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Storage Technology
Rank (All Time):
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682 inventors
963
Patents All Time
Top Inventors at Storage Technology
All Time
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Timothy C. Ostwald
70
2
Charles A. Milligan
61
3
Michael L. Leonhardt
48
#4
Daniel James Plutt
39
#5
David T. Hoge
29
#6
Christian A. Todd
27
#7
Michael V. Konshak
24
#8
James C. Cates
23
#9
Richard A. Gill
23
#10
Keith Gary Boyer
22
#11
Lester M. Yeakley
22
#12
Richard H. Dee
22
#13
Stephen S. Selkirk
21
#14
Steven G. Trabert
21
#15
James P. Hughes
19
#16
Michael Steven Milillo
19
#17
Thai Nguyen
19
#18
Joseph Paul Manes
18
#19
George A. Rudeseal
17
#20
William C. Dodt
17
#21
William J. Vanderheyden
17
#22
Christopher J. West
16
#23
Frank T. Smith
16
#24
John C. Owens
16
#25
Donovan M. Janssen
14
#26
Jay S. Belsan
14
#27
Stephen H. Blendermann
13
#28
Jacques Debiez
12
#29
John T. O'Brien
12
#30
Matthew P. Wojciechowski
12
#31
Dale R. Eichel
11
#32
John Paul Mantey
11
#33
Lynn C. Jacobs
11
#34
Mark L. Watson
11
#35
Ronald Dean Gillingham
11
#36
Alan Ray Sutton
11
#37
Gregory D. Volan
10
#38
James M. Frary
10
#39
John S. Todor
10
#40
Phillip M. Morgan
10
#41
Archibald W. Smith
10
#42
Clark Janssen
9
#43
Edward V. Denison
9
#44
Michael W. Johnson
9
#45
Michael E. Moy
9
#46
Yi-Shung Chaug
9
#47
David G. Beal
8
#48
David Christopher Black
8
#49
Frank A. Goodknight
8
#50
James Ries
8
#51
Joseph P. Falace
8
#52
John David Hamre
8
#53
John P. Nibarger
8
#54
Kevin D. McKinstry
8
#55
Mark Hennecken
8
#56
Marcia Reid Martin
8
#57
Ravi Kavuri
8
#58
Robert Walsh
8
#59
Steven Harvey McCown
8
#60
William T. Veno
8
#61
Carl A. Helms
7
#62
Douglas C. Hansen
7
#63
Donald Kleinschnitz
7
#64
Floyd G. Paurus
7
#65
Frederick G. Munro
7
#66
Hartvig E. Melbye
7
#67
Jerry L. Donze
7
#68
Jimmy R. Fechner
7
#69
Jon Mark Holdman
7
#70
Joe K. Jurneke
7
#71
John J. Zasio
7
#72
Kenneth Lee Manes
7
#73
Mark A. Bakke
7
#74
Philippe Y. Le Graverand
7
#75
Robert M. Raymond
7
#76
Stanley R. Szerlip
7
#77
Warren L. Dalziel
7
#78
David G. Hostetter
6
#79
David Lee Trachy
6
#80
Daniel W. Underkofler
6
#81
Donald F. McCarthy
6
#82
Fletcher L. Hill
6
#83
Gary W. Collins
6
#84
Gerald O'Nions
6
#85
George P. Rambosek
6
#86
James L. Apple
6
#87
Jon Benson
6
#88
Kenneth Willis
6
#89
Kipley Carpenter
6
#90
Larry E. Daby
6
#91
Leonard G. Ward
6
#92
Nancy R. Jurestovsky
6
#93
Otto Richard Buhler
6
#94
P. David Dodd
6
#95
Perry Merritt
6
#96
Ramesh Sundaram
6
#97
Roger H. Grow
6
#98
Scott D. Wilson
6
#99
Steven C. Herrera
6
#100
Barry K. Spicer
5