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C02F

Treatment of water, waste water & sludge

Ranked by the PatentIndex Score — a 1–99 percentile within C02F · public-visibility date · generated 2026

Rising· last 2 yrs

Inventors whose newest C02F patents became public in the last 2 years — the current frontier

  1. 199Dennis M. Treu36 patents · 3,591 citations
  2. 296Jeffrey H. Burbank33 patents · 1,151 citations
  3. 392James M. Brugger25 patents · 1,081 citations
  4. 488Gary C. Ganzi37 patents · 2,698 citations
  5. 583Frederick C. Wilkins42 patents · 1,877 citations
  6. 679Li-Shiang Liang60 patents · 985 citations
  7. 775Brian C. Green12 patents · 314 citations
  8. 871Rodney Herrington19 patents · 513 citations
  9. 967Dean Kamen37 patents · 552 citations
  10. 1063William D. Chandler, Jr.39 patents · 469 citations
  11. 1158E. H. Kelle Zeiher11 patents · 391 citations
  12. 1254Ryan K. Larocque31 patents · 454 citations
  13. 1350Andrew A. Schnellinger27 patents · 450 citations
  14. 1446Christopher C. Langenfeld25 patents · 439 citations
  15. 1542Otis L. Clapp24 patents · 434 citations
  16. 1638Prashant Bhat25 patents · 434 citations
  17. 1733Stanley B. Smith, Iii24 patents · 434 citations
  18. 1829Goetz Friederichs24 patents · 346 citations
  19. 1925Ehud Levy26 patents · 537 citations
  20. 2021Christopher Kurth14 patents · 229 citations
  21. 2117Mark A. Kozubal12 patents · 129 citations
  22. 2213Richard Eugene Macur12 patents · 129 citations
  23. 238Yuval Charles Avniel12 patents · 129 citations
  24. 244Whitaker Ben Irvin, Sr.21 patents · 308 citations
  25. 251William S. Carey34 patents · 459 citations

Active· last 5 yrs

Sustained C02F output across the last 5 years

  1. 199Dennis M. Treu36 patents · 3,591 citations
  2. 296Roy W. Kuennen26 patents · 3,312 citations
  3. 392Terry L. Lautzenheiser36 patents · 2,849 citations
  4. 488Steven Kristian Pedersen36 patents · 2,853 citations
  5. 583Pierre Cote66 patents · 4,176 citations
  6. 679Jeffrey H. Burbank33 patents · 1,151 citations
  7. 775James M. Brugger25 patents · 1,081 citations
  8. 871Gary C. Ganzi37 patents · 2,698 citations
  9. 967Frederick C. Wilkins42 patents · 1,877 citations
  10. 1063Irving D. Elyanow11 patents · 920 citations
  11. 1158Karl Fritze18 patents · 812 citations
  12. 1254Li-Shiang Liang60 patents · 985 citations
  13. 1350Vitold M. Bakhir13 patents · 704 citations
  14. 1446Nidal A. Samad16 patents · 742 citations
  15. 1542Brian C. Green12 patents · 314 citations
  16. 1638Raymond P. Denkewicz, Jr.22 patents · 890 citations
  17. 1733Ayala Barak25 patents · 480 citations
  18. 1829Yoshinori Nishiki32 patents · 955 citations
  19. 1925Yukinari Yamashita12 patents · 423 citations
  20. 2021Rodney Herrington19 patents · 513 citations
  21. 2117Prakash Narayan Govindan56 patents · 771 citations
  22. 2213John H. Lienhard34 patents · 531 citations
  23. 238Jason A. Demers24 patents · 387 citations
  24. 244Koji Yamanaka22 patents · 546 citations
  25. 251Mansour S. Bader32 patents · 806 citations

All-time canon

Career PatentIndex Score in C02F

  1. 199Thomas M. Feldsein10 patents · 2,250 citations
  2. 296Dennis M. Treu36 patents · 3,591 citations
  3. 392Rodney S. Kenley14 patents · 2,628 citations
  4. 488Frederick H. Peter, Jr.9 patents · 1,939 citations
  5. 583David W. Baarman79 patents · 9,107 citations
  6. 679Kenneth E. Pawlak8 patents · 1,543 citations
  7. 775Dawn Matthews7 patents · 1,078 citations
  8. 871Roy W. Kuennen26 patents · 3,312 citations
  9. 967Ronald C. Markham20 patents · 2,970 citations
  10. 1063Scott A. Mollema20 patents · 2,927 citations
  11. 1158Terry L. Lautzenheiser36 patents · 2,849 citations
  12. 1254Mailvaganam Mahendran19 patents · 1,961 citations
  13. 1350John J. Merianos16 patents · 3,580 citations
  14. 1446Alfonso N. Petrocci13 patents · 3,138 citations
  15. 1542Harold A. Green13 patents · 3,138 citations
  16. 1638Henry Behmann42 patents · 3,411 citations
  17. 1733Wayne Henshaw11 patents · 1,208 citations
  18. 1829Christopher B. Houghton21 patents · 1,533 citations
  19. 1925Stephen J. Mcphilliamy21 patents · 1,533 citations
  20. 2021Steven Kristian Pedersen36 patents · 2,853 citations
  21. 2117Ake Adolf Deutschmann8 patents · 1,256 citations
  22. 2213Tom L. Brose5 patents · 752 citations
  23. 238Pierre Cote66 patents · 4,176 citations
  24. 244Dennis J. Denen9 patents · 1,566 citations
  25. 251Jeffrey H. Burbank33 patents · 1,151 citations
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