Textiles and fabrics 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	Ettore Lonati	96	Santoni S.P.A.
2	Fausto Lonati	95	Santoni S.P.A.
3	Tiberio Lonati	93	Santoni S.P.A.
#4	Francesco Lonati	82	Lonati S.P.A.
#5	Bhupesh Dua	45	Nike
#6	Daniel A. Podhajny	45	Apple
#7	Masahiro Shima	43	Shima Seiki Mfg.
#8	Bruce Huffa	36	Nike
#9	Dimitri Zafiroglu	36	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And
#10	Ernst-Dieter Plath	36	Sipra Patententwicklungs- Und Beteiligungsgesellschaft Mbh
#11	Ernst Goller	34	H&S Toll
#12	Kazuyoshi Okamoto	33	Shima Seiki Mfg.
#13	Franz Schmid	32	H&S Toll
#14	Gerold Fleissner	32	Fleissner Gmbh & Co., Maschinenfabrik
#15	Adrian Meir	31	Nike
#16	Moshe Rock	30	Malden Mills Industries
#17	Johann Philipp Dilo	29	Oskar Dilo Maschinenfabrik Kg
#18	Benjamin A. Shaffer	27	Nike
#19	Masao Okuno	26	Shima Seiki Mfg.
#20	Toshiaki Morita	26	Shima Seiki Mfg.
#21	Detlef Frey	25	Reifenhäuser Gmbh & Co. Kg Maschinenfabrik
#22	Hans-Georg Geus	23	Reifenhäuser Gmbh & Co. Kg Maschinenfabrik
#23	Hermann Schmodde	23	Memminger-Iro Gmbh
#24	Michael R. Berrigan	23	3M
#25	Frederic Noelle	22	Rieter Perfojet
#26	Sebastian Sommer	22	Reifenhäuser Gmbh & Co. Kg Maschinenfabrik
#27	Thomas Stoll	22	H&S Toll
#28	David D. Newkirk	21	Basf Wyandotte
#29	Kurt A. G. Jacobsson	21	Iro Co.
#30	Reinhold Schimko	21	Comcast
#31	Uwe Stingel	21	Groz-Beckert Kg
#32	Kresimir Mista	20	Karl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik Gmbh
#33	Friedrich Roell	19	Recaro Gmbh &
#34	Fulvio Sangiacomo	19	Sangiacomo, S.P.A.
#35	Toshinori Nakamori	19	Shima Seiki Mfg.
#36	Luigi Omodeo Zorini	18	Unknown
#37	Paolo Conti	18	Golden Lady Company S.P.A.
#38	Masatoshi Sawazaki	17	Precision Fukuhara Works
#39	Robert Jean	17	Asselin
#40	Tiziano Barea	17	Btsr International S.P.A.
#41	Alan Gutschmit	16	Alandale Industries
#42	Arman Ashraf	16	The Procter & Gamble
#43	Eckhard Fehrenbacher	16	Groz-Beckert Kg
#44	Juan L. Aceves Tinajero	16	—
#45	Bernard Jourde	15	Asselin
#46	Falk Kuhn	15	Memminger Gmbh
#47	Fritz Walker	15	H&S Toll
#48	Rakesh Gupta	15	Honda Motor Co.
#49	Takao Shibata	15	Precision Fukuhara Works
#50	Andrew A. Head	14	A&P Technology
#51	Andrea Lonati	14	Santoni S.P.A.
#52	Gerald F. Day	14	General Motors
#53	John D. Stelter	14	3M
#54	Karen A. Hawkinson	14	Nike
#55	Kazuhiko Kurihara	14	Nippon Petrochemicals, Co.
#56	William C. McFarland, II	14	Nike
#57	Albert Ortega	13	Ascend Performance Materials Operations
#58	Andrea J. Staub	13	Nike
#59	Bryan David Haynes	13	Kimberly-Clark Worldwide
#60	Bruce M. Pernick	13	Monarch Knitting Machinery
#61	Darrin J. Kent	13	Sequent Medical
#62	Daniel William Klosiewicz	13	Eastman Chemical
#63	Eric Bryan Bond	13	The Procter & Gamble
#64	Ernst Fehrer	13	—
#65	Gerhard Bergmann	13	Karl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik Gmbh
#66	Gottfried Kuhnert	13	Comcast
#67	Hung P. Tran	13	Sequent Medical
#68	James M. Thompson	13	Sequent Medical
#69	Jessica Green	13	Nike
#70	John Nolting	13	Sequent Medical
#71	Julie Lecuivre	13	Sofradim Production
#72	Jurgen Ploppa	13	H&S Toll
#73	Julius R. Schnegg	13	Burlington Industries
#74	Karl Kohl	13	Karl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik Gmbh
#75	Michael Putnam	13	Polytec Gmbh
#76	Olaf Erik Alexander Isele	13	The Procter & Gamble
#77	Peter Quigley	13	Fiberspar
#78	Philippe Marchand	13	Sequent Medical
#79	Roland Wunner	13	Liba Maschinefabrik Gmbh
#80	Tan Q. Dinh	13	Sequent Medical
#81	Allen Lynn Crain	12	Eastman Chemical
#82	Benito Stoppazzini	12	E.M.M. Emiliana Macchine Maglieria S.R.L.
#83	Coralie McKenna Fleenor	12	Eastman Chemical
#84	Eberhard Leins	12	Memminger-Iro Gmbh
#85	Eric Jürgens	12	Groz-Beckert Kg
#86	Francis P. McCullough, Jr.	12	—
#87	Gustav Memminger	12	Unknown
#88	Hiroshi Yazawa	12	Nippon Petrochemicals, Co.
#89	Jan Ando	12	Matec S.P.A.
#90	James A. Milburn	12	Sequent Medical
#91	Josue Diaz	12	Nike
#92	Kab Sik Seo	12	Eastman Chemical
#93	Ludwig Hartmann	12	Ici Americas
#94	Minoru Sonomura	12	Shima Seiki Mfg.
#95	Paul R. Montgomery	12	Nike
#96	Scott Ellery George	12	Eastman Chemical
#97	Seyed A. Angadjivand	12	3M
#98	Virginia Meckley	12	Nike
#99	Zhong Zhang	12	Yangtze Memory Technologies Co.
#100	Bernhard Schuler	11	Basf Se

Top Companies

Rank ↑	Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Shima Seiki Mfg.	239
2	Nike	206
3	Kimberly-Clark Worldwide	184
#4	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And	159
#5	3M	150
#6	Groz-Beckert Kg	102
#7	Karl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik Gmbh	102
#8	H&S Toll	97
#9	Unknown	96
#10	Sipra Patententwicklungs- Und Beteiligungsgesellschaft Mbh	94
#11	The Procter & Gamble	80
#12	Santoni S.P.A.	76
#13	Precision Fukuhara Works	69
#14	Pai Lung Machinery Mill Co.	66
#15	Lonati S.P.A.	64
#16	Reifenhäuser Gmbh & Co. Kg Maschinenfabrik	58
#17	Firma Carl Freudenberg	52
#18	Polytec Gmbh	46
#19	Toray Industries	44
#20	Unicharm	44
#21	Milliken &	42
#22	Johnson & Johnson	42
#23	Comcast	40
#24	Oskar Dilo Maschinenfabrik Kg	38
#25	Owens-Corning Fiberglas	38
#26	Chisso	37
#27	Textilmaschinenfabrik Dr. Ernst Fehrer Aktiengesellscaft	35
#28	Milliken Research	33
#29	Sara Lee	32
#30	Johns Manville	31
#31	Goodrich	30
#32	Liba Maschinefabrik Gmbh	30
#33	General Motors	30
#34	Honeywell	30
#35	Kuraray Co.	29
#36	Burlington Industries	28
#37	Sofradim Production	28
#38	Carl Freudenberg Kg	27
#39	Federal-Mogul Powertrain	27
#40	Fleissner Gmbh & Co., Maschinenfabrik	27
#41	Memminger-Iro Gmbh	27
#42	Hoechst Gmbh	25
#43	Malden Mills Industries	25
#44	Basf Se	24
#45	Chicopee	24
#46	Albany International	23
#47	Monarch Knitting Machinery	23
#48	Saint-Gobain Isover	23
#49	Sangiacomo, S.P.A.	23
#50	Sca Hygiene Products Ab	23
#51	Guilford Mills	21
#52	Hbi Branded Apparel Enterprises	21
#53	Isover Saint-Gobain	21
#54	Mitsui Chemicals	21
#55	Rieter Perfojet	21
#56	Bayer Healthcare	20
#57	Fleissner Gmbh	20
#58	Sulzer Morat Gmbh	20
#59	Teijin Limited	20
#60	Textilma Ag	20
#61	Fiberweb North America	19
#62	Eastman Chemical	18
#63	Invista North America S.A.R.L.	18
#64	Japan Vilene Company	18
#65	Iro Co.	17
#66	Veb Kombinat Textima	17
#67	Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha	16
#68	Jumberca, S.A.	16
#69	North Carolina State University	16
#70	Owens Corning Intellectual Capital	16
#71	Savio S.P.A	16
#72	Seiko Epson	16
#73	The Boeing	16
#74	Theodor Groz & Sohne & Ernst Beckert Nadelfabrik Commandit-Gesellschaft	16
#75	Adidas Ag	15
#76	Asselin	15
#77	ICI	15
#78	Memminger Gmbh	15
#79	Phillips Petroleum	15
#80	A&P Technology	14
#81	Asahi Kasei Kogyo Co.	14
#82	Dow Global Technologies	14
#83	Fitesa Germany Gmbh	14
#84	Okamoto	14
#85	Terrot Strickmaschinen Gmbh	14
#86	The Kendall Company Lp	14
#87	Toyobo Co.	14
#88	Air Products And Chemicals	13
#89	Boston Scientific Scimed	13
#90	Btsr International S.P.A.	13
#91	Golden Lady Company S.P.A.	13
#92	Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft	13
#93	Matec S.P.A.	13
#94	Nippon Petrochemicals, Co.	13
#95	Unitika	13
#96	Akzona Incorporated	12
#97	Clover Mfg. Co.	12
#98	Corovin Gmbh	12
#99	Kanebo, Limited	12
#100	Matec S.R.L.	12

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