Top Inventors at Soraa Laser Diode 2017
| Rank | Name | Patents |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James W. Raring | 28 |
| 2 | Paul Rudy | 9 |
| 3 | Melvin McLaurin | 8 |
| #4 | Po Shan Hsu | 7 |
| #5 | Alexander Sztein | 6 |
| #6 | Mathew C. Schmidt | 6 |
| #7 | Christiane Elsass | 4 |
| #8 | Hua Huang | 4 |
| #9 | Chendong Bai | 2 |
| #10 | Christiane Poblenz | 2 |
| #11 | Eric Goutain | 2 |
| #12 | Nicholas J. Pfister | 2 |
| #13 | Yu-Chia Chang | 2 |
| #14 | Bryan Ellis | 1 |
| #15 | Daniel F. Feezell | 1 |
| #16 | Rajat Sharma | 1 |
| #17 | Thiago P. Melo | 1 |
| #18 | Vlad Novotny | 1 |
| #19 | You-Da Lin | 1 |