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Illinois Tool Works
Illinois Tool Works
— 255 Patents in 2018
Rank
(2018):
#139
of
29,927
Top 1%
431
inventors
255
Patents 2018
Top Inventors at Illinois Tool Works
2018
Showing
1–50
of
431
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Bruce Patrick Albrecht
9
2
Paul William Garvey
8
3
Marc Lee Denis
7
#4
Nishank R. Patel
6
#5
Anthony Van Bergen Salsich
5
#6
Robert Urquhart Connell
5
#7
Todd Earl Holverson
5
#8
James Francis Rappl
5
#9
Robert C. Beesley
5
#10
Eric T. Sommers
5
#11
Thomas C. Prentice
5
#12
Thomas Don Lahti
5
#13
Robert R. Davidson
4
#14
Edward G. Beistle
4
#15
Richard Beeson
4
#16
William Joshua Becker
4
#17
Nathan Joe Jochman
4
#18
Bernard J. Vogel
4
#19
Michael W. Gearhart
4
#20
Jeffery R. Ihde
4
#21
Steven Ausnit
4
#22
Andrew S. Ayers
4
#23
Roy C. Coakley
4
#24
Scott A. Reid
4
#25
Samuel B. Petre
3
#26
Steven H. Kramer
3
#27
Peter Gefter
3
#28
Richard J. Schuh
3
#29
Mel Steven Lessley
3
#30
Todd Gerald Batzler
3
#31
Scott Stephen Liebert
3
#32
Edward W. Bolyard, Jr.
3
#33
David Edwin Radtke
3
#34
Richard Martin Hutchison
3
#35
Kenneth R. Pierce
3
#36
Nicholas A. Matiash
3
#37
John C. Mehnert
3
#38
Martin SPINDLER
3
#39
Eric Plourde
3
#40
Rory A. Wolf
3
#41
Kenneth H. Teal
3
#42
Joseph E. Feldhausen
3
#43
David J. Anzini
2
#44
Michelle E. Bozinovski
2
#45
Thomas A. Bunker
2
#46
Jason M. Zander
2
#47
James Lee Uecker
2
#48
Cory Hainy
2
#49
Jose Manuel Septien Rojas
2
#50
Ashok Darisipudi
2
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