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International Paper
— 1,117 Patents
Rank
(All Time):
#766
of
105,732
Top 1%
935
inventors
1,117
Patents All Time
Patents per Year
Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2025
Bar chart with a peak of 47 patents in 2010.
peak 47
1996: 37 patents
1996
1997: 28 patents
1998: 42 patents
1999: 36 patents
1999
2000: 21 patents
2001: 31 patents
2002: 25 patents
2002
2003: 27 patents
2004: 16 patents
2005: 16 patents
2005
2006: 21 patents
2007: 12 patents
2008: 21 patents
2008
2009: 40 patents
2010: 47 patents
2011: 31 patents
2011
2012: 22 patents
2013: 47 patents
2014: 35 patents
2014
2015: 22 patents
2016: 15 patents
2017: 22 patents
2017
2018: 17 patents
2019: 29 patents
2020: 12 patents
2020
2021: 22 patents
2022: 19 patents
2023: 11 patents
2023
2024: 11 patents
2025: 4 patents
2025
Top Inventors at International Paper
All Time
Showing
1–50
of
935
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Robert L. Gordon
45
2
Peter M. Froass
27
3
Charles E. Gibbons
25
#4
Dennis W. Anderson
24
#5
Allan A. Whillock
23
#5
Kapil M. Singh
23
#7
Sen Yang
22
#8
Benjamin Quaintance
21
#8
James E. Sealey, II
21
#8
Michael F. Koenig
21
#11
Linda A. Bernstein
19
#12
James R. Quick
18
#13
Yan C. Huang
17
#14
Alex Dean Bevier
16
#14
Kerry D. Figiel
16
#14
Kurt Jensen
16
#14
Nicholas A. Philips
16
#14
Yaoliang Hong
16
#19
Jay C. Song
15
#19
Zheng Tan
15
#21
Alexander A. Koukoulas
14
#21
Gerald A. Marano
14
#21
Gopal Goyal
14
#21
Richard D. Faber
14
#21
Richard A. Tedford, Jr.
14
#26
David Verd Reed
13
#26
Richard C. Williams
13
#26
Roderick W. Kalberer
13
#26
Robert L. Lanham
13
#26
Stanley L. Fry
13
#31
Mark Anthony Wisecarver
12
#32
Benjamin J. Cassidy
11
#32
Donald Evans
11
#32
James M. Kittrell
11
#32
Jonathan T. Beales
11
#32
Joe L. Kinsey, Jr.
11
#37
Donald E. Keeler
10
#37
Kosaraju Krishna Mohan
10
#37
Larry D. Markham
10
#37
Vacheslav M. Yasnovsky
10
#41
Benny J. Skaggs
9
#41
Charles E. Miller
9
#41
Donna J. Wenzel
9
#41
Jianer Jiang
9
#41
Mengkui Luo
9
#41
Paul D. Roosa
9
#41
Robin D. O'Dell
9
#41
Thomas P. Hambleton
9
#49
Ashok M. Adur
8
#49
Brent A. Fields
8
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