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Illinois Tool Works
Illinois Tool Works
— 7,463 Patents
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106,120
4,311
inventors
7,463
Patents All Time
Top Inventors at Illinois Tool Works
All Time
Showing
1–50
of
4,311
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
William Joshua Becker
101
2
Bruce Patrick Albrecht
98
3
Todd Earl Holverson
84
#4
Richard Martin Hutchison
80
#5
Steven Ausnit
75
#6
Richard J. Ernst
73
#7
John S. Pontaoe
69
#8
Martin J. Nilsen
69
#9
James Lee Uecker
65
#10
Donald L. Van Erden
60
#11
Eric Plourde
58
#12
Robert C. Olsen
56
#13
Bernard J. Vogel
55
#14
Robert R. Davidson
55
#15
Christopher A. J. Iannello
50
#16
Anthony Van Bergen Salsich
50
#17
Joseph C. Schneider
50
#18
Christopher Hsu
46
#19
Leslie S. Marco
46
#20
Nathan Joe Jochman
46
#21
Kenneth LeVey
45
#22
Craig Steven Knoener
44
#23
Michael J. McMahon
41
#24
Richard Beeson
39
#25
Steven L. Bivens
39
#26
Anatoly Gosis
39
#27
Edward W. Bolyard, Jr.
38
#28
John H. Schneider
37
#29
Eric T. Sommers
37
#30
Jeffery R. Ihde
36
#31
Michael C. Dill
36
#32
Kui-Chiu Kwok
36
#33
Scott D. Kolasa
35
#34
Yury Shkolnikov
35
#35
Nicholas James Dessart
35
#36
Nishank R. Patel
34
#37
Larry Moeller
34
#38
Eric G. Parker
34
#39
Marc Lee Denis
34
#40
Timothy B. Pearson
33
#41
Art Malin
33
#42
Quinn William Schartner
32
#43
Todd Gerald Batzler
32
#44
Daniel C. Fosbinder
31
#45
Paul Verhagen
31
#46
Dennis Sigl
30
#47
James F. Ulrich
30
#48
Harald Disch
30
#49
Cheryl L. Panasik
30
#50
Thomas A. Bunker
29
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