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Ford
Ford
— 2,018 Patents in 2017
Rank
(2017):
#16
of
29,883
Top 1%
2,357
inventors
2,018
Patents 2017
Top Inventors at Ford
2017
Showing
1–50
of
2,357
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Stuart C. Salter
101
2
Aed M. Dudar
66
3
Ross Dykstra Pursifull
55
#4
Paul Kenneth Dellock
49
#5
Gopichandra Surnilla
45
#6
James J. Surman
41
#6
Jeffrey Allen Doering
41
#8
Johnathan Andrew Line
35
#9
Chris Paul Glugla
33
#9
Cornel Lewis Gardner
33
#11
Mark Steven Yamazaki
32
#12
Dean M. Jaradi
31
#12
Gordon M. Platto
31
#12
Joseph Norman Ulrey
31
#12
Mohammed Omar Faruque
31
#12
Sean Tant
31
#17
Douglas Raymond Martin
30
#17
Ming Lang Kuang
30
#19
Pietro Buttolo
29
#20
Imad Hassan Makki
27
#21
Erick Michael Lavoie
26
#22
John Eric Rollinger
25
#23
Manoharprasad K. Rao
24
#23
Robert Roy Jentz
24
#23
Xiaoyong Wang
24
#26
Daniel Joseph Styles
23
#26
Kenneth James Miller
23
#26
Thomas G. Leone
23
#29
Bernard D. Nefcy
22
#29
Darrell Behmer
22
#29
Rajit Johri
22
#32
Allan Roy Gale
21
#32
Christopher Svensson
21
#34
Brad Alan Boyer
20
#34
Craig S. Metros
20
#34
Dean Carbis
20
#34
Eric Stoddard
20
#34
Fling Tseng
20
#34
George Bucher
20
#34
Kemal Curic
20
#41
Adam Nathan Banker
19
#41
John Robert Van Wiemeersch
19
#41
Michael W. Degner
19
#41
Shawn Wehrly
19
#41
Wei Liang
19
#46
Jason Meyer
18
#46
Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante
18
#46
Saeed David Barbat
18
#46
Solomon Song
18
#50
Alex O'Connor Gibson
17
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