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Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson
— 592 Patents in 2017
Rank
(2017):
#69
of
29,883
Top 1%
1,079
inventors
592
Patents 2017
Top Inventors at Johnson & Johnson
2017
Showing
1–50
of
1,079
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Frederick E. Shelton, IV
122
2
Randall B. Pugh
42
3
Jerome R. Morgan
41
#4
Chester O. Baxter, III
35
#5
Frederick A. Flitsch
29
#6
Jeffrey S. Swayze
27
#6
Taylor W. Aronhalt
27
#8
Adam Toner
26
#8
Kevin L. Houser
26
#10
James Daniel Riall
25
#11
Daniel B. Otts
21
#12
Charles J. Scheib
20
#13
Foster B. Stulen
18
#14
David C. Yates
17
#14
Richard L. Leimbach
17
#16
Brett E. Swensgard
16
#16
Jason L. Harris
16
#16
Katherine J. Schmid
16
#16
Mark D. Overmyer
16
#20
Chad P. Boudreaux
14
#20
Emily A. Schellin
14
#22
David T. Martin
13
#22
Michael J. Vendely
13
#24
Cory G. Kimball
12
#24
Daniel W. Price
12
#24
Jeffrey L. Aldridge
12
#24
Pierre Jean-Marie Bernard Raboisson
12
#28
Geoffrey S. Strobl
11
#28
Kevin W. Smith
11
#30
Bret W. Smith
10
#30
Derek Dee Deville
10
#30
Gregory W. Johnson
10
#30
Jeffrey D. Messerly
10
#30
Matthew A. Palmer
10
#30
Shane R. Adams
10
#30
Timothy G. Dietz
10
#37
Cortney E. Henderson
9
#37
David A. Witt
9
#37
Luciano De Sio
9
#37
Nelson V. Tabirian
9
#37
Olena Uskova
9
#37
Praveen Pandojirao-S
9
#37
Stephen J. Balek
9
#44
Adam R. Dunki-Jacobs
8
#44
Daniel J. Mumaw
8
#44
Mark A. Davison
8
#44
Mark S. Zeiner
8
#44
Michael J. Stokes
8
#44
Richard W. Timm
8
#44
Thomas O. Bales, Jr.
8
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