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Zf Friedrichshafen Ag
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Zf Friedrichshafen Ag
— 147 Patents in 2017
Rank
(2017):
#259
of
29,883
Top 1%
244
inventors
147
Patents 2017
Top Inventors at Zf Friedrichshafen Ag
2017
Showing
1–50
of
244
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Christian Sibla
22
1
Stefan Beck
22
3
Wolfgang Rieger
14
#4
Johannes Kaltenbach
11
#5
Roland Mair
7
#6
Martin Brehmer
6
#7
Josef Haupt
5
#8
Jörg Arnold
4
#8
Kai Bornträger
4
#8
Klaus Steinhauser
4
#8
Ruben Cueppers
4
#8
Thilo Schmidt
4
#13
Andreas Schmidt
3
#13
Bastian Volpert
3
#13
David Edward Drosback
3
#13
Fernando Gallato
3
#13
Josef Loibl
3
#13
Kyrill Siemens
3
#13
Matthias Kram
3
#13
Markus Maurer
3
#13
Matthias Reisch
3
#13
Peter Ziemer
3
#13
Uwe Griesmeier
3
#24
Alexander Bartha
2
#24
Andreas Beisswenger
2
#24
Andreas Giefer
2
#24
Andreas Ratte
2
#24
Andrea Tognon
2
#24
Christoph Elbers
2
#24
Christoph Hess
2
#24
Christoph Margraf
2
#24
Christoph Ommer
2
#24
Christian Villing
2
#24
Christian Wickel
2
#24
Daniel Lorenz
2
#24
Daniel Pittner
2
#24
Daniel Wolf
2
#24
Dennis Egler
2
#24
Eckhardt Lübke
2
#24
Florian Schneider
2
#24
Georg Mihatsch
2
#24
Jan-Frederik KUHN
2
#24
Jorg Sudau
2
#24
Jürgen Gräber
2
#24
Ludger Rake
2
#24
Marcus Hiemer
2
#24
Martin Rechtien
2
#24
Max Trautwein
2
#24
Michael Klank
2
#24
Michael Roske
2
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