Spraying and coating Patent Leaders

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: 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Rank ↑	Inventor ↕	Patents ↕	Primary Company ↕
1	Donald D. Foster	103	Contico International
2	Frank Herre	93	Dürr Systems Ag
3	Wilhelm A. Keller	67	Medmix Systems Ag
#4	Carl L. C. Kah, Jr.	64	K-Rain Manufacturing
#5	Stephen C. P. Joseph	59	3M
#6	Philip L. Nelson	58	Contico International
#7	Kazufumi Ogawa	56	Sumitomo Electric Industries
#8	Laurence B. Saidman	56	Nordson
#9	Kazumasa Ikushima	54	Musashi Engineering
#10	Huasong Zhou	52	Xiamen Solex High-Tech Industries Co.
#11	Karl-Heinz Fuchs	52	Ing. Erich Pfeiffer Gmbh
#12	Hans-Georg Fritz	50	Dürr Systems Ag
#13	Heiner Ophardt	45	Op-Hygiene Ip Gmbh
#14	Benjamin Wöhr	43	Dürr Systems Ag
#15	Riccardo Alluigi	43	Guala Dispensing S.P.A.
#16	Fengde Lin	42	Xiamen Solex High-Tech Industries Co.
#17	Jeffrey P. Fugere	42	Dl Technology, Llc.
#18	Timo Beyl	42	Dürr Systems Ag
#19	Michael Baumann	41	Dürr Systems Ag
#20	Wenxing Chen	41	Xiamen Solex High-Tech Industries Co.
#21	Wilhelmus Johannes Joseph Maas	40	Afa Products
#22	Joel E. Saine	39	Nordson
#23	Marcus Kleiner	39	Dürr Systems Ag
#24	Craig B. Nelson	36	Nelson Irrigation
#25	Firmin Garcia	36	Valois S.A.
#26	Mingfu Zhang	36	Johns Manville
#27	Chin-Yuan Chen	35	Shin Tai Spurt Water Of The Garden Tools Co.
#28	Felix Mauchle	35	Gema Switzerland Gmbh
#29	John W. Pringle, IV	35	—
#30	George L. Sesser	34	Nelson Irrigation
#31	Jean-Louis Bougamont	34	Rexam Sofab
#32	Jeffrey R. Shutic	33	Nordson
#33	Ludovic Petit	32	Aptar France Sas
#34	Michael L. Clark	32	Hunter Industries
#35	Petrus Lambertus Wilhelmus Hurkmans	32	Afa Products
#36	Diane L. Olson	31	Graco Minnesota
#37	Hans-Jürgen Nolte	31	Durr Systems
#38	Philip Meshberg	31	Dispensing Patents International
#39	Angelica Davancens	30	The Boeing
#40	Carl L. C. Kah, III	30	K-Rain Manufacturing
#41	Norio Shibata	30	Fujitsu Limited
#42	Terrence M. Fulkerson	30	Nordson
#43	Mark Fuller	29	Wet
#44	Ronald A. Coffee	29	ICI
#45	Simon Christopher Knight	29	Rieke Packaging Systems Limited
#46	Stephen D. Pacetti	29	Abbott
#47	Timothy James Noakes	29	ICI
#48	Yung-Ming Chen	29	Advanced Cardiovascular Systems
#49	King-Yuan Wang	28	Yuan Mei
#50	Michael J. Quinn	28	Water Pik
#51	Norihisa Mino	28	Sumitomo Electric Industries
#52	Patrick Ballu	28	Exel Industries
#53	Samuel C. Walker	28	Rain Bird
#54	Edward W. Bolyard, Jr.	27	Illinois Tool Works
#55	James Haruch	27	Spraying Systems
#56	Jianmin Chen	27	Xiamen Solex High-Tech Industries Co.
#57	Moritz Bubek	27	Dürr Systems Ag
#58	Shigeo Iizuka	27	Yoshino Kogyosho Co.
#59	Tadao Saito	27	Yoshino Kogyosho Co.
#60	Thomas Burmester	27	Nordson
#61	Arno Drechsel	26	Komet Austria Gmbh
#62	John M. Riney	26	Nordson
#63	Miro S. Cater	26	Bespak Plc
#64	Pierre Dumont	26	Rexam Dispensing Systems S.A.S.
#65	Steffen Sotzny	26	Dürr Systems Ag
#66	Brian Robert Law	25	Rieke
#67	Donald J. Shanklin	25	Hayes Products, Llc.
#68	Joseph G. Schroeder	25	Nordson
#69	Ronald F. Englhard	25	Hayes Products, Llc.
#70	Shun-Nan Lo	25	Yuan Mei
#71	Stefan Ritsche	25	Ing. Erich Pfeiffer Gmbh
#72	Yehuda Ivri	25	Aerogen
#73	Charles P. Ganzer	24	Nordson
#74	David J. Thompson	24	Graco Minnesota
#75	Jean-Louis Gueret	24	L'Oreal
#76	Richard J. Duffy	24	Nylok Fastener
#77	David C. Huffman	23	Spraying Systems
#78	Darko Pervan	23	Valinge Innovation Ab
#79	Eugene D. Sessa	23	Nylok Fastener
#80	Eugene A. Swain	23	Xerox
#81	James A. Tryon	23	Homax Products
#82	Jimmy Wing Sum Tam	23	Graco Minnesota
#83	Joseph K. Dodd	23	Meadwestvaco Calmar Gmbh
#84	Juergen Greiner-Perth	23	Aptar Radolfzell Gmbh
#85	Leland C. Leber	23	Water Pik
#86	Michael G. Knickerbocker	23	Calmar Holdings
#87	Mikhail L. Pekurovsky	23	3M
#88	Peretz Rosenberg	23	—
#89	Raul Tomuta	23	The Boeing
#90	Tetsuya Tada	23	Canyon
#91	Alain Behar	22	Airlessystems
#92	Edwin J. Hunter	22	The Toro
#93	John D. Affinito	22	Sion Power
#94	Matteo Moretti	22	Lumson S.P.A.
#95	Paul R. Micheli	22	Illinois Tool Works
#96	Takakazu Yamane	22	Mazda Motor
#97	Douglas B. Dobbs	21	Calmar Holdings
#98	Don D. Trend	21	The Boeing
#99	Eric Prus	21	Sames S.A.
#100	Harry Krumma	21	Dürr Systems Ag

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Nordson	815
2	Unknown	409
3	3M	362
#4	Illinois Tool Works	249
#5	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And	193
#6	The Boeing	188
#7	Toyota	170
#8	The Procter & Gamble	161
#9	Graco Minnesota	154
#10	Kansai Paint Co.	146
#11	Honda Motor Co.	137
#12	Tokyo Electron Limited	133
#13	Fujitsu Limited	125
#14	Spraying Systems	124
#15	GE	119
#16	Sumitomo Electric Industries	113
#17	Panasonic	109
#18	Xiamen Solex High-Tech Industries Co.	108
#19	Wagner Spray Tech	106
#20	Xerox	105
#21	Yoshino Kogyosho Co.	102
#22	Aptar France Sas	98
#23	Eastman Kodak	96
#24	Dürr Systems Ag	94
#25	S. C. Johnson & Son	92
#26	Ford	92
#27	Samsung	90
#28	Hunter Industries	89
#29	L'Oreal	88
#30	Nelson Irrigation	87
#31	Rain Bird	83
#32	RTX (Raytheon)	81
#33	Advanced Cardiovascular Systems	79
#34	Canon	79
#35	IBM	79
#36	Ppg Industries Ohio	78
#37	Kohler	76
#38	The Toro	75
#39	Basf Coatings Gmbh	74
#40	BOE	73
#41	Valois S.A.	71
#42	Ing. Erich Pfeiffer Gmbh	69
#43	Ppg Industries	69
#44	ICI	67
#45	Basf Se	66
#46	Mazda Motor	64
#47	Calmar Holdings	63
#48	Durr Systems	63
#49	LG	63
#50	Ransburg	61
#51	Nippon Paint Holdings Co.	60
#52	J. Wagner Gmbh	59
#53	Meadwestvaco Calmar Gmbh	56
#54	Musashi Engineering	56
#55	Applied Materials	55
#56	Fujifilm	55
#57	Graco	53
#58	Contico International	51
#59	Sulzer Mixpac Ag	51
#60	Valois Sas	51
#61	General Motors	51
#62	US Air Force	50
#63	Water Pik	50
#64	Abb K.K.	49
#65	Boston Scientific Scimed	49
#66	Exel Industries	49
#67	Yuan Mei	49
#68	Abbott	48
#69	Sames S.A.	48
#70	Battelle Memorial Institute	47
#71	Owens-Illinois	47
#72	John Deere	47
#73	Hilti Aktiengesellschaft	46
#74	Foxconn	44
#75	NVIDIA	44
#76	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba	43
#77	Carlisle Fluid Technologies	42
#78	Guala Dispensing S.P.A.	42
#79	Binks Manufacturing	41
#80	Silgan Dispensing Systems	41
#81	Screen Holdings Co.	40
#82	Seiko Epson	40
#83	Dl Technology, Llc.	39
#84	Gojo Industries	39
#85	Trinity Industrial	39
#86	Basf Lacke & Farben	38
#87	Aptar Radolfzell Gmbh	37
#88	Rexam Dispensing Systems S.A.S.	37
#89	Robert Bosch Gmbh	37
#90	Ecolab Usa	36
#91	CEA	35
#92	Ing. Erich Pfeiffer Gmbh & Co Kg	35
#93	Mitsubishi Electric	35
#94	Owens-Corning Fiberglas	35
#95	Airbus Operations Limited	34
#96	Kao	34
#97	University of California	34
#98	Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen Gmbh	34
#99	Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology	33
#100	HP	32

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