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Sauer-Danfoss — 172 Patents

Rank (All Time): #4,228 of 105,732Top 4%
141 inventors
172 Patents All Time

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2001 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 21 patents in 2005.peak 212001: 15 patents20012002: 19 patents2003: 20 patents20032004: 10 patents2005: 21 patents20052006: 15 patents2007: 10 patents20072008: 15 patents2009: 8 patents20092010: 10 patents2011: 5 patents20112012: 8 patents2013: 8 patents20132014: 3 patents2015: 3 patents20152017: 2 patents2017

Top Inventors at Sauer-Danfoss All Time

Showing 1–50 of 141 inventors

RankNamePatents
1 Michael D. Gandrud 15
2 Frederic W. Pollman 13
3 Reinhardt Thoms 12
#4 Robert J. Stoppek 11
#5 Wilhelm Gollner 9
#6 Carsten Fiebing 8
#7 Joseph J. Schottler 7
#8 Doug Kardell 6
#8 Jack Zeng 6
#8 Michael Betz 6
#8 Steven H. Gluck 6
#12 Bernd Hames 5
#12 Eckhard Skirde 5
#12 Jeff Herrin 5
#12 Michael R. Olson 5
#12 Robert Klinkel 5
#17 Alan Johnson 4
#17 David D. Dirks 4
#17 Ian MacLeod 4
#17 James D. Ryken 4
#17 Kevin J. Landhuis 4
#17 Mark Peterson 4
#17 Martin Wustefeld 4
#17 Nick Boone 4
#25 Aaron Becker 3
#25 Axel Widemann 3
#25 Cezary Pluska 3
#25 Christopher P. Masini 3
#25 Charles D. Throckmorton 3
#25 Dennis O. Courtright 3
#25 Dennis Greene 3
#25 Frank Ramm 3
#25 Joel Carpenter 3
#25 John Fleming 3
#25 Mark A. Landwehr 3
#25 Nianzhu Luo 3
#25 Richard L. Otto 3
#25 Ryan Smalley 3
#25 Scott Lee Kessler 3
#25 Scott Meyer 3
#25 Stanley N. Didier 3
#25 Vladimir Galba 3
#43 Chad J. Daniel 2
#43 Davide I. Davoli 2
#43 Daryl I. Rober 2
#43 Dennis A. Burns 2
#43 Enzo Soncini 2
#43 Eric R. Jacobson 2
#43 Jeffrey C. Hansell 2
#43 Jesse W. Olson 2

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