Spraying and coating Patent Leaders 2018

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	John W. Pringle, IV	9	—
2	Raul Tomuta	8	The Boeing
3	Angelica Davancens	7	The Boeing
#4	Huasong Zhou	7	Xiamen Solex High-Tech Industries Co.
#5	Joel E. Saine	7	Nordson
#6	Riccardo Alluigi	7	Guala Dispensing S.P.A.
#7	Mingfu Zhang	6	Johns Manville
#8	Victor Alfred Beck	6	Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
#9	David Mathew Johnson	5	Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
#10	Don D. Trend	5	The Boeing
#11	Frederick B. Frontiera	5	The Boeing
#12	Jake B. Weinmann	5	The Boeing
#13	Kazumasa Ikushima	5	Musashi Engineering
#14	Martin Guirguis	5	The Boeing
#15	Richard Philip Topf	5	The Boeing
#16	Shridhar Gopalan	5	Dlhbowles
#17	Thomas Bruder	5	Aptar Radolfzell Gmbh
#18	Fengde Lin	4	Xiamen Solex High-Tech Industries Co.
#19	Gregory A. Russell	4	Bowles Fluidics
#20	Heiner Ophardt	4	Op-Hygiene Ip Gmbh
#21	Larry Gillanders	4	Pipe Restoration Technologies
#22	Steven A. Williams	4	Pipe Restoration Technologies
#23	Tobias Baumann	4	Aptar Radolfzell Gmbh
#24	Andrew Jones	3	Op-Hygiene Ip Gmbh
#25	Bowen Xue	3	Citic Dicastal Co.
#26	David L. Dejong	3	Meadwestvaco Calmar Gmbh
#27	Evan Hartranft	3	Dlhbowles
#28	Guangcai Chen	3	Citic Dicastal Co.
#29	Jiandong Guo	3	Citic Dicastal Co.
#30	Josef Ettlin	3	Sulzer Mixpac Ag
#31	Joseph Knorr	3	Colgate-Palmolive
#32	John J. McNulty	3	Gojo Industries
#33	Kotaro Fujiwara	3	Yoshino Kogyosho Co.
#34	Le Wang	3	Ericsson
#35	Matteo Moretti	3	Lumson S.P.A.
#36	Michael W. Harris	3	Nordson
#37	Olivier Dellea	3	CEA
#38	Richard G. Stearns	3	Labcyte
#39	Scott A. Reid	3	Illinois Tool Works
#40	Shigeo Iizuka	3	Yoshino Kogyosho Co.
#41	Terrence M. Fulkerson	3	Nordson
#42	Thomas C. Prentice	3	Illinois Tool Works
#43	Tibor Terebessy	3	Sumitomo Chemical
#44	Van Thanh Dau	3	Sumitomo Chemical
#45	Victor CLEMENS	3	Sulzer Mixpac Ag
#46	Alejandro Espinoza	2	Silgan Dispensing Systems
#47	Alex Feygelman	2	HP
#48	Andrew S. Ayers	2	Illinois Tool Works
#49	Andrew Graham Masters	2	The Procter & Gamble
#50	Andreas Pahl	2	Illinois Tool Works
#51	Bin Cao	2	IBM
#52	Bo Ning	2	Citic Dicastal Co.
#53	Bradley H. Hines	2	Graco Minnesota
#54	Brian D. Mather	2	Nordson
#55	Carlos Gomez Andonaegui	2	Nebia
#56	Carl L. C. Kah, Jr.	2	K-Rain Manufacturing
#57	Carl L. C. Kah, III	2	K-Rain Manufacturing
#58	Chin-Yuan Chen	2	Shin Tai Spurt Water Of The Garden Tools Co.
#59	Chris J. Erickson	2	The Boeing
#60	Charles P. Ganzer	2	Nordson
#61	Chong Li	2	Citic Dicastal Co.
#62	Charles I. McAndrew	2	Btu Research
#63	Christian E. Steinmetz	2	Milspray
#64	Corey Lynn Murphey	2	Nebia
#65	Cris Howard Garcia	2	The Boeing
#66	Dana Paul Gruenbacher	2	The Procter & Gamble
#67	David R. Jeter	2	Nordson
#68	Darko Pervan	2	Valinge Innovation Ab
#69	Daniel P. Ross	2	Graco Minnesota
#70	Dhruv N. Patel	2	The Aerospace
#71	Douglas Paul Pozanc	2	Wagner Spray Tech
#72	Edward W. Bolyard, Jr.	2	Illinois Tool Works
#73	Edward R. Brewer	2	—
#74	Elaine Alice Marie Baxter	2	The Procter & Gamble
#75	Frederic Duquet	2	Aptar France Sas
#76	Frank Herre	2	Dürr Systems Ag
#77	Gaku Kawabe	2	Honda Motor Co.
#78	Gabriel Parisi-Amon	2	Nebia
#79	Geena L. Ferrelli	2	The Aerospace
#80	German R. Gonzalez	2	The Clorox
#81	Gi Sool Hong	2	Smbure Co.
#82	Gregory Ryan	2	Pipe Restoration Technologies
#83	Guohua Liu	2	Citic Dicastal Co.
#84	Gustav Andre Mellin	2	The Procter & Gamble
#85	Harold D. Johnson	2	Graco Minnesota
#86	Hayden Turner	2	Sulzer Mixpac Ag
#87	Heiko Tullney	2	J. Wagner Gmbh
#88	Hisao Hayashi	2	Sony
#89	Hirokazu Kobayashi	2	Fujifilm
#90	Hiroshi Kubota	2	Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
#91	Hiroyuki Orita	2	Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems
#92	Hongxin Lin	2	—
#93	Hongtao Wang	2	Qualcomm
#94	Huanming Ma	2	Citic Dicastal Co.
#95	Hyun I. Kim	2	The Aerospace
#96	Ilya Sedler	2	The Boeing
#97	Isamu Yamasaki	2	Toyota
#98	James T. Wright, III	2	The Toro
#99	Jimmy Wing Sum Tam	2	Graco Minnesota
#100	Jiangcheng Zhang	2	Xiamen Lota International Co.

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Nordson	25
2	The Boeing	18
3	Sulzer Mixpac Ag	11
#4	The Procter & Gamble	11
#5	Xiamen Solex High-Tech Industries Co.	10
#6	Toyota	10
#7	Eisenmann Se	9
#8	Graco Minnesota	9
#9	Citic Dicastal Co.	8
#10	Illinois Tool Works	8
#11	Aptar Radolfzell Gmbh	7
#12	Honda Motor Co.	7
#13	Silgan Dispensing Systems	7
#14	Tokyo Electron Limited	7
#15	BOE	7
#16	3M	6
#17	Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated	6
#18	Samsung	6
#19	Aptar France Sas	5
#20	CEA	5
#21	Dlhbowles	5
#22	Musashi Engineering	5
#23	Screen Holdings Co.	5
#24	LG	5
#25	RTX (Raytheon)	5
#26	Briggs & Stratton	4
#27	Colgate-Palmolive	4
#28	Pipe Restoration Technologies	4
#29	Sames Kremlin	4
#30	Spraying Systems	4
#31	Sumitomo Chemical	4
#32	The Clorox	4
#33	Unknown	4
#34	Yoshino Kogyosho Co.	4
#35	Basf Coatings Gmbh	3
#36	Carlisle Fluid Technologies	3
#37	Dürr Systems Ag	3
#38	Gojo Industries	3
#39	Guala Dispensing S.P.A.	3
#40	Hefei Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co.	3
#41	Hunter Industries	3
#42	Labcyte	3
#43	Lumson S.P.A.	3
#44	MIT	3
#45	Mazda Motor	3
#46	Op-Hygiene Ip Gmbh	3
#47	S. C. Johnson & Son	3
#48	Semes Co.	3
#49	Stoneage	3
#50	TSMC	3
#51	University of California	3
#52	Tyco Fire & Security Gmbh	3
#53	Xiamen Runner Industrial	3
#54	GE	3
#55	General Motors	3
#56	IBM	3
#57	Abbott	2
#58	Apple	2
#59	Applied Materials	2
#60	Abb Schweiz Ag	2
#61	Adhesive Technologies	2
#62	Airbus Operations Limited	2
#63	Asm Ip Holding B.V.	2
#64	Beijing Boe Display Technology Co.	2
#65	Ceraloc Innovation Ab	2
#66	Delta Faucet	2
#67	Dow Global Technologies	2
#68	Duerr Systems Ag	2
#69	Durr Systems	2
#70	Ev Group E. Thallner Gmbh	2
#71	Funai Electric Co.	2
#72	Heishin	2
#73	Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa	2
#74	Heraeus Medical Gmbh	2
#75	Hp Indigo B.V.	2
#76	Hyundai Motor	2
#77	Jfe Steel	2
#78	Kansai Paint Co.	2
#79	Kohler	2
#80	Kronoplus Technical Ag	2
#81	Lechler Gmbh	2
#82	Milspray	2
#83	Moen Incorporated	2
#84	Nebia	2
#85	Nemera La Verpilliere	2
#86	Ransburg Industrial Finishing K.K.	2
#87	Rolls-Royce Plc	2
#88	Rpc Bramlage Gmbh	2
#89	Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics	2
#90	Sata Gmbh & Co. Kg	2
#91	Seiko Epson	2
#92	Shin Tai Spurt Water Of The Garden Tools Co.	2
#93	Smbure Co.	2
#94	Tencent	2
#95	The Aerospace	2
#96	The Toro	2
#97	Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems	2
#98	Toto	2
#99	Toyo Seikan Co.	2
#100	US Air Force	2

Spraying and coating Patent Leaders in 2018 2018

Patents per Year

Top Inventors

Top Companies