Top Inventors at Nlight 2017
| Rank | Name | Patents |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manoj Kanskar | 5 |
| 2 | Timothy S. McComb | 3 |
| 3 | Tyson L. Lowder | 3 |
| #4 | David Martin Hemenway | 2 |
| #5 | Dahv A. V. Kliner | 2 |
| #6 | Dennis McCal | 2 |
| #7 | Jay Small | 2 |
| #8 | Joona Koponen | 2 |
| #9 | Ken Gross | 2 |
| #10 | Robert J. Martinsen | 2 |
| #11 | Scott R. Karlsen | 2 |
| #12 | Timothy N. Kutscha | 2 |
| #13 | Aaron Brown | 1 |
| #14 | Aaron Ludwig Hodges | 1 |
| #15 | Adam Dittli | 1 |
| #16 | Changgeng Ye | 1 |
| #17 | David C. Senders | 1 |
| #18 | Gary L. Burkholder | 1 |
| #19 | Jason N. Farmer | 1 |
| #20 | Jared Green | 1 |
| #21 | Joseph V. DeBartolo, Jr. | 1 |
| #22 | Joe Kollmann | 1 |
| #23 | Kenneth V. Almonte | 1 |
| #24 | Laeticia Petit | 1 |
| #25 | Ossi Kimmelma | 1 |
| #26 | Petteri Väinänen | 1 |
| #27 | Raymond Kirk Price | 1 |
| #28 | Roger L. Farrow | 1 |
| #29 | Rob Martinsen | 1 |
| #30 | Ronii C. Mehl | 1 |
| #31 | Robert G. Waarts | 1 |
| #32 | Zhigang Chen | 1 |