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Ranked by the PatentIndex Score — a 1–99 percentile within B26B · public-visibility date · generated 2026

Rising· last 2 yrs

Inventors whose newest B26B patents became public in the last 2 years — the current frontier

  1. 199Jeffrey A. Whited57 patents · 1,953 citations
  2. 296Craig A. Provost46 patents · 505 citations
  3. 392Willem Auke Westerhof18 patents · 405 citations
  4. 488Ruairidh Robertson15 patents · 209 citations
  5. 583Douglas R. Kohring13 patents · 218 citations
  6. 679David R. Bloch13 patents · 151 citations
  7. 775David Carpenter14 patents · 142 citations
  8. 871George K. Bonnoitt, Jr.13 patents · 119 citations
  9. 967Leon Coresh12 patents · 158 citations
  10. 1063Detlef Gleich15 patents · 146 citations
  11. 1158Dennis R. Seguin, Jr.9 patents · 88 citations
  12. 1254John S. Ronan6 patents · 90 citations
  13. 1350Thomas Scimone28 patents · 117 citations
  14. 1446Edwin A. Werner15 patents · 69 citations
  15. 1542Richard J. Tringali8 patents · 47 citations
  16. 1638Robert Joseph Gallegos24 patents · 68 citations
  17. 1733William Finck13 patents · 52 citations
  18. 1829Bernard J. Esarey8 patents · 50 citations
  19. 1925Jun Soo Chang7 patents · 27 citations
  20. 2021Jeffrey D. Gross7 patents · 21 citations
  21. 2117Joseph Novak8 patents · 19 citations
  22. 2213John Crawford5 patents · 40 citations
  23. 238Steven Arndt7 patents · 51 citations
  24. 244Daniel T. Dovel7 patents · 17 citations
  25. 251Michael Gregory Perez4 patents · 26 citations

Active· last 5 yrs

Sustained B26B output across the last 5 years

  1. 199Jeffrey A. Whited57 patents · 1,953 citations
  2. 296Kenneth J. Onion34 patents · 1,128 citations
  3. 392Alejandro Carlos Lee20 patents · 938 citations
  4. 488Vincent Paul Walker, Jr.29 patents · 980 citations
  5. 583Scott Melton21 patents · 883 citations
  6. 679Donald Gringer18 patents · 838 citations
  7. 775Erkki O. Linden14 patents · 674 citations
  8. 871Louis S. Glesser14 patents · 835 citations
  9. 967Craig A. Provost46 patents · 505 citations
  10. 1063Kelly Daniel Bridges19 patents · 426 citations
  11. 1158Reinhold Eichhorn36 patents · 562 citations
  12. 1254Willem Auke Westerhof18 patents · 405 citations
  13. 1350Matthew Frank Murgida12 patents · 335 citations
  14. 1446Peter Junk22 patents · 457 citations
  15. 1542Spiros Gratsias35 patents · 525 citations
  16. 1638Stephen Rowlay17 patents · 354 citations
  17. 1733Andrew Anthony Szczepanowski10 patents · 292 citations
  18. 1829Yuan Fang Cheng10 patents · 276 citations
  19. 1925Dimitrios Efthimiadis47 patents · 400 citations
  20. 2021Jon Freas8 patents · 241 citations
  21. 2117Ruairidh Robertson15 patents · 209 citations
  22. 2213Panagiotis Zafiropoulos19 patents · 229 citations
  23. 238Olavi Linden10 patents · 247 citations
  24. 244Louis D. Tomassetti17 patents · 266 citations
  25. 251Douglas R. Kohring13 patents · 218 citations

All-time canon

Career PatentIndex Score in B26B

  1. 199Lee M. Middleman11 patents · 5,195 citations
  2. 296Walter R. Pyka11 patents · 5,195 citations
  3. 392Michael Buhler10 patents · 4,705 citations
  4. 488Philippe Poncet10 patents · 4,705 citations
  5. 583Karl Van Dyk8 patents · 3,183 citations
  6. 679Stephen C. Metcalf19 patents · 2,366 citations
  7. 775Charles Bridgham Worrick, Iii22 patents · 2,066 citations
  8. 871Domenic Vincent Apprille, Jr.18 patents · 2,408 citations
  9. 967Donald Robert Chaulk6 patents · 1,001 citations
  10. 1063Joseph George Fucci5 patents · 798 citations
  11. 1158Mingchih M. Tseng18 patents · 2,266 citations
  12. 1254Roy L. Helton, Jr.12 patents · 1,095 citations
  13. 1350Bernard Gilder13 patents · 1,271 citations
  14. 1446Edward A. Andrews20 patents · 1,782 citations
  15. 1542Brian Oldroyd16 patents · 1,338 citations
  16. 1638Randolph J. Morton11 patents · 771 citations
  17. 1733William J. Mchenry9 patents · 746 citations
  18. 1829Timothy J. Mccullough14 patents · 1,778 citations
  19. 1925Chester F. Jacobson27 patents · 2,685 citations
  20. 2021Steve S. Hahn12 patents · 997 citations
  21. 2117Michael J. Kwiecien9 patents · 765 citations
  22. 2213Frank A. Ferraro39 patents · 2,126 citations
  23. 238William C. Carson, Iii7 patents · 772 citations
  24. 244Gabriel Alejandro Draguicevich7 patents · 514 citations
  25. 251Gregory F. Rubin7 patents · 514 citations
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