Top Inventors at Surface Combustion All Time
| Rank | Name | Patents |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Hoetzl | 11 |
| 2 | Ralph P. Poor | 8 |
| 3 | Garry W. Barbee | 6 |
| #4 | Stephen H. Verhoff | 6 |
| #5 | Thomas M. Lingle | 6 |
| #6 | Thomas J. Schultz | 5 |
| #7 | James E. Brug | 4 |
| #8 | Michael Huber | 4 |
| #9 | Daniel Eric Goodman | 2 |
| #10 | Gary W. Barbee | 2 |
| #11 | Garrol Tackett | 2 |
| #12 | Jay K. Shah | 2 |
| #13 | Jaime A. Woodroffe | 2 |
| #14 | Larry L. Rozevink | 2 |
| #15 | Petros Kotidis | 2 |
| #16 | Peter S. Rostler | 2 |
| #17 | William J. Bernard | 2 |
| #18 | Franklin G. Rinker | 1 |
| #19 | James A. Brandewie | 1 |
| #20 | James E. Schmidt | 1 |
| #21 | John W. Gottschalk | 1 |
| #22 | Joseph T. McCormick | 1 |
| #23 | Klaus H. Hemsath | 1 |
| #24 | Louis E. Franceschina | 1 |
| #25 | Mark J. Stender | 1 |
| #26 | Roy J. Greenwald | 1 |
| #27 | Robert Stahl | 1 |
| #28 | Thomas Dunifon | 1 |
| #29 | Valdis R. Daiga | 1 |
| #30 | William J. Bernard, III | 1 |
| #31 | Jerry P. Jason | 1 |