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Ranked by the PatentIndex Score — a 1–99 percentile within B26B · public-visibility date · generated 2026

Rising· last 2 yrs

Inventors whose newest B26B patents became public in the last 2 years — the current frontier

  1. 199Benjamin C. Rivera28 patents · 1,111 citations
  2. 296Jeffrey A. Whited57 patents · 1,953 citations
  3. 392Yehuda Binder46 patents · 131 citations
  4. 488Craig A. Provost46 patents · 505 citations
  5. 583John W. Griffin46 patents · 505 citations
  6. 679William E. Tucker43 patents · 476 citations
  7. 775Willem Auke Westerhof18 patents · 405 citations
  8. 871Ruairidh Robertson15 patents · 209 citations
  9. 967Douglas R. Kohring13 patents · 218 citations
  10. 1063David R. Bloch13 patents · 151 citations
  11. 1158David Carpenter14 patents · 142 citations
  12. 1254Alan Kenneth Stratton13 patents · 119 citations
  13. 1350George K. Bonnoitt, Jr.13 patents · 119 citations
  14. 1446Anthony Louis Marfione14 patents · 169 citations
  15. 1542Leon Coresh12 patents · 158 citations
  16. 1638Detlef Gleich15 patents · 146 citations
  17. 1733Dennis R. Seguin, Jr.9 patents · 88 citations
  18. 1829John S. Ronan6 patents · 90 citations
  19. 1925Thomas Scimone28 patents · 117 citations
  20. 2021Edwin A. Werner15 patents · 69 citations
  21. 2117Scot Herbst22 patents · 89 citations
  22. 2213John Harris12 patents · 46 citations
  23. 238Richard J. Tringali8 patents · 47 citations
  24. 244Robert Joseph Gallegos24 patents · 68 citations
  25. 251William Finck13 patents · 52 citations

Active· last 5 yrs

Sustained B26B output across the last 5 years

  1. 199Benjamin C. Rivera28 patents · 1,111 citations
  2. 296Jeffrey A. Whited57 patents · 1,953 citations
  3. 392Kenneth J. Onion34 patents · 1,128 citations
  4. 488Alejandro Carlos Lee20 patents · 938 citations
  5. 583Vincent Paul Walker, Jr.29 patents · 980 citations
  6. 679Scott Melton21 patents · 883 citations
  7. 775Donald Gringer18 patents · 838 citations
  8. 871Erkki O. Linden14 patents · 674 citations
  9. 967Louis S. Glesser14 patents · 835 citations
  10. 1063Yehuda Binder46 patents · 131 citations
  11. 1158Craig A. Provost46 patents · 505 citations
  12. 1254John W. Griffin46 patents · 505 citations
  13. 1350Robert Harold Johnson23 patents · 663 citations
  14. 1446William E. Tucker43 patents · 476 citations
  15. 1542Kelly Daniel Bridges19 patents · 426 citations
  16. 1638Reinhold Eichhorn36 patents · 562 citations
  17. 1733Willem Auke Westerhof18 patents · 405 citations
  18. 1829Matthew Frank Murgida12 patents · 335 citations
  19. 1925Peter Junk22 patents · 457 citations
  20. 2021Ioannis Bozikis62 patents · 796 citations
  21. 2117Neville Sonnenberg30 patents · 438 citations
  22. 2213Shlomo Zucker12 patents · 270 citations
  23. 238Raymond E. Davis19 patents · 528 citations
  24. 244Hitoshi Ogawa15 patents · 426 citations
  25. 251Spiros Gratsias35 patents · 525 citations

All-time canon

Career PatentIndex Score in B26B

  1. 199Lee M. Middleman11 patents · 5,195 citations
  2. 296Walter R. Pyka11 patents · 5,195 citations
  3. 392James E. Jervis10 patents · 4,705 citations
  4. 488Michael Buhler10 patents · 4,705 citations
  5. 583Philippe Poncet10 patents · 4,705 citations
  6. 679Karl Van Dyk8 patents · 3,183 citations
  7. 775Stephen C. Metcalf19 patents · 2,366 citations
  8. 871Robert A. Trotta52 patents · 4,189 citations
  9. 967Charles Bridgham Worrick, Iii22 patents · 2,066 citations
  10. 1063Domenic Vincent Apprille, Jr.18 patents · 2,408 citations
  11. 1158Donald Robert Chaulk6 patents · 1,001 citations
  12. 1254Joseph George Fucci5 patents · 798 citations
  13. 1350Mingchih M. Tseng18 patents · 2,266 citations
  14. 1446Brett P. Seber19 patents · 1,289 citations
  15. 1542Roy L. Helton, Jr.12 patents · 1,095 citations
  16. 1638Walter W. Collins44 patents · 2,971 citations
  17. 1733Bernard Gilder13 patents · 1,271 citations
  18. 1829Edward A. Andrews20 patents · 1,782 citations
  19. 1925Brian Oldroyd16 patents · 1,338 citations
  20. 2021Randolph J. Morton11 patents · 771 citations
  21. 2117William J. Mchenry9 patents · 746 citations
  22. 2213Jason L. Williams7 patents · 638 citations
  23. 238Timothy J. Mccullough14 patents · 1,778 citations
  24. 244Chester F. Jacobson27 patents · 2,685 citations
  25. 251Steve S. Hahn12 patents · 997 citations
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