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Whirlpool
Rank (2016):
#116
of 28,424
Top 1%
462 inventors
302
Patents 2016
Top Inventors at Whirlpool
2016
Rank
Name
Patents
1
John W. McConnell
36
2
Jessica R. McConnell
19
3
Michael S. Seeley
17
#4
Kelly E. Roche
14
#5
Patrick J. Boarman
14
#6
Patrick J. Schiavone
14
#7
ZhaoYi Yin
14
#8
Daniel H. Quinlan
13
#9
Guolian Wu
12
#10
Leif A. Norland
12
#11
Samuel B. Breneman
12
#12
Chad J. Rotter
11
#13
Dean A. Martin
11
#14
Farhad Ashrafzadeh
11
#15
Richard K. Gresens
11
#16
Seth E. Bixby
11
#17
Steven J. Kuehl
11
#18
Rodney M. Welch
10
#19
Nihat O. Cur
9
#20
Wenkai Wu
9
#21
Bill J. Koons
8
#22
James P. Carow
8
#23
Scott W. Leimkuehler
8
#24
Alvin V. Miller
7
#25
Alan M. Welch
7
#26
Ameresh B. Viswanathan
7
#27
Brent A. Kramer
7
#28
David Allen Stauffer
7
#29
Douglas D. Leclear
7
#30
James H. Jenkins, Jr.
7
#31
Kevin Lee Noel
7
#32
Kyle B. Van Meter
7
#33
Lester J. Ott
7
#34
Mark S. Feddema
7
#35
Mauro M. Oliveira
7
#36
Michael P. Conti
7
#37
Ron S. Paulsen
7
#38
Robert L. Wetekamp
7
#39
Steven G. Herndon
7
#40
Thomas E. Gose
7
#41
Tim L. Coulter
7
#42
Andrew D. Litch
6
#43
Blayne C. Smith
6
#44
Brian K. Culley
6
#45
Brandon T. Mock
6
#46
Gregory Gene Hortin
6
#47
Karl David McAllister
6
#48
Mark M. Senninger
6
#49
Mark E. Thomas
6
#50
Michael A. Kahwaji
6
#51
Andrew M. Tenbarge
5
#52
Anthony B. Welsh
5
#53
Barry E. Tuller
5
#54
Jason W. Tippetts
5
#55
Jordan R. Fountain
5
#56
John J. Vonderhaar
5
#57
Mark W. Baldwin
5
#58
Marcus R. Fischer
5
#59
Paul S. Paget
5
#60
Shreecharan Kanchanavally
5
#61
Alberto R. Gomes
4
#62
Andrew Leitert
4
#63
Benjamin E. Alexander
4
#64
David J. Gushwa
4
#65
Ginger Elayne Patera
4
#66
James W. Kendall
4
#67
Joel Graham Van Faasen
4
#68
Kaitlyn M. Benoit
4
#69
Kevin M. Chase
4
#70
Kristopher L. Delgado
4
#71
Lindsey Ann Wohlgamuth
4
#72
Lorraine J. Westlake
4
#73
Moeed Mukhtar
4
#74
Paul B. Allard
4
#75
Sathish A. Sundaram
4
#76
Antony M. Rappette
3
#77
Ben C. Shao
3
#78
Brian P. Janke
3
#79
Christopher A. Gregory
3
#80
Duane M. Kobos
3
#81
Elliott V. Stowe
3
#82
Garett Strandemo
3
#83
James Kerner
3
#84
Jerold M. Visin
3
#85
Jonathan D. Pugh
3
#86
Justin D. McIver
3
#87
Jurij Paderno
3
#88
Karen J. Querfurth
3
#89
Matthew P. Ebrom
3
#90
Mallory A. Fuller
3
#91
Michael A. Bowen
3
#92
Michael Todd Moore
3
#93
Nicholas L. Stuart
3
#94
Paul E. Beshears, Jr.
3
#95
Paolo Spranzi
3
#96
Richard A. McCoy
3
#97
Todd M. Jozwiak
3
#98
Todd J. Tunzi
3
#99
Ali R. Buendia Garcia
2
#100
Alexander L. Clayton
2