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NASA
NASA
— 3,568 Patents
Rank
(All Time):
#223
of
106,120
Top 1%
4,860
inventors
3,568
Patents All Time
Top Inventors at NASA
All Time
Showing
1–50
of
4,860
inventors
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
#7
Sang H. Choi
49
#7
Joseph G. Smith, Jr.
33
#7
Yeonjoon Park
27
#11
Michael G. Hinchey
23
#12
John H. Cantrell
24
#12
John A. Parker
22
#12
Patrick W. Fink
31
#12
G. Dickey Arndt
23
#12
Robert G. Bryant
28
#17
Chris A. Ihrke
21
#17
Mary Ann B. Meador
28
#19
Anne K. St. Clair
21
#19
Thomas J. Goodwin
21
#19
Brian J. Jensen
25
#22
James R. Carl
19
#22
Ming-Ta Hsu
19
#24
Robert Platt
18
#24
Glen C. King
21
#26
Demetrius A. Kourtides
17
#26
Stanley E. Woodard
22
#26
Clyde F. Parrish
19
#26
Joycelyn S. Harrison
23
#26
Allan J. Zuckerwar
20
#31
David A. Wolf, Sr.
16
#31
Lyndon Bridgwater
16
#31
Timothy S. Chen
16
#31
Robert L. Fox
18
#35
Dean C. Alhorn
15
#35
Frank J. Nola
15
#35
Gregory Y. Lin
21
#35
James R. Elliott
15
#35
Joseph S. Heyman
15
#35
Richard J. Bozeman, Jr.
15
#35
Timothy F. Kennedy
20
#35
Bryant D. Taylor
19
#35
David E. Howard
16
#35
Emilie J. Siochi
38
#35
Robert S. Okojie
18
#46
George M. Fohlen
14
#46
Harry F. Schramm, Jr.
14
#46
Roy Sterritt
14
#46
W. Neill Myers
17
#46
Martha K. Williams
20
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