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Washington State University
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Washington State University
— 195 Patents
Rank
(All Time):
#3,913
of
106,120
Top 4%
252
inventors
195
Patents All Time
Top Inventors at Washington State University
All Time
Showing
1–50
of
252
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Rodney B. Croteau
28
2
Thomas K. Toyama
13
3
Mark R. Wildung
11
#4
John A. Browse
7
#5
Anne Schoendorf
6
#5
Clarence A. Ryan
6
#5
David M. Weller
6
#5
Linda S. Thomashow
6
#5
Patrick P. Moore
6
#5
Zhihua Jiang
6
#11
Bachettira W. Poovaiah
5
#11
Jennifer J. Michal
5
#11
Joseph W. Harding
5
#11
John W. Wright
5
#11
Shulin Chen
5
#16
Bernd Lange
4
#16
Cornelius F. Ivory
4
#16
Craig Frear
4
#16
Daisuke Takezawa
4
#16
Donald P. Knowles, Jr.
4
#16
Donald S. Matteson
4
#16
Gregory L. Pearce
4
#16
Herbert H. Hill, Jr.
4
#16
James G. Wallis
4
#16
Jennifer L. Watts
4
#16
John E. Crock
4
#16
Laurence B. Davin
4
#16
Norman G. Lewis
4
#16
R. James Cook
4
#16
Stefan Jennewein
4
#31
Barry F. McGurl
3
#31
Bai-Lin Qin
3
#31
Barry G. Swanson
3
#31
Bernard J. Van Wie
3
#31
Cecilia Richards
3
#31
Charles Cullen Burke
3
#31
David F. Bahr
3
#31
Dmitri V. Mavrodi
3
#31
Gustavo V. Barbosa-Canovas
3
#31
Guido Ciampi
3
#31
Gynheung An
3
#31
John Frame
3
#31
Katrina L. Mealey
3
#31
Kelly Jones
3
#31
Kelvin Lynn
3
#31
Kevin Walker
3
#31
Lawrence E. Schrader
3
#31
Lee A. Hadwiger
3
#31
Maggie Tam
3
#31
Patrick D. Pedrow
3
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