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NASA
Rank (All Time):
#223
of 106,127
Top 1%
4,860 inventors
3,568
Patents All Time
Top Inventors at NASA
All Time
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Terry L. St. Clair
49
2
Paul M. Hergenrother
46
3
John W. Connell
56
#4
William T. Yost
38
#5
John M. Vranish
33
#6
Bruce A. Banks
25
#7
Phong H. Ngo
32
#8
Yeonjoon Park
27
#9
Sang H. Choi
49
#10
Joseph G. Smith, Jr.
33
#11
Michael G. Hinchey
23
#12
G. Dickey Arndt
23
#13
Robert G. Bryant
28
#14
John H. Cantrell
24
#15
John A. Parker
22
#16
Patrick W. Fink
31
#17
Chris A. Ihrke
21
#18
Mary Ann B. Meador
28
#19
Brian J. Jensen
25
#20
Thomas J. Goodwin
21
#21
Anne K. St. Clair
21
#22
James R. Carl
19
#23
Ming-Ta Hsu
19
#24
Glen C. King
21
#25
Robert Platt
18
#26
Demetrius A. Kourtides
17
#27
Stanley E. Woodard
22
#28
Clyde F. Parrish
19
#29
Joycelyn S. Harrison
23
#30
Allan J. Zuckerwar
20
#31
David A. Wolf, Sr.
16
#32
Robert L. Fox
18
#33
Lyndon Bridgwater
16
#34
Timothy S. Chen
16
#35
Dean C. Alhorn
15
#36
Emilie J. Siochi
38
#37
Timothy F. Kennedy
20
#38
Bryant D. Taylor
19
#39
David E. Howard
16
#40
Frank J. Nola
15
#41
Gregory Y. Lin
21
#42
Robert S. Okojie
18
#43
James R. Elliott
15
#44
Joseph S. Heyman
15
#45
Richard J. Bozeman, Jr.
15
#46
W. Neill Myers
17
#47
George M. Fohlen
14
#48
Martha K. Williams
20
#49
Harry F. Schramm, Jr.
14
#50
Anthony R. Kelley
16
#51
Roy Sterritt
14
#52
Edward J. Wollack
24
#53
Felix A. Miranda
14
#54
James S. Sovey
13
#55
Muhammad E. Abdallah
13
#56
Myron A. Diftler
13
#57
Philip O. Ransone
13
#58
Douglas Martin Linn
12
#59
Michael J. Krasowski
17
#60
Dennis R. Morrison
14
#61
Erik S. Weiser
14
#62
Ruth H. Pater
13
#63
H. Kevin Rivers
12
#64
James E. Fesmire
18
#65
Kent A. Watson
13
#66
Russell A. Wincheski
16
#67
R. Jeffrey Ding
12
#68
Alan T. Pope
20
#69
Clarence J. Wesselski
11
#70
Diane M. Stoakley
11
#71
Christian Clausen
12
#72
Dennis A. Smith
12
#73
Richard T. Howard
12
#74
G. Burton Northam
11
#75
William Herbert Sims, III
12
#76
Qamar A. Shams
19
#77
Pedro J. Medelius
14
#78
Leonard L. Kleinberg
11
#79
Min Namkung
11
#80
Robert A. Miller
11
#81
Charles W. Wampler, II
10
#82
Daniel Carter
10
#83
Michael G. Jones
13
#84
Robert C. Youngquist
13
#85
Norman F. Prokop
12
#86
Bruce M. Steinetz
11
#87
David R. Schryer
11
#88
Earl R. Collins, Jr.
11
#89
Roberto J. Cano
17
#90
Ji Su
13
#91
Hua-Kuang Liu
10
#92
Jacqueline W. Quinn
12
#93
Leonard M. Weinstein
10
#94
Martin B. Barmatz
10
#95
Michael A. Meador
10
#96
Rainee N. Simons
13
#97
Stephen J. Havens
10
#98
Chun-Hua Chuang
9
#99
Dean W. Sheibley
9
#100
Donald R. Davis
9