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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 151–175 of 216 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9506874 Infrared-based metrology for detection of stress and defects around through silicon vias 2016-11-29 $4,439,000
9485142 Method and apparatus for dynamic DL-UL reconfiguration in TDD system Dalin Zhu, Zhennian Sun, Su YI, Gang Wang 2016-11-01
9479312 Method and apparatus for interference control Chaofeng Li, Wei Xu, Le Liang, Hua Zhang, Shi Jin 2016-10-25
9450718 Method and apparatus for estimating channel quality information, base station and network central processing device Gang Wang 2016-09-20
9430687 Diffuse bright field illumination system for a barcode reader George Powell 2016-08-30
9426676 Method and apparatus for enhancing coverage Gang Wang, Zhennian Sun 2016-08-23
9426686 Method and apparatus for indicating downlink channel measurement and method and apparatus performing downlink channel measurement in a relaying system Su YI, Yu Zhang, Zhennian Sun 2016-08-23
9411999 Barcode reader having multiple sets of imaging optics George Powell 2016-08-09
9414241 Method and apparatus for outer loop link adaptation for a wireless communication system Qingwei Ge, Gang Wang, Zhennian Sun 2016-08-09
9392606 Method and apparatus for dynamically adjusting uplink-downlink configuration Dalin Zhu, Zhennian Sun, Su YI, Gang Wang 2016-07-12
9367720 Barcode reader which obtains a RAM image from a remote server Mark Ashby, George Powell, Ryan Hoobler, Steve Pierce 2016-06-14
9367726 Barcode reader Mark Ashby, Ryan Hoobler 2016-06-14
9357503 Methods and apparatuses for determining transmission power and providing information for power determination Lei Jiang, Gang Wang, Zhennian Sun 2016-05-31
9356668 Method and apparatus for predicting precoding matrix in MIMO system Yu Zhang, Dalin Zhu, Zhennian Sun 2016-05-31
9330290 Barcode reader having multiple illumination systems and multiple sets of imaging optics George Powell 2016-05-03
9313746 Method and apparatus for determining transmission power of a secondary transmitter in a hierarchical spectrum sharing system Chaofeng Li, Lei Jiang 2016-04-12
9299085 System and method for estimating potential unique online users an advertisement can reach Renjie Jiang, Kenneth R. Alton, Varun Chirravuri, Russell Quong, Abhinay Sharma +3 more 2016-03-29 $19,694,000
9288029 Method and apparatus for adaptive channel direction information feedback in a heterogeneous system Gang Wang, Fang YUAN, Chenyang Yang 2016-03-15
9286559 Creating a virtual bar code from a physical bar code George Powell, Ryan Hoobler, Garrett Russell, Mark Ashby 2016-03-15
9286502 Barcode reader Mark Ashby, Ryan Hoobler 2016-03-15
9280704 Communicating wireless pairing information for pairing an electronic device to a host system Mark Ashby, Jonathan Bosley, Steve Pierce 2016-03-08
9271244 Method and apparatus for performing D2D communication Chaofeng Li 2016-02-23
9252851 Method and apparatus of performing outer loop link adaptation operation Gang Wang 2016-02-02
9245279 Conversion path performance measures and reports Sissie Ling-Ie Hsiao, Chao Cai, Eric W. Ewald, Cameron M. Tangney, Robert A. Walker +2 more 2016-01-26 $15,769,000
9237536 Method and apparatus for primary synchronization signal detection Zhongshan Zhang 2016-01-12