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The First Years
Rank (All Time):
#7010
of 106,127
Top 7%
78 inventors
102
Patents All Time
Top Inventors at The First Years
All Time
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Bryan R. Hotaling
27
2
Ralph M. Nowak
21
3
Jon R. Rossman
20
#4
James J. Britto
18
#5
Carl J. Conforti
12
#6
Bruce P. Popek
6
#7
Joseph F. Brewin
6
#8
Robert D. Monahan
6
#9
Lawrence J. Salvo
5
#10
Michael A. Lorenz
5
#11
Richard M. Foley
5
#12
Scott Johnstone
5
#13
James M. Buckley
4
#14
James D. Orr
4
#15
Kyle Nanna
4
#16
Thomas A. Hagerty
4
#17
Antonio S. Fernandes
4
#18
Christopher John Reinke
3
#19
Craig Bures
3
#20
Glen Nielsen
3
#21
Gregory Kenny
3
#22
John Hession
3
#23
Kevin Zanardelli
3
#24
Ronald J. Sidman
3
#25
Shiu Hung Li
3
#26
Thomas McDonald
3
#27
Brian R. D'Amelio
2
#28
David E. Medeiros
2
#29
Elizabeth Nelson
2
#30
George S. Dys
2
#31
James A. Connors, Jr.
2
#32
James R. Varney
2
#33
John A. MacNeil
2
#34
Michael Susi
2
#35
Rene Polin
2
#36
Ryan P. Rafter
2
#37
Sherry Thomas
2
#38
Susan Sofia
2
#39
Alma B. Bair
2
#40
Bruce J. Benedetto
1
#41
Craig Hidalgo
1
#42
Dana L. Padula
1
#43
Deborah H. Levenson
1
#44
Edward Goldman
1
#45
Elizabeth Knight
1
#46
Gerard J. Kaelblein
1
#47
J. Derek Riemer
1
#48
Joseph A. Cesa
1
#49
John DePiano
1
#50
John Kearney
1
#51
John B. Morse
1
#52
Joseph Paul Sejnowski
1
#53
Karen M. Laude
1
#54
Lai Ying Wong
1
#55
Lynn Pina
1
#56
Marita Larson
1
#57
Marsha Merianos
1
#58
Malcolm E. Taylor
1
#59
Nijole Blackburn
1
#60
Peter Wirz
1
#61
Pierre Gaudet
1
#62
Robert J. Hughes
1
#63
Ryan Shafer
1
#64
Stéphane LEPAGE
1
#65
Susan M. Grassel
1
#66
Ten-Chang Liu
1
#67
Thomas J. Powers
1
#68
Tuan A. Nguyen
1
#69
Tyrone Young
1
#70
Vasco Desousa
1
#71
Vincent J. DeSanto
1
#72
William Wear
1
#73
Gerry J. Kaeblein
1
#74
Elizabeth M. Hession-Kunz
1
#75
Jean Laverdure
1
#76
A. Paula Lopes
1
#77
Aidan Petrie
1
#78
Alexander James Sinton
1