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Henkel Limited
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Henkel Limited
— 1,077 Patents
Rank
(All Time):
#798
of
105,732
Top 1%
861
inventors
1,077
Patents All Time
Patents per Year
Patents granted per year, 1986 to 2021
Bar chart with a peak of 93 patents in 1999.
peak 93
1986: 9 patents
1986
1987: 23 patents
1988: 5 patents
1989: 12 patents
1989
1990: 19 patents
1991: 16 patents
1992: 24 patents
1992
1993: 25 patents
1994: 39 patents
1995: 51 patents
1995
1996: 82 patents
1997: 59 patents
1998: 71 patents
1998
1999: 93 patents
2000: 69 patents
2001: 68 patents
2001
2002: 44 patents
2003: 20 patents
2004: 30 patents
2004
2005: 35 patents
2006: 28 patents
2007: 21 patents
2007
2008: 23 patents
2009: 22 patents
2010: 27 patents
2010
2011: 17 patents
2012: 32 patents
2013: 24 patents
2013
2014: 1 patents
2021: 1 patents
2021
Top Inventors at Henkel Limited
All Time
Showing
1–50
of
861
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Michael J. Virnig
37
2
Stephen A. Fischer
35
3
Reuben H. Grinstein
27
#4
Joseph Wycech
26
#5
Edgar R. Rogier
25
#6
Allen D. Urfer
23
#7
Patrick M. McCurry, Jr.
21
#7
Shabbir Attarwala
21
#9
Leroy O. Krbechek
20
#9
Michael S. Wiggins
20
#11
John G. Woods
19
#12
David Devore
18
#13
Lawrence R. Carlson
17
#13
Shawn E. Dolan
17
#15
John R. Pierce
16
#15
Phillip L. Mattison
16
#15
Puwei Liu
16
#18
Eugene R. Zehler
15
#18
William G. Kozak
15
#20
Andrew D. Messana
14
#20
Shailesh Shah
14
#20
Stephen M. Dershem
14
#20
Stephen F. Gross
14
#24
Anthony F. Jacobine
13
#24
David R. McCormick
13
#24
Kartar S. Arora
13
#27
Andreas Lindert
12
#27
Barry A. Salka
12
#27
Masayuki Yoshida
12
#27
Thomas Fay-Oy Lim
12
#27
Virginia Lazarowitz
12
#32
Bashir M. Ahmed
11
#32
Dwight E. Peerman
11
#32
Gary A. Kordosky
11
#32
Hsien-Kun Chu
11
#32
John G. Papalos
11
#32
Nicholas E. Schnur
11
#38
Brian G. Jewell
10
#38
Mark M. Konarski
10
#38
Philip T. Klemarczyk
10
#38
Stanley L. Lehmann
10
#38
Wei Li
10
#43
Bahram Issari
9
#43
John F. Hessel
9
#43
Joseph L. Mulvey
9
#43
Kenneth J. Hacias
9
#43
Patricia E. Bator
9
#43
Philip M. Johnson
9
#43
Raymond S. Wong
9
#43
Robert P. Cross
9
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