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Whirlpool
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Whirlpool
— 5,797 Patents
Rank
(All Time):
#137
of
106,120
Top 1%
3,480
inventors
5,797
Patents All Time
Top Inventors at Whirlpool
All Time
Showing
1–50
of
3,480
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
John W. McConnell
238
2
Seth E. Bixby
129
3
Steven J. Kuehl
124
#4
Abhay Naik
119
#5
Guolian Wu
118
#6
Richard A. McCoy
109
#7
Nihat O. Cur
106
#8
Paul B. Allard
103
#9
Brandon T. Mock
102
#10
James W. Kendall
95
#10
Rodney M. Welch
95
#12
Ameresh B. Viswanathan
86
#13
Patrick J. Boarman
80
#14
Chad J. Rotter
77
#15
Douglas D. Leclear
76
#16
Jessica R. McConnell
74
#17
Farhad Ashrafzadeh
73
#18
Mark W. Baldwin
71
#19
Barry E. Tuller
63
#19
Lynne F. Hunter
63
#21
Michael S. Seeley
61
#22
Mark S. Feddema
60
#23
Matthew P. Ebrom
59
#24
Allan R. Steinkuhl
58
#25
Duane A. Schmidt
57
#25
Marcus R. Fischer
57
#27
Andrew M. Tenbarge
56
#27
Joseph L. Coleman
56
#27
Karl David McAllister
56
#30
Joel A. Luckman
55
#30
Lakshya J. Deka
55
#32
Nicholas Hill Schutte
54
#33
Ben C. Shao
53
#33
Robert J. Pinkowski
53
#35
Michael P. Conti
52
#35
Richard K. Gresens
52
#37
Alberto R. Gomes
51
#37
Dean A. Martin
51
#37
Sanjesh Kumar Pathak
51
#37
Wenkai Wu
51
#37
ZhaoYi Yin
51
#42
Leif A. Norland
50
#43
John Jay Myers
49
#44
Darryl C. Bodine
47
#44
Sayer J. Murphy
47
#46
Kevin M. Chase
46
#46
Michael S. Hendrickson
46
#48
Brian P. Janke
45
#49
Antony M. Rappette
44
#49
Colleen M. Doyle
44
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