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University of Michigan
University of Michigan
— 3,306 Patents
Rank
(All Time):
#239
of
106,120
Top 1%
4,352
inventors
3,306
Patents All Time
Top Inventors at University of Michigan
All Time
Showing
1–50
of
4,352
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Stephen R. Forrest
171
2
David Theodore Blaauw
77
3
Shaomeng Wang
67
#4
Arul M. Chinnaiyan
52
#5
Dennis Sylvester
51
#6
James R. Baker, JR.
49
#7
Khalil Najafi
47
#8
Trevor Nigel Mudge
43
#9
John C. Drach
37
#10
Gary J. Nabel
35
#10
Mark A. Burns
35
#12
Lingjie Jay Guo
34
#12
Yogesh B. Gianchandani
34
#14
Leroy B. Townsend
32
#15
Kang G. Shin
31
#16
Kensall D. Wise
29
#17
Gary D. Glick
28
#18
Kevin R. Ward
27
#18
Mark E. Meyerhoff
27
#18
Mark E. Thompson
27
#18
Michael F. Clarke
27
#18
Nicholas A. Kotov
27
#18
Vishva Dixit
27
#24
Clark T.-C. Nguyen
26
#24
James A. Shayman
26
#24
Jolanta Grembecka
26
#24
John J. Voorhees
26
#24
Tomasz Cierpicki
26
#29
Charles A. Cain
25
#29
Duxin Sun
25
#29
Krisztian Flautner
25
#32
Diann Brei
24
#32
H. David Humes
24
#32
Peter X. Ma
24
#35
Mohammed N. Islam
23
#35
Todd Michael Austin
23
#37
Jeramy D. Zimmerman
22
#37
Joerg Lahann
22
#39
David J. Mooney
21
#39
Omar M. Yaghi
21
#39
Raoul Kopelman
21
#42
Jonathan E. Luntz
20
#42
Kyusang Lee
20
#44
David D. Wentzloff
19
#44
Elizabeth G. Nabel
19
#44
Kamal Sarabandi
19
#44
Scott D. Larsen
19
#48
Adam J. Matzger
18
#48
Albert Shih
18
#48
Jeffrey Sakamoto
18
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