| Top Inventors for class "Gas and liquid contact apparatus" |
| Rank | Inventor's name | Country | City/State | Last publication | # of patent apps in this class |
| 1 | Charles E. Tharp | US | Columbia, MO | Dec 13, 2012 / 20120313266 - DIFFUSER MEMBRANE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | 6 |
| 2 | Bin Wang | CN | Tianjin | Mar 24, 2011 / 20110068491 - HUMIDIFIER COMPONENTS FOR PAD ACCESS | 4 |
| 3 | Eldon F. Mockry | US | Lenexa, KS | May 09, 2013 / 20130113127 - AIR-TO-AIR ATMOSPHERIC EXCHANGER | 4 |
| 4 | Brad Terlson | US | Maple Grove, MN | Mar 24, 2011 / 20110068491 - HUMIDIFIER COMPONENTS FOR PAD ACCESS | 4 |
| 5 | Mark W. Pilling | US | Jenks, OK | Mar 14, 2013 / 20130062793 - CONTACT TRAY FOR A MASS TRANSFER COLUMN | 4 |
| 6 | Wayne R. Anderson | US | Eden Prairie, MN | Apr 29, 2010 / 20100102462 - STEAM TUBE CONNECTION FOR STEAM HUMIDIFIER | 3 |
| 7 | Jeffrey L. Cunningham | US | Cabot, AR | Feb 14, 2013 / 20130037972 - Microbubble Therapy Method and Generating Apparatus | 3 |
| 8 | Marcus Hoefken | DE | Erlangen | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130093106 - DEVICE FOR GASSING LIQUIDS | 3 |
| 9 | Klaus Leister | DE | Weinheim | Oct 18, 2012 / 20120260616 - EXCHANGEABLE FILTER MODULE FOR A HOUSING | 3 |
| 10 | Jason Yeo | CA | Richmond Hill | Aug 04, 2011 / 20110187011 - DEVICE TO INFUSE GAS INTO LIQUID | 3 |
| 11 | Christopher S. Kanel | US | Hudson, NY | Dec 20, 2012 / 20120319311 - UV STERILIZATION CHAMBER FOR A HUMIDIFIER | 3 |
| 12 | Xin Hua Cao | CN | Tianjin | Mar 24, 2011 / 20110068491 - HUMIDIFIER COMPONENTS FOR PAD ACCESS | 3 |
| 13 | David Quam | US | St. Louis Park, MN | Mar 24, 2011 / 20110068491 - HUMIDIFIER COMPONENTS FOR PAD ACCESS | 3 |
| 14 | Remo C. Jacuzzi | US | Little Rock, AR | Feb 14, 2013 / 20130037972 - Microbubble Therapy Method and Generating Apparatus | 3 |
| 15 | Yung Chen | US | Clarendon Hills, IL | Dec 20, 2012 / 20120319308 - Portable misting device | 3 |
| 16 | Jian Sun | CN | Zoucheng | Dec 20, 2012 / 20120319310 - AERATION SHIP | 3 |
| 17 | Richard Lonetto | CA | Richmond Hill | Aug 04, 2011 / 20110187011 - DEVICE TO INFUSE GAS INTO LIQUID | 3 |
| 18 | David Burns | CA | Richmond Hill | Aug 04, 2011 / 20110187011 - DEVICE TO INFUSE GAS INTO LIQUID | 3 |
| 19 | Shulin Sun | CN | Zoucheng | Dec 20, 2012 / 20120319310 - AERATION SHIP | 3 |
| 20 | Stefan Tobias Hirsch | DE | Konstanz | Mar 14, 2013 / 20130062793 - CONTACT TRAY FOR A MASS TRANSFER COLUMN | 3 |
| 21 | James A. Bland | US | Rhome, TX | Feb 09, 2012 / 20120032360 - TOWER/FRAME STRUCTURE AND COMPONENTS FOR SAME | 3 |
| 22 | Donald N. Jursich | US | Crystal Lake, IL | Aug 19, 2010 / 20100207286 - HUMIDIFIER WITH ADJUSTABLE AIR FLOW | 3 |
| 23 | Ohler L. Kinney, Jr. | US | Overland Park, KS | May 09, 2013 / 20130113127 - AIR-TO-AIR ATMOSPHERIC EXCHANGER | 3 |
| 24 | James M. Lundgreen | US | Lakeville, MN | Jul 16, 2009 / 20090179337 - Quick-attach steam dispersion tubes and method of attachment | 3 |
| 25 | Kenneth P. Mortensen | US | Bonner Springs, KS | May 09, 2013 / 20130113127 - AIR-TO-AIR ATMOSPHERIC EXCHANGER | 3 |
| 26 | Markus Friedrich Fischer | DE | Konstanz | Mar 14, 2013 / 20130062793 - CONTACT TRAY FOR A MASS TRANSFER COLUMN | 3 |
| 27 | Bartele Griepsma | CH | Metttendorf | Oct 15, 2009 / 20090256270 - Multiple downcorner tray | 2 |
| 28 | Jesse Q. Seawell | US | Granbury, TX | Feb 09, 2012 / 20120032360 - TOWER/FRAME STRUCTURE AND COMPONENTS FOR SAME | 2 |
| 29 | Bryan D. Spicer | US | Monroe, MI | Jul 19, 2012 / 20120181713 - Fluid Inlet and Distribution System for Volatile Organic Compound Removal Device | 2 |
| 30 | James M. Frye | JP | Shinjuku-Ku | Sep 29, 2011 / 20110233797 - Method And Apparatus For Cooling Pyrolysis Effluent | 2 |
| 31 | Eric Eugene Jackson | US | Conway, AR | Sep 20, 2012 / 20120234772 - Microbubble Therapy Method and Generating Apparatus | 2 |
| 32 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | KR | Suwon-Si | May 23, 2013 / 20130132912 - GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | 2 |
| 33 | Annette M. Brenner | US | Honeoye Falls, NY | Apr 11, 2013 / 20130087936 - WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT MEMBRANE | 2 |
| 34 | Roberto Rosales | NO | Oslo | Jan 13, 2011 / 20110006445 - Multiple brand ice beverage dispenser | 2 |
| 35 | Jiwoong Lee | KR | Yongin-Si | May 05, 2011 / 20110101548 - DIFFUSER FOR AERATION | 2 |
| 36 | Shane E. Weyant | US | Bedford, PA | Feb 09, 2012 / 20120032360 - TOWER/FRAME STRUCTURE AND COMPONENTS FOR SAME | 2 |
| 37 | Michael J. Rutsch | US | Tulsa, OK | Jul 21, 2011 / 20110178961 - METHODS OF REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES IN LANDFILLS AND COAL MINES | 2 |
| 38 | Rio Sabadicci | US | Rancho Santa Fe, CA | Dec 13, 2012 / 20120314529 - VENTURI APPARATUS | 2 |
| 39 | Bernd Altmueller | DE | Birkenau | Jul 07, 2011 / 20110165478 - Humidifier Device for Humidifying a Fluid in a Fuel Cell System | 2 |
| 40 | David R. Shebuski | US | Franklin, TN | Jun 28, 2012 / 20120161342 - CARBURETOR WITH ONE PIECE CHOKE VALVE AND SHAFT ASSEMBLY | 2 |
| 41 | David D. Roth | US | North Fond Du Lac, WI | Sep 08, 2011 / 20110215486 - CARBURETOR INCLUDING ONE-PIECE FUEL-METERING INSERT | 2 |
| 42 | Timothy J. Fuller | US | Pittsford, NY | Apr 11, 2013 / 20130087936 - WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT MEMBRANE | 2 |
| 43 | Larry D. Nelson | US | Carlsbad, CA | Dec 13, 2012 / 20120314529 - VENTURI APPARATUS | 2 |
| 44 | Seoungil Kang | US | Poughkeepsie, NY | Apr 11, 2013 / 20130088190 - ENERGY RECOVERY DURING WASTEWATER TREATMENT | 2 |
| 45 | Paul S. Sudolcan | US | Seguin, TX | Jan 13, 2011 / 20110006445 - Multiple brand ice beverage dispenser | 2 |
| 46 | Alexander Kraus | DE | Goppingen | Jun 14, 2012 / 20120146250 - Adjustment Safeguard | 2 |
| 47 | Zhanping Xu | US | Inverness, IL | Mar 14, 2013 / 20130062792 - CO-CURRENT VAPOR-LIQUID CONTACTING APPARATUSES FOR OFFSHORE PROCESSES | 2 |
| 48 | Kelly D. Rushmore | US | St. Clair, MI | Aug 30, 2012 / 20120217662 - Evaporative Cooling Tower and Method | 2 |
| 49 | Patrick J. Tatera | US | Talkeetna, AK | Nov 22, 2012 / 20120292790 - CARBONATION DEVICE | 2 |
| 50 | Markus Lehner | DE | Marktrodach | Apr 25, 2013 / 20130099402 - VALVE TRAY | 2 |
| 51 | Adam T. Lee | US | Dallas, TX | May 09, 2013 / 20130116489 - Separating styrene from C6 - C8 aromatic hydrocarbons | 2 |
| 52 | David B. Spicer | US | Houston, TX | Apr 26, 2012 / 20120097289 - ALUMINA FORMING BIMETALLIC TUBE AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING | 2 |
| 53 | Frank Chiorazzi | US | Salinas, CA | Mar 08, 2012 / 20120056339 - Venturi Apparatus for Pouring and Aereating Beverages | 2 |
| 54 | Patrick James | US | Weeki Wachee, FL | Apr 19, 2012 / 20120091601 - FUEL BOOSTER FOR A CARBURETOR | 2 |
| 55 | Jakob H. Schneider | CA | Calgary | Mar 21, 2013 / 20130069253 - APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISSOLVING A GAS INTO A LIQUID | 2 |
| 56 | Robert D. Strack | US | Houston, TX | Jun 14, 2012 / 20120149958 - Method and Apparatus for Obtaining Aromatics from Diverse Feedstock | 2 |
| 57 | Tsutomu Tsuda | JP | Osaka | Jul 26, 2012 / 20120187586 - HUMIDIFIER, FILTER UNIT AND ROTATION DRIVE STRUCTURE | 2 |
| 58 | Robert Russell Nelson | US | Apple Valley, MN | May 14, 2009 / 20090121367 - Heat exchanger for removal of condensate from a steam dispersion system | 2 |
| 59 | Ilja Ausner | DE | Ohningen | Jun 28, 2012 / 20120160102 - Method of Mass Transfer, Structured Packing and Mass Transfer Apparatus for a Small Liquid Load | 2 |
| 60 | Thomas E. Frankel | US | Poughkeepsie, NY | Apr 11, 2013 / 20130088190 - ENERGY RECOVERY DURING WASTEWATER TREATMENT | 2 |
| 61 | Bernard F. Duesel | US | Goshen, NY | Nov 06, 2008 / 20080272506 - SUBMERGED GAS EVAPORATORS AND REACTORS | 2 |
| 62 | Jung Ho Kim | KR | Suwon-Si | Jan 12, 2012 / 20120009747 - Methods of Manufacturing Nonvolatile Memory Devices | 2 |
| 63 | Hsueh Lee Tsai | TW | Yunlin Hsien | Dec 17, 2009 / 20090308325 - Temperature control device for aquarium | 2 |
| 64 | Moonseog Jang | KR | Seoul | Jun 09, 2011 / 20110133348 - DIFFUSER FOR AERATION | 2 |
| 65 | Naohiro Kaji | JP | Kanagawa | Nov 01, 2012 / 20120273979 - EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT APPARATUS | 2 |
| 66 | Jinho Kim | KR | Yongin-Si | Sep 22, 2011 / 20110227215 - ELECTRONIC DEVICE, PACKAGE INCLUDING THE SAME AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE PACKAGE | 2 |
| 67 | Brad Alan Terlson | US | Maple Grove, MN | Apr 29, 2010 / 20100102462 - STEAM TUBE CONNECTION FOR STEAM HUMIDIFIER | 2 |
| 68 | Udo Eping | DE | Darmstadt | Jun 21, 2012 / 20120153575 - Sealing Ring | 2 |
| 69 | Donald W. Shepherd | US | Shelbyville, KY | Dec 01, 2011 / 20110291309 - Removable Misting Array Assembly for an Abatement System | 2 |
| 70 | John P. Gibbons | US | Cornwall, NY | Nov 06, 2008 / 20080272506 - SUBMERGED GAS EVAPORATORS AND REACTORS | 2 |
| 71 | Sohsuke Kido | JP | Kanagawa | Nov 01, 2012 / 20120273979 - EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT APPARATUS | 2 |
| 72 | Zhanping Xu | US | East Amherst, NY | Dec 15, 2011 / 20110305616 - CONFIGURATION OF CONTACTING ZONES IN VAPOR LIQUID CONTACTING APPARATUSES | 2 |
| 73 | Noboru Takei | JP | Kanagawa | Nov 01, 2012 / 20120273979 - EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT APPARATUS | 2 |
| 74 | Charles J. Bardo | US | Keller, TX | Feb 09, 2012 / 20120032360 - TOWER/FRAME STRUCTURE AND COMPONENTS FOR SAME | 2 |
| 75 | Todd D. Ritter | US | Poughkeepsie, NY | Apr 11, 2013 / 20130088190 - ENERGY RECOVERY DURING WASTEWATER TREATMENT | 2 |
| 76 | Lijun Zou | US | Rochester, NY | Apr 11, 2013 / 20130087936 - WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT MEMBRANE | 2 |
| 77 | Alfred A. Schroeder | US | San Antonio, TX | Jan 13, 2011 / 20110006445 - Multiple brand ice beverage dispenser | 2 |
| 78 | Leander Mõlter | DE | Worth | Oct 21, 2010 / 20100264554 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HUMIDIFYING GAS AND FOR CONDENSING STEAM ON CONDENSATION NUCLET | 2 |
| 79 | Zhenwu Lin | CN | Hangzhou | Apr 19, 2012 / 20120091600 - MEMBRANE BASED CONTACTOR MODULE FOR MASS AND HEAT TRANSFER | 2 |
| 80 | George Stephens | US | Huffman, TX | Jan 26, 2012 / 20120018278 - Method And Apparatus For Recycle Of Knockout Drum Bottoms | 2 |
| 81 | George M. Pattullo | US | Caro, MI | Mar 14, 2013 / 20130062547 - AIR VALVE SEALING PLUG | 2 |
| 82 | Yoshihiko Matsubara | JP | Osaka | Jul 26, 2012 / 20120187586 - HUMIDIFIER, FILTER UNIT AND ROTATION DRIVE STRUCTURE | 2 |
| 83 | Izak Nieuwoudt | US | Wichita, KS | Jul 12, 2012 / 20120175792 - CONTACT TRAY AND METHOD EMPLOYING SAME | 2 |
| 84 | Hiroki Sakakibara | JP | Tokyo | May 26, 2011 / 20110123402 - CARBONATE SPRING PRODUCING SYSTEM | 2 |
| 85 | James H. Shoffner | US | Fort Gratiot, MI | Aug 30, 2012 / 20120217662 - Evaporative Cooling Tower and Method | 2 |
| 86 | Jesse Sanchez | US | Mansfield, TX | Aug 11, 2011 / 20110193246 - WATER DISTRIBUTION TRAY | 2 |
| 87 | Zainab Kayat | MY | Selangor | Sep 01, 2011 / 20110209446 - WET GAS SEPARATOR | 2 |
| 88 | Minsoo Park | KR | Yangcheon-Gu | Jun 09, 2011 / 20110133348 - DIFFUSER FOR AERATION | 2 |
| 89 | Jidong Yang | US | Leawood, KS | May 09, 2013 / 20130113127 - AIR-TO-AIR ATMOSPHERIC EXCHANGER | 2 |
| 90 | Dustin L. Troutman | US | Hopewell, PA | Feb 09, 2012 / 20120032360 - TOWER/FRAME STRUCTURE AND COMPONENTS FOR SAME | 2 |
| 91 | Markus Duss | CH | Winterthur | Jun 28, 2012 / 20120160102 - Method of Mass Transfer, Structured Packing and Mass Transfer Apparatus for a Small Liquid Load | 2 |
| 92 | James A. Reilly | US | Shrewsbury, MA | Oct 13, 2011 / 20110248414 - AERATION DIFFUSER ASSEMBLY END SEAL | 2 |
| 93 | Friedrich Munzinger | DE | Gondelsheim | Oct 21, 2010 / 20100264554 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HUMIDIFYING GAS AND FOR CONDENSING STEAM ON CONDENSATION NUCLET | 2 |
| 94 | William M. Roth | US | Lee'S Summit, MO | May 09, 2013 / 20130113127 - AIR-TO-AIR ATMOSPHERIC EXCHANGER | 2 |
| 95 | Mark Ammons | US | New Albany, IN | Dec 01, 2011 / 20110291309 - Removable Misting Array Assembly for an Abatement System | 2 |
| 96 | Geethakrishnan Vasudevan | US | Irving, TX | Aug 11, 2011 / 20110193246 - WATER DISTRIBUTION TRAY | 2 |
| 97 | Hiroshi Kitagaito | JP | Osaka | Jul 26, 2012 / 20120187586 - HUMIDIFIER, FILTER UNIT AND ROTATION DRIVE STRUCTURE | 2 |
| 98 | Robert B. Uselton | US | Plano, TX | May 23, 2013 / 20130125574 - DEHUMIDIFER HAVING SPLIT CONDENSER CONFIGURATION | 2 |
| 99 | Harald Ehrentraut | DE | Darmstadt | Aug 11, 2011 / 20110195325 - HUMIDIFIER MODULE FOR A FUEL CELL SYSTEM | 2 |
| 100 | Akira Kumagai | JP | Kanagawa | Nov 01, 2012 / 20120273979 - EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT APPARATUS | 2 |