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Valmet Aktiebolag
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Valmet Aktiebolag
— 402 Patents
Rank
(All Time):
#1,996
of
105,732
Top 2%
408
inventors
402
Patents All Time
Patents per Year
Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2025
Bar chart with a peak of 67 patents in 1998.
peak 67
1980: 2 patents
1980
1981: 1 patents
1996: 36 patents
1997: 55 patents
1997
1998: 67 patents
1999: 65 patents
2000: 50 patents
2000
2001: 54 patents
2002: 23 patents
2003: 8 patents
2003
2004: 2 patents
2014: 4 patents
2015: 3 patents
2015
2016: 2 patents
2017: 3 patents
2018: 3 patents
2018
2019: 2 patents
2020: 8 patents
2021: 6 patents
2021
2022: 4 patents
2023: 1 patents
2024: 2 patents
2024
2025: 1 patents
2025
Top Inventors at Valmet Aktiebolag
All Time
Showing
1–50
of
408
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Jorma Laapotti
17
2
Jorma Kinnunen
16
3
Jukka Koskinen
14
#4
Antti Kuhasalo
12
#4
Juha Kaihovirta
12
#4
Pekka Kivioja
12
#4
Reima Kerttula
12
#4
Vilho Nissinen
12
#9
Antti Poikolainen
9
#9
Ari Linsuri
9
#9
Jouko Hautala
9
#9
Jyrki Huovila
9
#9
Michael Odell
9
#9
Rauno Rantanen
9
#15
Jorma Snellman
8
#15
Jouko Yli-Kauppila
8
#15
Jyrki Jaakkola
8
#15
Pekka Koivukunnas
8
#19
Heikki Ilvespaa
7
#19
Jukka Lehtinen
7
#19
Pertti Heikkila
7
#19
Samppa Salminen
7
#23
Allan Liedes
6
#23
Antti Ilmarinen
6
#23
Arto Leskinen
6
#23
Juha Kivimaa
6
#23
Juhani Niskanen
6
#23
Kari Holopainen
6
#23
Pauli Koutonen
6
#23
Petri Nyberg
6
#23
Thomas Berglind
6
#32
Aaron Mannio
5
#32
Anders Samuelsson
5
#32
Ari Puurtinen
5
#32
Elias Retulainen
5
#32
Harri Mustonen
5
#32
Jarmo Puumalainen
5
#32
Jari Sinkko
5
#32
Jukka Linnonmaa
5
#32
Juha Lipponen
5
#32
Juhani Vestola
5
#32
Karl-Johan Tolfsson
5
#32
Lauri Verkasalo
5
#32
Nils-Erik Safman
5
#32
Oiva Vallius
5
#32
Pasi Ahonen
5
#32
Per-Olof Malmqvist
5
#32
Petri Paloviita
5
#32
Raimo Virta
5
#32
Silvo Mikkonen
5
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