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B27K

CPC B27K

Ranked by the PatentIndex Score — a 1–99 percentile within B27K · public-visibility date · generated 2026

Rising· last 2 yrs

Inventors whose newest B27K patents became public in the last 2 years — the current frontier

  1. 199Jun Zhang36 patents · 213 citations
  2. 296John Horton10 patents · 83 citations
  3. 392Kenneth Allen Cutler5 patents · 6 citations
  4. 488Paul D. Senior3 patents · 29 citations
  5. 583Peter Tham8 patents · 0 citations
  6. 679Wayne B. Sherman3 patents · 3 citations
  7. 775Bobak Ha'Eri4 patents · 0 citations
  8. 871Ronald W. Clawson, Jr.4 patents · 0 citations
  9. 967Min Kuang2 patents · 1 citations
  10. 1063Brian W. Beakler3 patents · 0 citations
  11. 1158Justin Bohn3 patents · 0 citations
  12. 1254Luke P. Marra3 patents · 0 citations
  13. 1350Travis E. Bjorkman3 patents · 0 citations
  14. 1446Eva Wallstrom1 patents · 2 citations
  15. 1542Yanjun Li3 patents · 0 citations
  16. 1638Zhichao Lou3 patents · 0 citations
  17. 1733Eun Seob Kim2 patents · 0 citations
  18. 1829Guen Woo Park2 patents · 0 citations
  19. 1925Kyung-Tae Lee2 patents · 0 citations
  20. 2021Toshinori Hattori2 patents · 0 citations
  21. 2117Jack G. Winterowd2 patents · 0 citations
  22. 2213ARDUINO JIM P1 patents · 0 citations
  23. 238COWLES HAROLD R1 patents · 0 citations
  24. 244OTWELL LAWRENCE P1 patents · 0 citations
  25. 251PROUT STEPHEN DOUGLAS1 patents · 0 citations

Active· last 5 yrs

Sustained B27K output across the last 5 years

  1. 199Jun Zhang36 patents · 213 citations
  2. 296John Horton10 patents · 83 citations
  3. 392Jianwei Song7 patents · 19 citations
  4. 488Liangbing Hu7 patents · 19 citations
  5. 583Guy Helsing5 patents · 37 citations
  6. 679Michael P. Smith4 patents · 30 citations
  7. 775Timothée Boitouzet5 patents · 18 citations
  8. 871Holger Militz10 patents · 19 citations
  9. 967Norbert Kalwa11 patents · 14 citations
  10. 1063Carsten Mai5 patents · 17 citations
  11. 1158Mingwei Zhu4 patents · 11 citations
  12. 1254Nariaki Asano4 patents · 15 citations
  13. 1350Theodorus Gerardus Marinus Maria Kappen9 patents · 6 citations
  14. 1446Gerhard Lugert3 patents · 24 citations
  15. 1542Kenneth Allen Cutler5 patents · 6 citations
  16. 1638Paul D. Senior3 patents · 29 citations
  17. 1733Ziqiang Lu3 patents · 10 citations
  18. 1829Daniel Brimhall4 patents · 5 citations
  19. 1925David M. Laganella3 patents · 21 citations
  20. 2021Amy Gong3 patents · 9 citations
  21. 2117Chaoji Chen3 patents · 8 citations
  22. 2213Michael E. Peterschmidt3 patents · 11 citations
  23. 238Jari Kukkonen4 patents · 8 citations
  24. 244Hisashi Miyafuji2 patents · 37 citations
  25. 251Timo Nissinen4 patents · 6 citations

All-time canon

Career PatentIndex Score in B27K

  1. 199Reimer Goettsche22 patents · 851 citations
  2. 296Leigh E. Walker19 patents · 687 citations
  3. 392Robert M. Leach19 patents · 338 citations
  4. 488Alex Raymond Albert Valcke8 patents · 284 citations
  5. 583Wendelin Hettler6 patents · 275 citations
  6. 679Hans-Norbert Marx13 patents · 325 citations
  7. 775Darrel D. Nicholas7 patents · 245 citations
  8. 871Tor P. Schultz6 patents · 221 citations
  9. 967Marshall Medoff6 patents · 140 citations
  10. 1063Hans A. Ward8 patents · 218 citations
  11. 1158Hans-Volker Borck7 patents · 204 citations
  12. 1254Roger M. Rowell8 patents · 207 citations
  13. 1350Stephen Conboy8 patents · 185 citations
  14. 1446Michael Thompson10 patents · 111 citations
  15. 1542Robert A. Slimak8 patents · 140 citations
  16. 1638Martin Kugler10 patents · 220 citations
  17. 1733Allan H. Dietrich6 patents · 122 citations
  18. 1829Stanley D. Galyon6 patents · 122 citations
  19. 1925Vincent R. Palmere6 patents · 122 citations
  20. 2021Jun Zhang36 patents · 213 citations
  21. 2117Michael H. West11 patents · 200 citations
  22. 2213Hans-Ulrich Buschhaus6 patents · 146 citations
  23. 238Franz Kunisch5 patents · 203 citations
  24. 244Heinrich Schrage5 patents · 203 citations
  25. 251Gareth Williams4 patents · 214 citations
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