Top Inventors at Gearbox 2018
| Rank | Name | Patents |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lowell L. Wood, JR. | 15 |
| 2 | Roderick A. Hyde | 10 |
| 3 | Edward K.Y. Jung | 9 |
| #4 | Eric C. Leuthardt | 9 |
| #5 | Mark A. Malamud | 9 |
| #6 | Royce A. Levien | 9 |
| #7 | Robert W. Lord | 9 |
| #8 | John D. Rinaldo, JR. | 7 |
| #9 | Clarence T. Tegreene | 5 |
| #10 | Chris Demetrios Karkanias | 4 |
| #11 | Jason Garms | 4 |
| #12 | Kristin M. Tolle | 4 |
| #13 | Muriel Y. Ishikawa | 4 |
| #14 | Richard T. Lord | 4 |
| #15 | Shawn P. Firminger | 4 |
| #16 | Jordin T. Kare | 3 |
| #17 | Michael A. Smith | 2 |
| #18 | Nathan P. Myhrvold | 2 |
| #19 | Colin P. Derdeyn | 1 |
| #20 | Dennis J. Rivet | 1 |
| #21 | Eleanor V. Goodall | 1 |
| #22 | Elizabeth A. Sweeney | 1 |
| #23 | Erez Lieberman Aiden | 1 |
| #24 | Erez Lieberman | 1 |
| #25 | Gregory J. Della Rocca | 1 |
| #26 | Gregory J. Zipfel | 1 |
| #27 | Joshua L. Dowling | 1 |
| #28 | Leif T. Stordal | 1 |
| #29 | Michael Schnall-Levin | 1 |
| #30 | Peter L. Hagelstein | 1 |
| #31 | Philip A. Eckhoff | 1 |
| #32 | Ralph G. Dacey, Jr. | 1 |
| #33 | Robert Langer | 1 |
| #34 | Victoria Y.H. Wood | 1 |
| #35 | William Gates | 1 |