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Shop Vac
— 412 Patents
Rank
(All Time):
#1,966
of
105,732
Top 2%
59
inventors
412
Patents All Time
Patents per Year
Patents granted per year, 1993 to 2023
Bar chart with a peak of 26 patents in 2000.
peak 26
1993: 11 patents
1993
1994: 10 patents
1995: 9 patents
1996: 5 patents
1996
1997: 3 patents
1998: 6 patents
1999: 6 patents
1999
2000: 26 patents
2001: 22 patents
2002: 21 patents
2002
2003: 14 patents
2005: 10 patents
2006: 10 patents
2006
2007: 9 patents
2008: 23 patents
2009: 18 patents
2009
2010: 14 patents
2011: 18 patents
2012: 9 patents
2012
2013: 16 patents
2014: 11 patents
2015: 9 patents
2015
2016: 4 patents
2017: 6 patents
2018: 3 patents
2018
2019: 9 patents
2020: 5 patents
2021: 6 patents
2021
2022: 5 patents
2023: 5 patents
2023
Top Inventors at Shop Vac
All Time
Showing
1–50
of
59
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Robert C. Berfield
138
2
John Griffin
130
3
Robert L. Crevling, Jr.
119
#4
Craig A. Seasholtz
66
#5
Jason Gottschall
37
#6
Melvin E. Wolfe, Jr.
36
#7
Neil N. Norell
26
#7
Ronald F. Meland
26
#9
Mark E. Baer
25
#10
Li H. Liu
24
#11
Jonathan Miller
19
#12
David Martinez
18
#13
Randy L. Buss
15
#14
James M. Robitaille
14
#15
Richard M. Fegan
10
#16
Michael Z. Yurko
9
#17
Kurt Westbrook
8
#17
Rudolph W. Wacek
8
#19
Ronald Griffin
7
#20
Gary C. Berray
6
#20
James P. Blackwell, Jr.
6
#20
R. Lent Crevling, Jr.
6
#23
Clive Rawlinson Paige
5
#23
Matthew L. Huff
5
#25
Kenneth R. Hiester
4
#25
Matthew Scott Kepner
4
#25
Michael B. Woodhall
4
#28
Alan D. Kaufman
3
#28
Cory F. Girton
3
#28
James Frank Streeter
3
#28
Liu Li
3
#28
Scott Smith
3
#28
Seth A. Bartley
3
#34
J. Scott Kriner
2
#34
Jason Lee Martin
2
#34
John A. La Boda
2
#34
Louis M. Bassler
2
#34
Lonnie B. Lawson, Jr.
2
#34
Mark F. Jennings
2
#40
Marcus Rhone
1
#40
Alan R. Ayotte
1
#40
Arnold E. Gee
1
#40
Brian Gough
1
#40
Charles M. Storrs
1
#40
David Eugene Ebersole
1
#40
Dennis Lamberty
1
#40
Doug Adams
1
#40
Edward M. Haley
1
#40
Kevin L. Beckstead
1
#40
Kevin. D Fry
1
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