast
#6 Patrick H. Hayes 9 Comcast
#7 Christopher J. Fawcett 8 Invue Security Products
#8 Christopher P. Ricci 8 Autoconnect Holdings
#9 Jordin T. Kare 8 Intellectual Ventures
#10 Leon Stenneth 8 Here Global B.V.
#11 Andrew Goldenson 7 Google
#12 Anthony M. Fadell 6 Google
#13 Jeremy B. Warren 6 Vivint
#14 Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez 6 —
#15 Lawrence Kates 6 Google
#16 Louis J. Bailey 6 The Boeing
#17 Muriel Y. Ishikawa 6 The Invention Science Fund I
#18 Tony S. Pan 6 Intellectual Ventures
#19 Victoria Y.H. Wood 6 The Invention Science Fund I
#20 Adam Mittleman 5 Google
#21 Andre Gueziec 5 Pelmorex Canada
#22 Gary A. Taylor 5 Invue Security Products
#23 Jesse R. Cheatham, III 5 Intellectual Ventures
#24 John Alson Hicks, III 5 AT&T
#25 Laura Wynter 5 IBM
#26 Nathan P. Myhrvold 5 The Invention Science Fund I
#27 Ryan D. Hale 5 The Boeing
#28 Ulrich Stählin 5 Continental Teves Ag & Co. Ohg
#29 William D. Duncan 5 Intellectual Ventures
#30 Xiao Hui Yang 5 Wg Security Products
#31 Yoky Matsuoka 5 Google
#32 Alec Barker 4 Inrix
#33 Bernard J. Michini 4 Skydio
#34 Boris Zhevelev 4 Tyco Fire & Security Gmbh
#35 Christopher L. Scofield 4 Amazon
#36 Dennis D. Belden, Jr. 4 Checkpoint Systems
#37 Douglas H. Marman 4 GE
#38 Donald Curry Weigel 4 Skydio
#39 Elizabeth A. Sweeney 4 The Invention Science Fund I
#40 James E. Nye 4 Vivint
#41 James Ogden 4 Unmanned Innovations
#42 James Pratt 4 AT&T
#43 Jamal Saboune 4 Immersion
#44 Jeffrey A. Boyd 4 Google
#45 Jeffery Theodore Lee 4 Apple
#46 Jean-Paul Martin 4 Alarm.Com Incorporated
#47 Jonathan Downey 4 Unmanned Innovations
#48 Joseph Moster 4 Skydio
#49 Katsuhiro Sakai 4 Toyota
#50 Kimon Papakos 4 Tellabs Operations
#51 Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante 4 Ford
#52 Mark E. Boduch 4 Tellabs Operations
#53 Mark Rajan Malhotra 4 Google
#54 Mahesh Saptharishi 4 Avigilon Analytics
#55 Manuel A. Soto 4 Sensormatic Electronics
#56 Robert C. Cahn 4 Inrix
#57 Robert C. Petroski 4 Intellectual Ventures
#58 Steven M. Belz 4 AT&T
#59 Adam S. Bergman 3 Sensormatic Electronics
#60 Adam M. Gettings 3 Leeo
#61 Alistair K. Chan 3 Intellectual Ventures
#62 Alison Jane Slavin 3 Alarm.Com Incorporated
#63 Anas Basalamah 3 Umm-Al-Qura University
#64 Andrew G. Stevens 3 Leeo
#65 Arsham Hatambeiki 3 Comcast
#66 Ashok N. Srivastava 3 Verizon
#67 Bjorn H. Hovland 3 Leeo
#68 Brian M. Lyman 3 Emergency Alert Solutions Group
#69 Chad L. Carff 3 Mainstream Engineering
#70 Christine Marie Haissig 3 Honeywell
#71 Charles B. Spinelli 3 The Boeing
#72 Christopher J. Ullrich 3 Immersion
#73 David I. Ferguson 3 Google
#74 David Frasure 3 Kidde Technologies
#75 Danny A. Grant 3 Immersion
#76 Daniel Lambert 3 Mainstream Engineering
#77 David Sloo 3 Google
#78 David B. Tuckerman 3 Intellectual Ventures
#79 David C. Williams 3 Igt
#80 Dilip Swaminathan 3 Iteris
#81 Douglas M. Pasko 3 Verizon
#82 Eric C. Leuthardt 3 The Invention Science Fund I
#83 Erin B. Ramsay 3 Immersion
#84 Erik P. Thomas 3 Mainstream Engineering
#85 Eyal Dov Vardi 3 Etrog Systems
#86 Frederick G. Nesemeier 3 Fit Intuition
#87 Gary D. Cudak 3 —
#88 Gavril Giurgiu 3 Here Global B.V.
#89 Gary F. Nesemeier 3 —
#90 Gary Steven Strumolo 3 Ford
#91 George Seelman 3 Ecolink Intelligent Technology
#92 Gurpreet Ubhi 3 Verizon
#93 Hani Batla 3 Verizon
#94 Ian R. Scott 3 Invue Security Products
#95 Igor Kantor 3 Verizon
#96 James Gary Cooper, Jr. 3 Rockwell Collins
#97 James Fowe 3 Here Global B.V.
#98 Jacques Lewiner 3 Unknown
#99 Jackson W. Wegelin 3 Gojo Industries
#100 Jerome Beaurepaire 3 Here Global B.V.

Top Companies

Rank ↑ Company ↕ Patents ↕
1 Google 59
2 Honeywell 58
3 IBM 43
#4 Toyota 36
#5 The Boeing 32
#6 Tyco Fire & Security Gmbh 31
#7 Panasonic 27
#8 Here Global B.V. 23
#9 Comcast 22
#10 General Motors 21
#11 Honda Motor Co. 18
#12 Intel 18
#13 Samsung 18
#14 AT&T 17
#15 Immersion 16
#16 Unknown 16
#17 Airbus Operations Sas 15
#18 Ford 15
#19 Denso 13
#20 Intellectual Ventures 13
#21 Robert Bosch Gmbh 13
#22 Apple 12
#23 Invue Security Products 12
#24 Vivint 12
#25 Rockwell Collins 11
#26 Mitsubishi Electric 10
#27 GE 10
#28 Verizon 10
#29 Checkpoint Systems 9
#30 Echostar Technologies L.L.C. 9
#31 Autoconnect Holdings 8
#32 Xerox 8
#33 Fujitsu Limited 7
#34 Hyundai Motor 7
#35 Inrix 7
#36 KAIST 7
#37 Thales 7
#38 LG 7
#39 Microsoft 7
#40 Amazon 6
#41 Kidde Technologies 6
#42 Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 6
#43 Alarm.Com Incorporated 5
#44 Continental Automotive Gmbh 5
#45 Gojo Industries 5
#46 Foxconn 5
#47 Iteris 5
#48 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 5
#49 Pelmorex Canada 5
#50 Accenture Global Services Limited 4
#51 Aisin Aw Co. 4
#52 Avigilon Analytics 4
#53 Continental Teves Ag & Co. Ohg 4
#54 Gentex 4
#55 Globalfoundries 4
#56 Hill-Rom Services 4
#57 Hyundai Mobis Co. 4
#58 L&P Property Management 4
#59 Nec 4
#60 Nissan North America 4
#61 State Farm 4
#62 Telecommunication Systems 4
#63 Unmanned Innovations 4
#64 RTX (Raytheon) 4
#65 Audi Ag 3
#66 BMW 3
#67 Bluepoint Alert Solutions 3
#68 Ecolink Intelligent Technology 3
#69 Emergency Alert Solutions Group 3
#70 Finsecur 3
#71 Subaru 3
#72 Garmin 3
#73 Global Traffic Technologies 3
#74 Icontrol Networks 3
#75 Leeo 3
#76 Magna Electronics 3
#77 Mainstream Engineering 3
#78 Mandom 3
#79 Mivalife Mobile Technology 3
#80 Motorola 3
#81 Nokia Technologies Oy 3
#82 Numerex 3
#83 Rockwell Automation 3
#84 Rsi Video Technologies 3
#85 Saab Ab 3
#86 Siemens Industry 3
#87 Southern Imperial 3
#88 Techip International Limited 3
#89 Trimble Navigation Limited 3
#90 Umm-Al-Qura University 3
#91 Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren Gmbh 3
#92 Volkswagen 3
#93 Wg Security Products 3
#94 Sony 3
#95 AMD 2
#96 Abb Technology Ag 2
#97 Adt Us Holdings 2
#98 Airbus (S.A.S.) 2
#99 Alert Media 2
#100 Allstate Insurance 2