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Calgene
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Calgene
— 165 Patents
Rank
(All Time):
#4,396
of
105,732
Top 5%
122
inventors
165
Patents All Time
Patents per Year
Patents granted per year, 1985 to 2015
Bar chart with a peak of 15 patents in 2000.
peak 15
1985: 1 patents
1985
1987: 2 patents
1988: 3 patents
1989: 1 patents
1989
1990: 2 patents
1991: 3 patents
1992: 6 patents
1992
1993: 4 patents
1994: 6 patents
1995: 8 patents
1995
1996: 12 patents
1997: 10 patents
1998: 13 patents
1998
1999: 11 patents
2000: 15 patents
2001: 6 patents
2001
2002: 13 patents
2003: 14 patents
2004: 7 patents
2004
2005: 5 patents
2006: 7 patents
2007: 5 patents
2007
2008: 4 patents
2009: 2 patents
2010: 3 patents
2010
2014: 1 patents
2015: 1 patents
2015
Top Inventors at Calgene
All Time
Showing
1–50
of
122
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Vic C. Knauf
29
2
Jean C. Kridl
19
3
David M. Stalker
17
3
Michael Lassner
17
#5
Christine K. Shewmaker
16
#6
Kevin McBride
14
#7
Huw Maelor Davies
13
#7
Luca Comai
13
#9
James G. Metz
11
#10
Catherine M. Houck
10
#10
Deborah Knutzon
10
#10
Gregory A. Thompson
10
#10
Katayoon Dehesh
10
#14
Deborah Hawkins
8
#14
Jennifer Thurmond
8
#14
Kathryn D. Lardizabal
8
#14
Pradip Mukerji
8
#14
Sunita Chaudhary
8
#14
Yung-Sheng Huang
8
#20
Daniel Facciotti
7
#20
Toni Voelker
7
#20
William Hiatt
7
#23
Jeffrey M. Staub
6
#23
Julie R. Pear
6
#25
Belinda M. Martineau
5
#25
Robert M. Goodman
5
#25
Toni A. Voelker
5
#28
Diane M. Ruezinsky
4
#29
Barbara A. Qurollo
3
#29
Charles Van Assche
3
#29
Danielle Lando
3
#29
David J. Schaaf
3
#29
Ganesh M. Kishore
3
#29
Janet Nelsen
3
#29
Janette V. Oakes
3
#29
James Weiss
3
#29
Jean-Michel Bruneau
3
#29
John Christopher Anderson
3
#29
Joanne J. Fillatti
3
#29
Lyle D. Crossland
3
#29
Maurice Moloney
3
#29
Martha Post-Beittenmiller
3
#29
Michael R. Pollard
3
#29
Monica Gervais
3
#29
Narender Nehra
3
#29
Paula C. Miller
3
#29
Sharon Radke
3
#29
Thomas H. Adams
3
#29
Timothy A. Mitsky
3
#29
Tim N. Oulmassov
3
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