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IBM
IBM
Rank
(2021):
#2
of
31,507
Top 1%
11,638
inventors
8,938
Patents 2021
Top Inventors at IBM
2021
Showing
1–50
of
11,638
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Kangguo Cheng
252
2
Sarbajit K. Rakshit
186
3
Alexander Reznicek
128
#4
Jeremy R. Fox
113
#5
Lokesh M. Gupta
112
#6
Ruilong Xie
110
#7
Choonghyun Lee
99
#8
Juntao Li
96
#9
Takashi Ando
90
#10
Chih-Chao Yang
84
#11
Shikhar Kwatra
83
#12
Lawrence A. Clevenger
74
#12
Matthew G. Borlick
74
#14
Valentina Salapura
72
#15
Liam Harpur
71
#15
Paul R. Bastide
71
#17
Kevin J. Ash
65
#18
Fang Lu
64
#18
Lisa Seacat DeLuca
64
#18
Martin G. Keen
64
#21
Jonathan Dunne
61
#22
Clifford A. Pickover
59
#23
Devendra K. Sadana
58
#24
James E. Bostick
57
#25
Chen Zhang
56
#25
Michael Tsirkin
56
#27
Aaron K. Baughman
55
#27
Gregory J. Boss
55
#27
John M. Ganci, Jr.
55
#27
Joseph Kuczynski
55
#27
Xin Miao
55
#32
Kyler A. Anderson
54
#32
Michael K. Gschwind
54
#34
Kelley Anders
52
#34
Pouya Hashemi
52
#36
Chanro Park
50
#37
Junli Wang
49
#37
Kuntal Dey
49
#37
Vijay Ekambaram
49
#40
Corville O. Allen
48
#41
Jingyun Zhang
47
#42
Jeremy A. Greenberger
46
#43
Peng Xu
45
#44
Bahman Hekmatshoartabari
42
#44
Michael Bender
42
#46
James R. Kozloski
41
#46
Jason T. Wertz
41
#46
Su Liu
41
#49
Craig M. Trim
40
#49
Effendi Leobandung
40
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