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Sgs-Thomson Microelectronics S.A.
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Sgs-Thomson Microelectronics S.A.
— 1,800 Patents
Rank
(All Time):
#464
of
105,732
Top 1%
957
inventors
1,800
Patents All Time
Patents per Year
Patents granted per year, 1988 to 2006
Bar chart with a peak of 303 patents in 1998.
peak 303
1988: 6 patents
1988
1989: 48 patents
1990: 100 patents
1990
1991: 79 patents
1992: 76 patents
1992
1993: 75 patents
1994: 97 patents
1994
1995: 109 patents
1996: 169 patents
1996
1997: 213 patents
1998: 303 patents
1998
1999: 237 patents
2000: 159 patents
2000
2001: 73 patents
2002: 30 patents
2002
2003: 14 patents
2004: 4 patents
2004
2005: 6 patents
2006: 2 patents
2006
Top Inventors at Sgs-Thomson Microelectronics S.A.
All Time
Showing
1–50
of
957
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Luigi Pascucci
96
2
Marco Olivo
34
3
Giuseppe Ferla
33
#4
Robert Pezzani
32
#5
Ferruccio Frisina
30
#5
Rinaldo Castello
30
#7
Sergio Palara
28
#8
Edoardo Botti
27
#9
Maurice Le Van Suu
26
#10
Germano Nicollini
25
#11
Carlo Riva
24
#11
Rinaldo Poluzzi
24
#13
Guido Torelli
22
#13
Marco Maccarrone
22
#15
Bruno Murari
21
#15
Domenico Rossi
21
#15
Marco Morelli
21
#15
Paolo Cappelletti
21
#15
Paolo Rolandi
21
#20
Jean Devin
20
#20
Livio Baldi
20
#20
Maurizio Zuffada
20
#23
Eric Bernier
19
#23
Flavio Villa
19
#23
Giovanni Campardo
19
#23
Jean-Marie Gaultier
19
#23
Vanni Poletto
19
#28
Alain Artieri
18
#29
Carla Golla
17
#29
Emilio Yero
17
#29
Giorgio Betti
17
#29
Paolo Ferrari
17
#33
Corrado Villa
16
#33
Gianguido Rizzotto
16
#33
Gianfranco Vai
16
#33
Jacques Meyer
16
#33
Laurent Sourgen
16
#33
Marco Demicheli
16
#33
Raffaele Zambrano
16
#33
Richard Fournel
16
#33
Roberto Gariboldi
16
#42
Claudio Diazzi
15
#42
David Moloney
15
#42
Fabrizio Sacchi
15
#42
Luciano Tomasini
15
#42
Marco Dallabora
15
#42
Melchiorre Bruccoleri
15
#42
Silvia Padoan
15
#49
Federico Pio
14
#49
Mauro Sali
14
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