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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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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 126–150 of 216 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9807776 Method and apparatus for cross-subframe interference coordination Dalin Zhu 2017-10-31
9794400 Mobile terminal and ringtone playing method thereof Yuanzu Tang, Fan Wang, Haiying He, Shanquan Wang, Wanming Zhang 2017-10-17
9769840 Method and apparatus for scheduling user equipment Chaofeng Li, Yu Zhang 2017-09-19
9747263 Dynamic page classifier for ranking content Mikhail Dhruv, Mario Ventura Anima, Prasenjit Sarkar, Lucian Florin Cionca 2017-08-29 $14,064,000
9735064 Charge dynamics effect for detection of voltage contrast defect and determination of shorting location Byoung-Gi Min 2017-08-15 $11,602,000
9734374 Barcode reader configured for fast image read-out Mark Ashby, Ryan Hoobler 2017-08-15
9730083 Method and apparatus for three-dimensional beamforming Yu Zhang 2017-08-08
9716773 Host device for obtaining operating instructions for a barcode reader from a remote server Mark Ashby, George Powell, Ryan Hoobler, Steve Pierce 2017-07-25
9710685 Barcode-reading application for a mobile device with a high resolution color camera Ryan Hoobler, Garrett Russell, George Powell, Mark Ashby 2017-07-18
9686501 Photographing processing method and system based on mobile terminal 2017-06-20
9679175 Barcode reader ranging using targeting illumination 2017-06-13
9680541 Methods and apparatuses for channel estimation and feedback in a three-dimensional multiple input and multiple output system Chuangxin JIANG, Chaofeng Li 2017-06-13
9672399 Diffuse bright field illumination system for a barcode reader George Powell 2017-06-06
9665760 Barcode-reading system George Powell, Ryan Hoobler 2017-05-30
9660713 Method and apparatus for obtaining channel direction information Bin Yu, Pengfei Sun, Dalin Zhu, Fang YUAN 2017-05-23
9661412 Apparatus for providing passive stereo amplification for a portable device Qifeng Yan, Zhichang Wang, Jyri Salomaa, Zhen Hua Liu, Koray Ozcan 2017-05-23 $1,402,000
9639727 Graphical barcode readers that are configured for glare reduction Jason Lee, Ryan Hoobler 2017-05-02
9601392 Device characterization by time dependent charging dynamics Byoung-Gi Min, Xusheng Wu 2017-03-21 $11,989,000
9578665 Method and apparatus for performing D2D communication Chaofeng Li 2017-02-21
9576170 Host device for obtaining operating instructions for a barcode reader from a remote server Mark Ashby, George Powell, Ryan Hoobler, Steve Pierce 2017-02-21
9553705 Method and apparatus for allocating feedback transmission resource and method and apparatus for providing information on values thereof Dalin Zhu, Lingyang Song, Zhongshan Zhang, Tianyu Wang 2017-01-24
9554388 Method and apparatus of resource sharing for device-to-device and cellular communications Chaofeng Li, Jiaheng Wang, Daohua Zhu, Chunming Zhao, Zhi Ding 2017-01-24
9532371 Method and apparatus for scheduling user equipment Gang Wang, Lei Jiang 2016-12-27
9531465 Method and apparatus for obtaining channel quality indication Gang Wang 2016-12-27
9521677 Methods and apparatuses for allocation of resource blocks Su YI, Shaoyi Xu 2016-12-13