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Ming Lei — 216 Patents

TCThe Code: 71 patents #3 of 49Top 7%
NCNec (China) Co.: 33 patents #1 of 83Top 2%
Google: 13 patents #1,866 of 22,993Top 9%
Huawei: 8 patents #1,732 of 15,535Top 15%
Oracle: 8 patents #1,517 of 14,854Top 15%
LSLenovo Global Technology (United States): 7 patents #4 of 83Top 5%
Nec: 6 patents #2,379 of 14,502Top 20%
Globalfoundries: 6 patents #578 of 4,424Top 15%
ALAlibaba: 6 patents #141 of 2,313Top 7%
HCHuizhou Tcl Mobile Communication Co.: 5 patents #22 of 355Top 7%
SSSavant Systems: 4 patents #58 of 120Top 50%
UPUPS: 4 patents #131 of 650Top 25%
MSMicroscan Systems: 4 patents #8 of 43Top 20%
Samsung: 3 patents #31,179 of 75,807Top 45%
TCTeraoka Seisakusho Co.: 3 patents #1 of 19Top 6%
NVIDIA: 3 patents #2,179 of 7,811Top 30%
Intel: 2 patents #13,316 of 30,777Top 45%
Honda Motor Co.: 2 patents #8,527 of 21,052Top 45%
Comcast: 2 patents #1,655 of 4,447Top 40%
HAHaemonetics: 2 patents #32 of 151Top 25%
QIQuasar International: 2 patents #3 of 7Top 45%
FEFemtometrix: 2 patents #6 of 6Top 100%
RSRobotic Vision Systems: 1 patents #37 of 86Top 45%
C(Consumer Lighting (U.S.): 1 patents #22 of 47Top 50%
JNJuniper Networks: 1 patents #1,825 of 2,602Top 75%
MCMianyang Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co.: 1 patents #56 of 134Top 45%
Nokia Technologies Oy: 1 patents #1,600 of 3,242Top 50%
Meta: 1 patents #5,683 of 6,883Top 85%
VAVetco Gray Scandinavia As: 1 patents #41 of 126Top 35%
ZUZhejiang University: 1 patents #773 of 2,379Top 35%
Apple: 1 patents #12,397 of 18,612Top 70%
BOBOE: 1 patents #7,871 of 12,373Top 65%
LPLenovo (Singapore) Pte.: 1 patents #1,155 of 1,012Top 115%
Nokia: 1 patents #3,518 of 5,652Top 65%
Santa Clara, CA: #13 of 9,301 inventorsTop 1%
California: #473 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #2,838 of 4,157,543Top 1%
216 Patents All Time
Ming Lei has been granted 216 US patents while listed as an inventor at The Code. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in September 2025. Ming Lei ranks #2,838 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.07%). Patent records list Ming Lei in Santa Clara, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 28 patents in 2016.peak 281996: 1 patents19961998: 2 patents1999: 2 patents2000: 1 patents20002001: 1 patents2008: 1 patents2009: 2 patents20092010: 2 patents2011: 2 patents2012: 2 patents20122013: 3 patents2014: 7 patents2015: 15 patents20152016: 28 patents2017: 25 patents2018: 16 patents20182019: 18 patents2020: 12 patents2021: 25 patents20212022: 9 patents2023: 13 patents2024: 15 patents20242025: 14 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 76–100 of 216 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10897300 Interference coordination method and apparatus Leiming Zhang, Yifan Liu 2021-01-19
10855810 Barcode reader that obtains firmware from a remote server Mark Ashby, George Powell, Ryan Hoobler, Steve Pierce 2020-12-01
10853603 Barcode reading system for a mobile device with a barcode reading enhancement accessory and a barcode reading application having a relay function that can determine whether decoded data is intended for a legacy system or a non-legacy system George Powell, Ryan Hoobler, Phil Utykanski 2020-12-01
10853598 Barcode-reading system George Powell, Ryan Hoobler 2020-12-01
10853604 Attachment for a mobile device for reading barcodes and capturing non-barcode images Garrett Russell, Ryan Hoobler, George Powell, Mark Ashby 2020-12-01
10816483 Double pass diluted ultraviolet reticle inspection Jed H. Rankin, Guoxiang Ning, Paul Ackmann, Jung-Yu Hsieh 2020-10-27 $44,640,000
10810392 Barcode reader Mark Ashby, Ryan Hoobler 2020-10-20
10776597 Analysis and decode module for a barcode reading system Jason Lee 2020-09-15
10769400 Barcode reader Mark Ashby, Ryan Hoobler 2020-09-08
10763944 Transmission method using dynamically adjusted beam set, base station, and terminal Leiming Zhang, Yifan Liu 2020-09-01
10725837 Persistent scratchpad memory for data exchange between programs Rajballav DASH, Jack Choquette, Stephen Anthony Bernard Jones, Christopher Lamb 2020-07-28 $742,825,000
10639563 Apparatus and method for gravity separation and contained oil and natural gas production systems and methods Rihua Xiong, Jiyang Xia, Chenqian Zhang, Ying Zhou 2020-05-05
10579714 Dynamic page classifier for ranking content Mikhail Dhruv, Mario Ventura Anima, Prasenjit Sarkar, Lucian Florin Cionca 2020-03-03 $35,056,000
10521635 Architecture for faster decoding in a barcode reading system that includes a slow interface between the camera and decoder Jason Lee 2019-12-31
10520182 Lamp and lighting fixture comprising the lamp Yin Suo, Huisheng Zhou 2019-12-31
10503944 Barcode-reading system that obtains ranging data via targeting illumination George Powell 2019-12-10
10503945 Graphical barcode readers that are configured for glare reduction Jason Lee, Ryan Hoobler 2019-12-10
10484145 Method and apparatus for determining HARQ timing in communication systems Zhennian Sun, Gang Wang 2019-11-19
10451666 Methodology for early detection of TS to PC short issue 2019-10-22 $36,881,000
10402609 Barcode-reading system George Powell, Ryan Hoobler 2019-09-03
10360484 Barcode-reading system George Powell, Ryan Hoobler 2019-07-23
10360586 Conversion path performance measures and reports Sissie Ling-Ie Hsiao, Chao Cai, Eric W. Ewald, Cameron M. Tangney, Robert A. Walker +2 more 2019-07-23 $53,689,000
10326573 Method and apparatus of allocating sounding reference signal resources Fang YUAN, Bin Yu, Dalin Zhu, Pengfei Sun 2019-06-18
10311271 Diffuse bright field illumination system for a barcode reader George Powell 2019-06-04
10306656 Resource management method and apparatus Dalin Zhu, Bin Yu, Pengfei Sun 2019-05-28