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B60V

Air-cushion vehicles

Ranked by the PatentIndex Score — a 1–99 percentile within B60V · public-visibility date · generated 2026

Rising· last 2 yrs

Inventors whose newest B60V patents became public in the last 2 years — the current frontier

  1. 199Daniel Cottrell5 patents · 21 citations
  2. 295Michael Klinker5 patents · 21 citations
  3. 390William Bryan Baker3 patents · 21 citations
  4. 486Andrew Gregg3 patents · 11 citations
  5. 581Andrew Levin3 patents · 11 citations
  6. 676William Thalheimer3 patents · 14 citations
  7. 771Christian Bailey2 patents · 14 citations
  8. 867Edward Lester2 patents · 14 citations
  9. 962Bradley C. Buskirk1 patents · 4 citations
  10. 1057Jason Castriota1 patents · 4 citations
  11. 1152Marco Borge1 patents · 4 citations
  12. 1248Michael Christopher Tilley1 patents · 4 citations
  13. 1343Owen Richard Wiseman1 patents · 1 citations
  14. 1438William Bryan Baker1 patents · 0 citations
  15. 1533BAKER WILLIAM BRYAN1 patents · 0 citations
  16. 1629COTTRELL DANIEL1 patents · 0 citations
  17. 1724GREGG ANDREW1 patents · 0 citations
  18. 1819KLINKER MICHAEL1 patents · 0 citations
  19. 1914LEVIN ANDREW1 patents · 0 citations
  20. 2010Brett Peters1 patents · 0 citations
  21. 215Cory Asher Kays1 patents · 0 citations
  22. 221Eric Jason Crews1 patents · 0 citations

Active· last 5 yrs

Sustained B60V output across the last 5 years

  1. 199Gonzalo Duran Ariza5 patents · 18 citations
  2. 296Daniel Cottrell5 patents · 21 citations
  3. 392Michael Klinker5 patents · 21 citations
  4. 488John Ducote3 patents · 37 citations
  5. 583John Goelet4 patents · 9 citations
  6. 679William Bryan Baker3 patents · 21 citations
  7. 775Richard D. Pierce4 patents · 5 citations
  8. 871Andrew Gregg3 patents · 11 citations
  9. 967Andrew Levin3 patents · 11 citations
  10. 1063William Thalheimer3 patents · 14 citations
  11. 1158Christian Bailey2 patents · 14 citations
  12. 1254Edward Lester2 patents · 14 citations
  13. 1350Robert Stringer2 patents · 13 citations
  14. 1446Bogdan T. Bucheru2 patents · 8 citations
  15. 1542Abraham Karem1 patents · 6 citations
  16. 1638John Paul Parcell1 patents · 6 citations
  17. 1733Adam Kennedy1 patents · 4 citations
  18. 1829Bradley C. Buskirk1 patents · 4 citations
  19. 1925Jason Castriota1 patents · 4 citations
  20. 2021Marco Borge1 patents · 4 citations
  21. 2117Michael Christopher Tilley1 patents · 4 citations
  22. 2213Paul Macey2 patents · 2 citations
  23. 238James E. Sovel1 patents · 3 citations
  24. 244Hal Rhea1 patents · 3 citations
  25. 251Andrew Maresh1 patents · 2 citations

All-time canon

Career PatentIndex Score in B60V

  1. 199Raynor A. Johnson7 patents · 486 citations
  2. 296Donald E. Burg9 patents · 198 citations
  3. 392Albert Blum5 patents · 96 citations
  4. 488Peter Spirov4 patents · 98 citations
  5. 583Rafi Yoeli3 patents · 206 citations
  6. 679Raymond L. Wheeler7 patents · 57 citations
  7. 775W. Keith Dubose5 patents · 53 citations
  8. 871Richard A. Cavanagh4 patents · 82 citations
  9. 967T. Desmond Earl3 patents · 102 citations
  10. 1063Dane K. Parker3 patents · 86 citations
  11. 1158David M. Ruthenburg3 patents · 86 citations
  12. 1254Gonzalo Duran Ariza5 patents · 18 citations
  13. 1350Kenneth J. Maloney4 patents · 47 citations
  14. 1446Clayton J. Jacobson3 patents · 91 citations
  15. 1542Jack Wegener2 patents · 298 citations
  16. 1638Robert E. Weedling2 patents · 298 citations
  17. 1733William R. Swallen2 patents · 298 citations
  18. 1829Max P. Schlienger3 patents · 79 citations
  19. 1925Edward G. Tattersall8 patents · 32 citations
  20. 2021Michael A. Rickards5 patents · 29 citations
  21. 2117Larry Keck5 patents · 17 citations
  22. 2213Douglas H. Greiner3 patents · 52 citations
  23. 238Norbert Schlichthorst3 patents · 55 citations
  24. 244Blaine Knight Rawdon2 patents · 159 citations
  25. 251Gregory Louis Bender3 patents · 40 citations
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