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Spectra-Physics
Rank (All Time):
#2669
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Top 3%
257 inventors
299
Patents All Time
Top Inventors at Spectra-Physics
All Time
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Joseph F. Rando
25
2
Thomas M. Baer
22
3
James D. Kafka
17
#4
Ted L. Teach
12
#5
Alan Petersen
11
#6
Gary Cain
10
#7
John P. Ekstrand
10
#8
Lee R. Carlson
10
#9
David L. Wright
9
#10
Mark S. Keirstead
8
#11
P. Guy Howard
8
#12
Richard L. Herbst
8
#13
Shinan-Chur S. Sheng
8
#14
Bertram C. Johnson
7
#15
Craig D. Cherry
7
#16
Edward E. Hart
6
#17
Howard H. Nojiri
6
#18
Leslie A. Miller
6
#19
Theodore H. Schorr
6
#20
Andrew P. Taussig
6
#21
Denes A. Hegedus
5
#22
Donald S. Peterson
5
#23
Kevin Holsinger
5
#24
Mark D. Sobottke
5
#25
Nicolas N. Tabet
5
#26
Steven M. Jarrett
5
#27
William L. Nighan, Jr.
5
#28
Andre J. Nohl
5
#29
Colin L. Robson
4
#30
DuWain K. Ake
4
#31
Eleanor J. Fulton
4
#32
James F. Million
4
#33
John C. DiFonzo
4
#34
Mike Miller
4
#35
Randy D. Elliott
4
#36
Ronald Alan Gatten
4
#37
Ronald A. Hellekson
4
#38
Scot R. Weinberger
4
#39
Sidney B. Goren
4
#40
Theodore J. Markley
4
#41
Thomas J. McCall, Jr.
4
#42
Vance J. Nau
4
#43
Barrett L. Tomlinson
3
#44
Christopher O. Middleton
3
#45
David F. Head
3
#46
Dale E. Koop
3
#47
Dirk Sutter
3
#48
Gary W. DeBell
3
#49
Hanna J. Hoffman
3
#50
Hans-Georg Treusch
3
#51
John Campbell
3
#52
Les Miller
3
#53
Martin Bradley
3
#54
Mark Ortiz
3
#55
Martin E. Riley
3
#56
Marc K. Von Gunten
3
#57
Michael T. Brooks
3
#58
Mike Green
3
#59
Michael F. Miller
3
#60
Nigel G. Mills
3
#61
Peter S. Winckler
3
#62
Ralph R. Jacobs
3
#63
Robert J. Actis
3
#64
Rudy Nissen
3
#65
Steve Sheng
3
#66
Stephen C. Wolgast
3
#67
William A. Shull
3
#68
William J. Thayer, III
3
#69
Alan W. Petersen
3
#70
Anthony J. Alfrey
3
#71
Aubrey D. Long, Jr.
2
#72
Ben Woodward
2
#73
Blake L. Isaacs
2
#74
Brian S. Stewart
2
#75
Chih-Hua Chung
2
#76
David L. Latimer
2
#77
David Riley
2
#78
Douglas B. Monnin
2
#79
Duane L. Middlebusher
2
#80
Emily Cheng
2
#81
Eric Blumer
2
#82
Henry L. Schwartz
2
#83
Jason D. Henrie
2
#84
Jeffrey L. Kaiser
2
#85
Jorge L. Acosta
2
#86
John Cole
2
#87
John P. Goldsborough
2
#88
Joseph B. Lastovka
2
#89
Kenneth E. Neir
2
#90
Kenneth A. Ruddock
2
#91
Kim M. Gunther
2
#92
Lance Hellinger
2
#93
Lawrence R. Joba
2
#94
Lawrence J. Meyers
2
#95
Marvin L. Ledtje
2
#96
Mark A. Linne
2
#97
Michael H. Kidwell
2
#98
Mohan LeeLaRama Bobba
2
#99
Neil Taylor
2
#100
Norman Hodgson
2