Top Inventors at Adtran 2018
| Rank | Name | Patents |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel M. Joffe | 4 |
| 2 | Richard L. Goodson | 4 |
| 3 | Thomas Detwiler | 4 |
| #4 | Martin Kuipers | 3 |
| #5 | Arlynn Wayne Wilson | 2 |
| #6 | Fred Chu | 2 |
| #7 | Thomas F. Guevin | 2 |
| #8 | Adam Dyess | 1 |
| #9 | Andrew T. Ruble | 1 |
| #10 | Benjamin C. Browning | 1 |
| #11 | Brent Priddy | 1 |
| #12 | Byron L. Young | 1 |
| #13 | Caiyun Liu | 1 |
| #14 | Chad Anthony Dieselberg | 1 |
| #15 | Clinton R. Blasingame | 1 |
| #16 | David Perkinson | 1 |
| #17 | Diron Lusk | 1 |
| #18 | Henry Weinitschke | 1 |
| #19 | John G. Brooks | 1 |
| #20 | Joseph Wesley Childers | 1 |
| #21 | Kenneth M. Doherty | 1 |
| #22 | Matthias Ninnemann | 1 |
| #23 | Mark C. Rudolph | 1 |
| #24 | Mark O. Vogel | 1 |
| #25 | Nathan Alderson | 1 |
| #26 | Nagaraj Padur | 1 |
| #27 | Paul Ancle Cleveland | 1 |
| #28 | Ramya Raghavendra | 1 |
| #29 | Ruediger Schalk | 1 |
| #30 | Tim Eickelberg | 1 |
| #31 | Vern Brethour | 1 |
| #32 | W. Stuart Venters | 1 |
| #33 | YI-CHENG SU | 1 |