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Caterpillar
Caterpillar
— 490 Patents in 2018
Rank
(2018):
#74
of
29,927
Top 1%
863
inventors
490
Patents 2018
Top Inventors at Caterpillar
2018
Showing
1–50
of
863
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Joshua W. Steffen
12
2
Dana R. Coldren
11
2
Xinyu Ge
11
#4
Cory A. Brown
9
#5
Jordan Beckhusen
8
#5
Richard E. Annati
8
#5
Thomas Marshall Congdon
8
#5
Yanchai Zhang
8
#9
Alan R. Stockner
7
#9
Phillip J. Kunz
7
#9
Sunil J. Bean
7
#9
Terril Johnson
7
#13
Cody Moore
6
#13
Douglas C. Serrurier
6
#13
Robert M. Campion
6
#13
Scott F. Shafer
6
#17
Anthony T. Petrou
5
#17
Austin P. Roe
5
#17
Jacob Carl Wyss
5
#17
Matthew Jordan Engfehr
5
#17
Mihai Mircea Balan
5
#17
Michael J. Campagna
5
#17
Nathan Atterberry
5
#17
Nathan Bjerke
5
#17
Nicholas A. Oetken
5
#17
Perry D. Converse
5
#17
Sana Mahmood
5
#28
Adrienne M. Brasche
4
#28
Ahmed Khalil
4
#28
Bobby John
4
#28
David Worth
4
#28
Eric S. Engelmann
4
#28
Jason Jura
4
#28
James W. Landes
4
#28
Jackson Wai
4
#28
Jesse Gerdes
4
#28
Jonathan W. Anders
4
#28
Kenneth Stonecipher
4
#28
Kenth I. Svensson
4
#28
Mark E. Rettig
4
#28
Martin L. Willi
4
#28
Scott A. Thompson
4
#28
Suneel Venkata Kandula
4
#44
Aaron R. Shatters
3
#44
Andrew J. Kleitsch
3
#44
Ashwin A. Hattiangadi
3
#44
Ashley D. Menges
3
#44
Bogdan Balea
3
#44
Bradley F. Bergerhouse
3
#44
Brian E. Lister
3
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