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B60V

Air-cushion vehicles

Ranked by the PatentIndex Score — a 1–99 percentile within B60V · public-visibility date · generated 2026

Rising· last 2 yrs

Inventors whose newest B60V patents became public in the last 2 years — the current frontier

  1. 199Daniel Cottrell5 patents · 21 citations
  2. 295Michael Klinker5 patents · 21 citations
  3. 391William Bryan Baker3 patents · 21 citations
  4. 486Andrew Gregg3 patents · 11 citations
  5. 582Andrew Levin3 patents · 11 citations
  6. 677William Thalheimer3 patents · 14 citations
  7. 773Christian Bailey2 patents · 14 citations
  8. 868Edward Lester2 patents · 14 citations
  9. 964Bradley C. Buskirk1 patents · 4 citations
  10. 1059David W. Larson1 patents · 4 citations
  11. 1155Jason Castriota1 patents · 4 citations
  12. 1250Marco Borge1 patents · 4 citations
  13. 1345Michael Christopher Tilley1 patents · 4 citations
  14. 1441Owen Richard Wiseman1 patents · 1 citations
  15. 1536William Bryan Baker1 patents · 0 citations
  16. 1632BAKER WILLIAM BRYAN1 patents · 0 citations
  17. 1727COTTRELL DANIEL1 patents · 0 citations
  18. 1823GREGG ANDREW1 patents · 0 citations
  19. 1918KLINKER MICHAEL1 patents · 0 citations
  20. 2014LEVIN ANDREW1 patents · 0 citations
  21. 219Brett Peters1 patents · 0 citations
  22. 225Cory Asher Kays1 patents · 0 citations
  23. 231Eric Jason Crews1 patents · 0 citations

Active· last 5 yrs

Sustained B60V output across the last 5 years

  1. 199Gonzalo Duran Ariza5 patents · 18 citations
  2. 296Robert Moore4 patents · 42 citations
  3. 392Daniel Cottrell5 patents · 21 citations
  4. 488Michael Klinker5 patents · 21 citations
  5. 583John Ducote3 patents · 37 citations
  6. 679John Goelet4 patents · 9 citations
  7. 775William Bryan Baker3 patents · 21 citations
  8. 871Richard D. Pierce4 patents · 5 citations
  9. 967Andrew Gregg3 patents · 11 citations
  10. 1063Andrew Levin3 patents · 11 citations
  11. 1158William Thalheimer3 patents · 14 citations
  12. 1254Christian Bailey2 patents · 14 citations
  13. 1350Edward Lester2 patents · 14 citations
  14. 1446Robert Stringer2 patents · 13 citations
  15. 1542Bogdan T. Bucheru2 patents · 8 citations
  16. 1638John Richard Mccullough2 patents · 3 citations
  17. 1733Abraham Karem1 patents · 6 citations
  18. 1829John Paul Parcell1 patents · 6 citations
  19. 1925Adam Kennedy1 patents · 4 citations
  20. 2021Bradley C. Buskirk1 patents · 4 citations
  21. 2117David W. Larson1 patents · 4 citations
  22. 2213Jason Castriota1 patents · 4 citations
  23. 238Marco Borge1 patents · 4 citations
  24. 244Michael Christopher Tilley1 patents · 4 citations
  25. 251Michael D. Durham2 patents · 2 citations

All-time canon

Career PatentIndex Score in B60V

  1. 199Raynor A. Johnson7 patents · 486 citations
  2. 296Donald E. Burg9 patents · 198 citations
  3. 392Albert Blum5 patents · 96 citations
  4. 488Brad Pedersen4 patents · 98 citations
  5. 583Peter Spirov4 patents · 98 citations
  6. 679Rafi Yoeli3 patents · 206 citations
  7. 775Richard A. Himmelmann7 patents · 57 citations
  8. 871Raymond L. Wheeler7 patents · 57 citations
  9. 967W. Keith Dubose5 patents · 53 citations
  10. 1063Richard A. Cavanagh4 patents · 82 citations
  11. 1158T. Desmond Earl3 patents · 102 citations
  12. 1254Dane K. Parker3 patents · 86 citations
  13. 1350David M. Ruthenburg3 patents · 86 citations
  14. 1446Gonzalo Duran Ariza5 patents · 18 citations
  15. 1542Kenneth J. Maloney4 patents · 47 citations
  16. 1638Clayton J. Jacobson3 patents · 91 citations
  17. 1733David T. Davis2 patents · 298 citations
  18. 1829Jack Wegener2 patents · 298 citations
  19. 1925Robert E. Weedling2 patents · 298 citations
  20. 2021William R. Swallen2 patents · 298 citations
  21. 2117Max P. Schlienger3 patents · 79 citations
  22. 2213Edward G. Tattersall8 patents · 32 citations
  23. 238Ryuichi Yoshida4 patents · 40 citations
  24. 244Michael A. Rickards5 patents · 29 citations
  25. 251Larry Keck5 patents · 17 citations
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