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Alcatel Network Systems
— 168 Patents
Rank
(All Time):
#4,312
of
105,732
Top 5%
144
inventors
168
Patents All Time
Patents per Year
Patents granted per year, 1992 to 2003
Bar chart with a peak of 36 patents in 1994.
peak 36
1992: 12 patents
1992
1993: 29 patents
1994: 36 patents
1994
1995: 25 patents
1996: 20 patents
1996
1997: 18 patents
1998: 16 patents
1998
1999: 9 patents
2001: 1 patents
2001
2002: 1 patents
2003: 1 patents
2003
Top Inventors at Alcatel Network Systems
All Time
Showing
1–50
of
144
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Richard M. Czerwiec
12
1
William B. Weeber
12
3
Joseph E. Sutherland
11
#4
William Francis Weber
8
#5
William E. Powell
7
#6
David W. Kuddes
6
#6
Harry B. Bonham, Jr.
6
#6
Kirk R. Chandler
6
#9
C. Lee Marusik
5
#9
Claude M. Hurlocker
5
#9
Dale L. Krisher
5
#9
Ertugrul Baydar
5
#9
John M. Dugan
5
#9
Larry W. Burton
5
#9
Marlin V. Simmering
5
#9
Stephen C. Carlton
5
#17
Anthony Mazzola
4
#17
Andrew Moore
4
#17
David L. Ma
4
#17
Edward K. Bowdon
4
#17
Edward D. Johnson
4
#17
Leon Jinich
4
#17
Michael J. Gingell
4
#17
Robert L. Bontz
4
#17
Robert S. Kroninger
4
#26
Andrew L. Withers
3
#26
Gordon W. Ries
3
#26
James J. Stiscia
3
#26
Manal E. Afify
3
#26
Michael Slawson
3
#26
Paul M. Matsumura
3
#26
Richard Lucas
3
#26
Richard W. Peters
3
#26
Sahabettin C. Demiray
3
#26
William H. Stephenson, Jr.
3
#36
Arthur Child Walker
2
#36
Brent Elliott
2
#36
C. Douglas Richardson
2
#36
Charles R. Hogge, Jr.
2
#36
Charles M. Honaker, Jr.
2
#36
Colleen Ann Roe
2
#36
Craig Kay Benzenberg
2
#36
Darrell Ray Grintz
2
#36
Don G. Dempsey
2
#36
Douglas V. Morgan
2
#36
Duane L. Mortensen
2
#36
Francesco Ledda
2
#36
Francis G. Noser
2
#36
Gunter Horsch
2
#36
Gus Sanders
2
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