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Energy Absorption Systems — 86 Patents

Rank (All Time): #7,916 of 105,732Top 8%
45 inventors
86 Patents All Time

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1990 to 2019Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2013.peak 71990: 1 patents19901991: 1 patents1992: 2 patents1993: 4 patents19931994: 1 patents1995: 2 patents1996: 2 patents19961997: 1 patents1998: 3 patents1999: 2 patents19992000: 3 patents2001: 3 patents2002: 4 patents20022003: 4 patents2004: 1 patents2005: 4 patents20052006: 2 patents2007: 1 patents2008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents2010: 3 patents2011: 3 patents20112012: 4 patents2013: 7 patents2014: 2 patents20142015: 2 patents2016: 3 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 4 patents2019: 1 patents2019

Top Inventors at Energy Absorption Systems All Time

Showing 1–45 of 45 inventors

RankNamePatents
1 Patrick A. Leonhardt 22
2 Michael J. Buehler 19
3 James B. Welch 16
#4 Barry D. Stephens 15
#5 Michael H. Oberth 12
#6 Owen S. Denman 10
#7 John V. Machado 9
#8 David C. Gertz 7
#8 Sean Thompson 7
#8 William G. Krage 7
#11 Douglas E. Wilkinson 6
#11 John F. LaTurner 6
#11 Lincoln C. Cobb 6
#14 Bret Eckert 5
#14 Brent S. Sindorf 5
#14 John D. Intagliata 5
#17 Aaron J. Cox 4
#17 Kent Kekeis 4
#19 Brian E. Smith 3
#19 Jeffrey M. Thompson 3
#19 John F. La Turner 3
#22 David L. June 2
#22 Donald L. Crothers 2
#22 Donald C. Pyde 2
#22 John W. Higgins 2
#22 John P. Quittner 2
#22 Kevin H. Newton 2
#22 Peter B. Morehead 2
#22 Samuel Ross Stanley, Jr. 2
#22 Stanley Zucker 2
#31 Andrew Porterfield 1
#31 Anthony R. Van Brocklin 1
#31 Bruce O. Young 1
#31 David A. Smith 1
#31 Doug E. Wilkinson 1
#31 George Ebersole 1
#31 Guenter Manigel 1
#31 Jeffrey A. Geary 1
#31 Jeffery S. Held 1
#31 Jerry R. Waldman 1
#31 Michael E. Beach 1
#31 Richard R. Figlewicz 1
#31 Robert D. Giese 1
#31 Wan Seegmiller 1
#31 Warren D. Friton 1

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