Showing 1–21 of 21 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary L. Myers | Fort Lock | 132 |
| 2 | William R. Giese | Illinois Tool Works | 20 |
| 3 | Robert Wilcox | Panduit | 11 |
| #4 | William James Linko, Sr. | Funk Forging | 8 |
| #4 | Gary Hase | H & R Industrial | 8 |
| #6 | Colleen T. Miedona | Advanced Refining Technologies | 6 |
| #7 | Charles W. Bimba | — | 4 |
| #8 | Don Morrison | GE | 3 |
| #8 | George T. Wroblewski, Sr. | Hexacomb | 3 |
| #8 | James Bult | Unknown | 3 |
| #11 | Glenn T. Clarke | — | 2 |
| #11 | Richard N Hasty | Praxair Technology | 2 |
| #13 | Peggy Mason | The University Of Chicago | 1 |
| #13 | Jim McLaughlin | Salco Products | 1 |
| #13 | John W. Plate | — | 1 |
| #13 | Theodore M. Yakima | — | 1 |
| #13 | Harold N. Liberman | — | 1 |
| #13 | Paul Michael Kuliniewicz | Chime Financial | 1 |
| #13 | William B. Griesinger | Unknown | 1 |
| #13 | Ross Antone Beemsterboer | — | 1 |
| #13 | Thomas R. Mondello | — | 1 |
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