Inventor
|
Patent Families
|
Country
|
Total, INPADOC
|
Years
|
Main fields of invention
|
Ref
|
Kia Silverbrook
|
4407
|
Australia
|
9662
|
1958 -
|
Printing, Digital paper, Internet, Electronics, CGI, Chemical, DNA, LoC, MEMS, Mechanical, VLSI
|
[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
|
Shunpei Yamazaki
|
2771
|
Japan
|
10976
|
1942 -
|
Thin film transistors, Liquid crystal displays, Solar cells, Flash memory, OLED
|
[13][14][15][4][6][7][16][8][9][10][11][12]
|
Paul Lapstun
|
1176
|
Australia
|
3097
|
19?? -
|
Printing, Digital paper, Internet, Electronics, CGI, VLSI
|
[17][18][19][4][8][9][10][11][12]
|
Thomas Edison
|
1084
|
United States
|
2332
|
1847–1931
|
Electric power, Lighting, Batteries, Phonograph, Cement, Telegraphy, Mining
|
[20][21][22][23][5][4]
|
George Albert Lyon
|
993
|
Canada
|
NA
|
1882–1961
|
Automotive, Stainless steel products
|
[24][4]
|
Leonard Forbes
|
980
|
Canada
|
1316
|
1940 -
|
Semiconductor Memories, CCDs, Thin film processes and materials, VLSI
|
[25][26][4][7][8][10]
|
Donald Weder
|
965
|
United States
|
1916
|
1947 -
|
Florist supplies
|
[27][28][4][6][7][16]
|
John F. O'Connor
|
949
|
United States
|
NA
|
1864–19??
|
Railway draft gearing
|
[29][4]
|
Melvin De Groote
|
925
|
United States
|
NA
|
1896–1963
|
Chemical de-emulsifiers
|
[23][4]
|
Gurtej Sandhu
|
917
|
India
|
1504
|
1960 -
|
Thin film processes and materials, VLSI, Semiconductor device fabrication
|
[30][31][6][7][16]
|
Francis H. Richards
|
894
|
United States
|
NA
|
1850–19??
|
Mechanical, automation
|
[23][4]
|
Carleton Ellis
|
753
|
United States
|
NA
|
1876-1941
|
Margarine, Polyester, Anti-knock gasoline, Paint stripper
|
[32][29]
|
Warren Farnworth
|
743
|
United States
|
928
|
1954 -
|
Semiconductor packaging
|
[33][34][6][7]
|
Jun Koyama
|
727
|
Japan
|
2627
|
19?? -
|
Thin film transistors, Liquid crystal displays, OLED
|
[35][36]
|
George Spector
|
722
|
United States
|
747
|
19?? -
|
Gadgets, Toys
|
[7][37][6][7]
|
Elihu Thomson
|
696
|
UK
|
NA
|
1853–1937
|
Electric power, Arc lamp, Electric motors, Lightning arrester, Arc welder
|
[23][29]
|
Salman Akram
|
692
|
United States
|
833
|
1967 -
|
Semiconductor packaging
|
[38][39][6][7]
|
William I. Wood
|
647
|
United States
|
3591
|
19?? -
|
Proteins, Antibodies
|
[40][41][8][9]
|
Simon Walmsley
|
629
|
Australia
|
1252
|
19?? -
|
Printing, Electronics, VLSI, Cryptography
|
[42][43][11][12]
|
Josef Theurer
|
627
|
Austria
|
4951
|
19?? -
|
Railroad maintenance machines
|
[44][45][16]
|
Audrey Goddard
|
616
|
United States
|
3465
|
19?? -
|
Proteins, Antibodies
|
[46][47][8][9]
|
Jay Walker
|
616
|
United States
|
1926
|
1955 -
|
Gaming machines
|
[48][49][12]
|
Austin L. Gurney
|
611
|
United States
|
3405
|
19?? -
|
Proteins, Antibodies
|
[50][51][8][9]
|
Jerome Lemelson
|
606
|
United States
|
NA
|
1923-1997
|
Toys, Industrial robots, Cordless telephones, Fax machines, Videocassette recorders
|
[52][23][16]
|
Béla Barényi
|
595
|
Hungary
|
1238
|
1907-1997
|
Passive safety in automobiles
|
[53][54]
|
Tetsujiro Kondo
|
580
|
Japan
|
4071
|
19?? -
|
Signal processing, Image processing
|
[55][56]
|
Paul J. Godowski
|
578
|
United States
|
2648
|
19?? -
|
Proteins, Antibodies
|
[57][58][8][9]
|
Hideo Ando
|
576
|
Japan
|
1762
|
19?? -
|
Optical recording
|
[59][60][12]
|
Artur Fischer
|
570
|
Germany
|
3090
|
1919 -
|
Fasteners, Construction toys
|
[61][62]
|
Edwin H. Land
|
535
|
United States
|
1216
|
1909-1991
|
Instant photography, Polarizing film
|
[63][64]
|
Kie Y Ahn
|
524
|
United States
|
691
|
19?? -
|
Thin film processes and materials, VLSI, Semiconductor device fabrication
|
[65][66]
|
Henry Dreyfus
|
524
|
United States
|
2096
|
1882-1944
|
Polymers, Synthetic fibers, Dyes
|
[67][68]
|
Clyde C. Farmer
|
513
|
United States
|
830
|
18??-19??
|
Railway air brakes
|
[69][70][29]
|
Mark I. Gardner
|
511
|
United States
|
583
|
1955 -
|
Consumer electronics, Energy, Computers, Semiconductors, Physics
|
[71][72][6][7]
|
Heinz Focke
|
510
|
Germany
|
2890
|
19?? -
|
Cigarette packaging
|
[73][74][6]
|
Tadahiro Ohmi
|
508
|
Japan
|
2422
|
19?? -
|
Thin film processes and materials, Semiconductor device fabrication
|
[75][76]
|
Louis H. Morin
|
503
|
United States
|
721
|
18??-19??
|
Fasteners, Locks, Bobbins
|
[69][77]
|
Michael J. Sullivan
|
502
|
United States
|
1186
|
19?? -
|
Golf balls
|
[78][79]
|
William Eby
|
487
|
United States
|
555
|
19?? -
|
Transgenic soybeans
|
[80][81]
|
Tobin King
|
474
|
Australia
|
1237
|
19?? -
|
Printing, Digital paper, Mechanical
|
[82][83]
|
Eberhard Ammermann
|
452
|
Germany
|
5096
|
19?? -
|
Fungicides
|
[84][85][16]
|
Thomas E. Murray
|
449
|
United States
|
462
|
1860 - 1929
|
Electrical, HVAC, Wheels, Metal working, Light dimmer
|
[86][87]
|
Hongyong Zhang
|
425
|
Japan
|
764
|
19?? -
|
Thin film transistors, Liquid crystal displays
|
[88][89]
|
Ravi Arimilli
|
421
|
India
|
751
|
1963 -
|
Computer architecture, Semiconductor memory, Cache coherence, Symmetric multiprocessing
|
[90][91]
|
John Hays Hammond, Jr.
|
417
|
United States
|
459
|
1888-1965
|
Radio control, Radio communications, Torpedoes
|
[92][93]
|
Wilhelm Brandes
|
411
|
Germany
|
2924
|
19?? -
|
Fungicides
|
[94][95][16]
|
Akira Nakazawa
|
398
|
Australia
|
566
|
19?? -
|
Printing, Mechanical
|
[96][97]
|
Hans-Joachim Santel
|
374
|
Germany
|
2644
|
19?? -
|
Herbicides, Pesticides, Organic chemistry
|
[98][99][16]
|
Gisela Lorenz
|
371
|
Germany
|
4094
|
19?? -
|
Fungicides
|
[100][101][16]
|
George Westinghouse
|
361
|
United States
|
NA
|
1846-1914
|
Electric power, Electricity meter, Railway air brake, Steam engines
|
[102][103][104]
|