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Bridgestone/Firestone Research
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Bridgestone/Firestone Research
— 118 Patents
Rank
(All Time):
#5,935
of
105,732
Top 6%
54
inventors
118
Patents All Time
Patents per Year
Patents granted per year, 1999 to 2003
Bar chart with a peak of 64 patents in 2001.
peak 64
1999: 4 patents
1999
2000: 38 patents
2000
2001: 64 patents
2001
2002: 11 patents
2002
2003: 1 patents
2003
Top Inventors at Bridgestone/Firestone Research
All Time
Showing
1–50
of
54
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
James G. Guspodin
39
2
William B. Allison
34
3
Andrea Fantanzo
14
3
Christopher T. Baker
14
3
John J. Regallis
14
#6
Everett J. Edwards
10
#7
David M. Reep
8
#8
Charles D. Spragg
6
#8
James M. Kirby
6
#8
Keith A. Dumigan
6
#8
Russell W. Koch
6
#8
Timothy J. Lassan
6
#13
Edward G. Markow
5
#13
Leonard F. Blankenship
5
#13
Paul B. Wilson
5
#16
Brian J. Queiser
4
#17
Bill J. Wallet
3
#17
Bradley J. Wurst
3
#17
Elizabeth M. Beutler
3
#20
David A. Johnson
2
#20
David A. Weitzenhof
2
#20
Michel Beauvais
2
#20
Richard J. Wright
2
#20
Robert J. Trew
2
#20
Timothy F. Robinson
2
#20
Walter Tomaszewski
2
#27
S. J. Olesky
1
#27
T. James Bethea
1
#27
Craig Kneidel
1
#27
Dale R. Harrigle, Jr.
1
#27
David F. Lawson
1
#27
Dennis W. Snyder
1
#27
Georg G. A. Bohm
1
#27
Gregory D. Chaplin
1
#27
James P. Kleckner
1
#27
Jamie J. McNutt
1
#27
John P. Rodak
1
#27
Mark L. Stayer, Jr.
1
#27
Michael S. James
1
#27
Michelle R. Stalnaker
1
#27
Naoto Yamagishi
1
#27
Neel K. Mani
1
#27
Peter Malenkovic
1
#27
Richard E. Coleman
1
#27
Shawn L. Copeland
1
#27
Shelley Seifert
1
#27
Terrence M. Stuhldreher
1
#27
Thomas A. Antkowiak
1
#27
Todd A. Buxton
1
#27
Vladimir Roth
1
1
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