Behind every AI breakthrough is an inventor often unknown to the public but essential to the technology’s evolution.
Over the past five years, the United States of America (USA) has remained one of the most strategic jurisdictions for Artificial Intelligence patent protection. From generative models to edge AI and automation, inventors from around the world have been steadily filing their innovations here seeking not just recognition, but real-world impact.
This list highlights the 50 most prolific AI inventors who have patents published in the US during this period.
Note: The inventors showcased in this list may or may not be US residents. These are the individuals who have filed patents related to artificial intelligence in the United States. The patent count represents the number of patents that are either owned or co-owned by these inventors from 2019 to 2025.
| Rank | Inventor Name | Associated Company | Patent Count |
| 1 | Cella Charles Howard | Strong Force | 605 |
| 2 | Rakshit Sarbajit K | IBM | 534 |
| 3 | Goodsitt Jeremy Edward | IP Copilot | 421 |
| 4 | Walters Austin | IP Copilot | 340 |
| 5 | Neumann Kenneth | Youtopia | 319 |
| 6 | Fox Jeremy R | IBM | 318 |
| 7 | Shao Zehua | Chengdu Qinchuan IoT Technology Co Ltd | 311 |
| 8 | Kwatra Shikhar | OpenAI | Beamsec | 305 |
| 9 | Sharifi Matthew | 288 | |
| 10 | Truong Anh | Tubi | 286 |
| 11 | Edwards Joshua | Capital One | 275 |
| 12 | Pham Vincent | Amazon | 264 |
| 13 | Duffy Jr Gerald William | Strong Force | 261 |
| 14 | Mcguckin Jeffrey P | Strong Force | 261 |
| 15 | Lin Zhe | Adobe | 249 |
| 16 | Carbune Victor | 223 | |
| 17 | Wang Wei | – | 218 |
| 18 | Farivar Reza | Capital One | 213 |
| 19 | Chen Haifeng | NEC Corporation | 201 |
| 20 | Desai Mehul | Strong Force | 201 |
| 21 | Trim Craig M | IBM | 198 |
| 22 | Zavesky Eric | AT&T Intellectual Property | 195 |
| 23 | Li Yong | Chengdu Qinchuan IoT Technology Co Ltd | 189 |
| 24 | Liu Bin | Chengdu Qinchuan IoT Technology Co Ltd | 188 |
| 25 | Zhang Wei | – | 188 |
| 26 | Zhang Lei | Chengdu Qinchuan IoT Technology Co Ltd | 182 |
| 27 | Keen Martin G | IBM | 180 |
| 28 | Baughman Aaron K | IBM | 178 |
| 29 | Mossoba Michael | Capital One | 174 |
| 30 | Montalvo Armando | Digital Global Systems | 170 |
| 31 | Price Micah | Capital One | 167 |
| 32 | Ray Joydeep | Nvidia | 165 |
| 33 | Wang Jun | IBM | 165 |
| 34 | Koker Altug | Intel Corporation | 162 |
| 35 | Zhang Li | – | 157 |
| 36 | Zhang Yu | 155 | |
| 37 | Liu Wei | – | 152 |
| 38 | Tang Qiaochu | Capital One | 152 |
| 39 | Yoo Taesang | Qualcomm | 152 |
| 40 | Quan Yaqiang | Chengdu Qinchuan IoT Technology Co Ltd | 151 |
| 41 | Jia Zhen | Dell | 150 |
| 42 | Kale Poorna | Micron Technology | 150 |
| 43 | Shelton IV Frederick E | Cilag Gmbh | 150 |
| 44 | Xiong Caiming | Salesforce | 150 |
| 45 | Wang Haifeng | Baidu | 148 |
| 46 | Wang Jian | – | 147 |
| 47 | Dagley Geoffrey | Capital One | 144 |
| 48 | Yao Anbang | Intel Corporation | 144 |
| 49 | Liu Yang | – | 140 |
| 50 | Lemay Stephen O | Apple | 139 |
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