| Top 100 Inventors |
| Ord. | Inventor's name | Country | City/State | Last publication | Number of Patent applications |
| 1 | Kia Silverbrook | AU | Balmain | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130095638 - Method of Fabricating Integrated Circuits | 1862 |
| 2 | Lowell L. Wood, Jr. | US | Bellevue, WA | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130085802 - Publication of efficiency and ecological impact data to a social media interface | 1255 |
| 3 | Roderick A. Hyde | US | Redmond, WA | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130097683 - Trust verification schema based transaction authorization | 1133 |
| 4 | Shunpei Yamazaki | JP | Tokyo | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130082344 - PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE | 770 |
| 5 | Clarence T. Tegreene | US | Bellevue, WA | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130097683 - Trust verification schema based transaction authorization | 739 |
| 6 | Edward K.y. Jung | US | Bellevue, WA | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130085678 - METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPARING MEDIA CONTENT | 730 |
| 7 | Eric C. Leuthardt | US | St. Louis, MO | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130085678 - METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPARING MEDIA CONTENT | 713 |
| 8 | Royce A. Levien | US | Lexington, MA | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130097683 - Trust verification schema based transaction authorization | 692 |
| 9 | Muriel Y. Ishikawa | US | Livermore, CA | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130081876 - Optical power for self-propelled mineral mole | 677 |
| 10 | Robert W. Lord | US | Seattle, WA | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130097683 - Trust verification schema based transaction authorization | 656 |
| 11 | Mark A. Malamud | US | Seattle, WA | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130097683 - Trust verification schema based transaction authorization | 638 |
| 12 | Shunpei Yamazaki | JP | Setagaya | Mar 28, 2013 / 20130075722 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | 591 |
| 13 | Paul Lapstun | AU | Balmain | Mar 28, 2013 / 20130076702 - Estimating relative nib position from images captured at different orientations | 577 |
| 14 | Jeyhan Karaoguz | US | Irvine, CA | Apr 11, 2013 / 20130091280 - Social Device Resource Management | 552 |
| 15 | Shou-Shan Fan | CN | Beijing | Apr 11, 2013 / 20130089939 - METHOD FOR MAKING LIGHT EMITTING DIODE | 541 |
| 16 | John D. Rinaldo, Jr. | US | Bellevue, WA | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130086589 - Acquiring and transmitting tasks and subtasks to interface | 487 |
| 17 | Jordin T. Kare | US | Seattle, WA | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130081876 - Optical power for self-propelled mineral mole | 471 |
| 18 | Victoria Y.h. Wood | US | Livermore, CA | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130081876 - Optical power for self-propelled mineral mole | 426 |
| 19 | Ahmadreza (reza) Rofougaran | US | Newport Coast, CA | Jan 31, 2013 / 20130029598 - INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH INTRA-CHIP AND EXTRA-CHIP RF COMMUNICATION | 403 |
| 20 | Rick A. Hamilton, Ii | US | Charlottesville, VA | Mar 14, 2013 / 20130066552 - POWER USAGE PLANNING FOR A VEHICLE | 379 |
| 21 | Takeshi Chujoh | JP | Tokyo | Jun 23, 2011 / 20110150089 - VIDEO ENCODING/ DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOTION COMPENSATION PREDICTION | 373 |
| 22 | Kai-Li Jiang | CN | Beijing | Apr 11, 2013 / 20130089694 - DEVICE FOR MAKING CARBON NANOTUBE FILM | 371 |
| 23 | Shinichiro Koto | JP | Machida-Shi | Jun 23, 2011 / 20110150089 - VIDEO ENCODING/ DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOTION COMPENSATION PREDICTION | 370 |
| 24 | Scott H. Wittkopp | US | Ypsilanti, MI | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130085033 - MULTI-SPEED TRANSMISSION | 369 |
| 25 | Yoshihiro Kikuchi | JP | Yokohama-Shi | Jun 23, 2011 / 20110150089 - VIDEO ENCODING/ DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOTION COMPENSATION PREDICTION | 368 |
| 26 | James M. Hart | US | Belleville, MI | Apr 11, 2013 / 20130090206 - MULTI-SPEED TRANSMISSION | 360 |
| 27 | Mehdi Azimi | AU | Rozelle | Mar 28, 2013 / 20130079254 - Microfluidic dialysis device | 351 |
| 28 | Mehdi Azimi | AU | Rozelle | Mar 28, 2013 / 20130079254 - Microfluidic dialysis device | 351 |
| 29 | Kia Silverbrook | AU | Rozelle | Mar 28, 2013 / 20130079254 - Microfluidic dialysis device | 345 |
| 30 | Nathan P. Myhrvold | US | Medina, WA | Dec 27, 2012 / 20120327277 - COLOR FILTERS AND DEMOSAICING TECHNIQUES FOR DIGITAL IMAGING | 344 |
| 31 | Elizabeth A. Sweeney | US | Seattle, WA | Mar 21, 2013 / 20130072783 - Indicating proximity of a body-insertable device to a destination region of interest | 337 |
| 32 | Juan Montojo | US | San Diego, CA | Mar 14, 2013 / 20130064119 - Narrow Bandwidth Operation in LTE | 314 |
| 33 | Liang Liu | CN | Beijing | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130084899 - GROUP MESSAGING AT MOBILE TERMINAL IN AUTONOMOUS NETWORK | 296 |
| 34 | Wael William Diab | US | San Francisco, CA | Apr 11, 2013 / 20130091262 - SOCIAL ACCESS CONTROL | 290 |
| 35 | Michael J. Sullivan | US | Barrington, RI | Mar 21, 2013 / 20130072322 - COMPOSITIONS FOR GOLF BALLS BASED ON ORIENTED NANOSTRUCTURES | 286 |
| 36 | James D. Bennett | CZ | Hroznetin | Apr 11, 2013 / 20130091582 - CONTENT SECURITY IN A SOCIAL NETWORK | 286 |
| 37 | Ahmadreza Rofougaran | US | Newport Coast, CA | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130082801 - SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION AND RADIATION IN A WIRELESS ENABLED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) USING A LEAKY WAVEGUIDE | 285 |
| 38 | International Business Machines Corporation | US | Armonk, NY | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130097642 - AGGREGATION OF MULTIPLE MEDIA STREAMS TO A USER | 282 |
| 39 | Huilong Zhu | US | Poughkeepsie, NY | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130093020 - MOSFET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | 274 |
| 40 | Jay S. Walker | US | Ridgefield, CT | Mar 07, 2013 / 20130060621 - MULTI-TIER PRICING OF INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTS BASED ON VOLUME DISCOUNTS | 269 |
| 41 | Frederick E. Shelton, Iv | US | Hillsboro, OH | Mar 28, 2013 / 20130075450 - STAPLE CARTRIDGE INCLUDING COLLAPSIBLE DECK | 269 |
| 42 | Katsuhide Uchino | JP | Kanagawa | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130083000 - PIXEL CIRCUIT, PIXEL CIRCUIT DRIVING METHOD, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 268 |
| 43 | In Hwan Choi | KR | Gyeonggi-Do | Nov 29, 2012 / 20120300791 - DIGITAL BROADCASTING RECEIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA | 263 |
| 44 | Anthony W. Czarnik | US | Reno, NV | May 31, 2012 / 20120136037 - DEUTERIUM-ENRICHED RUBOXISTAURIN | 260 |
| 45 | Charles Whitmer | US | North Bend, WA | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130081876 - Optical power for self-propelled mineral mole | 259 |
| 46 | Adam Heller | US | Austin, TX | Mar 28, 2013 / 20130078534 - Biological Fuel Cell and Methods | 243 |
| 47 | David R. Hall | US | Provo, UT | Apr 11, 2013 / 20130087391 - FIXED BLADED DRILL BIT CUTTER PROFILE | 239 |
| 48 | Peter Gaal | US | San Diego, CA | Apr 11, 2013 / 20130089021 - SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR REPEATER PILOT SIGNAL GENERATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS | 239 |
| 49 | Simon Robert Walmsley | AU | Balmain | Nov 01, 2012 / 20120273567 - MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICE FOR RETRIEVING AUDIO DATA VIA CODED MEDIUM | 234 |
| 50 | Lee D. Whetsel | US | Parker, TX | Feb 21, 2013 / 20130047047 - 3D STACKED DIE TEST ARCHITECTURE | 234 |
| 51 | Satoshi Seo | JP | Kawasaki | Mar 28, 2013 / 20130075782 - Light Emitting Element, Light Emitting Device, and Electronic Device | 231 |
| 52 | Jin Woo Kim | KR | Seoul | Mar 14, 2013 / 20130065284 - MODIFIED MICROORGANISM FOR HIGHLY EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF LACTIC ACID | 229 |
| 53 | Jun Koyama | JP | Sagamihara | Feb 28, 2013 / 20130049806 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | 228 |
| 54 | Daichi Imamura | JP | Kanagawa | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130094419 - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD | 227 |
| 55 | Adam Soroca | US | Cambridge, MA | Jan 10, 2013 / 20130012178 - PRESENTATION OF SPONSORED CONTENT ON MOBILE DEVICE BASED ON TRANSACTION EVENT | 225 |
| 56 | Akihiko Nishio | JP | Kanagawa | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130094349 - TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, RETRANSMISSION METHOD AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD | 223 |
| 57 | Hyoung Gon Lee | KR | Seoul | Sep 27, 2012 / 20120246541 - DTV RECEIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DTV SIGNAL | 221 |
| 58 | Chen-Hua Yu | TW | Hsin-Chu | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130093097 - Package-On-Package (PoP) Structure and Method | 217 |
| 59 | Byoung Gill Kim | KR | Seoul | Sep 27, 2012 / 20120246541 - DTV RECEIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DTV SIGNAL | 216 |
| 60 | William H. Eby | US | Panora, IA | Feb 28, 2013 / 20130055463 - SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 07115150 | 212 |
| 61 | Hideo Ando | JP | Hino-Shi | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130084055 - INFORMATION REPRODUCING SYSTEM USING INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | 210 |
| 62 | Cheng-Shi Chen | TW | Tu-Cheng | Mar 14, 2013 / 20130065078 - COATED ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAID ARTICLE | 206 |
| 63 | Richard T. Lord | US | Tacoma, WA | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130097683 - Trust verification schema based transaction authorization | 206 |
| 64 | Jae Hoon Chung | KR | Anyang-Si | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130083766 - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS MULTIPLE CARRIERS | 204 |
| 65 | Wanshi Chen | US | San Diego, CA | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130083749 - Random Access Channel Design for Narrow Bandwidth Operation in a Wide Bandwidth System | 204 |
| 66 | Donald E. Weder | US | Highland, IL | Jan 10, 2013 / 20130008083 - TOMATO CAGE FORMED OF HOLLOW WIRE | 204 |
| 67 | 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 | 203 |
| 68 | Marta Karczewicz | US | San Diego, CA | Apr 11, 2013 / 20130089138 - CODING SYNTAX ELEMENTS USING VLC CODEWORDS | 203 |
| 69 | Won Gyu Song | KR | Seoul | Sep 27, 2012 / 20120246541 - DTV RECEIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DTV SIGNAL | 201 |
| 70 | Maryam Rofougaran | US | Rancho Palos Verdes, CA | Jan 24, 2013 / 20130023223 - Method and System for Sharing a Single Antenna for Frequency Modulation (FM) Reception or FM Transmission and Near Field Communication (NFC) | 199 |
| 71 | Tai-Her Yang | TW | Dzan-Hwa | Mar 07, 2013 / 20130057183 - HYDRAULIC ELECTRICITY GENERATOR AND SEPARATION TYPE ELECTRIC FLUID PUMP DRIVEN BY THE SAME | 198 |
| 72 | Mamoru Sawahashi | JP | Kanagawa | Mar 07, 2013 / 20130058282 - MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS, USER APPARATUS AND METHOD | 195 |
| 73 | Clifford A. Pickover | US | Yorktown Heights, NY | Mar 14, 2013 / 20130066552 - POWER USAGE PLANNING FOR A VEHICLE | 191 |
| 74 | Hajime Kimura | JP | Atsugi | Mar 14, 2013 / 20130063041 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | 191 |
| 75 | Jin Pil Kim | KR | Seoul | Mar 28, 2013 / 20130081086 - VIRTUAL CHANNEL TABLE FOR A BROADCAST PROTOCOL AND METHOD OF BROADCASTING AND RECEIVING BROADCAST SIGNALS USING THE SAME | 191 |
| 76 | Dennis Doughty | US | Brookline, MA | Jan 10, 2013 / 20130012178 - PRESENTATION OF SPONSORED CONTENT ON MOBILE DEVICE BASED ON TRANSACTION EVENT | 190 |
| 77 | Andrew W. Phillips | US | Rochester, MI | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130085032 - MULTI-SPEED TRANSMISSION | 190 |
| 78 | Wen-Rong Chen | TW | Tu-Cheng | Feb 14, 2013 / 20130040119 - COATED ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAID ARTICLE | 189 |
| 79 | Wen-Rong Chen | TW | Tu-Cheng | Feb 14, 2013 / 20130040119 - COATED ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAID ARTICLE | 189 |
| 80 | Edward J. Nowak | US | Essex Junction, VT | Apr 11, 2013 / 20130087856 - Effective Work Function Modulation by Metal Thickness and Nitrogen Ratio for a Last Approach CMOS Gate | 189 |
| 81 | Nathan P. Myhrvold | US | Bellevue, WA | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130097683 - Trust verification schema based transaction authorization | 187 |
| 82 | Hsin-Pei Chang | TW | Tu-Cheng | Mar 07, 2013 / 20130056352 - MEDIUM FREQUENCY MAGNETRON SPUTTERING DEVICE | 186 |
| 83 | Hsin-Pei Chang | TW | Tu-Cheng | Mar 07, 2013 / 20130056352 - MEDIUM FREQUENCY MAGNETRON SPUTTERING DEVICE | 186 |
| 84 | Akira Nakazawa | AU | Balmain | Mar 15, 2012 / 20120062664 - INK CARTRIDGE WITH HIGH FLOW RATE SUPPLY TO PRINTHEAD | 186 |
| 85 | Jae Hyung Song | KR | Seoul | Dec 13, 2012 / 20120317606 - METHOD FOR RECEIVING A BROADCAST SIGNAL AND BROADCAST RECEIVER | 186 |
| 86 | Keith R. Walker | US | Austin, TX | Mar 07, 2013 / 20130061157 - UPDATING ASSETS RENDERED IN A VIRTUAL WORLD ENVIRONMENT BASED ON DETECTED USER INTERACTIONS IN ANOTHER WORLD | 184 |
| 87 | Ravi Palanki | US | San Diego, CA | Apr 11, 2013 / 20130089021 - SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR REPEATER PILOT SIGNAL GENERATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS | 182 |
| 88 | Brian M. O'Connell | US | Cary, NC | Mar 07, 2013 / 20130061157 - UPDATING ASSETS RENDERED IN A VIRTUAL WORLD ENVIRONMENT BASED ON DETECTED USER INTERACTIONS IN ANOTHER WORLD | 180 |
| 89 | Huann-Wu Chiang | TW | Tu-Cheng | Feb 14, 2013 / 20130040163 - STAINLESS STEEL-AND-AMORPHOUS ALLOY COMPOSITE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING | 179 |
| 90 | Huann-Wu Chiang | TW | Tu-Cheng | Feb 14, 2013 / 20130040163 - STAINLESS STEEL-AND-AMORPHOUS ALLOY COMPOSITE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING | 179 |
| 91 | Tao Luo | US | San Diego, CA | Feb 21, 2013 / 20130044697 - NETWORK COORDINATION FOR IMPROVED INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION | 178 |
| 92 | Edward S. Boyden | US | Cambridge, MA | Jan 10, 2013 / 20130011332 - Frozen Compositions and Methods for Piercing a Substrate | 177 |
| 93 | Kazumasa Yoshizawa | JP | Tokyo | Nov 15, 2012 / 20120289309 - Gaming Machine | 177 |
| 94 | Gurtej S. Sandhu | US | Boise, ID | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130092894 - MEMORY CELLS AND MEMORY CELL ARRAYS | 177 |
| 95 | Tobin Allen King | AU | Balmain | Mar 28, 2013 / 20130076702 - Estimating relative nib position from images captured at different orientations | 177 |
| 96 | Christopher Hibbard | AU | Balmain | Nov 22, 2012 / 20120293592 - INK DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM HAVING GAS VENTING | 177 |
| 97 | Tom Chin | US | San Diego, CA | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130095832 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING CELLS IN AN IDLE OR SLEEP MODE | 176 |
| 98 | Seung Hee Han | KR | Anyang-Si | Mar 28, 2013 / 20130077660 - SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS USING CODEBOOK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTIPLE ANTENNAS | 176 |
| 99 | Durga Prasad Malladi | US | San Diego, CA | Mar 21, 2013 / 20130072214 - SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING WIRELESS CHANNELS IN A MULTI-CHANNEL ACCESS POINT | 176 |
| 100 | Kook Yeon Kwak | KR | Gyeonggi-Do | Aug 02, 2012 / 20120198303 - DIGITAL BROADCAST SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING DIGITAL BROADCAST DATA, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD FOR USE IN THE SAME | 173 |