The United Kingdom has always been a hotbed for innovation, and in the past five years, its inventors have continued to break new ground across industries such as healthcare, artificial intelligence and sustainable technologies. From reshaping digital landscapes to pioneering advancements in engineering, these inventors are leading the charge for tomorrow’s solutions.
In this article, we shine a spotlight on the top 100 UK-based inventors who have filed patents globally between 2020 and 2025, along with the companies they are currently associated with.
Note: The inventors featured in this list are residents of United Kingdom, as indicated by their inventor address. The patent count represents the number of patents that are either owned or co-owned by these inventors from 01-01-2020 to 28-11-2025.
| Rank | Inventor | Associated Company | Patent Count |
| 1 | Wong Shin Horng | Sony | 1056 |
| 2 | Craig Steven Wright | nChain | 1011 |
| 3 | Wakabayashi Hideji | Sony | 938 |
| 4 | Beale Martin Warwick | Sony | 862 |
| 5 | Locke Christopher Brian | Solventum Intellectual Properties | 856 |
| 6 | Sharma Vivek | Sony | 853 |
| 7 | Wei Yuxin | Sony | 759 |
| 8 | Martin Brian Alexander | Sony | 747 |
| 9 | Moloney Patrick | InLab Ventures | Strawberry Lane Consulting Limited | 732 |
| 10 | Karampatsis Dimitrios | Lenovo | 670 |
| 11 | Lord Chris | ELAP Engineering Ltd | 613 |
| 12 | Abi Aoun Walid | British American Tobacco | 591 |
| 13 | Awad Yassin Aden | Sony | 576 |
| 14 | Shenton Edward Ross | Sano | 570 |
| 15 | Hancock Christopher Paul | Creo Medical | 559 |
| 16 | Robinson Timothy Mark | Solventum Intellectual Properties | 536 |
| 17 | Mahmoud Watfa | Samsung Electronics | 488 |
| 18 | Mulder Imke Elisabeth | Opportunity North East Limited | 478 |
| 19 | John Paul Lesso | Cirrus Logic | 472 |
| 20 | Wright Alec | ARPWright Consultancy | 454 |
| 21 | Rogan Andrew Robert John | RGNTEC Ltd | 433 |
| 22 | Davies Jack Owen | Metrika | Untangling Web3 | Blockchain Connected | 432 |
| 23 | Reevell Tony | Philip Morris | 404 |
| 24 | Kuo Ping-Heng | Apple | 390 |
| 25 | George Wayne N | Illumina | 386 |
| 26 | Kemp Thomas Mark | GSK | 384 |
| 27 | Forster Ian J | Avery Dennison | 383 |
| 28 | Hepworth Richard | British American Tobacco | 381 |
| 29 | Newson Marc A | Apple | 380 |
| 30 | Pulé Martin | Autolus Limited | 364 |
| 31 | Brown Giles Albert | Amphista Therapeutics | 361 |
| 32 | Congreve Miles Stuart | Isomorphic Labs | 358 |
| 33 | Atungsiri Samuel Asangbeng | Sony | 349 |
| 34 | Tsuda Shinichiro | Sony | 342 |
| 35 | Liu Xiaohai | Self-Employed | 341 |
| 36 | Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown | Cambridge Mechatronics | 335 |
| 37 | Lant Neil Joseph | Procter & Gamble | 328 |
| 38 | Bruton Connor | British American Tobacco | 327 |
| 39 | Ferrie Kate | DS Smith | Kate Ferrie Consulting Ltd | 319 |
| 40 | Savanah Stephane | Bonded | RMIT University | Van Haas Limited | 316 |
| 41 | Yilmaz Ugurhan | Hanovate Consultancy Limited | 312 |
| 42 | Bemment Craig W | Rolls Royce | 310 |
| 43 | Christmas Jamieson | Envisics | 306 |
| 44 | Wu Xiaolin | – | 301 |
| 45 | Fallon Gary | Nicoventures | 291 |
| 46 | Onuoha Shimobi | Autolus Limited | 287 |
| 47 | White Malcolm | Creo Medical | 279 |
| 48 | Pratt Benjamin Andrew | Solventum Intellectual Properties | 277 |
| 49 | Thomas Simon | Autolus Limited | 277 |
| 50 | Webb David | Creo Medical | 276 |
| 51 | Jones David | Sano | 275 |
| 52 | Madeo Simone | Teza Technologies | 275 |
| 53 | Baker Darryl | British American Tobacco | 272 |
| 54 | El-Moussa Fadi | British Telecom | 272 |
| 55 | Mccann Stephen | Huawei | IEEE | 271 |
| 56 | Palat Sudeep K | Intel | 270 |
| 57 | Wischik Claude Michel | TauRx (WisTa Laboratories) | 268 |
| 58 | Popovich Milan Momcilo | Digilens Inc | 264 |
| 59 | Wildgoose Jason Lee | Waters Corporation | 263 |
| 60 | Korus Anton | Nicoventures | 262 |
| 61 | Heron Andrew John | Portal Biotech Ltd | 258 |
| 62 | Van Lieshout Gert Jan | Samsung Electronics | 257 |
| 63 | Warren Luke | Shenzhen Tatfook Technology Co Ltd | 257 |
| 64 | Wildschek Torsten | Alcatel-Lucent | 255 |
| 65 | Gill Mark | Relco UK | 254 |
| 66 | Burn Patrick | Creo Medical | 250 |
| 67 | Hunt Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon | Smith & Nephew | 249 |
| 68 | Guido Meardi | V Nova International | 247 |
| 69 | Quintanar Felix Clarence | Smith & Nephew | 247 |
| 70 | Ullrich George | Creo Medical | 245 |
| 71 | Richardson Keith | Waters Corporation | 245 |
| 72 | Lindbo Lars Sverker Ture | Ocado | 242 |
| 73 | Casati Alessio | Nokia | 241 |
| 74 | Plumptre David Aubrey | DCA Design International | 241 |
| 75 | Adair Kyle | Discuvr Innovation Ltd | Vozel Ltd | 241 |
| 76 | Mourad Alain | ETSI | 239 |
| 77 | Morovic Jan | Grow London | HP | 238 |
| 78 | Morris Anthony Paul | Sanofi | 238 |
| 79 | Joseph Daniel | Quality Capital Management (QCM) | 236 |
| 80 | Cordoba Shaun | Cell Therapeutic Company | 235 |
| 81 | Potter Mark | Nicoventures | 233 |
| 82 | Addison Paul S | Medtronic | 230 |
| 83 | Green Martin Raymond | – | 230 |
| 84 | Zhang Wei | Teranode Group | 226 |
| 85 | Hodgson Matthew | Nicoventures | 225 |
| 86 | Marko Plevnik | JT International | 225 |
| 87 | Fenney Simon | Imagination Technologies | 224 |
| 88 | Guy Geoffrey | GW Pharma | 224 |
| 89 | Sudlow Thomas | Imperial Brands Plc | 224 |
| 90 | Ingram-Tedd Andrew | Ocado | 221 |
| 91 | Sutton Joseph | British American Tobacco | 219 |
| 92 | Khirallah Chadi | UKTIN | 218 |
| 93 | Olvera-Hernandez Ulises | Interdigital | 217 |
| 94 | Mackenzie Richard | British Telecom | 214 |
| 95 | Pringle Steven Derek | Waters Corporation | 212 |
| 96 | Hartwell Edward Yerbury | Smith & Nephew | 210 |
| 97 | Azar Ziad | Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy | 208 |
| 98 | Turner Louis | Creo Medical | 207 |
| 99 | Zisimopoulos Haris | Qualcomm | 207 |
| 100 | Draper Paul Richard | Sanofi | 207 |
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