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Maxtor
Rank (All Time):
#1212
of 106,127
Top 2%
656 inventors
722
Patents All Time
Top Inventors at Maxtor
All Time
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Lin Guo
40
2
Yu Sun
33
3
Erhard Schreck
32
#4
Don Brunnett
30
#5
Bruce A. Liikanen
29
#6
Michael Mallary
29
#7
Ara Patapoutian
24
#8
Lih-Jyh Weng
22
#9
Michael McNeil
17
#10
Peter McEwen
17
#11
Bruce Douglas Buch
14
#12
Xiaoping Hu
14
#13
Brian D. Strom
12
#14
John VanLaanen
12
#15
Mourad Benakli
12
#16
Quinn Haddock
12
#17
Robert L. Metz
12
#18
Thomas O. Melrose
12
#19
Harlan Mathews
11
#20
Lance R. Carlson
11
#21
Larry Hutsell
11
#22
Wei Guo
11
#23
Bruce Schardt
10
#24
John C. Purkett
10
#25
Bernhard Hiller
9
#26
Curtis W. Egan
9
#27
Jeffrey L. Whaley
9
#28
John D. McCrandall
9
#29
Thao A. Nguyen
9
#30
Yunfeng Li
9
#31
Duc H. Banh
8
#32
James W. Hargarten
8
#33
Kelly Fitzpatrick
8
#34
Russell W. Brown
8
#35
Stan Shepherd
8
#36
Stephen P. Williams
8
#37
Thomas G. Andrikowich
8
#38
Bruce Leshay
7
#39
Donald Brunnett
7
#40
F. Eugene Dion
7
#41
Francis P. Crimi
7
#42
Gang Herbert Lin
7
#43
Harold T. Wright
7
#44
Jeffrey V. DeRosa
7
#45
Mark Diel
7
#46
Mark Heimbaugh
7
#47
Maurice Schlumberger
7
#48
Mehran Aliahmad
7
#49
Michael D. Leis
7
#50
Ralph William Cross
7
#51
Richard E. Rupp, Jr.
7
#52
Tave Fruge
7
#53
Timothy A. Riener
7
#54
Andrew LeFebvre
7
#55
Ba-Zhong Shen
6
#56
Brian P. Rigney
6
#57
Bunsen Y. Wong
6
#58
Dana Hall
6
#59
David M. Tung
6
#60
Harold J. Beecroft
6
#61
James A. Valent
6
#62
Jingbo Yu
6
#63
Ken L. Chang
6
#64
Kwang Kon Kim
6
#65
Lloyd Levy
6
#66
Michael C. Strzepa
6
#67
Robert D. Turner
6
#68
Rosser S. Wilson
6
#69
Scott Hughes
6
#70
Wantjinarjo Suwito
6
#71
Adam F. Torabi
6
#72
Bahjat Zafer
5
#73
Bill Baker
5
#74
Chris Broussalian
5
#75
Chris Hawks
5
#76
David W. Chew
5
#77
David B. Knighton
5
#78
David S. McMurtrey
5
#79
Douglas J. Krajnovich
5
#80
Forrest D. Titcomb
5
#81
Gerardo Buitron
5
#82
Hai Chi Nguy
5
#83
Jerry Moline
5
#84
Kazuhiro Saito
5
#85
Lace J. Herman
5
#86
Larry E. Wittig
5
#87
Moris Dovek
5
#88
Paul F. Dunn
5
#89
Patrick Weiher
5
#90
Ronald L. Voights
5
#91
Stanislaw Dobosz
5
#92
Steven Lambert
5
#93
Tim Everett
5
#94
Tom E. McMunigal
5
#95
Xiaokun Chew
5
#96
Bruce D. Emo
4
#97
Bruce Lairson
4
#98
Curt Bruner
4
#99
David E. Fowler
4
#100
Donald E. Adams
4