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IBM

Rank (2016): #2 of 28,424Top 1%
10,295 inventors
8,378 Patents 2016

Top Inventors at IBM 2016

Showing 1–50 of 10,295 inventors

RankNamePatents
1 Kangguo Cheng 186
2 Michael K. Gschwind 155
3 Alexander Reznicek 126
#4 Ali Khakifirooz 116
#5 Rick A. Hamilton, II 75
#6 Chung-Lung K. Shum 74
#6 Pouya Hashemi 74
#8 Timothy J. Slegel 71
#9 Valentina Salapura 70
#10 Bruce B. Doris 69
#11 Michael J. Branson 66
#11 Tenko Yamashita 66
#13 Patrick J. O'Sullivan 65
#14 Devendra K. Sadana 62
#14 Jason K. Resch 62
#16 Christian Jacobi 61
#17 Clifford A. Pickover 59
#18 Gregory J. Boss 56
#19 John M. Santosuosso 55
#20 James E. Carey 54
#20 Lisa Seacat DeLuca 54
#22 Lokesh M. Gupta 53
#22 Michael T. Benhase 53
#22 Veeraraghavan S. Basker 53
#25 Effendi Leobandung 51
#25 Michael Tsirkin 51
#27 Dan F. Greiner 50
#28 Sandeep R. Patil 48
#29 Chun-Chen Yeh 47
#29 Dylan J. Boday 47
#31 Casimer M. DeCusatis 44
#32 Fadi Y. Busaba 43
#32 Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr. 43
#34 Charles J. Archer 42
#34 Eric M. Schwarz 42
#34 Robert G. Biskeborn 42
#37 Brian M. O'Connell 40
#37 James R. Kozloski 40
#39 Levi A. Campbell 39
#39 Omer Tripp 39
#41 Madhusudan K. Iyengar 38
#41 Ruilong Xie 38
#41 Sarbajit K. Rakshit 38
#44 Charles W. Gainey, Jr. 37
#45 David C. Reed 35
#45 Jonathan D. Bradbury 35
#45 Keshav G. Kamble 35
#45 Maged M. Michael 35
#49 Christopher J. Dawson 34
#50 Brian R. Muras 33