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Top 1%
630 inventors
1,098
Patents All Time
Top Inventors at Level 3 Communications
All Time
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Christopher Newton
162
2
Laurence R. Lipstone
93
3
William Crowder
92
#4
Andrew Swart
74
#5
Lewis Robert Varney
56
#6
Richard Dean Terpstra
48
#7
William Thomas Sella
44
#8
Andrew J. Broadworth
43
#9
William R. Power
42
#10
Adam C. Uzelac
37
#11
David Fullagar
34
#12
Joelle T. Maslak
31
#13
Joseph Lawrence
30
#14
William Gray
29
#15
Andrew Dugan
29
#16
Kevin C. Johns
28
#17
Eric Osborne
27
#18
Pete Joseph Caputo, II
27
#19
Brent W. Smith
26
#20
Gregory Thomas Ellison
25
#21
Jin Wang
25
#22
Jeffrey G. Koller
24
#23
Maksim Yevmenkin
23
#24
Robert Smith
23
#25
Sergey Yermakov
23
#26
James Michael Sella
22
#27
Shawn Marck
21
#28
Richard D. Moore
20
#29
David A. Farber
19
#30
Clyde David Cooper, III
18
#31
Austin D. Ritchie
17
#32
Michael Benjamin
16
#33
Binchao Chen
15
#34
John F. Waters, Jr.
15
#35
William Hopkins
15
#36
Travis Duane Ewert
14
#37
Claudia M. Combellas
13
#38
Darren James Behmlander
13
#39
Dana A. Johnston
13
#40
David A. Tschirhart
13
#41
Harry Edward Mussman
13
#42
James M. Adkins, III
13
#43
Raoul Alcala
13
#44
Skyler J. Bingham
13
#45
Benjamin K. Peterson
12
#46
Daryl William Malas
12
#47
James A. Balter
12
#48
Michael L. Nyhus
12
#49
Richard E. Greer
12
#50
Shawn M. Lewis
12
#51
Steven E. Drake
12
#52
George T. Joseph
11
#53
Paul Farnsworth
11
#54
Francis Ferguson
10
#55
Greg Gualtieri
10
#56
John Hearty
10
#57
Michael Feldpusch
10
#58
Rene Grippo
10
#59
Salvador Paredes
10
#60
Stewart Bamford
10
#61
Steven M. Rdzak
10
#62
Bryan Dreyer
9
#63
Brett P. Hollman
9
#64
Dean Ballew
9
#65
Eric D. Gundersen
9
#66
Gary Ratterree
9
#67
Gary L. Ryczek
9
#68
Harold Wayne Teets
9
#69
Isaac K. Elliott
9
#70
James Q. Crowe
9
#71
James Ryan
9
#72
James Sayre
9
#73
Jeffrey L. Martin
9
#74
Jeffrey K. Storey
9
#75
Joseph A. Scivicque
9
#76
John R.B. Woodworth
9
#77
Laurel Clark
9
#78
Marcus Hadavi
9
#79
Michael Baj
9
#80
Rich Terpstra
9
#81
Robert Israel
9
#82
Steven P. Higgins
9
#83
Stephen Limburg
9
#84
Taylor Fraley
9
#85
Travis D. Ewert
9
#86
Allen E. Dixon
9
#87
Alex J. Henes
9
#88
Bill Long
8
#89
Brad Bernay Doctor
8
#90
Brett E. Dwyer
8
#91
Daniel Jensen
8
#92
Dan Jordan
8
#93
George Wendell McFalls
8
#94
Gregory Brown
8
#95
James C. Dwyer
8
#96
James O'Brien
8
#97
John S. Jones
8
#98
John Kane
8
#99
Kevin M. McBride
8
#100
Lawrence W. Gowin
8