| Top 100 Inventors |
| Ord. | Inventor's name | Country | City/State | Last publication | Number of Patent applications |
| 1 | Roderick A. Hyde | US | Redmond, WA | May 26, 2016 / 20160150674 - MANAGEMENT OF EXTERIOR TEMPERATURES ENCOUNTERED BY USER OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 2127 |
| 2 | Lowell L. Wood, Jr. | US | Bellevue, WA | May 26, 2016 / 20160150674 - MANAGEMENT OF EXTERIOR TEMPERATURES ENCOUNTERED BY USER OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 2046 |
| 3 | Kia Silverbrook | AU | Balmain | Nov 26, 2015 / 20150336384 - INKJET PRINTHEAD ASSEMBLY INCLUDING SLOTTED SHIELD PLATE | 1896 |
| 4 | Shunpei Yamazaki | JP | Tokyo | May 26, 2016 / 20160149055 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MEMORY DEVICE | 1393 |
| 5 | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | JP | Tokyo | Aug 29, 2013 / 20130223630 - COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | 1243 |
| 6 | International Business Machines Corporation | US | Armonk, NY | Sep 18, 2014 / 20140282563 - DEPLOYING PARALLEL DATA INTEGRATION APPLICATIONS TO DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS | 1166 |
| 7 | Shunpei Yamazaki | JP | Setagaya | May 26, 2016 / 20160149048 - OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR FILM AND FORMATION METHOD THEREOF | 1121 |
| 8 | Royce A. Levien | US | Lexington, MA | May 26, 2016 / 20160147493 - MANAGING OBSTRUCTED VIEWS OF MULTIPLE DISPLAY SURFACES | 1113 |
| 9 | Robert W. Lord | US | Seattle, WA | May 26, 2016 / 20160150674 - MANAGEMENT OF EXTERIOR TEMPERATURES ENCOUNTERED BY USER OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 1112 |
| 10 | Mark A. Malamud | US | Seattle, WA | May 26, 2016 / 20160147493 - MANAGING OBSTRUCTED VIEWS OF MULTIPLE DISPLAY SURFACES | 1056 |
| 11 | Jordin T. Kare | US | Seattle, WA | May 26, 2016 / 20160150602 - MICROWAVE HEATING ELEMENT | 1007 |
| 12 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | KR | Suwon-Si | Aug 15, 2013 / 20130208546 - LATENCY CONTROL CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME | 1001 |
| 13 | Edward K.y. Jung | US | Bellevue, WA | May 26, 2016 / 20160148043 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS | 981 |
| 14 | Muriel Y. Ishikawa | US | Livermore, CA | May 26, 2016 / 20160150674 - MANAGEMENT OF EXTERIOR TEMPERATURES ENCOUNTERED BY USER OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 970 |
| 15 | Eric C. Leuthardt | US | St. Louis, MO | May 26, 2016 / 20160143536 - SYSTEMS TO MONITOR BODY PORTIONS FOR INJURY AFTER IMPACT | 920 |
| 16 | Shou-Shan Fan | CN | Beijing | May 26, 2016 / 20160149146 - METHOD FOR MAKING THIN FILM TRANSISTOR | 919 |
| 17 | Clarence T. Tegreene | US | Bellevue, WA | May 12, 2016 / 20160134707 - CONTEXT PARAMETERS AND IDENTIFIERS FOR COMMUNICATION | 840 |
| 18 | Jeyhan Karaoguz | US | Irvine, CA | May 19, 2016 / 20160142309 - Method And System For Dynamic Routing And/Or Switching In A Network | 755 |
| 19 | International Business Machines Corporation | US | | May 26, 2016 / 20160148901 - INTERCONNECT CIRCUITS AT THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) BONDING INTERFACES OF A PROCESSOR ARRAY | 703 |
| 20 | Frederick E. Shelton, Iv | US | Hillsboro, OH | May 19, 2016 / 20160135812 - SURGICAL STAPLING INSTRUMENTS WITH ROTATABLE STAPLE DEPLOYMENT ARRANGEMENTS | 658 |
| 21 | Peter Gaal | US | San Diego, CA | May 26, 2016 / 20160150525 - LOW LATENCY PHYSICAL LAYER DESIGN FOR CONTENTION-BASED UPLINK CHANNELS | 619 |
| 22 | John D. Rinaldo, Jr. | US | Bellevue, WA | May 26, 2016 / 20160147493 - MANAGING OBSTRUCTED VIEWS OF MULTIPLE DISPLAY SURFACES | 615 |
| 23 | Victoria Y.h. Wood | US | Livermore, CA | May 26, 2016 / 20160150602 - MICROWAVE HEATING ELEMENT | 603 |
| 24 | Paul Lapstun | AU | Balmain | Jul 11, 2013 / 20130176441 - User interface system employing printed substrate and substrate sensing device | 583 |
| 25 | Nathan P. Myhrvold | US | Medina, WA | May 26, 2016 / 20160150674 - MANAGEMENT OF EXTERIOR TEMPERATURES ENCOUNTERED BY USER OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 570 |
| 26 | Rick A. Hamilton, Ii | US | Charlottesville, VA | May 26, 2016 / 20160149830 - MARKET-DRIVEN VARIABLE PRICE OFFERINGS FOR BANDWIDTH-SHARING AD HOC NETWORKS | 570 |
| 27 | Panasonic Corporation | JP | Osaka | Aug 08, 2013 / 20130205057 - EXCLUSIVE CONTROL METHOD OF RESOURCE AND EXCLUSIVE CONTROLLER OF RESOURCE | 559 |
| 28 | Marta Karczewicz | US | San Diego, CA | May 26, 2016 / 20160150234 - PALETTE MODE CODING | 543 |
| 29 | Sony Corporation | JP | Tokyo | Nov 28, 2013 / 20130313557 - DISPLAY APPARATUS | 538 |
| 30 | Wanshi Chen | US | San Diego, CA | May 26, 2016 / 20160150525 - LOW LATENCY PHYSICAL LAYER DESIGN FOR CONTENTION-BASED UPLINK CHANNELS | 535 |
| 31 | Richard T. Lord | US | Tacoma, WA | Apr 21, 2016 / 20160112888 - DYNAMIC POINT TO POINT MOBILE NETWORK INCLUDING INTERMEDIATE USER INTERFACE ASPECTS SYSTEM AND METHOD | 501 |
| 32 | Kai-Li Jiang | CN | Beijing | Apr 28, 2016 / 20160117025 - METHOD FOR MAKING TOUCH PANEL | 491 |
| 33 | Kangguo Cheng | US | Schenectady, NY | May 26, 2016 / 20160149015 - RECESSING RMG METAL GATE STACK FOR FORMING SELF-ALIGNED CONTACT | 486 |
| 34 | Kangguo Cheng | US | Schenectady, NY | May 26, 2016 / 20160149015 - RECESSING RMG METAL GATE STACK FOR FORMING SELF-ALIGNED CONTACT | 486 |
| 35 | Elizabeth A. Sweeney | US | Seattle, WA | May 26, 2016 / 20160143536 - SYSTEMS TO MONITOR BODY PORTIONS FOR INJURY AFTER IMPACT | 476 |
| 36 | Fujitsu Limited | JP | Kawasaki-Shi | Aug 08, 2013 / 20130205297 - MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD | 459 |
| 37 | Qualcomm Incorporated | US | San Diego, CA | Aug 22, 2013 / 20130215974 - CODING OF LOOP FILTER PARAMETERS USING A CODEBOOK IN VIDEO CODING | 458 |
| 38 | Qualcomm Incorporated | US | San Diego, CA | Aug 22, 2013 / 20130215974 - CODING OF LOOP FILTER PARAMETERS USING A CODEBOOK IN VIDEO CODING | 458 |
| 39 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | KR | Gyeonggi-Do | Aug 08, 2013 / 20130205344 - METHOD AND DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ESG | 450 |
| 40 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | KR | Gyeonggi-Do | Aug 08, 2013 / 20130205344 - METHOD AND DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ESG | 450 |
| 41 | Clarence T. Tegreene | US | Mercer Island, WA | May 26, 2016 / 20160150674 - MANAGEMENT OF EXTERIOR TEMPERATURES ENCOUNTERED BY USER OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 448 |
| 42 | Clarence T. Tegreene | US | Mercer Island, WA | May 26, 2016 / 20160150674 - MANAGEMENT OF EXTERIOR TEMPERATURES ENCOUNTERED BY USER OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 448 |
| 43 | Charles Whitmer | US | North Bend, WA | May 26, 2016 / 20160150674 - MANAGEMENT OF EXTERIOR TEMPERATURES ENCOUNTERED BY USER OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 441 |
| 44 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | CN | Shenzhen | Aug 29, 2013 / 20130227576 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TASK EXECUTION | 438 |
| 45 | Jay S. Walker | US | Ridgefield, CT | May 05, 2016 / 20160125492 - PURCHASING, REDEMPTION AND SETTLEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS WHEREIN A BUYER TAKES POSSESSION AT A RETAILER OF A PRODUCT PURCHASED USING A COMMUNICATION NETWORK | 431 |
| 46 | Tao Luo | US | San Diego, CA | May 19, 2016 / 20160143043 - TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING BURSTY INTERFERENCE IN A SHARED RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM BAND | 428 |
| 47 | Ahmadreza (reza) Rofougaran | US | Newport Coast, CA | May 19, 2016 / 20160142223 - RF BUS CONTROLLER | 427 |
| 48 | Jun Koyama | JP | Sagamihara | May 19, 2016 / 20160140921 - METHOD FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE | 424 |
| 49 | Chen-Hua Yu | TW | Hsin-Chu | May 26, 2016 / 20160148887 - Device Package with Reduced Thickness and Method for Forming Same | 423 |
| 50 | James M. Hart | US | Belleville, MI | Mar 10, 2016 / 20160069443 - CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION WITH CHAIN OUTPUT | 423 |
| 51 | Lee D. Whetsel | US | Parker, TX | Apr 28, 2016 / 20160116530 - INTERPOSER INSTRUMENTATION METHOD AND APPARATUS | 422 |
| 52 | Hanbyul Seo | KR | Anyang-Si | May 19, 2016 / 20160142986 - POWER CONTROL METHOD FOR GUARANTEEING QUALITY OF SERVICE OF DEVICE TO DEVICE DIRECT COMMUNICATION AND APPARATUS THEREFOR | 402 |
| 53 | Hanbyul Seo | KR | Anyang-Si | May 19, 2016 / 20160142986 - POWER CONTROL METHOD FOR GUARANTEEING QUALITY OF SERVICE OF DEVICE TO DEVICE DIRECT COMMUNICATION AND APPARATUS THEREFOR | 402 |
| 54 | Katsuhide Uchino | JP | Kanagawa | May 12, 2016 / 20160133186 - DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF LAYING OUT LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENTS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 399 |
| 55 | Seiko Epson Corporation | JP | Tokyo | Aug 22, 2013 / 20130215396 - LIGHT-ADJUSTING UNIT AND PROJECTOR | 398 |
| 56 | Wael William Diab | US | San Francisco, CA | May 19, 2016 / 20160142309 - Method And System For Dynamic Routing And/Or Switching In A Network | 397 |
| 57 | James D. Bennett | CZ | Hroznetin | May 12, 2016 / 20160134155 - INTEGRATED WIRELESS RESONANT POWER CHARGING AND COMMUNICATION CHANNEL | 394 |
| 58 | Ahmadreza Rofougaran | US | Newport Coast, CA | Feb 11, 2016 / 20160043757 - Blocker-Tolerant Wideband Noise-Canceling Receivers | 389 |
| 59 | Apple Inc. | US | Cupertino, CA | Aug 08, 2013 / 20130205390 - NETWORK ASSISTED FRAUD DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHODS | 384 |
| 60 | Huilong Zhu | US | Poughkeepsie, NY | Apr 14, 2016 / 20160104801 - MEMORY DEVICES, METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND METHODS OF ACCESSING THE SAME | 383 |
| 61 | Scott H. Wittkopp | US | Ypsilanti, MI | Oct 29, 2015 / 20150308543 - MULTI-SPEED TRANSMISSION | 379 |
| 62 | Takeshi Chujoh | JP | Tokyo | Aug 20, 2015 / 20150237364 - VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOTION COMPENSATION PREDICTION | 375 |
| 63 | Shinichiro Koto | JP | Machida-Shi | Jun 23, 2011 / 20110150089 - VIDEO ENCODING/ DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOTION COMPENSATION PREDICTION | 370 |
| 64 | Durga Prasad Malladi | US | San Diego, CA | May 26, 2016 / 20160150525 - LOW LATENCY PHYSICAL LAYER DESIGN FOR CONTENTION-BASED UPLINK CHANNELS | 369 |
| 65 | Yoshihiro Kikuchi | JP | Yokohama-Shi | Jun 23, 2011 / 20110150089 - VIDEO ENCODING/ DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOTION COMPENSATION PREDICTION | 368 |
| 66 | Jason K. Resch | US | Chicago, IL | May 26, 2016 / 20160147593 - DETECTING STORAGE ERRORS IN A DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK | 367 |
| 67 | Jae Hoon Chung | KR | Anyang-Si | May 26, 2016 / 20160150529 - DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | 362 |
| 68 | Tom Chin | US | San Diego, CA | Apr 28, 2016 / 20160119917 - SCHEDULING DOWNLINK TIME SLOTS IN A HIGH SPEED DATA NETWORK | 353 |
| 69 | Liang Liu | CN | Beijing | Apr 28, 2016 / 20160117025 - METHOD FOR MAKING TOUCH PANEL | 352 |
| 70 | Mehdi Azimi | AU | Rozelle | Mar 28, 2013 / 20130079254 - Microfluidic dialysis device | 351 |
| 71 | Mehdi Azimi | AU | Rozelle | Mar 28, 2013 / 20130079254 - Microfluidic dialysis device | 351 |
| 72 | Juan Montojo | US | San Diego, CA | Apr 07, 2016 / 20160100387 - METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UPLINK TRANSMIT DIVERSITY | 347 |
| 73 | Kia Silverbrook | AU | Rozelle | Mar 28, 2013 / 20130079254 - Microfluidic dialysis device | 345 |
| 74 | Hajime Kimura | JP | Atsugi | May 12, 2016 / 20160133647 - DISPLAY DEVICE | 342 |
| 75 | Clifford A. Pickover | US | Yorktown Heights, NY | May 26, 2016 / 20160147431 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING USER ACCESSIBILITY IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE | 335 |
| 76 | Michael J. Sullivan | US | Barrington, RI | Jul 30, 2015 / 20150209624 - MULTI-LAYERED COES FOR GOLF BALLS HAVING FOAM AND THERMOSET LAYERS | 331 |
| 77 | Seung Hee Han | KR | Anyang-Si | May 26, 2016 / 20160150529 - DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | 331 |
| 78 | The Boeing Company | US | | Apr 14, 2016 / 20160103216 - USING FREQUENCY DIVERSITY TO DETECT OBJECTS | 329 |
| 79 | The Boeing Company | US | | Apr 14, 2016 / 20160103216 - USING FREQUENCY DIVERSITY TO DETECT OBJECTS | 329 |
| 80 | Nathan P. Myhrvold | US | Bellevue, WA | May 26, 2016 / 20160146473 - HEATING DEVICE WITH CONDENSING COUNTER-FLOW HEAT EXCHANGER | 328 |
| 81 | Stephen E. Terry | US | Northport, NY | May 26, 2016 / 20160150571 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS IN MULTICARRIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS | 323 |
| 82 | Satoshi Seo | JP | Kawasaki | Mar 31, 2016 / 20160093835 - Semiconductor Device and Method of Manufacturing Same | 323 |
| 83 | Santosh Paul Abraham | US | San Diego, CA | May 26, 2016 / 20160150459 - TECHNIQUES TO SUPPORT HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK DATA PATH DISCOVERY | 320 |
| 84 | Santosh Paul Abraham | US | San Diego, CA | May 26, 2016 / 20160150459 - TECHNIQUES TO SUPPORT HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK DATA PATH DISCOVERY | 320 |
| 85 | Jin Pil Kim | KR | Seoul | May 26, 2016 / 20160150261 - METHOD FOR MAPPING BETWEEN SIGNALING INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENT INFORMATION AND BROADCAST RECEIVER | 319 |
| 86 | Hao Xu | US | San Diego, CA | May 26, 2016 / 20160150525 - LOW LATENCY PHYSICAL LAYER DESIGN FOR CONTENTION-BASED UPLINK CHANNELS | 317 |
| 87 | Gurtej S. Sandhu | US | Boise, ID | May 19, 2016 / 20160141336 - Field Effect Transistor Constructions And Memory Arrays | 317 |
| 88 | David R. Hall | US | Provo, UT | Mar 03, 2016 / 20160059506 - Individual Resistance Heating for High-Pressure High-Temperature Cell | 317 |
| 89 | Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. | US | | Apr 21, 2016 / 20160111396 - SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME | 315 |
| 90 | Brian Comeau | US | Berkley, MA | May 26, 2016 / 20160144242 - MULTI-LAYERED GOLF BALLS HAVING FOAM CENTER WITH SELECTIVE WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION | 311 |
| 91 | Hemanth Sampath | US | San Diego, CA | May 19, 2016 / 20160142185 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTICAST BLOCK ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 309 |
| 92 | Devendra K. Sadana | US | Pleasantville, NY | May 19, 2016 / 20160141836 - MONOLITHIC NANO-CAVITY LIGHT SOURCE ON LATTICE MISMATCHED SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE | 307 |
| 93 | Ross Dykstra Pursifull | US | Dearborn, MI | May 26, 2016 / 20160146146 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FUEL SYSTEM CONTROL | 305 |
| 94 | Jean-Philippe Vasseur | FR | Saint Martin D'Uriage | May 26, 2016 / 20160149805 - UTILIZING REMOTE STORAGE FOR NETWORK FORMATION IN IOT NETWORKS | 304 |
| 95 | Jean-Philippe Vasseur | FR | Saint Martin D'Uriage | May 26, 2016 / 20160149805 - UTILIZING REMOTE STORAGE FOR NETWORK FORMATION IN IOT NETWORKS | 304 |
| 96 | Belgacem Haba | US | Saratoga, CA | Mar 31, 2016 / 20160093339 - STUB MINIMIZATION USING DUPLICATE SETS OF SIGNAL TERMINALS | 302 |
| 97 | Ali Khakifirooz | US | Mountain View, CA | Mar 31, 2016 / 20160093692 - FINFET SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH REPLACEMENT GATE STRUCTURES | 298 |
| 98 | Ali Khakifirooz | US | Mountain View, CA | Mar 31, 2016 / 20160093692 - FINFET SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH REPLACEMENT GATE STRUCTURES | 298 |
| 99 | Gabriel L. Suciu | US | Glastonbury, CT | May 26, 2016 / 20160146104 - Angled Core Engine | 298 |
| 100 | Muhammad Kazmi | SE | Bromma | May 26, 2016 / 20160150520 - Pre-Emption and Resource Allocation Prioritization for D2D Communications | 298 |