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Kohler
KO
Kohler
— 145 Patents in 2017
Rank
(2017):
#264
of
29,883
Top 1%
211
inventors
145
Patents 2017
Top Inventors at Kohler
2017
Showing
1–50
of
211
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Isaac S. Frampton
10
2
Gary N. Clarke
9
3
Kenneth Scott Hanna
8
3
Perry D. Erickson
8
3
Rafael A. Rexach
8
3
William C. McKeone
8
#7
Eugenio Duarte
7
#7
Gregory de Swarte
7
#7
Leila M. Rubin
7
#10
Ken S. Hanna
6
#10
Laura K. Kirar
6
#10
Zheyan Hong
6
#13
John C. Esche
5
#13
Michael R. Bates
5
#13
Niels J. Eilmus
5
#13
Paul B. Georgeson
5
#13
Randy O. Mesun
5
#18
Anna-Pia K. Slothower
4
#18
Brian M. Kaule
4
#18
Frederic Licini
4
#18
Joseph L. Stauber
4
#18
Robert S. Davis
4
#18
Terrence K. Mahon
4
#24
Chad J. Cochart
3
#24
Clayton C. Garrels
3
#24
Eric B. Hudak
3
#24
Eric M. Plate
3
#24
Erich D. Slothower
3
#24
Jason R. Miller
3
#24
Jeffrey A. Schumacher
3
#24
Luke B. Zimbric
3
#24
Margaret C. Mazz
3
#24
Mary J. Reid
3
#24
Robin A. Goad
3
#24
Ronald L. Smies
3
#24
Santosh R. Narasimhan
3
#24
Sarah O'Brien
3
#24
Shawn Bozarth
3
#24
Simon Mark Bickerstaffe
3
#24
Steven Thomas Radder
3
#24
William R. Bares
3
#42
Alan T. McDonald
2
#42
Alexander Weldum
2
#42
Benjamin W. Marotz
2
#42
Christopher D. Thorn
2
#42
Daniel N. Halloran
2
#42
David J. Richter-O'Connell
2
#42
Douglas J. Brouwer
2
#42
Fred Ogreenc
2
#42
Greta Knowles
2
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2
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