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Ranked by the PatentIndex Score — a 1–99 percentile within G02F · public-visibility date · generated 2026

Rising· last 2 yrs

Inventors whose newest G02F patents became public in the last 2 years — the current frontier

  1. 199Kengo Akimoto98 patents · 15,684 citations
  2. 296Tatsuya Honda34 patents · 14,381 citations
  3. 392Niall R. Lynam166 patents · 26,539 citations
  4. 488Carl A. Stover42 patents · 5,829 citations
  5. 583Shunpei Yamazaki1,698 patents · 62,729 citations
  6. 679Paul S. Drzaic67 patents · 17,798 citations
  7. 775Karl R. Amundson75 patents · 10,775 citations
  8. 871John T. Uken46 patents · 2,799 citations
  9. 967Yasuyuki Arai140 patents · 6,098 citations
  10. 1063Jonathan L. Zalesky11 patents · 2,613 citations
  11. 1158Richard J. Paolini, Jr.150 patents · 11,233 citations
  12. 1254John S. Anderson84 patents · 7,413 citations
  13. 1350Jun Koyama453 patents · 16,694 citations
  14. 1446Hongmei Zang93 patents · 6,641 citations
  15. 1542Kevin L. Ash51 patents · 3,769 citations
  16. 1638Takahiro Sasaki108 patents · 2,695 citations
  17. 1733Ronald D. Blum52 patents · 3,042 citations
  18. 1829Atsushi Umezaki161 patents · 4,124 citations
  19. 1925Masaaki Hiroki69 patents · 5,434 citations
  20. 2021Robert R. Turnbull22 patents · 3,063 citations
  21. 2117David Darrell Miller34 patents · 3,161 citations
  22. 2213Naoto Kusumoto58 patents · 1,577 citations
  23. 238Yoshiharu Hirakata246 patents · 6,559 citations
  24. 244John A. Wheatley68 patents · 2,528 citations
  25. 251Yoshinori Tanaka57 patents · 1,942 citations

Active· last 5 yrs

Sustained G02F output across the last 5 years

  1. 199Kengo Akimoto98 patents · 15,684 citations
  2. 296Tatsuya Honda34 patents · 14,381 citations
  3. 392Norihito Sone13 patents · 14,132 citations
  4. 488Niall R. Lynam166 patents · 26,539 citations
  5. 583Ian A. Mccabe67 patents · 10,141 citations
  6. 679Hamid Habibi82 patents · 12,978 citations
  7. 775Carl A. Stover42 patents · 5,829 citations
  8. 871Shunpei Yamazaki1,698 patents · 62,729 citations
  9. 967Paul S. Drzaic67 patents · 17,798 citations
  10. 1063Steve Porter Hotelling45 patents · 6,701 citations
  11. 1158Anoop Agrawal79 patents · 9,739 citations
  12. 1254William L. Tonar134 patents · 14,542 citations
  13. 1350Karl R. Amundson75 patents · 10,775 citations
  14. 1446John T. Uken46 patents · 2,799 citations
  15. 1542Yasuyuki Arai140 patents · 6,098 citations
  16. 1638Jonathan L. Zalesky11 patents · 2,613 citations
  17. 1733Richard J. Paolini, Jr.150 patents · 11,233 citations
  18. 1829John S. Anderson84 patents · 7,413 citations
  19. 1925Michael L. Steiner26 patents · 4,055 citations
  20. 2021Fumitsugu Fukuyo22 patents · 1,538 citations
  21. 2117John P. Cronin40 patents · 4,071 citations
  22. 2213Jun Koyama453 patents · 16,694 citations
  23. 238Thomas H. Whitesides56 patents · 8,983 citations
  24. 244Hongmei Zang93 patents · 6,641 citations
  25. 251John Z. Zhong136 patents · 4,226 citations

All-time canon

Career PatentIndex Score in G02F

  1. 199Kengo Akimoto98 patents · 15,684 citations
  2. 296Tatsuya Honda34 patents · 14,381 citations
  3. 392Norihito Sone13 patents · 14,132 citations
  4. 488Niall R. Lynam166 patents · 26,539 citations
  5. 583Ian A. Mccabe67 patents · 10,141 citations
  6. 679Hamid Habibi82 patents · 12,978 citations
  7. 775Desaraju V. Varaprasad59 patents · 14,043 citations
  8. 871Mark W. Miles40 patents · 6,953 citations
  9. 967Mingtang Zhao42 patents · 6,744 citations
  10. 1063Craig A. Dornan25 patents · 6,229 citations
  11. 1158Jonathan D. Albert71 patents · 23,615 citations
  12. 1254Glenn J. Leedy33 patents · 3,877 citations
  13. 1350Michael F. Weber83 patents · 9,405 citations
  14. 1446Andrew J. Ouderkirk76 patents · 8,932 citations
  15. 1542Carl A. Stover42 patents · 5,829 citations
  16. 1638Tatsuya Shimoda40 patents · 6,821 citations
  17. 1733Satoshi Inoue29 patents · 6,135 citations
  18. 1829Barrett Comiskey68 patents · 28,311 citations
  19. 1925Robert W. Zehner53 patents · 9,480 citations
  20. 2021Joseph M. Jacobson52 patents · 22,062 citations
  21. 2117Shunpei Yamazaki1,698 patents · 62,729 citations
  22. 2213Paul S. Drzaic67 patents · 17,798 citations
  23. 238Steve Porter Hotelling45 patents · 6,701 citations
  24. 244Anoop Agrawal79 patents · 9,739 citations
  25. 251Wakao Miyazawa13 patents · 4,180 citations
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