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IBM
Rank
(2018):
#1
of
30,013
Top 1%
10,623
inventors
9,410
Patents 2018
Top Inventors at IBM
2018
Showing
1–50
of
10,623
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Kangguo Cheng
324
2
Alexander Reznicek
163
3
Jason K. Resch
130
#4
Michael K. Gschwind
109
#5
Clifford A. Pickover
105
#6
Devendra K. Sadana
103
#7
Sarbajit K. Rakshit
102
#8
Joseph Kuczynski
90
#8
Tenko Yamashita
90
#10
Pouya Hashemi
89
#11
Michael Tsirkin
86
#12
Chih-Chao Yang
84
#13
Lisa Seacat DeLuca
77
#14
John M. Santosuosso
75
#15
John M. Ganci, Jr.
73
#15
Paul R. Bastide
73
#17
James E. Bostick
71
#17
Juntao Li
71
#19
Effendi Leobandung
70
#20
Veeraraghavan S. Basker
67
#21
Greg R. Dhuse
65
#22
James R. Kozloski
64
#23
Valentina Salapura
62
#24
Ali Khakifirooz
60
#25
Corville O. Allen
59
#25
Ruilong Xie
59
#27
Junli Wang
58
#27
Liam Harpur
58
#29
Andrew D. Baptist
57
#29
Karthik Balakrishnan
57
#31
Chun-Chen Yeh
56
#31
Xin Miao
56
#33
Rick A. Hamilton, II
54
#34
Ning Li
53
#34
Peng Xu
53
#36
Aaron J. Quirk
50
#36
Eli M. Dow
50
#36
Timothy J. Slegel
50
#39
Wesley B. Leggette
49
#40
Chung-Lung K. Shum
47
#40
Gregory J. Boss
47
#40
Jason T. Wertz
47
#40
Lawrence A. Clevenger
47
#44
Dylan J. Boday
46
#44
Michael J. Branson
46
#46
Robert G. Biskeborn
45
#47
Eric L. Barsness
44
#48
Omer Tripp
42
#48
Zuoguang Liu
42
#50
Dung Q. Nguyen
41
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