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Ranked by the PatentIndex Score — a 1–99 percentile within F21W · public-visibility date · generated 2026

Rising· last 2 yrs

Inventors whose newest F21W patents became public in the last 2 years — the current frontier

  1. 199Ha Tran27 patents · 510 citations
  2. 296Richard S. Belliveau59 patents · 1,548 citations
  3. 392Jon E. Simmons15 patents · 325 citations
  4. 488Jinhee Park13 patents · 132 citations
  5. 583Soonho Jung13 patents · 132 citations
  6. 679Woonkyu Seo13 patents · 132 citations
  7. 775Ross Mcintyre30 patents · 148 citations
  8. 871Justin D. Dorman21 patents · 101 citations
  9. 967Kyle Harvey17 patents · 85 citations
  10. 1063Eric Mackey11 patents · 78 citations
  11. 1158John Colvin Deaton14 patents · 102 citations
  12. 1254Andrea M. Sreshta12 patents · 77 citations
  13. 1350Anna Ruth Stork12 patents · 77 citations
  14. 1446Anthony Vilgiate8 patents · 86 citations
  15. 1542Scott Blaise Tylicki19 patents · 93 citations
  16. 1638Geoffrey Herbert Harris14 patents · 69 citations
  17. 1733Daniel S. Spiro26 patents · 84 citations
  18. 1829Guillermo Macias10 patents · 100 citations
  19. 1925Luke C. Mckee16 patents · 119 citations
  20. 2021David Proeber29 patents · 79 citations
  21. 2117Duane W. Wenzel18 patents · 70 citations
  22. 2213James K. Alexanderson8 patents · 207 citations
  23. 238David Karl Peck10 patents · 56 citations
  24. 244Apollo Paul Paredes17 patents · 59 citations
  25. 251Lionel V. Luu12 patents · 54 citations

Active· last 5 yrs

Sustained F21W output across the last 5 years

  1. 199Ha Tran27 patents · 510 citations
  2. 296Tseng-Lu Chien122 patents · 1,735 citations
  3. 392Richard S. Belliveau59 patents · 1,548 citations
  4. 488Basar Erdener20 patents · 278 citations
  5. 583Neal R. Verfuerth19 patents · 500 citations
  6. 679Voravit Puvanakijjakorn19 patents · 231 citations
  7. 775Kevin Potucek24 patents · 423 citations
  8. 871Simon Nicholas Richmond20 patents · 357 citations
  9. 967Richard E. Feinbloom17 patents · 266 citations
  10. 1063Masashi Tatsukawa15 patents · 392 citations
  11. 1158Jon E. Simmons15 patents · 325 citations
  12. 1254John R. Sanderson, Iv10 patents · 290 citations
  13. 1350Calvin Q. Seid12 patents · 208 citations
  14. 1446Shin Nishibori12 patents · 208 citations
  15. 1542Kenneth Braganca17 patents · 244 citations
  16. 1638Dan Zidkiahu Harkabi14 patents · 136 citations
  17. 1733Gidon Oded Elazar14 patents · 136 citations
  18. 1829David Jesurun12 patents · 307 citations
  19. 1925Jinhee Park13 patents · 132 citations
  20. 2021Soonho Jung13 patents · 132 citations
  21. 2117Woonkyu Seo13 patents · 132 citations
  22. 2213David W. Cunningham10 patents · 210 citations
  23. 238Brett A. Gorby8 patents · 264 citations
  24. 244David A. Dingman8 patents · 264 citations
  25. 251James W. Hawkins13 patents · 179 citations

All-time canon

Career PatentIndex Score in F21W

  1. 199George G. Mueller37 patents · 21,828 citations
  2. 296Brian Roberge7 patents · 2,303 citations
  3. 392Ha Tran27 patents · 510 citations
  4. 488Richard L. Borders8 patents · 919 citations
  5. 583William Hewlett39 patents · 1,121 citations
  6. 679Tseng-Lu Chien122 patents · 1,735 citations
  7. 775Richard S. Belliveau59 patents · 1,548 citations
  8. 871Scott D. Johnston7 patents · 940 citations
  9. 967Steve T. Kondo7 patents · 940 citations
  10. 1063Pat Grosswendt16 patents · 639 citations
  11. 1158Rudy G. Pohlert16 patents · 639 citations
  12. 1254Alexander Rizkin19 patents · 1,070 citations
  13. 1350Robert Tudhope19 patents · 1,070 citations
  14. 1446Michael V. Recker7 patents · 619 citations
  15. 1542Richard W. Hutton11 patents · 1,009 citations
  16. 1638Nigel Evans29 patents · 694 citations
  17. 1733John K. Roberts4 patents · 2,250 citations
  18. 1829Robert C. Knapp4 patents · 2,250 citations
  19. 1925Patrick Martineau8 patents · 767 citations
  20. 2021Michael Hughes19 patents · 565 citations
  21. 2117Jeffrey J. Wolf7 patents · 756 citations
  22. 2213Wayne Guillien10 patents · 635 citations
  23. 238Joseph P. Chobot7 patents · 394 citations
  24. 244John Warwick4 patents · 1,684 citations
  25. 251Basar Erdener20 patents · 278 citations
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