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Ranked by the PatentIndex Score — a 1–99 percentile within C06D · public-visibility date · generated 2026

Rising· last 2 yrs

Inventors whose newest C06D patents became public in the last 2 years — the current frontier

  1. 199Shogo Tomiyama13 patents · 102 citations
  2. 293Ronald D. Jones6 patents · 33 citations
  3. 386Haruki Takizawa1 patents · 2 citations
  4. 479Shinya Ueda1 patents · 2 citations
  5. 571Tomoya Shimizu1 patents · 2 citations
  6. 664Yuji Inoue1 patents · 2 citations
  7. 757George B. Dietrich1 patents · 2 citations
  8. 850Haroon B. Oqab1 patents · 2 citations
  9. 943MCROBBIE IAN MALCOLM1 patents · 0 citations
  10. 1036TRENHOLME WILLIAM1 patents · 0 citations
  11. 1129Akimitsu Kikkawa1 patents · 0 citations
  12. 1221Ik Hyun Bai1 patents · 0 citations
  13. 1314Jae Hun Yoo1 patents · 0 citations
  14. 147Kyung Bo Lee1 patents · 0 citations
  15. 151Yuki Takatsuka1 patents · 0 citations

Active· last 5 yrs

Sustained C06D output across the last 5 years

  1. 199Gary K. Lund29 patents · 985 citations
  2. 296Ivan V. Mendenhall35 patents · 671 citations
  3. 392Douglas J. Streibich6 patents · 142 citations
  4. 488Mark Lancaster6 patents · 142 citations
  5. 583Michael C. Robertson6 patents · 142 citations
  6. 679Shogo Tomiyama13 patents · 102 citations
  7. 775Ronald D. Jones6 patents · 33 citations
  8. 871Scott M. Rambow5 patents · 23 citations
  9. 967Antony F. Grattan3 patents · 31 citations
  10. 1063Roy L. Sparkman3 patents · 31 citations
  11. 1158Ian Malcolm Mcrobbie3 patents · 9 citations
  12. 1254William Trenholme3 patents · 9 citations
  13. 1350Rolf Ruckdeschel4 patents · 10 citations
  14. 1446Peter S. Erbach3 patents · 2 citations
  15. 1542Detlef Last2 patents · 3 citations
  16. 1638R Michael Banish2 patents · 1 citations
  17. 1733Haruki Takizawa1 patents · 2 citations
  18. 1829Shinya Ueda1 patents · 2 citations
  19. 1925Tomoya Shimizu1 patents · 2 citations
  20. 2021Yuji Inoue1 patents · 2 citations
  21. 2117John W. Dankanich1 patents · 2 citations
  22. 2213Sadie Mae Mikiah Boyle1 patents · 2 citations
  23. 238George B. Dietrich1 patents · 2 citations
  24. 244George Taylor Story1 patents · 2 citations
  25. 251Haroon B. Oqab1 patents · 2 citations

All-time canon

Career PatentIndex Score in C06D

  1. 199Donald R. Poole15 patents · 1,414 citations
  2. 296Gary F. Holland8 patents · 590 citations
  3. 392Michael A. Wilson7 patents · 639 citations
  4. 488Ernest R. Pariser8 patents · 403 citations
  5. 583John N. Vournakis8 patents · 403 citations
  6. 679Mike Helton8 patents · 403 citations
  7. 775Sergio Finkielsztein7 patents · 373 citations
  8. 871Gary K. Lund29 patents · 985 citations
  9. 967Reed J. Blau19 patents · 895 citations
  10. 1063Jerald C. Hinshaw15 patents · 764 citations
  11. 1158Daniel W. Doll13 patents · 575 citations
  12. 1254Lyle D. Galbraith5 patents · 357 citations
  13. 1350Paresh S. Khandhadia12 patents · 640 citations
  14. 1446Robert D. Taylor42 patents · 1,174 citations
  15. 1542Sean P. Burns20 patents · 602 citations
  16. 1638Norman H. Lundstrom14 patents · 588 citations
  17. 1733Brian K. Hamilton31 patents · 949 citations
  18. 1829Karl K. Rink33 patents · 1,007 citations
  19. 1925Michael W. Barnes18 patents · 675 citations
  20. 2021Ivan V. Mendenhall35 patents · 671 citations
  21. 2117Nobuyuki Katsuda14 patents · 393 citations
  22. 2213Shingo Oda7 patents · 246 citations
  23. 238Bradley W. Smith9 patents · 385 citations
  24. 244George W. Goetz12 patents · 445 citations
  25. 251Robert S. Scheffee15 patents · 504 citations
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