Top 100 Inventors for 2009 |
Rank | Inventor's name | Country | City/State | Last publication | # of patent apps |
1 | Kia Silverbrook | AU | Balmain | Jun 15, 2017 / 20170165968 - INKJET PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY HAVING INK AND AIR PASSAGES | 723 |
2 | Lowell L. Wood, Jr. | US | Bellevue, WA | Dec 09, 2021 / 20210381772 - TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED PORTABLE COOLING UNITS | 343 |
3 | Roderick A. Hyde | US | Redmond, WA | Mar 19, 2020 / 20200090805 - MONITORING TREATMENT COMPLIANCE USING PATIENT ACTIVITY PATTERNS | 258 |
4 | Edward K.y. Jung | US | Bellevue, WA | Dec 31, 2020 / 20200412877 - IDENTIFIER TECHNIQUE FOR COMMUNICATION INTERCHANGE | 246 |
5 | Anthony W. Czarnik | US | Reno, NV | Jan 06, 2022 / 20220000851 - DEUTERIUM-ENRICHED PIOGLITAZONE | 220 |
6 | Royce A. Levien | US | Lexington, MA | Dec 31, 2020 / 20200412877 - IDENTIFIER TECHNIQUE FOR COMMUNICATION INTERCHANGE | 218 |
7 | Robert W. Lord | US | Seattle, WA | Nov 25, 2021 / 20210365848 - REAL-TIME CARPOOL COORDINATING SYSTEM | 216 |
8 | Eric C. Leuthardt | US | St. Louis, MO | Mar 19, 2020 / 20200090805 - MONITORING TREATMENT COMPLIANCE USING PATIENT ACTIVITY PATTERNS | 216 |
9 | Mark A. Malamud | US | Seattle, WA | Dec 31, 2020 / 20200412877 - IDENTIFIER TECHNIQUE FOR COMMUNICATION INTERCHANGE | 205 |
10 | Paul Lapstun | AU | Balmain | Jul 11, 2013 / 20130176441 - User interface system employing printed substrate and substrate sensing device | 199 |
11 | Muriel Y. Ishikawa | US | Livermore, CA | Jan 03, 2019 / 20190001128 - CONTROLLING EAR STIMULATION IN RESPONSE TO ELECTRICAL CONTACT SENSING | 195 |
12 | John D. Rinaldo, Jr. | US | Bellevue, WA | Dec 31, 2020 / 20200412877 - IDENTIFIER TECHNIQUE FOR COMMUNICATION INTERCHANGE | 164 |
13 | Clarence T. Tegreene | US | Bellevue, WA | Dec 31, 2020 / 20200412877 - IDENTIFIER TECHNIQUE FOR COMMUNICATION INTERCHANGE | 153 |
14 | Shunpei Yamazaki | JP | Tokyo | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220293795 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | 147 |
15 | Shou-Shan Fan | CN | Beijing | Aug 18, 2022 / 20220260829 - METHOD FOR DESIGNING NONSYMMETRIC FREEFORM SURFACE OPTICAL SYSTEM | 143 |
16 | Victoria Y.h. Wood | US | Livermore, CA | Jan 03, 2019 / 20190001128 - CONTROLLING EAR STIMULATION IN RESPONSE TO ELECTRICAL CONTACT SENSING | 128 |
17 | Kai-Li Jiang | CN | Beijing | Oct 28, 2021 / 20210336564 - NANOFIBER ACTUATOR AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME | 127 |
18 | Nathan P. Myhrvold | US | Medina, WA | Mar 19, 2020 / 20200090805 - MONITORING TREATMENT COMPLIANCE USING PATIENT ACTIVITY PATTERNS | 126 |
19 | Takeshi Chujoh | JP | Tokyo | Aug 20, 2015 / 20150237364 - VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOTION COMPENSATION PREDICTION | 123 |
20 | Kazumasa Yoshizawa | JP | Tokyo | Aug 21, 2014 / 20140235321 - GAMING MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | 123 |
21 | Shinichiro Koto | JP | Machida-Shi | Jun 23, 2011 / 20110150089 - VIDEO ENCODING/ DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOTION COMPENSATION PREDICTION | 121 |
22 | Yoshihiro Kikuchi | JP | Yokohama-Shi | Jun 23, 2011 / 20110150089 - VIDEO ENCODING/ DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOTION COMPENSATION PREDICTION | 119 |
23 | Rick A. Hamilton, Ii | US | Charlottesville, VA | Sep 17, 2020 / 20200294387 - SECURITY SYSTEM WITH COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR | 116 |
24 | Scott H. Wittkopp | US | Ypsilanti, MI | Oct 29, 2015 / 20150308543 - MULTI-SPEED TRANSMISSION | 108 |
25 | Ahmadreza (reza) Rofougaran | US | Newport Coast, CA | May 19, 2016 / 20160142223 - RF BUS CONTROLLER | 108 |
26 | James M. Hart | US | Belleville, MI | Aug 11, 2022 / 20220252146 - TRANSFER CASE OFF-AXIS PUMP | 104 |
27 | Shunpei Yamazaki | JP | Setagaya | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220293798 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | 103 |
28 | Ahmadreza Rofougaran | US | Newport Coast, CA | Apr 19, 2018 / 20180109404 - Wireless Transceiver for Transmitting Circularly-Polarized Signals with Modulated Angular Speed | 102 |
29 | Simon Robert Walmsley | AU | Balmain | Jul 25, 2013 / 20130186953 - CAMERA UNIT INCOPORATING PROGRAM SCRIPT SCANNER | 93 |
30 | Jeyhan Karaoguz | US | Irvine, CA | Oct 14, 2021 / 20210321248 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A NETWORKED SELF-CONFIGURING COMMUNICATION DEVICE UTILIZING USER PREFERENCE INFORMATION | 91 |
31 | Anthony H. Heap | US | Ann Arbor, MI | May 18, 2017 / 20170136916 - VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS | 89 |
32 | Liang Liu | CN | Beijing | Aug 04, 2022 / 20220244994 - Resource and Asset Lifecycle Costing | 88 |
33 | Clinton E. Carey | US | Monroe, MI | Nov 10, 2011 / 20110275473 - MULTI-SPEED TRANSMISSION | 85 |
34 | Junyi Li | US | Bedminster, NJ | Nov 19, 2015 / 20150334590 - METHODS AND APPARTUS FOR REPORTING AND/OR USING CONTROL INFORMATION | 84 |
35 | Tetsujiro Kondo | JP | Tokyo | Feb 16, 2017 / 20170048484 - IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | 84 |
36 | Charles Whitmer | US | North Bend, WA | Sep 12, 2019 / 20190274537 - UNOBTRUSIVE ACTIVE EYE INTERROGATION | 83 |
37 | Jordin T. Kare | US | Seattle, WA | Jun 30, 2016 / 20160188929 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCANNING A USER ENVIRONMENT AND EVALUATING DATA OF INTEREST | 83 |
38 | In Hwan Choi | KR | Gyeonggi-Do | Nov 17, 2016 / 20160337139 - DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA IN THE DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM | 82 |
39 | Dennis J. Rivet | US | Portsmouth, VA | Jun 21, 2012 / 20120157830 - Matter displacement based at least partially on Compton scattered X-ray visualizing, imaging, or information providing | 81 |
40 | Andrew W. Phillips | US | Saline, MI | Nov 10, 2011 / 20110275473 - MULTI-SPEED TRANSMISSION | 77 |
41 | Christopher Hibbard | AU | Balmain | Aug 22, 2013 / 20130215199 - PRINTHEAD INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING FRONTSIDE INLET CHANNELS AND BACKSIDE INK SUPPLY CHANNELS | 77 |
42 | Jae Hyung Song | KR | Seoul | Dec 09, 2021 / 20210385009 - TRANSMITTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DIGITAL BROADCAST SIGNAL IN TRANSMITTING SYSTEM, RECEIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RECEIVING DIGITAL BROADCAST SIGNAL IN RECEIVING SYSTEM | 76 |
43 | Adam Heller | US | Austin, TX | Jul 21, 2022 / 20220225907 - ANALYTE MONITORING DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE | 75 |
44 | Michael J. Sullivan | US | Barrington, RI | Jul 30, 2015 / 20150209624 - MULTI-LAYERED COES FOR GOLF BALLS HAVING FOAM AND THERMOSET LAYERS | 75 |
45 | Arturo A. Rodriguez | US | Norcross, GA | Jan 26, 2017 / 20170026640 - Management of decoded pictures in successive coded video sequences | 73 |
46 | Rajiv Laroia | US | Far Hills, NJ | Nov 04, 2021 / 20210344841 - METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USE WITH MULTIPLE OPTICAL CHAINS | 73 |
47 | Ravi K. Arimilli | US | Austin, TX | Jul 11, 2013 / 20130179899 - MANAGEMENT OF PROCESS-TO-PROCESS COMMUNICATION REQUESTS | 72 |
48 | Jin Wu | US | Webster, NY | Dec 25, 2014 / 20140376964 - IMAGING DEVICE COMPONENTS COMPRISED OF HYDROPHOBIC CARBON NANOTUBES | 72 |
49 | Fusao Ishii | US | Menlo Park, CA | Mar 10, 2011 / 20110058247 - Mirror device with an anti-stiction layer | 72 |
50 | Xinzhou Wu | US | Monmouth Junction, NJ | Dec 25, 2014 / 20140378054 - OPPORTUNISTIC USE OF THE DSRC SPECTRUM | 71 |
51 | Byeong Moon Jeon | KR | Seoul | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220295098 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING VIDEO SIGNAL | 71 |
52 | Scott White | US | Austin, TX | Jun 09, 2016 / 20160162257 - SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING MEDIA PROGRAMS | 71 |
53 | Clifford A. Pickover | US | Yorktown Heights, NY | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220282980 - PEDESTRIAN ROUTE GUIDANCE THAT PROVIDES A SPACE BUFFER | 70 |
54 | Katsuhide Uchino | JP | Kanagawa | Nov 04, 2021 / 20210343244 - DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 69 |
55 | Chul Soo Lee | KR | Seoul | Jan 26, 2017 / 20170026699 - DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD | 67 |
56 | Paul Ian Mackey | AU | Balmain | Aug 22, 2013 / 20130215199 - PRINTHEAD INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING FRONTSIDE INLET CHANNELS AND BACKSIDE INK SUPPLY CHANNELS | 66 |
57 | Garry Raymond Jackson | AU | Balmain | Jan 07, 2016 / 20160001562 - METHOD OF MAINTAINING PRINTHEAD USING MOVABLE CARRIAGE | 65 |
58 | Keith A. Friedman | US | Austin, TX | Mar 05, 2015 / 20150065818 - Analyte Monitoring Device and Methods of Use | 65 |
59 | Akira Nakazawa | AU | Balmain | Jul 16, 2015 / 20150197093 - METHOD OF WIPING PAGEWIDTH PRINTHEAD | 64 |
60 | Brian M. O'Connell | US | Cary, NC | Mar 19, 2020 / 20200089602 - INTEGRATION TIMES IN A CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION ENVIRONMENT BASED ON STATISTICAL MODELING | 64 |
61 | Keith R. Walker | US | Austin, TX | May 18, 2017 / 20170139687 - PROGRAM CODE LIBRARY SEARCHING AND SELECTION IN A NETWORKED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT | 64 |
62 | Phillip John Plante | US | Sunnyvale, CA | Jul 30, 2015 / 20150208969 - Method of Making an Electrochemical Sensor | 64 |
63 | Behrad Aria | US | Alameda, CA | Jul 30, 2015 / 20150208969 - Method of Making an Electrochemical Sensor | 64 |
64 | Yoram Gal | IL | Kibbutz Yagur | Jul 30, 2015 / 20150208969 - Method of Making an Electrochemical Sensor | 64 |
65 | Tobin Allen King | AU | Balmain | May 18, 2017 / 20170136768 - INKJET PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY HAVING PRINTHEAD CHIP CARRIERS RECEIVED IN SLOT | 64 |
66 | David R. Hall | US | Provo, UT | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220296939 - Head Covering Device Providing Filtered Intake and Exhaust Air | 64 |
67 | Mark S. Vreeke | US | Alameda, CA | Feb 20, 2014 / 20140051957 - Analyte Monitoring Device and Methods of Use | 63 |
68 | James Say | US | Alameda, CA | Feb 20, 2014 / 20140051957 - Analyte Monitoring Device and Methods of Use | 63 |
69 | Ephraim Heller | US | Oakland, CA | Feb 20, 2014 / 20140051957 - Analyte Monitoring Device and Methods of Use | 62 |
70 | Michael F. Tomasco | US | Cupertino, CA | Feb 20, 2014 / 20140051957 - Analyte Monitoring Device and Methods of Use | 62 |
71 | Fredric C. Colman | US | Berkeley, CA | Feb 20, 2014 / 20140051957 - Analyte Monitoring Device and Methods of Use | 61 |
72 | Edward S. Boyden | US | Cambridge, MA | Apr 07, 2016 / 20160096036 - LIGHT-ACTIVATED CATION CHANNEL AND USES THEREOF | 60 |
73 | Ruthie D. Lyle | US | Durham, NC | Aug 04, 2022 / 20220245418 - Wireless Communications Device with Concealed Value | 59 |
74 | Michael A. Smith | US | Phoenix, AZ | Mar 19, 2020 / 20200090805 - MONITORING TREATMENT COMPLIANCE USING PATIENT ACTIVITY PATTERNS | 59 |
75 | Wael William Diab | US | San Francisco, CA | May 19, 2016 / 20160142309 - Method And System For Dynamic Routing And/Or Switching In A Network | 59 |
76 | Vincent J. Zimmer | US | Federal Way, WA | Mar 31, 2022 / 20220100530 - TECHNOLOGIES FOR OPERATING SYSTEM TRANSITIONS IN MULTIPLE-OPERATING-SYSTEM ENVIRONMENTS | 56 |
77 | Travis M. Grigsby | US | Austin, TX | Dec 29, 2016 / 20160381089 - RELATIONSHIP-CENTRIC PORTALS FOR COMMUNICATION SESSIONS | 55 |
78 | Yoshihiro Maeda | JP | Tokyo | Dec 10, 2015 / 20150357115 - COIL COMPONENT | 55 |
79 | James P. Schneider | US | Raleigh, NC | Nov 20, 2014 / 20140344285 - String Hashing Using a Random Number Generator | 55 |
80 | Young-Dae Lee | KR | Gyeonggi-Do | Apr 21, 2016 / 20160112893 - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING A LOGGED MEASUREMENT IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | 55 |
81 | Mamoru Sawahashi | JP | Kanagawa | Mar 26, 2015 / 20150085819 - RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD | 55 |
82 | Shao-Han Chang | TW | Tu-Cheng | Jun 28, 2012 / 20120161628 - LED ILLUMINATING DEVICE | 55 |
83 | Tom Chen | TW | Taipei | Sep 05, 2019 / 20190273872 - CAMERA TILTING MECHANISM FOR DISPLAYS WITH CORNER CHAMFERS | 54 |
84 | Shih-Fang Wong | TW | Tu-Cheng | Jan 23, 2014 / 20140025723 - CLOUD STORAGE SYSTEM AND DATA STORAGE AND SHARING METHOD BASED ON THE SYSTEM | 54 |
85 | Huilong Zhu | US | Poughkeepsie, NY | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220285559 - VERTICAL STORAGE DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING STORAGE DEVICE | 54 |
86 | Jin Woo Kim | KR | Seoul | Mar 31, 2022 / 20220100400 - MEMORY ALLOCATION DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF | 54 |
87 | Satoshi Seo | JP | Kawasaki | Jan 06, 2022 / 20220006034 - Light-Emitting Element, Light-Emitting Device, and Electronic Appliance | 54 |
88 | Win-Harn Liu | TW | Taipei | Feb 04, 2010 / 20100031093 - Internal tracing method for network attack detection | 53 |
89 | Norman Micheal Berry | AU | Balmain | Jul 16, 2015 / 20150197093 - METHOD OF WIPING PAGEWIDTH PRINTHEAD | 53 |
90 | Larry W. Fullerton | US | New Hope, AL | Jun 07, 2018 / 20180157948 - System and Method for Data Card Emulation | 53 |
91 | James D. Bennett | CZ | Hroznetin | Jun 15, 2017 / 20170169510 - COMPUTING SYSTEM SUPPORTING ONLINE PURCHASES | 52 |
92 | Eui-Jun Park | KR | Seoul | Sep 26, 2013 / 20130251064 - TRANSPORT STREAM GENERATING APPARATUS, TURBO PACKET DEMULTIPLEXING APPARATUS, AND METHODS THEREOF | 51 |
93 | Maryam Rofougaran | US | Rancho Palos Verdes, CA | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220294124 - ANTENNA DEVICE WITH CELL STRUCTURE AND ARRAY OF ANTENNA DEVICES | 51 |
94 | Kenichi Higuchi | JP | Kanagawa | Mar 05, 2015 / 20150063292 - TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND RADIO RESOURCE ASSIGNMENT METHOD | 50 |
95 | Scott C. Harris | US | Rancho Santa Fe, CA | Jun 30, 2016 / 20160191586 - Modifiable Content Delivery System | 50 |
96 | Tadahiro Ohmi | JP | Miyagi | Apr 21, 2016 / 20160109886 - FLOW RATE RANGE VARIABLE TYPE FLOW RATE CONTROL APPARATUS | 50 |
97 | Hyoung Gon Lee | KR | Seoul | Dec 09, 2021 / 20210385009 - TRANSMITTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DIGITAL BROADCAST SIGNAL IN TRANSMITTING SYSTEM, RECEIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RECEIVING DIGITAL BROADCAST SIGNAL IN RECEIVING SYSTEM | 50 |
98 | Byoung Gill Kim | KR | Seoul | Dec 09, 2021 / 20210385009 - TRANSMITTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DIGITAL BROADCAST SIGNAL IN TRANSMITTING SYSTEM, RECEIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RECEIVING DIGITAL BROADCAST SIGNAL IN RECEIVING SYSTEM | 50 |
99 | Sanjiv Nanda | US | Ramona, CA | Feb 16, 2017 / 20170048761 - SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO MANAGE NEIGHBOR CELL LISTS | 49 |
100 | Yang-Won Jung | KR | Seoul | Jan 28, 2016 / 20160026814 - ACCESS CONTROL OF EXTERNAL MEMORY | 49 |