AI Inventors Analysis Report - 2025
Last Updated: June 25, 2025
This comprehensive report analyzes AI patent inventors across the technology industry, identifying key contributors, rising stars, and innovation leaders in artificial intelligence based on patent filing data.
Executive Summary This report analyzes AI patent inventors across the technology industry, identifying key contributors, rising stars, and innovation leaders in artificial intelligence.
Key Statistics:
Total AI inventors analyzed: 87,580
Companies with AI patents: 9,299
AI technology categories: 10
Analysis period: 2025
Last updated: June 25, 2025 Innovation Score Methodology The Innovation Score is a composite metric (0.0-1.0) that evaluates inventors based on four key factors:
Technology Diversity (30%): Number of different AI technology areas an inventor works in (normalized, max score at 5+ areas)Collaboration Breadth (20%): Number of unique collaborators the inventor has worked with (normalized, max score at 10+ collaborators)Company Diversity (20%): Number of different companies the inventor has filed patents with (normalized, max score at 3+ companies)Recent Activity (30%): Number of patent applications filed in the last 12 months (normalized, max score at 5+ recent patents)A score of 1.0 indicates an inventor who is highly active across multiple AI domains, collaborates widely, works with multiple organizations, and maintains strong recent patent activity. This metric identifies inventors who are not just prolific, but also influential and broadly engaged in the AI research community.
Top 20 Companies by AI Patent Applications
Rank
Company
AI Patents
Notable Focus Areas
1
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
456
Computer Vision, AI Hardware
2
Google LLC
421
Computer Vision, Neural Networks & Deep Learning
3
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
400
Computer Vision, AI Hardware
4
NEC Corporation
364
Computer Vision, Machine Learning
5
QUALCOMM Incorporated
333
Computer Vision, Machine Learning
6
Apple Inc.
329
Computer Vision, Speech Recognition
7
International Business Machines Corporation
326
Machine Learning, Neural Networks & Deep Learning
8
Micron Technology, Inc.
322
AI Hardware, Machine Learning
9
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
320
Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning
10
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
283
Computer Vision, Generative AI
11
NVIDIA Corporation
257
Computer Vision, Neural Networks & Deep Learning
12
Capital One Services, LLC
222
Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing
13
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
196
Computer Vision, Robotics & Autonomous Systems
14
Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
191
Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing
15
Intel Corporation
184
Computer Vision, Neural Networks & Deep Learning
16
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
182
Machine Learning, Neural Networks & Deep Learning
17
Robert Bosch GmbH
178
Computer Vision, Machine Learning
18
Snap Inc.
177
Computer Vision, Machine Learning
19
GOOGLE LLC
164
Computer Vision, Neural Networks & Deep Learning
20
Dell Products L.P.
164
Machine Learning, Computer Vision
Prominent AI Companies Analysis The following section includes high-profile AI companies that are frequently in the news for AI innovation, regardless of their patent filing activity:
Company
AI Patents
Status
Key Areas
Google LLC
421
Active in Patents
Computer Vision, Neural Networks & Deep Learning
Apple Inc.
329
Active in Patents
Computer Vision, Speech Recognition
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
320
Active in Patents
Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning
NVIDIA Corporation
257
Active in Patents
Computer Vision, Neural Networks & Deep Learning
Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
94
Active in Patents
Computer Vision, Machine Learning
Amazon Technologies, Inc.
76
Active in Patents
Speech Recognition, Machine Learning
DeepMind Technologies Limited
34
Active in Patents
Neural Networks & Deep Learning, Machine Learning
Tesla, Inc.
13
Active in Patents
Machine Learning, Robotics & Autonomous Systems
OpenAI Opco, LLC
6
Active in Patents
Natural Language Processing, Neural Networks & Deep Learning
Databricks, Inc.
6
Active in Patents
Generative AI, Natural Language Processing
Notion Labs, Inc.
6
Active in Patents
Generative AI, Natural Language Processing
AI21 LABS
2
Active in Patents
Natural Language Processing
Cohere Technologies, Inc.
1
Active in Patents
Generative AI
Jasper AI, Inc.
1
Active in Patents
Generative AI, Natural Language Processing
Anthropic
0
Limited Patent Activity
Focus on product development
Hugging Face
0
Limited Patent Activity
Focus on product development
Stability AI
0
Limited Patent Activity
Focus on product development
Midjourney
0
Limited Patent Activity
Focus on product development
Runway ML
0
Limited Patent Activity
Focus on product development
Character.AI
0
Limited Patent Activity
Focus on product development
Perplexity
0
Limited Patent Activity
Focus on product development
Inflection AI
0
Limited Patent Activity
Focus on product development
Adept AI
0
Limited Patent Activity
Focus on product development
Scale AI
0
Limited Patent Activity
Focus on product development
Together AI
0
Limited Patent Activity
Focus on product development
Copy.ai
0
Limited Patent Activity
Focus on product development
GitHub
0
Limited Patent Activity
Focus on product development
Top 10 AI Inventors Overall
Rank
Inventor
AI Patents
Primary Company
Location
Innovation Score
1
Sarbajit K. Rakshit 66
International Business Machines Corporation
IN
0.933
2
Ki Baek KIM 54
B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
KR
0.427
3
Armando Montalvo 53
Digital Global Systems, Inc.
Winter Garden, FL, US
0.767
4
Jeremy R. Fox 42
International Business Machines Corporation
Georgetown, TX, US
0.933
5
Matthew Sharifi 35
GOOGLE LLC
CH
0.933
6
Reda Harb 32
Adeia Guides Inc.
Tampa, FL, US
1.000
7
Brian Galvin 30
AtomBeam Technologies Inc.
Silverdale, WA, US
0.787
8
Senthil Kumar Yogamani 30
QUALCOMM Incorporated
IE
0.873
9
Su Liu 29
International Business Machines Corporation
Austin, TX, US
0.933
10
Shunpei YAMAZAKI 26
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
JP
0.873
Top 10 Rising AI Inventors (by Growth Rate)
Rank
Inventor
Growth Rate
AI Patents
Primary Company
Location
1
Sarbajit K. Rakshit 6600.0%
66
International Business Machines Corporation
IN
2
Ki Baek KIM 5400.0%
54
B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
KR
3
Armando Montalvo 5300.0%
53
Digital Global Systems, Inc.
Winter Garden, FL, US
4
Jeremy R. Fox 4200.0%
42
International Business Machines Corporation
Georgetown, TX, US
5
Matthew Sharifi 3500.0%
35
GOOGLE LLC
CH
6
Reda Harb 3200.0%
32
Adeia Guides Inc.
Tampa, FL, US
7
Brian Galvin 3000.0%
30
AtomBeam Technologies Inc.
Silverdale, WA, US
8
Senthil Kumar Yogamani 3000.0%
30
QUALCOMM Incorporated
IE
9
Su Liu 2900.0%
29
International Business Machines Corporation
Austin, TX, US
10
Shunpei YAMAZAKI 2600.0%
26
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
JP
Top 10 Most Innovative AI Inventors
Rank
Inventor
Innovation Score
AI Patents
Tech Diversity
Primary Company
1
Jian Li 1.000
10
7
Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
2
Jin Zhang 1.000
5
5
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
3
Long CHEN 1.000
5
5
JIANGSU UNIVERSITY
4
Lei ZHANG 1.000
14
6
CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
5
Abhishek Singh 1.000
6
5
DOXEL, INC.
6
Xing LI 1.000
5
5
Essenlix Corporation
7
Yan LI 1.000
8
5
Langfang Meihua Biotechnology Development Co.,Ltd
8
Xi CHEN 1.000
7
5
SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
9
Reda Harb 1.000
32
8
Adeia Guides Inc.
10
Tao Li 1.000
6
5
BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Top 10 Inventors by AI Technology Category Generative AI Robotics & Autonomous Systems Neural Networks & Deep Learning Machine Learning Computer Vision Natural Language Processing Speech Recognition Recommendation Systems AI Hardware
Rank
Inventor
Patents in Category
Total AI Patents
Primary Company
1
Zhenming Zhou 22
22
Micron Technology, Inc.
2
Yih Wang 20
20
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
3
Meng-Sheng Chang 19
19
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
4
Chia-En Huang 17
17
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
5
Yu-Chung Lien 14
14
Micron Technology, Inc.
6
Shunpei YAMAZAKI 13
26
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
7
Akira Goda 12
12
Micron Technology, Inc.
8
Jiahui Yuan 11
12
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
9
Liang Li 11
11
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
10
Xiang Yang 11
11
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Knowledge Systems Top 10 Inventors by Company Notion Labs, Inc.
Rank
Inventor
Patents with Company
Total AI Patents
Innovation Score
Location
1
He Lu 4
4
0.627
San Francisco, CA, US
2
Jordan Scales 3
3
0.467
San Francisco, CA, US
3
Atul Varma 3
3
0.467
San Francisco, CA, US
4
Birkan Icacan 2
2
0.327
San Francisco, CA, US
5
Gabriel Borges 2
2
0.327
San Francisco, CA, US
6
Varun Rau 2
2
0.327
San Francisco, CA, US
7
Nick Zuber 2
2
0.327
San Francisco, CA, US
8
Celine Nguyen 2
2
0.327
San Francisco, CA, US
9
Linus Lee 1
1
0.227
San Francisco, CA, US
10
Lu Li 1
1
0.227
San Francisco, CA, US
Snap Inc. AI21 LABS Intel Corporation
Rank
Inventor
Patents with Company
Total AI Patents
Innovation Score
Location
1
Joydeep Ray 22
23
0.813
Folsom, CA, US
2
Altug Koker 20
21
0.813
El Dorado Hills, CA, US
3
Abhishek R. Appu 17
18
0.813
El Dorado Hills, CA, US
4
Subramaniam Maiyuran 15
16
0.813
Gold River, CA, US
5
Varghese George 14
16
0.880
Folsom, CA, US
6
Vasanth Ranganathan 14
15
0.813
El Dorado Hills, CA, US
7
Prasoonkumar Surti 13
14
0.813
Folsom, CA, US
8
Aravindh Anantaraman 9
9
0.747
Folsom, CA, US
9
Valentin Andrei 9
10
0.813
San Jose, CA, US
10
Javier Felip Leon 9
9
0.687
Hillsboro, OR, US
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Rank
Inventor
Patents with Company
Total AI Patents
Innovation Score
Location
1
NEELAKANTAN SUNDARESAN 8
8
0.807
BELLEVUE, WA, US
2
ALEXEY SVYATKOVSKIY 6
6
0.807
BELLEVUE, WA, US
3
Royi RONEN 6
6
0.867
IL
4
Samuel Edward SCHILLACE 6
6
0.747
Portola Valley, CA, US
5
Brian Scott KRABACH 6
6
0.747
Snohomish, WA, US
6
Christopher Douglas EDMONDS 6
6
0.587
Carnation, WA, US
7
Aaron Edward DIETRICH 5
5
0.687
Kirkland, WA, US
8
Umesh MADAN 5
5
0.687
Bellevue, WA, US
9
Chetan BANSAL 4
4
0.747
Seattle, WA, US
10
Ji LI 4
5
0.873
San Jose, CA, US
Cohere Technologies, Inc. OpenAI Opco, LLC
Rank
Inventor
Patents with Company
Total AI Patents
Innovation Score
Location
1
Noah DEUTSCH 2
3
0.713
San Francisco, CA, US
2
Benjamin ZWEIG 2
3
0.713
San Francisco, CA, US
3
Thomas DIMSON 2
2
0.427
San Francisco, CA, US
4
Olivier GODEMENT 2
2
0.427
San Francisco, CA, US
5
Michelle POKRASS 2
2
0.427
San Francisco, CA, US
6
Aditya RAMESH 1
1
0.347
San Francisco, CA, US
7
Alexander NICHOL 1
1
0.347
San Francisco, CA, US
8
Prafulla DHARIWAL 1
1
0.347
San Francisco, CA, US
9
Valerie ZERFAS 1
1
0.407
San Francisco, CA, US
10
Madeline SIMENS 1
1
0.407
San Francisco, CA, US
Micron Technology, Inc.
Rank
Inventor
Patents with Company
Total AI Patents
Innovation Score
Location
1
Zhenming Zhou 21
22
0.753
San Jose, CA, US
2
Yu-Chung Lien 13
14
0.753
San Jose, CA, US
3
Fatma Arzum Simsek-Ege 10
10
0.627
Boise, ID, US
4
Akira Goda 10
12
0.820
JP
5
Poorna Kale 9
11
0.833
Folsom, CA, US
6
Yang Lu 8
8
0.627
Boise, ID, US
7
Murong Lang 8
8
0.687
San Jose, CA, US
8
Paolo Fantini 8
8
0.587
IT
9
Kishore Kumar Muchherla 8
10
0.753
Fremont, CA, US
10
Shyam Sunder Raghunathan 8
8
0.627
SG
DeepMind Technologies Limited CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Rank
Inventor
Patents with Company
Total AI Patents
Innovation Score
Location
1
Sravan Babu Bodapati 6
6
0.807
Fremont, CA, US
2
Katrin Kirchhoff 6
6
0.807
Seattle, WA, US
3
Rashmi Gangadharaiah 5
5
0.747
San Jose, CA, US
4
Sopan Khosla 4
4
0.687
Sunnyvale, CA, US
5
Vinayshekhar Bannihatti Kumar 4
4
0.687
Santa Clara, CA, US
6
James W. Horsley 4
4
0.687
Carnation, WA, US
7
Sarthak Handa 4
4
0.687
Seattle, WA, US
8
Lakshmi Naarayanan Ramakrishnan 4
4
0.567
Redmond, WA, US
9
Saket Dingliwal 3
3
0.567
Kirkland, WA, US
10
Karthik Gopalakrishnan 3
3
0.607
Sunnyvale, CA, US
Databricks, Inc.
Rank
Inventor
Patents with Company
Total AI Patents
Innovation Score
Location
1
Rahul Potharaju 2
2
0.507
San Ramon, CA, US
2
Lin Ma 2
2
0.507
Ann Arbor, MI, US
3
Corey Zumar 2
2
0.487
Santa Clara, CA, US
4
Vijayan Prabhakaran 1
1
0.347
Los Gatos, CA, US
5
Himanshu Raja 1
1
0.347
Fremont, CA, US
6
Naga Raju Bhanoori 1
1
0.347
Union City, CA, US
7
Rajesh Parangi Sharabhalingappa 1
1
0.347
Campbell, CA, US
8
Jintian Liang 1
1
0.347
Mountain View, CA, US
9
Zachary Vaughn Schuermann 1
1
0.347
San Francisco, CA, US
10
Kam Cheung Ting 1
1
0.347
Mountain View, CA, US
Jasper AI, Inc.
Rank
Inventor
Patents with Company
Total AI Patents
Innovation Score
Location
1
Adam SCHAUER 1
1
0.447
Los Altos Hills, CA, US
2
Huxley MARVIT 1
1
0.447
San Francisco, CA, US
3
Selina MARVIT 1
1
0.447
San Francisco, CA, US
4
Dylan WALLACE 1
1
0.447
San Mateo, CA, US
5
Albert HUANG 1
1
0.447
Redwood City, CA, US
6
Houjun LIU 1
1
0.447
Menlo Park, CA, US
7
Lachlan MARVIT 1
1
0.447
Oakland, CA, US
8
Yehong JIANG 1
1
0.447
Los Altos, CA, US
9
Riley DENOYER 1
1
0.447
San Jose, CA, US
10
Oscar CAPRARO 1
1
0.447
San Francisco, CA, US
International Business Machines Corporation
Rank
Inventor
Patents with Company
Total AI Patents
Innovation Score
Location
1
Sarbajit K. Rakshit 44
66
0.933
IN
2
Jeremy R. Fox 23
42
0.933
Georgetown, TX, US
3
Tushar Agrawal 11
18
0.933
West Fargo, ND, US
4
Peng Hui Jiang 10
17
0.933
CN
5
Zachary A. Silverstein 10
22
0.933
Georgetown, TX, US
6
Jagabondhu Hazra 10
10
0.807
IN
7
Su Liu 9
29
0.933
Austin, TX, US
8
Manikandan Padmanaban 9
9
0.787
IN
9
Martin G. Keen 7
9
0.933
Cary, NC, US
10
Jennifer M. Hatfield 6
7
0.933
Portland, OR, US
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
Rank
Inventor
Patents with Company
Total AI Patents
Innovation Score
Location
1
Tingling Rao 6
6
0.627
Bellevue, WA, US
2
Andrew John Ouderkirk 6
6
0.627
Kirkland, WA, US
3
Sebastian Sztuk 5
5
0.807
DK
4
Eric LEUNG 4
4
0.627
San Francisco, CA, US
5
Lafe Joseph Purvis, II 4
4
0.567
Redmond, WA, US
6
Moran Vatelmacher 3
3
0.407
IL
7
Jianhan XU 3
3
0.567
CA
8
Rakesh Ranjan 3
3
0.687
Mountain View, CA, US
9
Jun Hu 3
3
0.567
San Jose, CA, US
10
Kimberly Kay Childress 3
3
0.447
Duvall, WA, US
NVIDIA Corporation
Rank
Inventor
Patents with Company
Total AI Patents
Innovation Score
Location
1
Niranjan AVADHANAM 8
8
0.847
Saratoga, CA, US
2
Sanja Fidler 8
14
0.873
CA
3
Jan KAUTZ 8
9
0.813
Lexington, MA, US
4
Severin Achill Klingler 8
8
0.707
CH
5
Pascal Joël Bérard 8
8
0.707
CH
6
Yuzhuo REN 7
7
0.787
Sunnyvale, CA, US
7
John BURGESS 7
8
0.693
Austin, TX, US
8
Sanja FIDLER 7
7
0.807
CA
9
David Nister 7
7
0.807
Bellevue, WA, US
10
Christian Eduard Schüller 7
7
0.667
CH
Apple Inc.
Rank
Inventor
Patents with Company
Total AI Patents
Innovation Score
Location
1
Stephen O. LEMAY 13
13
0.687
Palo Alto, CA, US
2
William A. SORRENTINO, III 10
10
0.627
Mill Valley, CA, US
3
Shih-Sang CHIU 8
9
0.693
San Francisco, CA, US
4
Alan C. DYE 7
7
0.627
San Francisco, CA, US
5
Stephen O. Lemay 7
7
0.627
Palo Alto, CA, US
6
Marcel VAN OS 6
6
0.747
San Francisco, CA, US
7
Christopher WILSON 6
6
0.627
Sonoma, CA, US
8
Thomas G. SALTER 6
6
0.747
San Francisco, CA, US
9
Jonathan R. DASCOLA 5
5
0.687
San Francisco, CA, US
10
Lawrence Y. YANG 5
5
0.747
Bellevue, WA, US
NEC Corporation INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Rank
Inventor
Patents with Company
Total AI Patents
Innovation Score
Location
1
Sarbajit K. Rakshit 44
66
0.933
IN
2
Jeremy R. Fox 23
42
0.933
Georgetown, TX, US
3
Tushar Agrawal 11
18
0.933
West Fargo, ND, US
4
Peng Hui Jiang 10
17
0.933
CN
5
Zachary A. Silverstein 10
22
0.933
Georgetown, TX, US
6
Jagabondhu Hazra 10
10
0.807
IN
7
Su Liu 9
29
0.933
Austin, TX, US
8
Manikandan Padmanaban 9
9
0.787
IN
9
Martin G. Keen 7
9
0.933
Cary, NC, US
10
Jennifer M. Hatfield 6
7
0.933
Portland, OR, US
Capital One Services, LLC
Rank
Inventor
Patents with Company
Total AI Patents
Innovation Score
Location
1
Joshua EDWARDS 14
14
0.867
Philadelphia, PA, US
2
Samuel SHARPE 12
12
0.807
Cambridge, MA, US
3
Jeremy GOODSITT 11
11
0.807
Champaign, IL, US
4
Taylor TURNER 11
11
0.747
Richmond, VA, US
5
Brian BARR 10
10
0.807
Schenectady, NY, US
6
Joshua Edwards 10
10
0.867
Cherry Hill, NJ, US
7
Jeffrey RULE 10
10
0.807
Chevy Chase, MD, US
8
Benjamin ENG 8
8
0.787
Silver Spring, MD, US
9
Youbing YIN 8
8
0.807
McLean, VA, US
10
Michael DAVIS 8
8
0.687
Arlington, VA, US
Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Google LLC
Rank
Inventor
Patents with Company
Total AI Patents
Innovation Score
Location
1
Matthew Sharifi 15
35
0.933
CH
2
Dongeek Shin 12
17
0.893
San Jose, CA, US
3
Quoc V. Le 11
11
0.807
Sunnyvale, CA, US
4
Victor Carbune 8
25
0.833
CH
5
Feng Yang 8
9
0.933
Sunnyvale, CA, US
6
Tara N. Sainath 7
7
0.747
Jersey City, NJ, US
7
Peyman Milanfar 6
7
0.873
Menlo Park, CA, US
8
Sasha Goldshtein 6
7
0.873
IL
9
Marco Tagliasacchi 6
6
0.807
CH
10
Yonghui Wu 6
6
0.867
Fremont, CA, US
Dell Products L.P. Tesla, Inc.
Rank
Inventor
Patents with Company
Total AI Patents
Innovation Score
Location
1
Andrej Karpathy 2
2
0.627
San Francisco, CA, US
2
Thoralf Gutierrez 2
2
0.287
Palo Alto, CA, US
3
James Potthast 2
2
0.287
Palo Alto, CA, US
4
Elon Musk 1
1
0.507
Los Angeles, CA, US
5
Kate Park 1
1
0.507
Los Altos, CA, US
6
Nenad Uzunovic 1
1
0.507
San Carlos, CA, US
7
Christopher Coleman Moore 1
1
0.507
San Francisco, CA, US
8
Francis Havlak 1
1
0.507
Half Moon Bay, CA, US
9
Stuart Bowers 1
1
0.507
Palo Alto, CA, US
10
Arvind Ramanandan 1
1
0.507
Sunnyvale, CA, US
Robert Bosch GmbH QUALCOMM Incorporated
Rank
Inventor
Patents with Company
Total AI Patents
Innovation Score
Location
1
Senthil Kumar Yogamani 29
30
0.873
IE
2
Varun Ravi Kumar 25
25
0.807
San Diego, CA, US
3
Fatih Murat PORIKLI 21
21
0.867
San Diego, CA, US
4
Taesang YOO 19
20
0.753
San Diego, CA, US
5
Hong CAI 11
11
0.807
San Diego, CA, US
6
June NAMGOONG 10
11
0.753
San Diego, CA, US
7
Risheek GARREPALLI 10
10
0.747
San Diego, CA, US
8
Jay Kumar SUNDARARAJAN 9
9
0.687
San Diego, CA, US
9
Rajeev KUMAR 9
10
0.753
San Diego, CA, US
10
Munawar HAYAT 9
9
0.747
San Diego, CA, US
GOOGLE LLC
Rank
Inventor
Patents with Company
Total AI Patents
Innovation Score
Location
1
Matthew Sharifi 15
35
0.933
CH
2
Dongeek Shin 12
17
0.893
San Jose, CA, US
3
Quoc V. Le 11
11
0.807
Sunnyvale, CA, US
4
Victor Carbune 8
25
0.833
CH
5
Feng Yang 8
9
0.933
Sunnyvale, CA, US
6
Tara N. Sainath 7
7
0.747
Jersey City, NJ, US
7
Peyman Milanfar 6
7
0.873
Menlo Park, CA, US
8
Sasha Goldshtein 6
7
0.873
IL
9
Marco Tagliasacchi 6
6
0.807
CH
10
Yonghui Wu 6
6
0.867
Fremont, CA, US
AI Technology Categories Overview Generative AI Total inventors: 22,416Total patents: 28,048Leading inventor: Nobuharu OHSAWA (22 patents)Average patents per inventor: 1.3Top 10 Inventors in Generative AI:
Nobuharu OHSAWA - 22 patents (SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.)Tyler FLEETHAM - 22 patents (Universal Display Corporation)Satoshi SEO - 21 patents (SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.)Pierre-Luc T. BOUDREAULT - 21 patents (Universal Display Corporation)Zhiqiang JI - 19 patents (Universal Display Corporation)Hsiao-Fan CHEN - 17 patents (Universal Display Corporation)Rasha HAMZE - 16 patents (Universal Display Corporation)Jui-Yi TSAI - 16 patents (Universal Display Corporation)Alexey Borisovich DYATKIN - 16 patents (Universal Display Corporation)Sanghoon KIM - 15 patents (SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.)Robotics & Autonomous Systems Total inventors: 11,939Total patents: 15,329Leading inventor: Sarbajit K. Rakshit (24 patents)Average patents per inventor: 1.3Top 10 Inventors in Robotics & Autonomous Systems:
Sarbajit K. Rakshit - 24 patents (International Business Machines Corporation)Thomas WAGNER - 16 patents (Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.)Matthew T. MASON - 14 patents (Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.)Kevin AHEARN - 12 patents (Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.)Thomas KOLETSCHKA - 12 patents (Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.)Kyle MARONEY - 12 patents (Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.)Prasanna VELAGAPUDI - 12 patents (Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.)Christopher GEYER - 12 patents (Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.)Kento IWAHORI - 11 patents (TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA)Masamichi OHSUGI - 11 patents (TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA)Neural Networks & Deep Learning Total inventors: 14,134Total patents: 17,540Leading inventor: Armando Montalvo (43 patents)Average patents per inventor: 1.2Top 10 Inventors in Neural Networks & Deep Learning:
Armando Montalvo - 43 patents (Digital Global Systems, Inc.)Brian Galvin - 24 patents (AtomBeam Technologies Inc.)Lok Won KIM - 15 patents (DEEPX CO., LTD.)Zhu Li - 15 patents (AtomBeam Technologies Inc.)James Duane Bennett - 14 patents (Fantagic Holdings LLC)Bindu Rama Rao - 14 patents (Fantagic Holdings LLC)Haifeng Chen - 14 patents (NEC Laboratories America, Inc.)Joydeep Ray - 13 patents (Intel Corporation)Altug Koker - 12 patents (Intel Corporation)Li Zhang - 11 patents (Bytedance Inc.)Machine Learning Total inventors: 18,441Total patents: 22,795Leading inventor: Armando Montalvo (49 patents)Average patents per inventor: 1.2Top 10 Inventors in Machine Learning:
Armando Montalvo - 49 patents (Digital Global Systems, Inc.)Joshua Cooper - 22 patents (AtomBeam Technologies Inc.)Taesang YOO - 20 patents (QUALCOMM Incorporated)Charles Yeomans - 17 patents (AtomBeam Technologies Inc.)Brian Galvin - 15 patents (AtomBeam Technologies Inc.)Sarbajit K. Rakshit - 14 patents (International Business Machines Corporation)George William FITZMAURICE - 13 patents (AUTODESK, INC.)Jo Karel VERMEULEN - 12 patents (AUTODESK, INC.)Justin Frank MATEJKA - 12 patents (AUTODESK, INC.)Jeremy R. Fox - 12 patents (International Business Machines Corporation)Computer Vision Total inventors: 30,500Total patents: 40,468Leading inventor: Ki Baek KIM (54 patents)Average patents per inventor: 1.3Top 10 Inventors in Computer Vision:
Ki Baek KIM - 54 patents (B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.)Sarbajit K. Rakshit - 29 patents (International Business Machines Corporation)Senthil Kumar Yogamani - 29 patents (QUALCOMM Incorporated)Noboru YOSHIDA - 24 patents (NEC Corporation)Varun Ravi Kumar - 24 patents (QUALCOMM Incorporated)Joydeep Ray - 23 patents (Intel Corporation)Altug Koker - 21 patents (Intel Corporation)Toshiyasu SUGIO - 21 patents (Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America)Reda Harb - 20 patents (Adeia Guides Inc.)Ryo KAWAI - 20 patents (NEC Corporation)Natural Language Processing Total inventors: 9,479Total patents: 11,838Leading inventor: Yonatan WEXLER (12 patents)Average patents per inventor: 1.2Top 10 Inventors in Natural Language Processing:
Yonatan WEXLER - 12 patents (Q (CUE) LTD.)Vishal Vishnoi - 11 patents (Oracle International Corporation)Jeremy R. Fox - 10 patents (International Business Machines Corporation)Sherif Mansour - 10 patents (Atlassian Pty Ltd.)Gaurav Awadhwal - 10 patents (Atlassian Pty Ltd.)Pierre-André SAVALLE - 10 patents (Cisco Technology, Inc.)Xin Xu - 10 patents (Oracle International Corporation)Thanh Long Duong - 9 patents (Oracle International Corporation)Jean-Philippe VASSEUR - 9 patents (Cisco Technology, Inc.)Swati Katta - 8 patents (Atlassian Pty Ltd.)Speech Recognition Total inventors: 3,997Total patents: 4,826Leading inventor: Matthew Sharifi (24 patents)Average patents per inventor: 1.2Top 10 Inventors in Speech Recognition:
Matthew Sharifi - 24 patents (GOOGLE LLC)Victor Carbune - 20 patents (GOOGLE LLC)Yonatan WEXLER - 15 patents (Q (CUE) LTD.)Kazuhira MATSUI - 7 patents (NTT TechnoCross Corporation)Jeffry Copps Robert Jose - 7 patents (Adeia Guides Inc.)Tara N. Sainath - 7 patents (Google LLC)Avi BARLIYA - 6 patents (Q (CUE) LTD.)Su Liu - 6 patents (International Business Machines Corporation)Sasha Goldshtein - 6 patents (GOOGLE LLC)Reda Harb - 5 patents (Adeia Guides Inc.)Recommendation Systems Total inventors: 4,525Total patents: 5,048Leading inventor: Charles Howard Cella (6 patents)Average patents per inventor: 1.1Top 10 Inventors in Recommendation Systems:
Charles Howard Cella - 6 patents (Strong Force TX Portfolio 2018, LLC)Jonathan Sullivan - 5 patents (The Nielsen Company (US), LLC)Terrance Patrick TIETZEN - 5 patents (EDATANETWORKS INC.)Howard Hayes - 5 patents (Allstate Insurance Company)Steven W. Lundberg - 5 patents (Black Hills IP Holdings, LLC)Jeffrey R. Ambroziak - 5 patents (Charge Fusion Technologies, LLC)Carson C.K. Fincham - 5 patents (Charge Fusion Technologies, LLC)Kalleri Faizel Rehiman - 5 patents (DISH Wireless L.L.C.)Michael Sheppard - 4 patents (The Nielsen Company (US), LLC)Edward Murphy - 4 patents (The Nielsen Company (US), LLC)AI Hardware Total inventors: 4,009Total patents: 5,789Leading inventor: Zhenming Zhou (22 patents)Average patents per inventor: 1.4Top 10 Inventors in AI Hardware:
Zhenming Zhou - 22 patents (Micron Technology, Inc.)Yih Wang - 20 patents (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.)Meng-Sheng Chang - 19 patents (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.)Chia-En Huang - 17 patents (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.)Yu-Chung Lien - 14 patents (Micron Technology, Inc.)Shunpei YAMAZAKI - 13 patents (Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.)Akira Goda - 12 patents (Micron Technology, Inc.)Jiahui Yuan - 11 patents (Western Digital Technologies, Inc.)Liang Li - 11 patents (Western Digital Technologies, Inc.)Xiang Yang - 11 patents (Western Digital Technologies, Inc.)Knowledge Systems Total inventors: 454Total patents: 471Leading inventor: Mathieu AUDET (2 patents)Average patents per inventor: 1.0Top 10 Inventors in Knowledge Systems:
Mathieu AUDET - 2 patents (9224-5489 QUEBEC INC.)Francois CASSISTAT - 2 patents (9224-5489 QUEBEC INC.)John C. PLATAIS - 2 patents (Fidelity Information Services, LLC)Ranadhir GHOSH - 2 patents (Fidelity Information Services, LLC)Gary W. Grube - 2 patents (entigenlogic LLC)Stephen LAUBER - 2 patents (Nice Ltd.)Stanislav Semenov - 2 patents (ABBYY Development Inc.)Tommi Koivisto - 2 patents (NVIDIA Corporation)Pekka Janis - 2 patents (NVIDIA Corporation)Tero Kuosmanen - 2 patents (NVIDIA Corporation)Charts and Visualizations The following charts provide visual analysis of the AI inventor landscape:
Technology-Specific Charts Top Inventors in Generative AI Top Inventors in Robotics & Autonomous Systems Top Inventors in Neural Networks & Deep Learning Top Inventors in Machine Learning Top Inventors in Computer Vision Top Inventors in Natural Language Processing Top Inventors in Speech Recognition Top Inventors in Recommendation Systems Top Inventors in AI Hardware Top Inventors in Knowledge Systems Company-Specific Charts File:Top AI Inventors Notion Labs, Inc. 2025.png Top AI Inventors at Notion Labs, Inc. File:Top AI Inventors Snap Inc. 2025.png Top AI Inventors at Snap Inc. File:Top AI Inventors AI21 LABS 2025.png Top AI Inventors at AI21 LABS File:Top AI Inventors Intel Corporation 2025.png Top AI Inventors at Intel Corporation File:Top AI Inventors Microsoft Technology Licensing 2025.png Top AI Inventors at Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC File:Top AI Inventors Cohere Technologies, Inc. 2025.png Top AI Inventors at Cohere Technologies, Inc. File:Top AI Inventors OpenAI Opco, LLC 2025.png Top AI Inventors at OpenAI Opco, LLC File:Top AI Inventors Micron Technology, Inc. 2025.png Top AI Inventors at Micron Technology, Inc. File:Top AI Inventors DeepMind Technologies Limited 2025.png Top AI Inventors at DeepMind Technologies Limited File:Top AI Inventors CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2025.png Top AI Inventors at CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA File:Top AI Inventors TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISH 2025.png Top AI Inventors at TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA File:Top AI Inventors Amazon Technologies, Inc. 2025.png Top AI Inventors at Amazon Technologies, Inc. File:Top AI Inventors Databricks, Inc. 2025.png Top AI Inventors at Databricks, Inc. File:Top AI Inventors Jasper AI, Inc. 2025.png Top AI Inventors at Jasper AI, Inc. File:Top AI Inventors International Business Machine 2025.png Top AI Inventors at International Business Machines Corporation File:Top AI Inventors SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2025.png Top AI Inventors at SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. File:Top AI Inventors Meta Platforms Technologies, L 2025.png Top AI Inventors at Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC File:Top AI Inventors NVIDIA Corporation 2025.png Top AI Inventors at NVIDIA Corporation File:Top AI Inventors Apple Inc. 2025.png Top AI Inventors at Apple Inc. File:Top AI Inventors NEC Corporation 2025.png Top AI Inventors at NEC Corporation File:Top AI Inventors INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE 2025.png Top AI Inventors at INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION File:Top AI Inventors Capital One Services, LLC 2025.png Top AI Inventors at Capital One Services, LLC File:Top AI Inventors Beijing Zitiao Network Technol 2025.png Top AI Inventors at Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. File:Top AI Inventors Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 2025.png Top AI Inventors at Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. File:Top AI Inventors Google LLC 2025.png Top AI Inventors at Google LLC File:Top AI Inventors Dell Products L.P. 2025.png Top AI Inventors at Dell Products L.P. File:Top AI Inventors Tesla, Inc. 2025.png Top AI Inventors at Tesla, Inc. File:Top AI Inventors Robert Bosch GmbH 2025.png Top AI Inventors at Robert Bosch GmbH File:Top AI Inventors QUALCOMM Incorporated 2025.png Top AI Inventors at QUALCOMM Incorporated File:Top AI Inventors GOOGLE LLC 2025.png Top AI Inventors at GOOGLE LLC Methodology This analysis is based on patent application data from 2025, focusing specifically on AI-related patents. The methodology includes:
AI Patent Identification:
CPC (Cooperative Patent Classification) codes related to AI technologies
Text analysis of patent titles and abstracts for AI-related keywords
Focus on 10 major AI categories including Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, NLP, etc. Inventor Metrics:
Patent Count: Total number of AI-related patent applicationsGrowth Rate: Year-over-year change in patent filing activityInnovation Score: Composite metric considering technology diversity, collaboration breadth, and recent activityCollaboration Score: Measure of inventor connectivity within the AI research communityCompany Analysis:
Includes both high-volume patent filers and prominent AI companies in the news
Analysis covers traditional tech giants as well as AI-native startups
Geographic distribution analysis shows global AI innovation centers Categories See Also This page was last updated on June 25, 2025.
