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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
1,751–1,800
of
11,638
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
#1501
Joe Pavitt
4
#1501
Joern Ploennigs
4
#1501
John M. Prager
4
#1501
John Sanchez
4
#1501
Joseph L. Sharpe, III
4
#1501
Joe Winchester
4
#1501
Jungwook Choi
4
#1501
Julian Timothy Dolby
4
#1501
Julija Narodicka
4
#1501
Juergen Pille
4
#1501
Kanak B. Agarwal
4
#1501
Karan Ahuja
4
#1501
Kattamuri Ekanadham
4
#1501
Kafai Lai
4
#1501
Kavita Sehgal
4
#1501
Karthik V. Swaminathan
4
#1501
Karen Yokum
4
#1501
Kevin Drummond
4
#1501
Kerry Halupka
4
#1501
Ke Jin
4
#1501
Kevin M. Mcilvain
4
#1501
Kelvin D. Nilsen
4
#1501
Kevin L. Schultz
4
#1501
Kenta Watanabe
4
#1501
Ke Wei Wei
4
#1501
Khaalid Persaud Juggan McMillan
4
#1501
Khoi-Nguyen Dao Tran
4
#1501
Kiyokuni Kawachiya
4
#1501
Kirk J. Krauss
4
#1501
Klaus Rindtorff
4
#1501
Konstantinos Christidis
4
#1501
Koichi Masuda
4
#1501
Konrad K. Skibski
4
#1501
Koji Watanabe
4
#1501
Kristi A. Farinelli
4
#1501
Kuan Feng
4
#1501
Kumiko Maeda
4
#1501
Kuniaki Sueoka
4
#1501
Kyu-hyoun Kim
4
#1501
Lan Luo
4
#1501
Laurence J. Plant
4
#1501
Levi A. Campbell
4
#1501
Leonardo Rosati
4
#1501
Leigh Williamson
4
#1501
Liana L. Fong
4
#1501
Li Jiang
4
#1501
Liang Rong
4
#1501
Li Zhang
4
#1501
Lukasz G. Cmielowski
4
#1501
Luke M. Hopkins
4
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