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Y02D

Climate change mitigation in ICT

Ranked by the PatentIndex Score — a 1–99 percentile within Y02D · public-visibility date · generated 2026

Rising· last 2 yrs

Inventors whose newest Y02D patents became public in the last 2 years — the current frontier

  1. 199Jeffrey S. Swayze18 patents · 13,492 citations
  2. 296Andrew T. Beckman16 patents · 13,199 citations
  3. 392Daniel L. Baber15 patents · 13,199 citations
  4. 488Frederick E. Shelton, Iv14 patents · 7,000 citations
  5. 583Summer L. Schneider23 patents · 1,151 citations
  6. 679Albert S. Penilla40 patents · 1,610 citations
  7. 775Gary M. Zalewski31 patents · 1,281 citations
  8. 871Julien G. Stamatakis36 patents · 1,039 citations
  9. 967Peter B. Gillingham28 patents · 1,301 citations
  10. 1063Serene Al-Momen24 patents · 674 citations
  11. 1158Esmael Hejazi Dinan214 patents · 2,303 citations
  12. 1254Frederick A. Ware113 patents · 1,569 citations
  13. 1350Daniel Freeman11 patents · 1,646 citations
  14. 1446Derek B. Barrentine11 patents · 1,646 citations
  15. 1542Mehran Moshfeghi42 patents · 903 citations
  16. 1638Michael Culbert46 patents · 1,572 citations
  17. 1733Alireza Raissinia54 patents · 704 citations
  18. 1829Gregory G. Raleigh31 patents · 563 citations
  19. 1925James Lavine28 patents · 535 citations
  20. 2021John A. Nix34 patents · 552 citations
  21. 2117Junyi Li222 patents · 1,730 citations
  22. 2213Stephen H. Gunther77 patents · 1,473 citations
  23. 238Keith Cox61 patents · 1,041 citations
  24. 244Parthasarathy Ranganathan31 patents · 1,529 citations
  25. 251Martin Vorbach24 patents · 625 citations

Active· last 5 yrs

Sustained Y02D output across the last 5 years

  1. 199Jeffrey S. Swayze18 patents · 13,492 citations
  2. 296Andrew T. Beckman16 patents · 13,199 citations
  3. 392Daniel L. Baber15 patents · 13,199 citations
  4. 488Frederick E. Shelton, Iv14 patents · 7,000 citations
  5. 583Mark A. Horowitz63 patents · 6,551 citations
  6. 679Charles E. Wheatley, Iii15 patents · 6,897 citations
  7. 775Brian Mark Fields18 patents · 1,709 citations
  8. 871Giles Roll17 patents · 1,702 citations
  9. 967Jacob J. Alt17 patents · 1,702 citations
  10. 1063Justin Davis17 patents · 1,702 citations
  11. 1158Kristopher Keith Gaudin17 patents · 1,702 citations
  12. 1254Laura A. Uphoff17 patents · 1,702 citations
  13. 1350Leo Nelson Chan17 patents · 1,702 citations
  14. 1446Mohamed A. Wazeer17 patents · 1,702 citations
  15. 1542Nathan W. Baumann17 patents · 1,702 citations
  16. 1638Steven C. Cielocha17 patents · 1,702 citations
  17. 1733James Hollister25 patents · 1,804 citations
  18. 1829Kevin R. Imes25 patents · 1,804 citations
  19. 1925Summer L. Schneider23 patents · 1,151 citations
  20. 2021Ole-Petter Skaaksrud46 patents · 2,237 citations
  21. 2117Albert S. Penilla40 patents · 1,610 citations
  22. 2213Anthony M. Fadell58 patents · 3,039 citations
  23. 238John Michael Kowalski22 patents · 1,378 citations
  24. 244Gary M. Zalewski31 patents · 1,281 citations
  25. 251Lee R. Boynton24 patents · 714 citations

All-time canon

Career PatentIndex Score in Y02D

  1. 199Ronald J. Lebel30 patents · 31,770 citations
  2. 296Varaz Shahmirian22 patents · 25,571 citations
  3. 392Philip T. Weiss22 patents · 21,720 citations
  4. 488Timothy J. Starkweather23 patents · 24,540 citations
  5. 583Daniel H. Villegas13 patents · 15,498 citations
  6. 679Sam W. Bowman12 patents · 14,478 citations
  7. 775John T. Armstrong12 patents · 13,598 citations
  8. 871John D. Richert12 patents · 13,598 citations
  9. 967Robert C. Dennard9 patents · 10,281 citations
  10. 1063Jeffrey S. Swayze18 patents · 13,492 citations
  11. 1158Andrew T. Beckman16 patents · 13,199 citations
  12. 1254Daniel L. Baber15 patents · 13,199 citations
  13. 1350Frederick E. Shelton, Iv14 patents · 7,000 citations
  14. 1446David Y. Choy5 patents · 5,569 citations
  15. 1542Klein S. Gilhousen23 patents · 9,792 citations
  16. 1638Mark A. Horowitz63 patents · 6,551 citations
  17. 1733Michael Farmwald49 patents · 5,867 citations
  18. 1829Michael J. Geile75 patents · 3,561 citations
  19. 1925Jeffrey Brede41 patents · 2,165 citations
  20. 2021Lindsay A. Weaver, Jr.12 patents · 8,653 citations
  21. 2117Irwin M. Jacobs8 patents · 7,045 citations
  22. 2213Michael J. Fort23 patents · 1,383 citations
  23. 238Roberto Padovani10 patents · 6,351 citations
  24. 244Louis A. Stilp21 patents · 4,562 citations
  25. 251Charles E. Wheatley, Iii15 patents · 6,897 citations
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