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Tipper Tie — 109 Patents

Rank (All Time): #6,423 of 105,732Top 7%
35 inventors
109 Patents All Time

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1982 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 14 patents in 2011.peak 141982: 2 patents19821984: 2 patents1985: 1 patents1986: 2 patents19861987: 2 patents2002: 1 patents2004: 1 patents20042006: 1 patents2007: 4 patents2008: 9 patents20082009: 8 patents2010: 12 patents2011: 14 patents20112012: 7 patents2013: 9 patents2014: 5 patents20142015: 6 patents2016: 5 patents2017: 10 patents20172018: 2 patents2020: 1 patents2021: 3 patents20212023: 2 patents2023

Top Inventors at Tipper Tie All Time

Showing 1–35 of 35 inventors

RankNamePatents
1 Dennis J. May 74
2 Samuel D. Griggs 71
3 William M. Poteat 48
#4 Matthew D. Lowder 35
#5 Derek L. Brown 33
#6 Thomas E. Whittlesey 29
#7 Kim L. Poling 15
#8 David R. Gupton 14
#8 David T. Wince 14
#10 Edward P. Brinson 5
#10 Kuo-Raid Grant Chen 5
#12 Alfred J. Evans 4
#13 W. Mark Poteat 3
#14 Bryan Wilkins 2
#14 Gordon R. Winders 2
#14 James A. Gallion 2
#14 Melvin L. Harrod 2
#14 Raymond H. Misner 2
#14 Roman M. Tomczak 2
#14 Sean Michael Kieffer 2
#21 Adam Keever 1
#21 Andrew J. Hart 1
#21 Charles M. Heard 1
#21 Fredric M. MacKay 1
#21 Frederic M. MacKay 1
#21 Francis E. Sarginger 1
#21 Gregory P. Gorman 1
#21 Harrison A. Ailey, Jr. 1
#21 James S. Smith 1
#21 L. George Andre 1
#21 Lawrence D. Boody 1
#21 Lee E. Petsche 1
#21 Ronald H. Neely, Jr. 1
#21 William W. Babcock 1
#21 Grover W. Blakeley 1

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