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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 176–200 of 216 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9218611 System and method for determining bid amount for advertisement to reach certain number of online users Renjie Jiang, Kenneth R. Alton, Shimeng Wang, Abhinay Sharma, Oren E. Zamir +1 more 2015-12-22 $36,501,000
9213877 Barcode reader which obtains operating instructions from a remote server Mark Ashby, George Powell, Ryan Hoobler, Steve Pierce 2015-12-15
9213878 Barcode reader which obtains formatting and routing instructions from a remote server Mark Ashby, George Powell, Ryan Hoobler, Steve Pierce 2015-12-15
9213879 Barcode reader which obtains supplemental operating instructions from a remote server Mark Ashby, George Powell, Ryan Hoobler, Steve Pierce 2015-12-15
9213881 Providing operating instructions for a barcode reader from a server Mark Ashby, George Powell, Ryan Hoobler, Steve Pierce 2015-12-15
9191079 Wireless communication system and beamforming training method for wireless communication system Ye Wu 2015-11-17
9171194 Diffuse bright field illumination system for a barcode reader George Powell 2015-10-27
9135485 Barcode reader which obtains a RAM image from a remote server Mark Ashby, George Powell, Ryan Hoobler, Steve Pierce 2015-09-15
9082034 Barcode reader having multiple illumination systems and multiple sets of imaging optics George Powell 2015-07-14
9064269 Cookie correction system and method Fan Zhang 2015-06-23 $10,134,000
9041919 Infrared-based metrology for detection of stress and defects around through silicon vias 2015-05-26 $1,782,000
9027836 Barcode reader configured for multi-lens ranging 2015-05-12
9030975 Method and apparatus for scheduling downlink transmission Gang Wang, Zhennian Sun 2015-05-12
9008238 Apparatus, method and receiving terminal for LDPC decoding Dalin Zhu 2015-04-14
8939363 Creating a virtual bar code from a physical bar code George Powell, Ryan Hoobler, Garrett Russell, Mark Ashby 2015-01-27
8910871 Barcode reader that reads electronically displayed barcodes differently than physically printed barcodes George Powell, Ryan Hoobler, Garrett Russell, Mark Ashby 2014-12-16
8891556 Signal for transmission in single-carrier communication system Ye Wu 2014-11-18
8879655 Method and apparatus for obtaining channel state information required for beamforming Yu Zhang, Ye Wu 2014-11-04
8864034 Barcode reader having multiple illumination systems and multiple sets of imaging optics George Powell 2014-10-21
8857720 Diffuse bright field illumination system for a barcode reader George Powell 2014-10-14
8820643 Selecting illumination characteristics that will be most suitable for reading a barcode Ryan Hoobler 2014-09-02
8645396 Reputation scoring of an author Michael David McNally, Nathan Stoll, Scott Barta, Krishna Bharat, Justin Lawyer 2014-02-04 $28,919,000
8548851 Conversion path performance measures and reports Liren Chen, Chao Cai, Eric W. Ewald, Cameron M. Tangney, Robert A. Walker +4 more 2013-10-01 $36,601,000
8374383 Systems, devices, and/or methods for managing images Richard G. Long, Jeffrey C. Snyder, John E. Agapakis 2013-02-12
D675193 Speaker Qifeng Yan 2013-01-29