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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 101–125 of 216 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10303911 Mobile device configured to use motion detection to optimize activation of video capture for fast decoding Anuj Sajit Shah 2019-05-28
10303910 Apparatus comprising multiple sets of optics to facilitate capturing barcode and non-barcode images Garrett Russell, Ryan Hoobler, George Powell, Mark Ashby 2019-05-28
10229302 Dynamically controlling brightness of targeting illumination George Powell 2019-03-12
10223563 Barcode reading system for a mobile device with a barcode reading enhancement accessory and barcode reading application George Powell, Ryan Hoobler, Phil Utykanski 2019-03-05
10223564 Attachment for a smart phone including a targeting optic system that directs illumination from a white light source towards a target area George Powell, Ryan Hoobler, Garrett Russell, Mark Ashby 2019-03-05
10192086 Barcode-reading enhancement system for a computing device that comprises a camera and an illumination system George Powell, Ryan Hoobler, Garrett Russell, Mark Ashby 2019-01-29
10151907 Full-color three-dimennsional optical sectioning microscopic imaging system and method based on structured illumination Baoli Yao, Jia Qian, Dan Dan, Xing Zhou, Yanlong Yang +2 more 2018-12-11
10133902 Barcode reader Mark Ashby, Ryan Hoobler 2018-11-20
10121041 Barcode reader configured for image pre-processing Mark Ashby, Ryan Hoobler 2018-11-06
10033834 Barcode reader that obtains firmware from a remote server Mark Ashby, George Powell, Ryan Hoobler, Steve Pierce 2018-07-24
10007822 Graphical barcode readers that are configured for glare reduction Jason Lee, Ryan Hoobler 2018-06-26
9996544 Processing method and touch terminal for merge and deduplication operations on contact entries 2018-06-12
9998267 Method and apparatus for uplink data transmission in a wireless communication system Gang Wang, Zhennian Sun 2018-06-12
9965154 Mobile terminal-based photograph deletion method and mobile terminal 2018-05-08
9949215 Method and apparatus for resource sharing for device-to-device and cellular communications in a multicell network Chaofeng Li, Jiaheng Wang, Daohua Zhu, Hua Zhang, Chunming Zhao 2018-04-17
9928392 Barcode-reading system that obtains ranging data via targeting illumination George Powell 2018-03-27
9922128 Barcode-reading system George Powell, Ryan Hoobler 2018-03-20
9922221 Barcode-reading attachment for focusing a camera of a mobile device Ryan Hoobler, Garrett Russell, George Powell, Mark Ashby 2018-03-20
9892355 Barcode-reading system George Powell, Ryan Hoobler 2018-02-13
9882681 Method and apparatus for determining HARQ timing in communication systems Zhennian Sun, Gang Wang 2018-01-30
9858460 Barcode-reading system having circuitry for generating a barcode read signal on a microphone input connector of a mobile device Ryan Hoobler, George Powell, Eric Alldredge 2018-01-02
9858459 Barcode-reading system George Powell, Ryan Hoobler 2018-01-02
9830487 Barcode-reading system George Powell, Ryan Hoobler 2017-11-28
9811703 Attachment including a targeting optic system that directs illumination from a white light source towards a target area George Powell, Ryan Hoobler, Garrett Russell, Mark Ashby 2017-11-07
9811701 Barcode-reading system George Powell, Ryan Hoobler 2017-11-07