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F16L

Pipes, joints, fittings & thermal insulation

Ranked by the PatentIndex Score — a 1–99 percentile within F16L · public-visibility date · generated 2026

Rising· last 2 yrs

Inventors whose newest F16L patents became public in the last 2 years — the current frontier

  1. 199John Gibb18 patents · 872 citations
  2. 296Thomas F. Fangrow14 patents · 446 citations
  3. 392Gerard G. Geiger28 patents · 930 citations
  4. 488Grant A. Wilhelm17 patents · 447 citations
  5. 583Preston Ellis Hennrich12 patents · 265 citations
  6. 679Michael V. Porter16 patents · 524 citations
  7. 775James E. Caroll10 patents · 474 citations
  8. 871Thomas J. Gretz37 patents · 1,228 citations
  9. 967Libardo Ochoa Dias44 patents · 741 citations
  10. 1063Theodore W. Meyers11 patents · 433 citations
  11. 1158Avi Chiproot45 patents · 799 citations
  12. 1254Steven A. Roth14 patents · 424 citations
  13. 1350William Krietzman12 patents · 212 citations
  14. 1446Seung-Il Oh18 patents · 421 citations
  15. 1542Daniel A. Copeland23 patents · 381 citations
  16. 1638Patrick Thomas Gerst12 patents · 276 citations
  17. 1733David J. Vranish17 patents · 190 citations
  18. 1829Steven W. Wentworth29 patents · 386 citations
  19. 1925Brian C. Witkowski11 patents · 166 citations
  20. 2021Eric M. Chapman15 patents · 275 citations
  21. 2117Randall S. Williams24 patents · 238 citations
  22. 2213Mark A. Clason38 patents · 323 citations
  23. 238Jeremy Henry Nichols12 patents · 172 citations
  24. 244Michael W. Horgan11 patents · 250 citations
  25. 251Aviral Joshi39 patents · 247 citations

Active· last 5 yrs

Sustained F16L output across the last 5 years

  1. 199John Gibb18 patents · 872 citations
  2. 296Edward A. Bryner30 patents · 1,324 citations
  3. 392Joshua Moore30 patents · 1,324 citations
  4. 488Kevin Y. Low30 patents · 1,324 citations
  5. 583Mark Loosararian24 patents · 1,117 citations
  6. 679Yizhu Gu25 patents · 1,101 citations
  7. 775Ian Miller25 patents · 1,079 citations
  8. 871Logan Mackenzie24 patents · 1,038 citations
  9. 967Todd Joslin23 patents · 1,035 citations
  10. 1063Alvin Chou19 patents · 904 citations
  11. 1158Larry W. Kiest, Jr.99 patents · 1,967 citations
  12. 1254Dillon R. Jourde12 patents · 461 citations
  13. 1350Edwin H. Cho11 patents · 401 citations
  14. 1446Thomas F. Fangrow14 patents · 446 citations
  15. 1542Benjamin A. Guise7 patents · 235 citations
  16. 1638Charlie Whitney12 patents · 337 citations
  17. 1733Jerry Edward O'Neill10 patents · 335 citations
  18. 1829Gregory A. Conrad7 patents · 232 citations
  19. 1925Gerard G. Geiger28 patents · 930 citations
  20. 2021Grant A. Wilhelm17 patents · 447 citations
  21. 2117Hans Ries19 patents · 870 citations
  22. 2213Tao Nie16 patents · 602 citations
  23. 238Preston Ellis Hennrich12 patents · 265 citations
  24. 244Raymond S. Laughlin15 patents · 661 citations
  25. 251Johnny C. Fraga9 patents · 225 citations

All-time canon

Career PatentIndex Score in F16L

  1. 199David W. Meyer12 patents · 2,439 citations
  2. 296Brian J. Blenkush16 patents · 2,999 citations
  3. 392Carey V. Campbell7 patents · 1,391 citations
  4. 488James D. Lewis7 patents · 1,391 citations
  5. 583Jerry G. Williams18 patents · 2,124 citations
  6. 679Scott Dahlgren13 patents · 1,575 citations
  7. 775David Pixton12 patents · 1,512 citations
  8. 871Ronald E. Kissell13 patents · 619 citations
  9. 967Ruijian Xu6 patents · 515 citations
  10. 1063John Gibb18 patents · 872 citations
  11. 1158James T. Caillouette6 patents · 1,345 citations
  12. 1254Robert C. Klapper6 patents · 1,345 citations
  13. 1350Edward A. Bryner30 patents · 1,324 citations
  14. 1446Joshua Moore30 patents · 1,324 citations
  15. 1542Kevin Y. Low30 patents · 1,324 citations
  16. 1638Mark Loosararian24 patents · 1,117 citations
  17. 1733Yizhu Gu25 patents · 1,101 citations
  18. 1829Ian Miller25 patents · 1,079 citations
  19. 1925Logan Mackenzie24 patents · 1,038 citations
  20. 2021Todd Joslin23 patents · 1,035 citations
  21. 2117Alvin Chou19 patents · 904 citations
  22. 2213Charles Peter Decler10 patents · 1,261 citations
  23. 238Howard C. B. Kuhns14 patents · 1,639 citations
  24. 244Michael S. Pigott6 patents · 481 citations
  25. 251Lennart L. Carlson8 patents · 924 citations
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