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Elwha
Rank (All Time):
#715
of 106,127
Top 1%
232 inventors
1,208
Patents All Time
Top Inventors at Elwha
All Time
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Roderick A. Hyde
959
2
Jordin T. Kare
627
3
Clarence T. Tegreene
541
#4
Nathan P. Myhrvold
335
#5
Robert W. Lord
302
#6
Richard T. Lord
295
#7
Muriel Y. Ishikawa
256
#8
Royce A. Levien
252
#9
Charles Whitmer
190
#10
Victoria Y.H. Wood
188
#11
Edward K.Y. Jung
187
#12
Elizabeth A. Sweeney
173
#13
Eric C. Leuthardt
173
#14
Tony S. Pan
166
#15
William D. Duncan
139
#16
Alistair K. Chan
127
#17
Robert C. Petroski
126
#18
David B. Tuckerman
115
#19
William Gates
113
#20
John D. Rinaldo, JR.
97
#21
Jesse R. Cheatham, III
93
#22
Yaroslav A. Urzhumov
83
#23
Thomas A. Weaver
81
#24
Matthew G. Dyor
65
#25
Craig J. Mundie
64
#26
David R. Smith
60
#27
Hon Wah Chin
60
#28
Philip A. Eckhoff
58
#29
Dennis J. Rivet
57
#30
Gary L. McKnight
54
#31
Michael H. Baym
51
#32
Pablos Holman
48
#33
Michael A. Smith
47
#34
Daniel A. Gerrity
42
#35
Daniel Hawkins
41
#36
Tom Driscoll
38
#37
Desney S. Tan
37
#38
Jeffrey A. Bowers
37
#39
Edward S. Boyden
35
#40
Marc E. Davis
35
#41
Paul Holman
35
#42
Robert Langer
35
#43
Mahalaxmi Gita Bangera
34
#44
Stephen L. Malaska
33
#45
Geoffrey F. Deane
31
#46
Xuedong Huang
31
#47
Kenneth G. Caldeira
29
#48
Gregory J. Della Rocca
28
#49
Joshua S. Shimony
27
#50
Parag Jitendra Parikh
27
#51
Terence Myckatyn
27
#52
Douglas C. Burger
26
#53
Christopher Charles Young
24
#54
Nicholas F. Pasch
24
#55
Peter L. Hagelstein
24
#56
Harry Shum
23
#57
Qi Lu
23
#58
Satya Nadella
23
#59
W. Daniel Hillis
23
#60
Gleb M. Akselrod
22
#61
Keith D. Rosema
22
#62
Kimberly D. A. Hallman
22
#63
Wayne R. Kindsvogel
22
#64
Eric D. Rudder
21
#65
Max N. Mankin
20
#66
Daniel Reed
19
#67
Howard L. Davidson
19
#68
Andrew F. Glew
19
#69
Nathan Kundtz
18
#70
Neal Stephenson
18
#71
Gene Fein
17
#72
John Latham
17
#73
John L. Manferdelli
17
#74
Lin Zhong
17
#75
Paramvir Bahl
17
#76
Paul Duesterhoft
17
#77
Ranveer Chandra
17
#78
Tim Paek
17
#79
Bran Ferren
16
#80
John Brian Pendry
15
#81
Katherine E. Sharadin
15
#82
Nicholas W. Touran
15
#83
Russell J. Hannigan
15
#84
David Schurig
14
#85
Maxime Jean Jerome Bilet
14
#86
Brian Lee
13
#87
Elizabeth L. Schubert
13
#88
Marc Tremblay
13
#89
Philip Lionel Barnes
13
#90
Richard N. Zare
13
#91
Eun Young Hwang
12
#92
Melroy Machado
12
#93
Paul G. Allen
12
#94
Steven Bathiche
12
#95
Nels R. Peterson
11
#96
Stephen H. Salter
11
#97
William Gross
11
#98
Ehren Brav
10
#99
Erik Edward Josberger
10
#100
Erez Lieberman
10