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G06Q

Administrative, commercial & financial computing

Ranked by the PatentIndex Score — a 1–99 percentile within G06Q · public-visibility date · generated 2026-07-19

Rising· last 2 yrs

Inventors whose newest G06Q patents became public in the last 2 years — the current frontier

  1. 199Gregory Hayward207 patents · 10,879 citations
  2. 296Blake Konrardy121 patents · 7,845 citations
  3. 392Scott Farris119 patents · 7,838 citations
  4. 488Srinivas Kavuri26 patents · 5,580 citations
  5. 583Michelle Fisher80 patents · 2,646 citations
  6. 679Andre Madeira22 patents · 3,161 citations
  7. 775Evan Spiegel53 patents · 4,344 citations
  8. 871Steven C. Cielocha105 patents · 5,646 citations
  9. 967Mohamed A. Wazeer56 patents · 3,176 citations
  10. 1063Dale L. Grover54 patents · 3,688 citations
  11. 1158Torri Wollenschlager67 patents · 3,624 citations
  12. 1254Todd Binion127 patents · 5,761 citations
  13. 1350Ronny S. Bryant75 patents · 3,434 citations
  14. 1446Aaron Scott Chan94 patents · 3,082 citations
  15. 1542Weixin Wu47 patents · 1,509 citations
  16. 1638Carol Marie Csanda40 patents · 1,496 citations
  17. 1733Stacey Gorsuch40 patents · 1,496 citations
  18. 1829Chien Che Huang39 patents · 1,474 citations
  19. 1925Craig M. Main39 patents · 1,474 citations
  20. 2021Richard A. Novak39 patents · 1,474 citations
  21. 2117Shawn C. Bennett39 patents · 1,474 citations
  22. 2213Stephen Kohaus39 patents · 1,474 citations
  23. 238Terry Quakenbush39 patents · 1,474 citations
  24. 244Mark Nitzberg30 patents · 2,633 citations
  25. 251Manoj Kumar Vijayan13 patents · 2,478 citations

Active· last 5 yrs

Sustained G06Q output across the last 5 years

  1. 199John Christopher Harvey108 patents · 4,115 citations
  2. 296Mark J. Stefik107 patents · 9,317 citations
  3. 392Gregory Hayward207 patents · 10,879 citations
  4. 488Blake Konrardy121 patents · 7,845 citations
  5. 583Scott Farris119 patents · 7,838 citations
  6. 679Srinivas Kavuri26 patents · 5,580 citations
  7. 775Michelle Fisher80 patents · 2,646 citations
  8. 871Thomas R. Gruber42 patents · 5,921 citations
  9. 967Didier Rene Guzzoni18 patents · 5,606 citations
  10. 1063Christopher Dean Brigham18 patents · 4,982 citations
  11. 1158Harry J. Saddler10 patents · 3,092 citations
  12. 1254Gary Allan Kemp, Ii49 patents · 4,444 citations
  13. 1350Andre Madeira22 patents · 3,161 citations
  14. 1446Evan Spiegel53 patents · 4,344 citations
  15. 1542James J. Barrese12 patents · 8,458 citations
  16. 1638Ben Julian Weintraub36 patents · 1,943 citations
  17. 1733Daniel John Neal36 patents · 1,943 citations
  18. 1829Steven Ira Geller37 patents · 1,873 citations
  19. 1925Carol Ann Politi35 patents · 1,869 citations
  20. 2021Douglas Owen Kesser35 patents · 1,869 citations
  21. 2117Matthew Donald Baker35 patents · 1,869 citations
  22. 2213Amir Ansari50 patents · 2,710 citations
  23. 238Atousa Raissyan50 patents · 2,710 citations
  24. 244George A. Cowgill50 patents · 2,710 citations
  25. 251Jude P. Ramayya50 patents · 2,710 citations

All-time canon

Career PatentIndex Score in G06Q

  1. 199David M. Van Wie75 patents · 33,338 citations
  2. 296Francis J. Spahn56 patents · 26,518 citations
  3. 392Frederick S. M. Herz19 patents · 19,537 citations
  4. 488Lyle Ungar8 patents · 10,250 citations
  5. 583John Christopher Harvey108 patents · 4,115 citations
  6. 679Kenneth L. Milsted15 patents · 11,224 citations
  7. 775Michael R. Root29 patents · 5,072 citations
  8. 871Steven A. Root25 patents · 5,068 citations
  9. 967George Gregory Gruse8 patents · 7,051 citations
  10. 1063Emmett R. Burns32 patents · 8,427 citations
  11. 1158J. Chris Lauwers36 patents · 8,426 citations
  12. 1254Gerald J. Burnett31 patents · 7,785 citations
  13. 1350Keith A. Lantz31 patents · 7,785 citations
  14. 1446Edgar Downs5 patents · 6,277 citations
  15. 1542Mark J. Stefik107 patents · 9,317 citations
  16. 1638Richard Huizinga18 patents · 9,004 citations
  17. 1733Richard Soltys18 patents · 9,004 citations
  18. 1829Gregory Hayward207 patents · 10,879 citations
  19. 1925Gregory D. Linden19 patents · 5,281 citations
  20. 2021Richard Reisman25 patents · 4,737 citations
  21. 2117Marco M. Hurtado10 patents · 6,683 citations
  22. 2213David M. Delorme5 patents · 9,697 citations
  23. 238Keith Gray5 patents · 9,697 citations
  24. 244Blake Konrardy121 patents · 7,845 citations
  25. 251Scott Farris119 patents · 7,838 citations
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